Your Favorite Memorabilia Pick Up of 2016

[byrone]

Bill Barilko 1951 Stanley Cup winning goal
36" x 52" oil on linen painting by Graig Kreindler



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[ramram]

Whoa Brian, that's one of my favorite Kreindler paintings! Beautiful.

Rob M

[Kawika]

Brian: That is a huge pick-up! Could give Annie a run for best tourist attraction on PEI. I realize that Graig did the heavy lifting by painting the sucker but what a brilliant idea to commission this iconic hockey image! Great going all around.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Just picked this up. The picture doesn't do justice to this 1898 Princeton football shaped program. Original binding and great condition. The earliest football program in my collection.

Jeff

[ksfarmboy]

This would have to be my favorite although there are a few very close. 1875 Flesh VS Bones at Topeka, KS. Pretty cool putting it in a stereo optic device and seeing it in 3d.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by ramram

Whoa Brian, that's one of my favorite Kreindler paintings! Beautiful.

Rob M

+1 I strongly agree!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

This would have to be my favorite although there are a few very close. 1875 Flesh VS Bones at Topeka, KS. Pretty cool putting it in a stereo optic device and seeing it in 3d.

This is awesome...and to have that much info on the actual stereoview itself is rare.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

This would have to be my favorite although there are a few very close. 1875 Flesh VS Bones at Topeka, KS. Pretty cool putting it in a stereo optic device and seeing it in 3d.

Love it! The article is quite interesting to read too...the fats vs. the leans...haha! I would have changed camps a few times over my lifetime...went from lean (swimming days) to fat (post-swimming) to lean (masters swimming) to fat again (desk job w/ two kids). As I near 40, I'd like to change teams again!

[packs]

Mine is this incredible Type 1 photo of the moment Joe DiMaggio extended his historic hitting streak to 56 consecutive games:

[pherbener]

^^^^^That is an awesome photo!!

[ruth-gehrig]

Incredible Dimaggio photo! Is the baseball about to nail the pitcher after Dimaggio hit that one?

[Dewey]

Epic Joe D photo!

[Ronnoco]

That DiMaggio photo is unreal!! Great pick up

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Ronnoco

That DiMaggio photo is unreal!! Great pick up

+1

[ksfarmboy]

Thanks Dan and Derek! Dan you're quite right. Having the story with the photograph is extremely rare as you know. That's why this was pretty high up on my want list.

[irv]

Originally Posted by byrone

Bill Barilko 1951 Stanley Cup winning goal
36" x 52" oil on linen painting by Graig Kreindler

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Unbelievable painting!

I assume you are aware of Tragically Hip's song about him?
This is a vid I had never seen before. Hope you enjoy it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_1j4xRDDV4

Originally Posted by packs

Mine is this incredible Type 1 photo of the moment Joe DiMaggio extended his historic hitting streak to 56 consecutive games:

Very nice!

[packs]

Thanks guys!

[ruth-gehrig]

I would have to say this set picked up individually from an SCP auction.

[bobfreedman]

Mike, beautiful pieces, these are some of the finest known of each known copy. How do you have them displayed if you dont mind me asking?

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks Bob! Because I can't make up my mind on exactly what style of frame looks best, I haven't done anything with them. They are resting comfortably in the original shipping box

[bobfreedman]

I decided that my best pick up this year was the Pittsburgh schedule that posted earlier in this thread but I picked up these two pieces this year as well and these could have easily been the best pick up for me this year.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I decided that my best pick up this year was the Pittsburgh schedule that posted earlier in this thread but I picked up these two pieces this year as well and these could have easily been the best pick up for me this year.

Hell, Bob's entire year of pickups could have made this favorite list.
Really an epic year of pickups, Bob! Congrats again?

What will you do for an encore?

[Scott Garner]

Xxxxxx

[Snapolit1]

My favorite pick up this year by far was this Ruth Gehrig photo from Christies. The photo was owned for many years by Stan Coveleski and has an amazing write up by him on the reverse.

"Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth. I never got any credit for making a hitter out of Babe R. He pitched a game against me he hit the hardest home run I ever had hit off me. 1 wk later they took him away from pitching & put him in the outfield. So I always said to myself that I made a hitter out of him."

Pretty good penmanship for a guy who was working 72 a hours a week in a coal mine as a 12 year old boy in Shamokin, PA.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I decided that my best pick up this year was the Pittsburgh schedule that posted earlier in this thread but I picked up these two pieces this year as well and these could have easily been the best pick up for me this year.

Wow...incredible condition...congrats!!!!

[cracker_jack]

My favorite two, Pirate cabinet photo and Scoops Carey porcelain...uhm, although not quite to scale.

[Exhibitman]

I'm not sure if this would be memorabilia or cards.

In the 1920s, the Moosehead-Whitely Exercise Co. made one of those steel cable strengthening contraptions. They signed the great Benny Leonard to shill for it. I had this box top in my collection:



I always wondered about the "illustrated course". This year I got to stop wondering. I found one. The course comes in an embossed leatherette folder. Here is the booklet:



The booklet has about a dozen images in an accordion folded piece. The rest of the images are cards, roughly postcard sized. Here is a header card:



Some examples of the photo cards:

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by cracker_jack

My favorite two, Pirate cabinet photo and Scoops Carey porcelain...uhm, although not quite to scale.

