February Pickups

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Not a February pick up but went shopping in my garage and found these . I got them years ago and forgot about them they came out of the Rawlings factory that closed in Ava Missouri the mats were fried and they were put in my good intentions area and never got to them til now the brass tags on the frames with the location and year is pretty cool and have never seen any like them.

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Another

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3rd one

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4th

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Not the best photos, but here is my recent pickups, framed, and displayed. Early 19teens hand-written plays by Army Coach Charles Daly, 1899, 1908, and 1910 Army Navy tickets, and a cabinet of Truman Murphy (played in first Army-Navy game).

Niche area, but I like them.

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A postcard of Harley "Pete" Wood (Smoky Joe's brother) at the University of Kansas. Pete's actual postcard that he sent to his cousins back home in Ness City, KS in 1909.

[JoeDfan]

Just got these in the mail (from separate purchases) yesterday and today.
One is (I think) and 1951-57 Adirondack "DiMaggio Type". It had a crack, but someone obviously spent some love repairing it. Absolutely beautiful bat.

The other one is (I think) a 1946-50 Adirondack "DiMaggio Type". This one is curious. It doesn't have the "Personal Model" above and below the name on the barrel; nor does it have "Flexible Whip Action" to the right of the label. There is also no number (or anything else) on the knob.
However, what it does have is signs of use. There is lots of pine tar on the handle, and some (very minor) grain separation on the barrel. There is a minor crack along the handle (covered by the pine tar), but nothing that detracts from the gorgeous visual display.

I love these bats, and they are now hanging on my wall right next to my prized DiMaggio bat.