Your Favorite Memorabilia Pick Up of 2016

[slidekellyslide]

Less than a month left in the year time to fire up the 2016 Favorite Pick Up thread. Let's see what you got!

I picked up a lot of stuff this year, but I think by far my favorite is this George Sosnak Lincoln Chiefs ball.

[bnorth]

For me it is a tie between 2 items I bought from fellow member Tony Quinn. I got an awesome Wade Boggs autographed bat and a autographed program from the 1970 Northern League Cubs that played it the town I live in. They are not just the best from this year but all-time favorites.

[Scott Garner]

Always tough to choose...
For my Nolan Ryan collection:
The backlit Starter brand advertising sign.

For my Vander Meer collection:
The showcase that I purchased for $65 that allows me to properly display my Vandy 1938 collection and the 1938 vintage signed Goldsmith ball with provenance.

For my no-hitter ticket collection:
The vintage signed Ed Head no-hitter ticket from 1946.

Happy holidays to everyone on net54!

[jerseygary]

My God that Vander Meer ball is fantastic!

[mjkm90]

Favorite Figural Piece



Favorite Glassware Addition



Favorite Cubs Piece (couldn't decide which, so I'm posting both)

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by jerseygary

My God that Vander Meer ball is fantastic!

Thanks Gary! That Vandy ball really is a blazer considering it's age.

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Gary! That Vandy ball really is a blazer considering it's age.

I really wish players today could sign that clearly. That is a sweet ball!!

[jb217676]

I'll go with Dan and pick my 1966 Team signed Cardinals Sosnak ball.

[bobfreedman]

But this is mine:

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

But this is mine:

Outstanding choice!, Bob.

[JoeDfan]

While not technically a gamer, this jersey was given to Whitey from Joe D.; who wore it at the Yankees fantasy camp in the mid 1980s.
For me, pretty much the ultimate capstone of my Joe collection (mostly because a real gamer is waaaaaaaayyyy out of my price range! Lol.)

[Dave Grob]

For my Vander Meer collection:
The showcase that I purchased for $65 that allows me to properly display my Vandy 1938 collection and the 1938 vintage signed Goldsmith ball with provenance.

Scott,

That Vandy glove and box have to be one of the most striking display combinations I have seen in a very long time.

Dave Grob

[3-2-count]

Great items guys. Probably this big ole' thing!

[mcgwirecom]

As a ticket collector I knocked off two TOUGH 500 HR Club stubs. Hank Aaron and Mel Ott (Thanks Scott)

And also was able to finally make a deal on Bob Feller's High School ring. (thanks Charlie) I had been the under bidder in the auction it was in but managed to get it a few years later.

[Kzoo]

I was happy to pick up this late 1950s Roger Maris game model O16 bat over the past summer. It matches factory records, but I still want to have one of the experts take a look at it.

[John V]

This bat.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by John V

This bat.

That's a beauty, John!! Would love to obtain one of those in the future.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Dave Grob

For my Vander Meer collection:
The showcase that I purchased for $65 that allows me to properly display my Vandy 1938 collection and the 1938 vintage signed Goldsmith ball with provenance.

Scott,

That Vandy glove and box have to be one of the most striking display combinations I have seen in a very long time.

Dave Grob

Thanks Matt & Dave!

[ramram]

Baseball - c. 1866 CDV - Lon Kinch (1).jpg

Lon Kinch, catcher, Columbia BBC (NJ) c. 1866

Rob M

[Buckeye2015]

1903 Ohio State vs Indiana Thanksgiving Day Football Program

1903 OSU vs Indiana.jpg

[Ulidia]

I did not purchase an item of any note baseball-wise this year. However, more generally, it was my best year of collecting sports memorabilia ever - and my main collecting habit is soccer.

Although not my favourite pick-up of the year, the below is my favourite American-related memorabilia. All 4 items pictured relate to the same soccer game - an exhibition game between the New York Cosmos and a World All-Stars XI in 1978 which was Johan Cruyff's first game for the Cosmos.

The ball is the match ball autographed by the World All-Stars XI side. The jerseys are (orange) match-worn goalkeeper shirt by Bailey for World All-Stars, match-worn number 10 shirt by Rivelino who scored one of the World All-Stars goals in a 2-2 result and, finally, the green "second" shirt, number 30, for Johan Cruyff. He, and the Cosmos, wore white so this ended up being unworn.

[h2oya311]

ignoring any cabinets or photos, I'd have to go with this 1949 Birmingham Black Barons Team Calendar w/ Mr. Mays seated in the front row with his beaming smile - about what mine looked like after I picked it up:

[ramram]

Nice piece Derek.