Never seen a porcelain baseball "card". That is very cool.
Did a little sleuthing. Carey played for Memphis from 1906 to 1909 so that dates the item to then. You wonder if similar pieces were made for his other team-mates. For instance, Moonlight Graham played twelve games for Memphis in 1906 following his major league "career". A long shot but it gets the imagination salivating.

[ksfarmboy]

Those Lucky Strike and Tuxedo signs are amazing.

[gnaz01]

Easily my fave

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Those Lucky Strike and Tuxedo signs are amazing.

Thanks Clint!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Easily my fave

Beauty!

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Easily my fave

Killer image Greg!

[cracker_jack]

Thanks, David. Scoops lived and died in East Liverpool, Ohio, which is a few miles from where I live. East Liverpool was also the pottery capital of the world in the early 1900's. The maker's mark on the back of the piece dates it to a company based in East Liverpool that went out of business around 1910 or so. I'm wondering if it was actually just made for him and somehow fell out of the hands of his family. I'd like to do some research to see if he had/has any family here but I'm not finding a lot.

[kdixon]

Mine would probably be Zach Wheat's pocket watch.

[Dewey]

Holy cow. Wheat's watch. That's cool.

[Wolverine]

Originally Posted by kdixon

Mine would probably be Zach Wheat's pocket watch.

That is wicked!

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

My favorite pick up this year by far was this Ruth Gehrig photo from Christies. The photo was owned for many years by Stan Coveleski and has an amazing write up by him on the reverse.

"Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth. I never got any credit for making a hitter out of Babe R. He pitched a game against me he hit the hardest home run I ever had hit off me. 1 wk later they took him away from pitching & put him in the outfield. So I always said to myself that I made a hitter out of him."

Pretty good penmanship for a guy who was working 72 a hours a week in a coal mine as a 12 year old boy in Shamokin, PA.

Steve, Great pickup!! I especially love the backstory about Coveleski. I did not Know that about him. My Grandfather too worked at the mines in Gowen/Shamokin as a 12 year old.

[Runscott]

Mine was an 1890's French Brunswick Billiard Cue. It was a wreck when I received it - I glued down the points, removed the joint, sanded lightly and gave it a French polish. Here are the 'Before Pics'. It is about midway through it's restoration. When done it should look original and will have a new shaft which will use the original wooden pin shown below. We were very lucky in that the only part actually missing was the ivory wedge in the butt. The only thing that won't be original is that it will be weighted and balanced to my playing requirements.

[Runscott]

Can't believe I forgot about this one. A couple of years ago I posted a 1951 Dobbs Fifty Fedora that had belonged to a member of the 1951 New York Yankees. I sold the hat, as it was too large to wear and I couldn't justify having it lying around doing nothing. The other day I found another one of these presentation hats. Since there are only four known examples, this was really a case of lightning striking twice. On top of that, it is my exact size. It turns out that the owner of the Yankees bought these not only for every player on the team, but also for extended Yankee 'family'. Werner was Mel Allen's sound engineer. A $50 hat in 1951 would be equivalent to a $500 hat today, except a $500 hat today would be of poorer quality. A $10 hat in 1950 was of much higher quality than a $200 hat today. The 'Cavanaugh Edge' on this model is no longer made - the over welt is not sewn, but was created at the same time as the 'hat body', a process which is too expensive now and was abandoned in the early 1960's. If you ever buy a vintage hat, go for one with the non-sewn over welt.

Just like my last one - mint condition:

[RedsFan1941]

That Wheat watch is amazing! Well done!

[Dewey]

OT: great hat, Scott. Any chance Yogi is wearing his presentation hat in this photo from Phoenix in 1951? Just picked this up and your hat info seems to fit.

[Samets]

A very rare one year style from 1994 that was only worn in 3 games that season.
As far as I know only a handful are in private hands. This one is photomatched.

The best part is I picked it up the day my 2nd child was born!

Needless to say, this one will be buried with me...

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Dewey

OT: great hat, Scott. Any chance Yogi is wearing his presentation hat in this photo from Phoenix in 1951? Just picked this up and your hat info seems to fit.

Your pic is probably part of the whole western thing the Yankee's owner was doing during Spring Training that year in Phoenix, but it looks too dark - these hats were a light tan - and the brim is too flat. Del Webb had a lot of money and didn't mind spending it to entertain his friends and his new team.

[Dewey]

Thanks, great pic. Congrats again on that hat. What a great thread thus far.

[Exhibitman]

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[Exhibitman]

Is the Matty photo a Bain?

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Your pic is probably part of the whole western thing the Yankee's owner was doing during Spring Training that year in Phoenix, but it looks too dark - these hats were a light tan - and the brim is too flat. Del Webb had a lot of money and didn't mind spending it to entertain his friends and his new team.

I think its doubtful they originate from the same time frame, as Yogi's visage is much more youthful in the Berra/Bauer photo.

Just my two cent.
Brent

[Big Red Machine]

[Big Red Machine]

I actually have two favorites for this year. Here is a 1967 Buffalo Bisons Carling Brewery photo with a pre-rookie Johnny Bench