Killebrew Things

[JCU]

Hello everybody, I've been looking at these forums for a few weeks now and then; nice site. I've been a Killebrew fan since I was 3-4 years old so along time lol. Over the years I picked up a few cool things, primarily before I got married, I also got to meet Harmon several times over the years, he was a great guy and very knowledgable about his memorabilia. I brought him a store bat and chair back to sign one time and he remembered me from him signing a card years before. He took the bat and said "where did you find this, it's still got the sticker on it" I told him it came from the basement of a hardware store. He said that it was more rare than a game bat and he would trade me for a game used bat. I told him I would gladly trade. I asked what made it so special and he said it was his first bat they made for retail and they didn't make many. So he signed it after admiring it for some time with people piled up behind us.
Then I took my "Killer K 500" directors chair back. He said I haven't seen this in years, he gave it to his neighbor when he moved from Prior Lake. The team made 3 when he hit his 500th HR. They made 3, red, blue and black; I have the black one I got from Dick Johnkowski (voice of the gophers) one was set on home plate for an interview (mine) one in the locker room and one in the dugout. He said he had one and his kids had the other. He was such a nice genuine man. I'll post some pics if there is any interest.