January 2012 Pick-Up Thread...
 

Well, I just got home from a crazy night at work. Hope everyone had a fun and safe New Years Eve. My new year of collecting starts off the same way 2011 did, with a TYPE 1 photograph of the Iron Horse. This one is from 1932.

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Beautiful photo of Gehrig Jimmy. Way to kick off 2012 with a bang!
Happy New Year, buddy!

Huge Display Bat
 

I love this bat!:D It came from Pennsylvania. It's approximately 6ft tall, solid, and retains it's original appearance and finish. I've only seen one other that was smaller. I had assumed this was a storefront sign displayed in front of a sporting goods store. After I had bought it the guy said it came from a baseball bat factory and had been displayed there. As you can see it was displayed from the handle end hanging down. I won't alter the originality of the piece one bit like drilling holes, etc but I want to display the bat horizontally with some old leather straps.

is that the one from the Morphy auction? If so, it was a nice looking dislay peice

Cool bat! It looks like it even has game use. :)

Cool giant bat.. Heres mine.

Vintage Baseball Photo Help Needed
 

I was lucky enough to obtain this vintage photo today at a local New Years Day auction and it is of a team from Freeport, Illinois near where I live. It measures 13X12.5 in size. There are several names written on the backside but no one of importance that I see and also no date. I am wanting to know if anyone can pin down the approximate time-frame this might have been taken given the types of uniforms/equipment/etc. displayed in the picture and what the present day value might be given it is only a local team with no major leaguers that I know of shown in the photograph. Thanks for any help or comments.

You have a very nice image. It is a great pose with lots of equipment visible. I would place it at about 1880-1885 with a value of $200.-$300., if it is not a copy. What paper stock is the photo on?

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Thanks. It resembles cardboard on the backside. There is very faded writing of who was on the team and someone has copied directly over those signatures with pen indicated the names....unfortunately, not all of them... only 7 total.

Congrats on bat, et al
 

Happy to start the year off with this Ted Williams Root Beer megaphone. Only the second example I've encountered.

Yet another killer piece Brock! :eek: This megaphone and your Home Run Derby Hat are my favorites.

Also, this Williams megaphone would go perfect with my TYPE 1 photo. ;)

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Congrats
 

Nice way to start the year Brock Congrats..very nice, first one of those I've seen.

Got these awesome Hal Chase Type 1 photos plus some more. The first one is a match to the 1941 issue of Sporting News I just got (ebay link below). Does anyone know how to save ebay pics now? I can no longer right click and save them if they dont have a pic in the description?
Also got a couple really nice Funeral pics, creepy I know.

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Jimmy
 

Jimmy my friend I would also believe that either one of these pins would make a great companion piece for you also ! one on the left a little harder the one on the right much easier. I will make a pin collector out of you yet !;);)

enlarge the ebay photo...use print screen to grab it and paste it to a photo-editing program (like ms paint)

Thanks Chad! Actually just found out my print screen button is no longer working? but I found a program that did a very good job :)

Sean,
When you look at the image on eBay, hit enlarge. You should be able to save ther image from there. I hope this helps!

hi scott,

Yea I was doing that but when i right click there is no save picture choice. Always been frustrating to me :(

I am not sure where to post this since it is both photo and card.
Jimmy Foxx photo stamped 1938 and his 39-46 Exhibit card

Awesome '32 Gehrig Jimmy. Nice Chase stuff too. Prince Hal, What a train wreck.

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great postcard Steve!

Newest gehrig item
 

Just added very nice Knot Hole League brochure.
I also won the Membership card and envelope last month, but missed out on the patch for the complete set.

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Wow! One hundred packs of cards--five bucks!--and you got to meet Lou and had your picture taken with him!

We were born way too late.

Read the little print
 

Wow Great premiums! Great eye David!

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Grazie paisan. That PC is sweet. I've never seen a ballplayer using a target instead of a catchers glove! :D

More terrific Gehrig items! You are now considered competition! ;) That's what I get for talking you into collecting photos. :rolleyes:

You're right David. We were born too late. Also, agree with Mark, nice catch indeed!

This came in yesterday's mail. c. 1920's B.F. Keith's Theatre - BABE RUTH Himself - Advertising Handout Promoting the Bambino "HIMSELF" in his One Man Vaudeville Show.

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Born and raised on a New Hampshire farm, B. F. Keith began his
show business career in the 1870s working in circuses. In 1883 he
opened a dime museum in Boston and soon began presenting live
variety acts in its 300-seat theater. With his partner Edward F.
Albee, Keith leased several regular theaters in the Northeast,
presenting low-priced, completely respectable “vaudeville” shows
that ran continuously from morning to night. In the early twentieth
century the Keith-Albee Circuit came to dominate big-time
vaudeville.

