April Pickups....

[canjond]

Really cool Wild Bill, Mike!

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by canjond

Really cool Wild Bill, Mike!

+1

[mschwade]

I picked this cool item up from Lew Lipset's auction... It's a champagne bottle signed by the 1912 Yale Baseball team. I haven't been able to research it yet to see if any future big leaguers signed it, but thought it was a neat item!

[GrayGhost]

That is super neat

[CarltonHendricks]

Nice pick up....it will be a good research project and you can keep your eyes open from here on for 1912 Yale BB related items...A team photo would be a good start...I get the impression your bottle would have been from a dinner held after the game...Maybe there is a menu out there...below a Yale News photo I found...Congrats nice pick up!

[mschwade]

Thanks Carlton! Appreciate the find, it will be fun to research it. And thanks GrayGhost, really excited about it.

[thenavarro]

That's a cool champagne bottle. Here's my most recent pickup
Check signed by former President James A. Garfield (not signed as President) Here's the auction description:

House of Representatives check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Garfield, “J. A. Garfield,” payable to F & G Rives for $224.82, July 2, 1877. Garfield has also handwritten, “Mentor O.,” and also added the date. Two vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, a small cancellation cut to center, and a bank stamp to upper portion, otherwise fine condition.

[mschwade]

The Yale team was 18-11-2 that season. You had mentioned it might be from the team banquet, but there's one other possibility that came up while I was researching. They defeated Holy Cross on 4/24/12 to claim their 700th win in school history! That'd be neat if it was in celebration of this particular feat.

[MacDice]

Just got back from Mr. Kaline. His TTM signature (with donation is not the best) but still a lot cheaper than if he did an apperance. He "forgot" to put the card back in the hard sleeve so I am a little lucky that it did not get bent in the mail.

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