No idea who this is. Found in Kansas

Heh! I was about to post a reply that Greg would love that photo and then I realized it was you that posted it. :D

edited to add: This was in reply to Greg's Naragansett photo.

Just got these in the mail today. Never seen them before they popped up on ebay last week.

Love the Pittsburg fishing pic!

Something for my Black Sox pile. Season tix to Spinner's games. And an old Xmas photo.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...jaxletter6.jpghttp://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...uthgalento.jpg



*Background on the Santa Clause's photo. Taken by famed sports photog. Wm C Greene, at Jim Kelly's 'Mirror Room' in Greenwich Village. The Babe and Tony "Two-Ton" Galento were the MC's. Shoulda known these elves were up to no good... Hmmm, Could it have been the annual Bombers Xmas party?

Also, this is building still stands 181 Sullivan St. and is located a few buildings down from my son's old college apt at 149. It's a small, small world.

An exerpt from Bill Treadwells book on growing up in pre-WW2 Greenwich Village, 'Give it to me Easy' 1944;
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../jimkellys.jpg

Whoa steve,
You're killing me with that spinners letter. Beautiful!

If you ever get tired of it let me know, Please!

Was it an ebay pick-up?

Love the Bambino/Santa photo Steve. Looks like Christmas came early for you.

Dan, nice pickups. I haven't seen any ticket books for Wichita but you would think they were out there.

Just picked up my first Willard Mullin original drawing of the Brooklyn Bum.
 

Attachment 1893

15" x 22" Also features the Giants and Pirates mascots.

Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves Advertising
 

Found this at an antique mall. Pictures of front and back.

1951 All Star Game Ticket Stub
 

Also found at Antique Mall.

Picked up another Kansan the other day thanks to Rhys. Slow Joe Doyle from Clay Center, KS. Rhys went above and beyond to sell this to me and I'd like to thank him. If you ever need anything from him he's top notch. Here's his site:

http://www.prewarsports.com/

Duh, i had posted this in the wrong thread...

Much thanks to David Atkatz!

1905 Highlanders Stub
1923 Yankee Stadium Brochure

Yep, these have the schedule on the reverse side too. First I've seen.

Nice score on the Slow Joe photo.

Picked up this '29 Cubs panoramic piece from Hunts. Arrived today and I really likey.:)

That's a beauty, Brock.... congrats!

Pano
 

http://waxpaperbeercup.com/2009/01/0...ry-years-1929/
Brock, That's an exceptionaly good looking pano.....29' was when the cubs got future HOF'er Rogers Hornsby in a trade with the Boston Braves for five players and more than $200,000.00.

Thanks Carlton and Mark. The '29 Cubs fielded quite a fierce lineup. Cuyler, Hornsby, and Wilson made up one helluva powerful 3, 4, 5 hitters.

Recent Pickup
 

Great pickups guys.
I recently picked up a cabinet photo of a Reading Coal Heavers baseball player of the Atlantic League. The player is Ned Garvin who went on to play some major league baseball. Garvin played for the Coal Heavers from 1897 to 1899. I included a photo of his 1903 E107 Breisch-Williams card from his time with the White Sox. He also played in the majors with the Phillies, Highlanders, and Superbras.
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"He also played in the majors with the Phillies, Highlanders, and Superbras."
Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Edited to add: A Superbras team photo! Well played, Rob D.

IMO this is probably not Ned Garvin. Keep in mind that he was a very gaunt and skinney 6'4" 160 lbs. This guy's proportions don't seem right for that.

And yeah - the ears also don't seem to be quite right. I can try to be more analytical over the weekend if requested.

june pickups
 

Here is a side by side comparison. If my theory is right,Garvin is about 5 years younger in the cabinet photo than in the 1903 card. I have been searching for another photo of garvin that is a different angle, but I haven't come up with much yet. It is tough to see the ears in the cabinet photo, and with that, I didn't think the ears could be a big id help with this photo, but I could be wrong. I am hoping to get some help from a local historical society with a team photo that could give me the definitive id.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...SidebySide.jpg

The heads are at slightly different angles - but the most easily seen difference is the outline the partially hidden right ears (viewer's left). Garvin's protrudes more in the middle, the Reading player's angles towards the head from the top of the ear.

Other members of the Superbras:

june pickups
 

LOL, i didn't realize i made that typo. I can see what you mean by the ears appearing at different levels.

A buddy of mine called me today from a garage sale and said they had some Lincoln Chiefs stuff....I was there in about 5 minutes. :D

Picked up a 59 ticket booklet that still has 7 unused tickets in it, 2 1953 team photos (Which I didn't have yet) and a 55 and a 58 team photo (both of which I have more than one of already...but I'm a hoarder of Lincoln stuff). What is strange is that I had never come across a ticket booklet for the Chiefs in a very long time of collecting this stuff and I've found three now in just two weeks.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...l/chiefs59.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...l/chiefs53.jpg

19th Century Sculler Platter
 

Received this the other day, got off Corey Leiby's website AntiqueAthlete.com
13"x 9 1/2"x 3"
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Wrote to rowing expert exdrodinare Tom Weil, exchange below. Was hoping it was American, but doesn't seem to be. Anybody with killer rowing stuff email me...Mike Hoevet don't roll your eyes!

On Tuesday Jun 23, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Carlton wrote:
Tom, I just got the tray in attached photos...Have you ever seen it before..no maker mark...Would you recognize the background area...is that Boston? Philly? Thames? -Carlton

On Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:20 PM, Tom Weil wrote:
Carlton -
A fascinating piece - never seen the like before, but I would identify it with some degree of confidence as European, probably German or Austrian, 1880-1910 - the depiction of the sculler is classically Continental, and the background seems to depict a small river- or lake-side village such as would be found throughout those countries - also, the Europeans were much more into cast or stamped or embossed metal plates and trays than the Anglophones. And coming from the flip side, wherever it IS from, there is no way that that either the style of manufacture or the subject could be English or American.
Thanks for getting in touch, and good luck with finding such neat things in the future.
Best, Tom

i picked this up over the weekend. i have a couple of posters for the NBC tournament, but have never seen one this size before. i think it was a bus advertisement rather than a storefront poster judging by the text.

Picked up these three yesterday.
Matt
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/IMG_0065.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/IMG_0066.jpg

Matt... How lucky to find 3 with such perfect and unblemished markings!

Gorgeous bats... and looks like all 3 have slightly different knobs. Where did you possibly locate 3 such perfect specimens (if you don't mind me asking?)

They all actually came from a local estate auction. There was one other that I did not get but the condition was the same. The barrels were covered in some sort of white residue, but it came right off. They don't appear to be used.
Matt