Having such disposable income aside, how you guys find some of this stuff amazes me.

Besides being a great Cincinnati piece, I love the picture. Did a player really stand behind the target when the pitcher was practicing throwing at it? Pitchers must have been a lot more accurate back then...

I was told that the target man was Honus. I see a resemblance, but why him?..

Dave, I believe this depicts a pitching excersize for picking off a steal at second base. I like the partial Morelein's Beer sign along the dasher.

I was about to say that the target man sure as hell looks alot like Honus.

Sure does look like him, reminds me a lot of Honus's profile on the cracker jack cards:
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A couple of really nice early 2012 pickups....
 

Here are some early 2012 pickups that I really like:

1) Extremely rare dated May 30, 1912 ticket stub to HOF Rube Marquard's 43rd career win.
Marquard pitched the AM 1st game of a twinbill at Baker Bowl in Philly. The NY Giants win 7-1 behind twirler Marquard's excellent pitching. Marquard would lead the NL circuit with 26 wins in 1912, which proved to be the high water mark in his career.

2) Beautifully scored program and ticket stub from September 27, 1961 at Phillies. Sandy Koufax passes HOF Christy Mathewson for the NL single-season strikeout record with 269 K's. Mathewson's former record that stood for 58 years was 267 K's. Koufax would continue to improve on this record, ultimately ending up with the current NL strikeout standard of excellence of 382 K's in 1965. The only pitcher that ever struck out more in a single-season was fellow HOF'er Nolan Ryan with 383 K's in 1973 in the AL. These records will never be broken because of specialized pitching.

The patron that scored this game and sat in this seat was a long time season ticket holder with the Phillies and avid fan. The job that he did scoring it is nothing less than spectacular. Both ticket and program are in remarkable condition for being 50 years old...

Scott - you're absolutely right about that being a beautiful scorecard. - Doug

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More terrific Gehrig items! You are now considered competition! ;) That's what I get for talking you into collecting photos. :rolleyes:


Jimmy,
It's all your fault. I could've been peacefully puttering around with my few Gehrig items here and there. Now I've become a companion item guy.:eek:
Thanks,
Mark

Speaking of companion pieces, Mark. A huge "thank you" goes out to Ben/ForeverYoung for spoon feeding me this immaculate 1937 "Who's Who in Baseball" booklet that is the same exact image of Gehrig, as the TYPE 1 photograph that I started this thread with. Thanks again Ben!

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Awesome companion piece!!

Thanks Doug! I actually thought of you when I posted it. I thought you would probably dig it!

Here is another one! :)

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That photo is just killer...I was on it too but Jimmy "pulled the trigger" while I was dragging by feet. It is crystal clear... very very nice pickup.
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I started my year off with a bang as well(2 purchases). I picked up a nice TYPE 1 CHARLES CONLON BABE RUTH PHOTO as a companion piece to go along with my ORIGINAL KREINDLER OIL PAINTING that I will be receiving shortly.:)


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This is my favorite Ruth Image of all time so I am very very lucky to have acquired these. The bubble gum is just classic! The only bad news is, I might not have any money to spend the rest of the year! HAHA
Thanks again Graig. Just fantastic work!

Got my Hal Chase photo lot today and this nice one was included. Trimmed but still cool! Too bad he didnt sign that baseball!

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pretty cool to see Graigs paintings next to an original picture. he is spot on!

I agree! Be, that'll be me in 3 years. I can't wait!! :)

Scott, did you already commission something? If so, what image? Would love to see the photo!

Hi Ben,

I sure did. Here is the photo Graig is going to paint for me-
Johnny Vander Meer 1938.

Been wanting this since I saw the one Phil sold on BST...Now I just gotta get it slabbed;)

Very nice, David. I saw that on e-bay and placed an initial bid but then left it alone. Congrats!

BTW for submission purposes, it came from a 1906 Reach Baseball Guide.

Scott:

That painting will be magnificent! Great choice of subject matter, and should translate beautifully to canvas. May I ask what size you are having done (if you've decided, that is...)

Thats a beautiful Vander Meer would love to see Graigs efforts on that one. Please post it when he completes it. These are my last pick ups unitl June. They were actually purchased last month and arrived earlier this week. I purchased 4 Lazzeri pictures for some reason. They are all Type 1, if anyone is interested in one of them let me know. I think the 1955 Kaline and 1938 Hubbell in the dugout shots would look great as paintings but I can barely afford the photographs. Graig's talents are way out of my league. Although I primarily collect hall of fame members I could not resist the Castro photogaph. I am willing to bet his team won that game:D

Hi Mark,
Thanks! Graig is going to paint it in 20' x 28" scale.