Rob M

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

ignoring any cabinets or photos, I'd have to go with this 1949 Birmingham Black Barons Team Calendar w/ Mr. Mays seated in the front row with his beaming smile - about what mine looked like after I picked it up:

Love it!!

[Showdawg]

One of my favorites.....

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by John V

This bat.

That's a good one...nice pickup!!...is the barrel squared?...looks 1890's

[GaryPassamonte]

Aesthetically, it has to be this 19th century tiger maple bat. It's the most beautiful bat I have seen. Historically, it would be this 5/1871 scorecard from the first days of the National Association.
If anyone knows how to increase the size of my scans, I would appreciate the help. Net54 creates a problem for me with my scans.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Aesthetically, it has to be this 19th century tiger maple bat. It's the most beautiful bat I have seen. Historically, it would be this 5/1871 scorecard from the first days of the National Association.

That is one beautiful bat.

[ksfarmboy]

That Browns football is amazing!

[Vintagecatcher]

Gary,

Awesome Maple Bat!

Patrick

[John V]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

That's a good one...nice pickup!!...is the barrel squared?...looks 1890's

Here you go.

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks for enlarging the bat scan, Patrick. Is there an easy way for me to do that?

[vintagesportscollector]

It took until the end of the year, but finally was able to scratch an item off my "Top 10 Want List"...I've been after this program for a while.

[ruth-gehrig]

John and Gary - beautiful bats! I will always have a sweet spot (pun intended ) for baseball pieces that were functional plus aesthetically beautiful. Great choices and congrats on owning them.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

It took until the end of the year, but finally was able to scratch an item off my "Top 10 Want List"...I've been after this program for a while.

Congrats Joe! I love antique college football memorabilia. I picked up some early Notre Dame programs this year for resell purposes, but just can't let them go.

[Vintagecatcher]

Ira Thomas Types head my list of my top pieces of memorabilia that I picked up in 2016.

Picked up a 1911 Ira Thomas PE2 Diamond Gum pin in trade for some catcher postcards, and a 1913 Ira Thomas Cravat from the National. Two tough Thomas types.


Patrick

[Showdawg]

Jim Brown signed sideline cape

[Showdawg]

Signed Jim Brown game use helmet and Pro Bowl helmet

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Congrats Joe! I love antique college football memorabilia. I picked up some early Notre Dame programs this year for resell purposes, but just can't let them go.

Thanks Dan. I actually started my collecting 'career' collecting college football programs - I love much of the cover artwork. Would like to see some of those early ND programs you have.

[pherbener]

I didn't expect it to be this but I like it better every time I see it.

Ty Cobb sliding Type 1 by Paul Herbener, on Flickr

[Bpm0014]

^^^ Wow! Great photo!!

[Bpm0014]

I think mine would be this Hal Chase (attributed) game used glove for sure.

[canjond]

My favorite memorabilia pick-up of the year is not baseball related, either. I was very very happy to find this for sale in Italy. It's Marco Pantani's complete cycling jersey worn during the 1998 Giro (which he went on to win). He took the leader's jersey after this stage (photomatched).

[ooo-ribay]

Pantani was a bad ass. RIP, Pirate.

[HRBAKER]

[Vintagecatcher]

Glad to help Gary.

I use Paint.net software to resize images from my image gallery.

Patrick

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Thanks Dan. I actually started my collecting 'career' collecting college football programs - I love much of the cover artwork. Would like to see some of those early ND programs you have.

Here they are. I actually picked up that Nebraska v ND program for $1 at a tag sale.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Here they are. I actually picked up that Nebraska v ND program for $1 at a tag sale.

A $1 for the Nebraska?? Wow. That program would fetch a pretty penny..$500+. The Navy program too would fetch a nice price.

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Here they are. I actually picked up that Nebraska v ND program for $1 at a tag sale.

Great pickups Dan! Never been lucky enough to find such a steal in my travels but I'll keep looking....

[CarltonHendricks]

I don't know if this is my favorite pick-up for the year....but I'm pretty excited about it...just unpacked it a week ago...I'm still sorting it out just what I have...but I'm thinking it's one of the most important cycling broadsides extant...on either side of the pond...I found a reference to this race and learned he came in third...must have been a bad hair day...Another reference on him said Dubois came to the United States the following year after this race...along with a group of other cyclist...and raced here...

Aside from being for a big name cyclist..some important aspects of the poster are that it's dated...and the race was in England, thus in English so we can read it...as opposed to being in French...Also this photo doesn't do it justice...In person it's not tan...it's a mustard yellow with black type...so a real eye catcher!!