December pick ups

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by daves_resale_shop

Got my Holy Grail yesterday at the Philly Show... Compliments of Kevin Keating.

Babe Ruth 1920's Cut... I woke my framer up this morning to see if he could put it together for me today...

Congrats, Dave! That is a beauty!

[daves_resale_shop]

Thanks Jim...

Foxx & Wagner to Go!!!

Originally Posted by Deertick

Congrats, Dave! That is a beauty!

[MacDice]

I just picked up this team issued post card of Hall of Famer Dave Niehaus from 1983. The Mariners used to issue these for every player and coach for autograph requests and player appearances. According to the Earliest Collectibles of Baseball Hall of Famers thread, they list the earliest known Niehaus item was from 1995 so this pre-dates it by 12 years.

Around 12 years ago, a card shop that specialized in odd ball Seattle Mariners memorabilia showed me an example of this postcard (unsigned) and said that he had never seen one before in all his years of collecting. Since then this is the only other one I have seen (always in the market for Mariner postcards that I don't have). I wish that it was not personalized to James and by looking at it close I don’t see any way of removing the personalization.

[Lordstan]

Ok. So here are my latest additions.
Pretty pumped.
Also a very good lesson in patience.

In May, during Henry Yee's last ayction, many of you may remember that I bid and lost out on both the Dolph Camilli and KiKi Cuyler signed 1934 Goudeys. The Kuyler went for >$1900 and the Camilli for >$200.

Now I was really pissed about losing the Cuyler, as I had never seen one prior and was sure there couldn't be too many of these around. The Camilli made me mad because, really, who spends over $200 on a Dolph Camilli auto?

One of the most valuable lessons my father taught me about collecting is to be patient. He would point out that very few things are truly one of a kind. If you've seen one, another will come up in the future.

He is correct again and as it turned out I didn't have to wait another 20yrs to find them. Plus I saved about $400 combined as compared to the prices of the ones in May.

Last month I picked up Camilli.




A couple of weeks ago I won this Cuyler in the Collect Auction auction.





BTW, I have to send a huuuuge thank you to the wife for allowing me to get the Kuyler as a combined Birthday/Christmas present. Did I mention that I really love her?

With these 2, I am now at 75 out of 96. Not too bad for an 80yr old set.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Ok. So here are my latest additions.
Pretty pumped.
Also a very good lesson in patience.

In May, during Henry Yee's last ayction, many of you may remember that I bid and lost out on both the Dolph Camilli and KiKi Cuyler signed 1934 Goudeys. The Kuyler went for >$1900 and the Camilli for >$200.

Now I was really pissed about losing the Cuyler, as I had never seen one prior and was sure there couldn't be too many of these around. The Camilli made me mad because, really, who spends over $200 on a Dolph Camilli auto?

One of the most valuable lessons my father taught me about collecting is to be patient. He would point out that very few things are truly one of a kind. If you've seen one, another will come up in the future.


He is correct again and as it turned out I didn't have to wait another 20yrs to find them. Plus I saved about $400 combined as compared to the prices of the ones in May.

Last month I picked up Camilli.




A couple of weeks ago I won this Cuyler in the Collect Auction auction.





BTW, I have to send a huuuuge thank you to the wife for allowing me to get the Kuyler as a combined Birthday/Christmas present. Did I mention that I really love her?

With these 2, I am now at 75 out of 96. Not too bad for an 80yr old set.

Very nice!

[mr2686]

Way to go Mark! Very nice way to end the year...but I think your wife is going to get suspicious if you keep having these "rare" items come up around Christmas every year
Your Dad's wisdom should be used by all of us in our everyday collecting.

[milkit1]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Ok. So here are my latest additions.
Pretty pumped.
Also a very good lesson in patience.

In May, during Henry Yee's last ayction, many of you may remember that I bid and lost out on both the Dolph Camilli and KiKi Cuyler signed 1934 Goudeys. The Kuyler went for >$1900 and the Camilli for >$200.

Now I was really pissed about losing the Cuyler, as I had never seen one prior and was sure there couldn't be too many of these around. The Camilli made me mad because, really, who spends over $200 on a Dolph Camilli auto?

One of the most valuable lessons my father taught me about collecting is to be patient. He would point out that very few things are truly one of a kind. If you've seen one, another will come up in the future.

He is correct again and as it turned out I didn't have to wait another 20yrs to find them. Plus I saved about $400 combined as compared to the prices of the ones in May.

Last month I picked up Camilli.




A couple of weeks ago I won this Cuyler in the Collect Auction auction.





BTW, I have to send a huuuuge thank you to the wife for allowing me to get the Kuyler as a combined Birthday/Christmas present. Did I mention that I really love her?

With these 2, I am now at 75 out of 96. Not too bad for an 80yr old set.

Way to go Mark!
That Camilli is nice. i got one signed back in the day but you got a period autograph on it and I doubt there are very many like that.

[Lordstan]

Ben,
Yea, I do have a lot, but I have been working on this set for approx 30yrs or so.
It's been a labor of love.

Sean and Scott,
Thanks a lot for the kind words.

Mike,
The wife's contribution is even bigger than it seems as she doesn't get collecting at all. It drives her crazy that I spend this amount of money on this stuff. Another part of it, for her, is that I don't have much displayed. So she sees this a stuff collecting dust in a box.
Fortunately we have reached an accord. First, she has begrudgingly accepted the fact that I would rather spend money on memorabilia than tools, clothes, electronics, etc. Second, she twisted my arm to finally get the basement finished early this coming year, so I can hang and display my collection. Perhaps she will understand and enjoy it more as well that way.

