December Pickups

[ksfarmboy]

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to get this bronze of Walter Johnson. The detail is simply incredible. It was reproduced from a plaster statue made in 1924 by Ulric Dunbar. Dunbar made 50 of the plaster statues but only 3 are known to have survived. The bronze was licensed and issued on a very limited basis. This one is #7. It stands 18" tall and weighs over 13#'s.

[mjkm90]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to get this bronze of Walter Johnson. The detail is simply incredible. It was reproduced from a plaster statue made in 1924 by Ulric Dunbar. Dunbar made 50 of the plaster statues but only 3 are known to have survived. The bronze was licensed and issued on a very limited basis. This one is #7. It stands 18" tall and weighs over 13#'s.

Beautiful piece of art Clint

[ksfarmboy]

Thanks Mike! I've been admiring your Wilson trophy for awhile. When this showed up I couldn't resist.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to get this bronze of Walter Johnson. The detail is simply incredible. It was reproduced from a plaster statue made in 1924 by Ulric Dunbar. Dunbar made 50 of the plaster statues but only 3 are known to have survived. The bronze was licensed and issued on a very limited basis. This one is #7. It stands 18" tall and weighs over 13#'s.

Whoa! Awesome...Congrats on a great pick up!

[ruth-gehrig]

Wow! Yeah that bronze is cool....Congrats!

[ValKehl]

Very nice, Clint. Goes great with your collection of WaJo PCs.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Very nice, Clint. Goes great with your collection of WaJo PCs.

+1 Beautiful bronze statue of Walter! Congrats, Clint & Happy holidays!

[ksfarmboy]

Thanks guys! Happy holidays to you too Scott.

[slidekellyslide]

Picked up a couple of political pinbacks of Happy Chandler

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to get this bronze of Walter Johnson. The detail is simply incredible. It was reproduced from a plaster statue made in 1924 by Ulric Dunbar. Dunbar made 50 of the plaster statues but only 3 are known to have survived. The bronze was licensed and issued on a very limited basis. This one is #7. It stands 18" tall and weighs over 13#'s.

Sounds like your bronze is the exact same size as the original. Do you know what year it was made and who made it?

[ksfarmboy]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Sounds like your bronze is the exact same size as the original. Do you know what year it was made and who made it?

Kevin, it was made from the plaster statue and is an exact replica in size. I'm not sure of the exact date but it was made sometime after the original was auctioned in 2006. It was made by Art Castings of Loveland, Colorado.

[Scott Garner]

Freshly acquired in a swap with net54 good guy Doug Goodman, here is a ticket from HOF'er Bob Lemon's no-hitter against the Tigers on June 30, 1948.
The ticket was paper clipped to a scored program from the game. The lucky patron that attended the game neatly notated: "No hit game June 30, 1948 Night" in pencil on the front of the bleacher ticket.

Thanks Doug!

[ksfarmboy]

Wow nice Scott. How many realistically obtainable no hit tickets do you still need?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Wow nice Scott. How many realistically obtainable no hit tickets do you still need?

Great question, Clint!
I have tickets to 203 of the 295 total no-hitters that have been pitched.
The operative word is "obtainable" as you mentioned. At one time I thought that obtaining no-hitter tickets prior to 1950 would be tough, which is true.
Persistence has paid off & I've actually found 23 that predate 1950, so who knows...

If you look at no-hitter tickets that I am still searching for from 1940 forward, the number is 14 different games. I would also like to upgrade between 3-4 of them that I do own
Not bad!

[ksfarmboy]

Wow Scott I had no idea you had that many. That 's awesome!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Great question, Clint!
I have tickets to 203 of the 295 total no-hitters that have been pitched.
The operative word is "obtainable" as you mentioned. At one time I thought that obtaining no-hitter tickets prior to 1950 would be tough, which is true.
Persistence has paid off & I've actually found 23 that predate 1950, so who knows...

If you look at no-hitter tickets that I am still searching for from 1940 forward, the number is 14 different games. I would also like to upgrade between 3-4 of them that I do own
Not bad!

This quest and the Howe McCormack T206 quest are my favorites on Net54. Nice pick up!

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Freshly acquired in a swap with net54 good guy Doug Goodman, here is a ticket from HOF'er Bob Lemon's no-hitter against the Tigers on June 30, 1948.
The ticket was paper clipped to a scored program from the game. The lucky patron that attended the game neatly notated: "No hit game June 30, 1948 Night" in pencil on the front of the bleacher ticket.

Thanks Doug!

Congrats Scott! I really enjoy when you make additions to your collections.

And way to think of Scott, Doug!

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Clint, Dan and Peter!
Happy holidays to all of you.

[bobfreedman]

Finally picked up the catcher. It actually looks better than the photo.