February 2014 Pickups

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Incredible pickup Scott. Pretty astronomical odds that those two pieces would be put together again. Congrats.

Thanks again Clint for the great snapshot!
To make it even sweeter, the ball was a steal!

[ruth-gehrig]

I've never seen this one before!! This Victor Base Ball Supplies Sign exhibits fantastic bright blue color! What more can you ask out of an antique baseball advertising piece other than bats, gloves, a catcher's mask and baseball? I'm assuming because it says "For Sale Here" it was originally displayed in a sporting goods store near the turn of the century. It currently measures about 10.5 inches by 13.5 inches. As you can tell the upper and right border have been cut away as this piece was unfortunately used as the backing of a picture frame!

[kdixon]

Love the Victor sign. That blue is really pretty next to the equipment. Great pickup.

[Shoeless Moe]

Federal League scorer, thought it was pretty cool (available if interested)

[edtiques]

I just picked this up to resell.Would most collectors prefer I clean the tarnish off,or leave it as is?
Thanks

[perezfan]

I'd use a silver polish, and would bet most of that tarnish comes off. It will look a lot better for resale, IMO.

[edtiques]

Originally Posted by perezfan

I'd use a silver polish, and would bet most of that tarnish comes off. It will look a lot better for resale, IMO.

I took your advice,and it cleaned up nicely.It's a lot more appealing cleaned up IMO.Here's what it looks like now.

[Jaybird]

It's silver? I would think you should clean it up. I wouldn't normally say that but silver tarnish is generally considered ok to polish. Only polish by hand which increases the patina. Elbow grease.

[edtiques]

Thanks for your responses.It's actually Silverplate and I think it'll clean up nicely.I'm kind of torn about cleaning,some people like the tarnish and patina as it is.
Also,would anyone know who had a Duke Snider day in 1965?I think it might be from the Spokane Indians when he was managing there.That's just a guess though.