Happy New Year - January, 2014 Pick Up's

[Runscott]

Ben, just noticed your Jackie Robinson letter - that is spectacular.

[71buc]

This one arrived in the mail today. I picked it up on eBay from one of the sellers linked to the John Rogers archives. I was surprised to see that a few of the photos, including this one, had been slabbed by PSA. I wonder if they are testing the waters and will do this more often. I can't imagine that they would as it would seem to be cost prohibitive in large volumes. The PSA encapsulation certainly didn't result in a price increase in the photo I purchased.

[packs]

Picked up this great Bain photo of "Death Valley" Jim Scott. The stamp on the back is dated April 16, 1914. I'm pretty sure this photo was taken 2 days earlier on April 14, 1914 when Scott opened the Chicago White Sox's 1914 season by beating Willie Mitchell and the Cleveland Indians.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by packs

Picked up this great Bain photo of "Death Valley" Jim Scott. The stamp on the back is dated April 16, 1914. I'm pretty sure this photo was taken 2 days earlier on April 14, 1914 when Scott opened the Chicago White Sox's 1914 season by beating Willie Mitchell and the Cleveland Indians.

Packs,
That's really a dandy photo of Death Valley Jim!
You probably knew that he took a no-hitter into the 10th inning before surrendering a hit? Scott ended up actually losing to the Washington Senators 1-0 on May 14, 1914.
Here is Scott's super elusive sig that I finally found in 2012.

[packs]

Very cool! I always loved Jim because of his Cracker Jack card. You know the White Sox really stunk when a guy goes 20 - 21 with a 1.90 ERA.

Nice sig!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by packs

Very cool! I always loved Jim because of his Cracker Jack card. You know the White Sox really stunk when a guy goes 20 - 21 with a 1.90 ERA.

Nice sig!

Thanks! Ain't that the truth?

[YankeeFan]

Not the vintage of most other pickups shown here, but I thought it was worthy of a post because I had never seen this different design, blue one before.

I've had the fairly common red June 8, 1969 Mickey Mantle Day pennant for quite some time, but I didn't even know this version existed.

Even so, when I saw it for sale, I didn't snap it up. But then I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Fortunately, it was still available when I checked on it again. Unfortunately, the seller wouldn't budge on the price...probably because I kept saying that I've been a collector for so long and never saw this before!
I finally pulled the trigger and I'm glad I did.