Your Favorite Memorabilia Pick Up of 2016

[bobfreedman]

I decided that my best pick up this year was the Pittsburgh schedule that posted earlier in this thread but I picked up these two pieces this year as well and these could have easily been the best pick up for me this year.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I decided that my best pick up this year was the Pittsburgh schedule that posted earlier in this thread but I picked up these two pieces this year as well and these could have easily been the best pick up for me this year.

Hell, Bob's entire year of pickups could have made this favorite list.
Really an epic year of pickups, Bob! Congrats again?

What will you do for an encore?

[Scott Garner]

Xxxxxx

[Snapolit1]

My favorite pick up this year by far was this Ruth Gehrig photo from Christies. The photo was owned for many years by Stan Coveleski and has an amazing write up by him on the reverse.

"Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth. I never got any credit for making a hitter out of Babe R. He pitched a game against me he hit the hardest home run I ever had hit off me. 1 wk later they took him away from pitching & put him in the outfield. So I always said to myself that I made a hitter out of him."

Pretty good penmanship for a guy who was working 72 a hours a week in a coal mine as a 12 year old boy in Shamokin, PA.

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

My favorite pick up this year by far was this Ruth Gehrig photo from Christies. The photo was owned for many years by Stan Coveleski and has an amazing write up by him on the reverse.

"Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth. I never got any credit for making a hitter out of Babe R. He pitched a game against me he hit the hardest home run I ever had hit off me. 1 wk later they took him away from pitching & put him in the outfield. So I always said to myself that I made a hitter out of him."

Pretty good penmanship for a guy who was working 72 a hours a week in a coal mine as a 12 year old boy in Shamokin, PA.

Steve, Great pickup!! I especially love the backstory about Coveleski. I did not Know that about him. My Grandfather too worked at the mines in Gowen/Shamokin as a 12 year old.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I decided that my best pick up this year was the Pittsburgh schedule that posted earlier in this thread but I picked up these two pieces this year as well and these could have easily been the best pick up for me this year.

Wow...incredible condition...congrats!!!!

[cracker_jack]

My favorite two, Pirate cabinet photo and Scoops Carey porcelain...uhm, although not quite to scale.

[Exhibitman]

I'm not sure if this would be memorabilia or cards.

In the 1920s, the Moosehead-Whitely Exercise Co. made one of those steel cable strengthening contraptions. They signed the great Benny Leonard to shill for it. I had this box top in my collection:



I always wondered about the "illustrated course". This year I got to stop wondering. I found one. The course comes in an embossed leatherette folder. Here is the booklet:



The booklet has about a dozen images in an accordion folded piece. The rest of the images are cards, roughly postcard sized. Here is a header card:



Some examples of the photo cards:

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by cracker_jack

My favorite two, Pirate cabinet photo and Scoops Carey porcelain...uhm, although not quite to scale.

Never seen a porcelain baseball "card". That is very cool.
Did a little sleuthing. Carey played for Memphis from 1906 to 1909 so that dates the item to then. You wonder if similar pieces were made for his other team-mates. For instance, Moonlight Graham played twelve games for Memphis in 1906 following his major league "career". A long shot but it gets the imagination salivating.

[ksfarmboy]

Those Lucky Strike and Tuxedo signs are amazing.

[gnaz01]

Easily my fave

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Easily my fave

Beauty!

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Easily my fave

Killer image Greg!

[Runscott]

Can't believe I forgot about this one. A couple of years ago I posted a 1951 Dobbs Fifty Fedora that had belonged to a member of the 1951 New York Yankees. I sold the hat, as it was too large to wear and I couldn't justify having it lying around doing nothing. The other day I found another one of these presentation hats. Since there are only four known examples, this was really a case of lightning striking twice. On top of that, it is my exact size. It turns out that the owner of the Yankees bought these not only for every player on the team, but also for extended Yankee 'family'. Werner was Mel Allen's sound engineer. A $50 hat in 1951 would be equivalent to a $500 hat today, except a $500 hat today would be of poorer quality. A $10 hat in 1950 was of much higher quality than a $200 hat today. The 'Cavanaugh Edge' on this model is no longer made - the over welt is not sewn, but was created at the same time as the 'hat body', a process which is too expensive now and was abandoned in the early 1960's. If you ever buy a vintage hat, go for one with the non-sewn over welt.

Just like my last one - mint condition:

[Exhibitman]

Error

[Exhibitman]

Is the Matty photo a Bain?

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Those Lucky Strike and Tuxedo signs are amazing.

Thanks Clint!

[herbc]

Mine is this 1957 Phillies team issue wire photo with John Kennedy.



There was a gap in a section of my collection due to Kennedy not having a baseball card. I filled the gap with a Bob Lemke custom card.


Later on I discovered that Kennedy did appear on the Phillies TOPPS team card. Although unrecognizable, he was there.
This prompted me to seek out the photo. As you can see it matches the card. Yes, that is John Kennedy in the front sitting.