May Pickups

[Bugsy]

Kirby Puckett's 1984 game used Mud Hens jersey. He only played 21 games with the team before getting called up by the Twins.

[Scott Garner]

Sweet Puckett Mud Hens jersey. Congrats!
I can tell you that HOF Kirby Puckett was one of the two most significant players to ever play for the Mud Hens.
HOF'er and perfect game pitcher Addie Joss also played for the Mud Hens back around the turn of the 20th century.

[Scott Garner]

Well, I started off May with a bang.

I was able to successfully cross one of the few Vandy items that I still am looking for off of my bucket list.

This is a circa 1939 D & M DG20 Johnny Vander Meer model glove.
It's in pretty nice shape, however I will need to have the chris-cross webbing restored since it is missing. No biggie though, because I have a great image from a 1939 sporting goods catalogue that shows how the webbing was strung.

Anyway, I'm glad to finally find this bad boy.

Anyone know who could do a nice job of restringing the webbing and could make it look age appropriate? Please e-mail me if you have any ideas.
Thanks!

[Duluth Eskimo]

Chris,
That’s a sweet jersey.

[JackW]

Amazing jersey!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Well, I started off May with a bang.

I was able to successfully cross one of the few Vandy items that I still am looking for off of my bucket list.

This is a circa 1939 D & M DG20 Johnny Vander Meer model glove.
It's in pretty nice shape, however I will need to have the chris-cross webbing restored since it is missing. No biggie though, because I have a great image from a 1939 sporting goods catalogue that shows how the webbing was strung.

Anyway, I'm glad to finally find this bad boy.

Anyone know who could do a nice job of restringing the webbing and could make it look age appropriate? Please e-mail me if you have any ideas.
Thanks!

Scott...

Congrats on finding that Vander Meer Glove. Cool example with a nice strong endorsement.

I'm sending you a PM with contact info for a fellow that is an expert restorer. I think he is a net54 member as well. I believe he can use vintage lacing to get the web to look exactly as it should (with little to no sign of any restoration).

Best of luck!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Scott...

Congrats on finding that Vander Meer Glove. Cool example with a nice strong endorsement.

I'm sending you a PM with contact info for a fellow that is an expert restorer. I think he is a net54 member as well. I believe he can use vintage lacing to get the web to look exactly as it should (with little to no sign of any restoration).

Best of luck!

Thanks Mark!

[bobfreedman]

With so many fakes, I am glad to get an authentic version

[Bicem]

Very nice Bob!

[ooo-ribay]

Great Mud Hens jersey and Vandy glove!

Please share an “after” picture if you get it “re-webbed,” Scott.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great Mud Hens jersey and Vandy glove!

Please share an “after” picture if you get it “re-webbed,” Scott.

Thanks Rob!

[JLange]

Sometimes its better to be lucky than good! I picked up this photo of a mystery Cleveland Naps player named "Daly." The photo has a Leader Sports Reference Department stamp from June 16, 1913.

Unfortunately no such player was on the roster in 1913. The man in the photo bore a striking resemblance to the 19th century player "Tom Daly," but he wrapped up his baseball playing career in 1903, and never played with the Naps.

Upon receipt I started digging into old articles on Newspapers.com, and also compared Cleveland uniforms to the pic. This particular uniform with the blue collar was worn in 1910 and 1912. When I expanded my search back to 1910, I was able to figure out the mystery player - Tom Daly!

Tom Daly was hired to scout for the Naps in 1910. A few articles and photos from this time period made his connection to the team clear. Happy to know who I've got now!

[Jim65]

1980-83 Lynchburg Mets game used bat

[Jim65]

Another addition to my Mets minor league program collection 1968 Jacksonville Mets, the roster sheet is beatup but the program is nice.

Finally obtained a 1926! I only need 1924 to have a 100 years consecutively. 1926 was Cardinals first World Series team. This game was vs NYG & has Mel Ott from his rookie year leading off.

[Samets]

I'll share my latest pick-up... A Willie Gault jersey I was able to photomatch to the 1986 Superbowl XX.

Neither the seller nor I at the time knew what year it's from nor it's significance. This jersey is from the time where the store model jerseys were damn near identical to what the team wore so there are many jerseys that stated out as store bough and were "doctored" up to look game used... This one had a few indicators that pointed it out as a team jersey so I jumped on the opportunity to add it to my collection...

The photomatch shows Richard Dent and Willie Gault congratulating each other at the end of Super Bowl XX against the New England Patriots at the Superdome on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

[Bugsy]

The seller listed this as a Chuck Dressen game used bat. It has a 1916-22 centerbrand (I can't read the sidewriting). Lee Dressen was playing high level ball from 1914-21 and Chuck wasn't even out of B ball until late in 1921. Both played for the 1920s St. Paul Saints, so I'm happy with it either way, but was actually hoping that it was Lee's bat. Any opinions?

Thanks.

Chris

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by Samets

I'll share my latest pick-up... A Willie Gault jersey I was able to photomatch to the 1986 Superbowl XX.

Neither the seller nor I at the time knew what year it's from nor it's significance. This jersey is from the time where the store model jerseys were damn near identical to what the team wore so there are many jerseys that stated out as store bough and were "doctored" up to look game used... This one had a few indicators that pointed it out as a team jersey so I jumped on the opportunity to add it to my collection...

The photomatch shows Richard Dent and Willie Gault congratulating each other at the end of Super Bowl XX against the New England Patriots at the Superdome on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

TREMENDOUS. Nice detective work, congratulations on an awesome find!

[ooo-ribay]

Picked this up for a fellow Giants collector..."1953-55 Howard Photo Service" Willie Mays postcard. Not really my thing, but I guess they're hard to come by.