On the Card side, they have this thread going... "Show Your One Of A Kind Items"

[Ladder7]

My latest acq. One that will remain in the collection -til I croak.

[thekingofclout]

That's great photo Steve! How in the world did you come upon this? Ben/foreveryoung has a pretty damn good collection going of HOF Players photos from their childhood, that I think are a great niche.

Wasn't Orr already a celeb at this age? Seems like I read something like that a few years ago. Anyway, congrats on a Holy Grail piece for you Paisan!

[Lordstan]

Jimmy,
You asked for some Lou...How about these? Perhaps my overall favorite tem.

1927 Lou Gehrig with Christy Walsh's son. Is still attached to the scrapbook page. Came from the Christy Walsh family, via a trade with Jimmy.



Back of scrapbook page.



1927 Yankees team snapshot. What are the odds that another fan happen to have access on the field the day they took this picture in Spring Training and had a camera?



close up. Ruth is back row center. Lou is back row far right looking downward.

[thekingofclout]

You're right Mark. I asked, but not from you, as I know better. Your Gehrig collection is Baseball's black hole! Ain't nothing coming out of there!

And I know for a fact that that Gehrig w/Christy Jr photo is an absolute one of a kind too.

[Lordstan]

Thanks Jimmy. You're right about the black hole. I hope to maneuver it closer to your collection sometime, so my gravity force can pull in some of your spectacular pictures some day.

[ngrow9]

Posted this a couple months ago in the June Pickups thread, but thought it fit here as well. As far as I'm aware, this is the only known Federal League game used ball in existence, but at a minimum it has to be the only one remaining from the August 3, 1914 ChiFeds vs. PittFeds game.

[BigJJ]

4 Strikes and You're Out!

Patent date of Oct. 12, 1886. From before the last rule change, I believe the rules changed around 1888-1889. Very rare umpire counter, clean but with great game use.

I would sell this to a great caretaker, can PM me.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

My latest acq. One that will remain in the collection -til I croak.

Pretty awesome Steve.

[Mark]

That is one cool umpire artifact!!

[kdixon]

Zachs true rookies...

[Lordstan]

Wow Kenny.
That takes childhood photos to an all new level. Do have one during delivery?
Great stuff.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Wow Kenny.
That takes childhood photos to an all new level. Do have one during delivery?
Great stuff.

[MVSNYC]

c. 1955-1958 Game Used Mantle Bat. Maybe not "one of a kind", but i imagine there's not too many "pounded" Mantle gamers from his triple crown/mvp years.