Giovanni,
Congrats on your first. Very nice.
Though, I would advise you to avoid the 34 Goudey cards. The 34's are very ugly cards and I wouldn't want you to ruin your collection with any of them. For safety's sake, please send them all to me, so I can protect everyone.


CJ,
I love multi-signed pieces and that is spectacular. Congrats on an awesome pick up.

Best to all,
Mark

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Ben,
Yea, I do have a lot, but I have been working on this set for approx 30yrs or so.
It's been a labor of love.

Sean and Scott,
Thanks a lot for the kind words.

Mike,
The wife's contribution is even bigger than it seems as she doesn't get collecting at all. It drives her crazy that I spend this amount of money on this stuff. Another part of it, for her, is that I don't have much displayed. So she sees this a stuff collecting dust in a box.
Fortunately we have reached an accord. First, she has begrudgingly accepted the fact that I would rather spend money on memorabilia than tools, clothes, electronics, etc. Second, she twisted my arm to finally get the basement finished early this coming year, so I can hang and display my collection. Perhaps she will understand and enjoy it more as well that way.

Giovanni,
Congrats on your first. Very nice.
Though, I would advise you to avoid the 34 Goudey cards. The 34's are very ugly cards and I wouldn't want you to ruin your collection with any of them. For safety's sake, please send them all to me, so I can protect everyone.


CJ,
I love multi-signed pieces and that is spectacular. Congrats on an awesome pick up.

Best to all,
Mark

Mark, You know we'll want some pictures when that basement is complete and your memorabilia is displayed!

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by MacDice

I just picked up this team issued post card of Hall of Famer Dave Niehaus from 1983. The Mariners used to issue these for every player and coach for autograph requests and player appearances. According to the Earliest Collectibles of Baseball Hall of Famers thread, they list the earliest known Niehaus item was from 1995 so this pre-dates it by 12 years.

Around 12 years ago, a card shop that specialized in odd ball Seattle Mariners memorabilia showed me an example of this postcard (unsigned) and said that he had never seen one before in all his years of collecting. Since then this is the only other one I have seen (always in the market for Mariner postcards that I don't have). I wish that it was not personalized to James and by looking at it close I don’t see any way of removing the personalization.

My Oh My!

[cjedmonton]

Courtesy of Huggins & Scott. Would love to expand the theme to an even 100 HOFers. Still mulling over who makes the cut for the final 18.

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by cjedmonton

Courtesy of Huggins & Scott. Would love to expand the theme to an even 100 HOFers. Still mulling over who makes the cut for the final 18.

quite a pickup.. congrats

[stat192]

Picked up my first signed Goudey card. It is not in great shape but I think I got it for a great price.

Watch out Mark, I am coming for you lol

[Cooptown]

My GAWD this is a jaw dropping piece. Why stop at 100?

Originally Posted by cjedmonton

Courtesy of Huggins & Scott. Would love to expand the theme to an even 100 HOFers. Still mulling over who makes the cut for the final 18.



1 Bruce Sutter
2 Luke Appling
3 Al Barlick
4 Monte Irvin
5 Joe Morgan
6 Al Kaline
7 Sandy Koufax
8 Charlie Gehringer
9 Stan Musial
10 Ralph Kiner
11 Frank Robinson
12 Eddie Mathews
13 Willie McCovey
14 Bob Lemon
15 Jim Palmer
16 Whitey Ford
17 Bob Gibson
18 Hal Newhouser
19 Robin Roberts
20 Juan Marichal
21 Bob Feller
22 Jim Bunning
23 Phil Niekro
24 Orlando Cepeda
25 Nolan Ryan
26 Billy Williams
27 George Brett
28 Dave Winfield
29 Pee Wee Reese
30 Al Lopez
31 Carlton Fisk
32 Bill Mazeroski
33 Billy Herman
34 Sparky Anderson
35 Gaylord Perry
36 Don Sutton
37 Wade Boggs
38 Robin Yount
39 Reggie Jackson
40 Earl Weaver
41 Johnny Bench
42 Phil Rizzuto
43 Steve Carlton
44 Rollie Fingers
45 Rick Farrell
46 Tom Seaver
47 Luis Aparicio
48 Hank Aaron
49 Lou Boudreau
50 Ray Dandridge
51 Tony Perez
52 Catfish Hunter
53 Fergie Jenkins
54 Buck Leonard
55 Gary Carter
56 Rod Carew
57 Kirby Puckett
58 George Kell
59 Hoyt Wilhelm
60 Early Wynn
61 Red Schoendienst
62 Bobby Doerr
63 Warren Spahn
64 Willie Mays
65 Larry Doby
66 Johnny Mize
67 Duke Snider
68 Mickey Mantle
69 Ted Williams
70 Ernie Banks
71 Joe DiMaggio
72 Lou Brock
73 Carl Yastrzemski
74 Mike Schmidt
75 Yogi Berra
76 Don Drysdale
77 Willie Stargell
78 Roy Campanella
79 Brooks Robinson
80 Enos Slaughter
81 Dennis Eckersley
82 Harmon Killebrew
83 Barry Bonds?
84 Bert Blyleven?
85 Cal Ripken Jr.?
86 Craig Biggio?
87 Eddie Murray?
88 Edgar Martinez?
89 Greg Maddux?
90 John Smoltz?
91 Ken Griffey Jr.?
92 Ozzie Smith?
93 Paul Molitor?
94 Randy Johnson?
95 Rickey Henderson?
96 Roberto Alomar?
97 Roger Clemens?
98 Ryne Sandberg?
99 Tom Glavine?
100 Tony Gwynn?

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by Cooptown

My GAWD this is a jaw dropping piece. Why stop at 100?

Looks like he is running out of room