Your Favorite Memorabilia Pick Up of 2016

[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!

[cracker_jack]

Thanks, David. Scoops lived and died in East Liverpool, Ohio, which is a few miles from where I live. East Liverpool was also the pottery capital of the world in the early 1900's. The maker's mark on the back of the piece dates it to a company based in East Liverpool that went out of business around 1910 or so. I'm wondering if it was actually just made for him and somehow fell out of the hands of his family. I'd like to do some research to see if he had/has any family here but I'm not finding a lot.

[kdixon]

Mine would probably be Zach Wheat's pocket watch.

[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:

[RedsFan1941]

That Wheat watch is amazing! Well done!

[Dewey]

OT: great hat, Scott. Any chance Yogi is wearing his presentation hat in this photo from Phoenix in 1951? Just picked this up and your hat info seems to fit.

[Exhibitman]

Error

[Exhibitman]

Is the Matty photo a Bain?

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Is the Matty photo a Bain?

Yes it is

[Dave Grob]

My favorite pickup in 2016 was my only pickup in 2016.
Augie Galan Brooklyn Dodgers satin jersey

Chris,

GREAT uniform and as you can see from your photos, these were not so great with respect to reflecting light. If you're ever in a swapping mood, just let me know..

Cheers and congrats..

Dave Grob

[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.

[clydepepper]

My first and only memorabilia purchase of 2016 and my first ever collectible ticket purchase.

Since I have all his cards, I had to go outside my 'comfort zone' to get something to commemorate Sandy's 81st Birthday.

It happens to be from the very first Major League Game I ever saw (albeit on Black & White TV).

I overpaid for it, but I've done that before on items that did not mean as much to me personally.

I hope you guys approve.


game1 ticket.jpg
-Raymond

[71buc]

Very cool ticket!