Wow Mike, those are a lot of great photos. Congrats!

Great postcard...I've not seen it before.

VERY COOL Scott!

This picture of Vander Meer will be spectacular... call Graig weird but I bet the light on the foot makes him smile in a very odd way.:)

Busy Weekend - First 2012 P/U's
 

I like the leather re-enforcement on the toe of the cleat (where Vandy's foot would push off the rubber). But even better is the apparent "tipped finger" glove. I was aware of very early gloves like this from the 1800s, but don't think I've ever seen a 1940s tipped finger model.

Hoping one of the glove guys can shed some light on what maker/model of glove this might be...

The finger tips on Vandy's glove are actually seams that were placed along the knuckles to give the fingers of the glove more of a natural curvature. They're not actually capped like a 19th century catcher's glove would be. By the looks of it, he's probably wearing a glove made by Spalding or one of its sub-brands.

Thanks William... very interesting about the curvature.

From the photo, it looks like the leather is darker above those seams (towards the finger tips), making them appear "capped". Guess it's just an illusion.

I'm sure that Graig appreciates this unnecessary over-analysis. Probably making him uneasy about painting this one... sorry! :eek:

Last night I picked up 11 signed baseball magazines in a large ebay auction. None of them were vintage although some were 1950's and 60's, and all but one were Yankees themed, but the one that wasn't was one I've been looking for the last 7 years. A nicely signed 1973 Sporting News signed by Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, and Ken Holtzman. I've only seen one other and it had some really bad sigs on them (think CC), so I'm really jazzed!!

Congrats
 

Congrats Mike, that's very cool, seven years worth...I'd frame it or encapsulate it or something...that newspaper stock is especially subject to deterioration...but what ever you do enjoy it..and in my opinion display it for everyone to appreciate....What's Catfish Hunter doing these days?

dead

Scott

That is AWESOME that you are getting that photo made into a painting. I am excited to see the finished product, it is a great image that really seems to capture Depression era baseball in all aspects!

Rhys

Yes indeed Catfish passed on in 1999 from a fall brought on from complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. Catfish was one of my all time favorite players.

Well I guess that explains why I haven't seen him around

Haley Joel Osment does.

Got this on ebay last week, any chance that is Mickey Cochrane?

Yep..that's Mickey Cochrane...and that's Barney McCoskey standing right next to him. Nice pickup.

Agreed, Dan, that's Mickey.

The Ebay seller said it is from 1935 based on the model of Ford, which if so is 4 years before McCoskey made the majors.

The Ford V-8 team played against a local team from Traverse City, Michigan

I'm 100% convinced that is Barney McCoskey...almost all the rest of those guys were minor leaguers in the mid 1930s...mostly from the Mid Atlantic and Piedmont Leagues.

My newest Gehrig.
1938 in California shooting promo shots.

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a couple of upgrades to my signed 1933 Goudey set :

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Sean,
Those are beautys!
Congrats.:D
Mark

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Well as Jimmy and I always think alike I was able to work a nice deal on 4 Gehrigs. First from 1928,second from 1936 Thirdfrom 1938 and the fourth from 1935. The 1938 photo has a nice caption but hard to read "Lou Gehrig
veterian new york yankee first baseman who will see action with the american league champions in the coming world series. Dated 9/26/38 This would be Lous last world series as he finished 4 for 14 with 4 singles in the series. A sad time for all yankee fans.:(:(

Wow. That 1928 shot is a beauty!

It is fantastic! GREAT PICKUPS AL!

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David, Ben,
Thankyou I also liked the 28 photo. A very powerful look on Lou. Starting to get very hard to find these type of photos. I know Jimmy can concur with me!
Ben + David you both have such great collections I always love seeing them David esp. that Babe Ruth Ball ! You know the one I mean!:eek::eek:

:eek:WoW! Al Congrats!:eek:

Geez Al, what an incredible haul you made there. My head is still spinning! Well, what's good about you getting them as opposed to Ben or David, is that I may still have a chance to trade for one of them someday!;)

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Thanks Jimmy my friend ! But I think you forgot about one other Graig might be in the mix also! for a picture on one of them. :eek::eek: I will let you guess which one!;);)

:rolleyes:

thanks mark! finally got lucky :)

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Just a quick question as I was re scaning the 1928 photo for someone I scaned the back also and just noticed that it looked to me that the photo was a 1927 with a 8 put over the 7. Not that it matters to me either way as I love the photo but I was also told that the uniform is from 1927. You can see that the pencil change was done from the original writer. Wanted some input on the uniform being 1927.

New Tigers pennant
 

Picked this up in an antique mall today. I've not seen this style before. The felt feels 50s, but it could be 60s. Pre 1969 for sure (no mlb logo).
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