April pickups

[mjkm90]

Couldn't believe my luck when I found this uber rare Cubs pin on ebay

It's believed that these were not for public sale and were given to members of the organization at all levels around 1908-1915.

If anyone has knowledge of this piece, please share

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

Couldn't believe my luck when I found this uber rare Cubs pin on ebay

It's believed that these were not for public sale and were given to members of the organization at all levels around 1908-1915.

If anyone has knowledge of this piece, please share

I need some of your luck when it comes to finding pins!

[71buc]

Congratulations that pin is very cool.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

Couldn't believe my luck when I found this uber rare Cubs pin on ebay

It's believed that these were not for public sale and were given to members of the organization at all levels around 1908-1915.

If anyone has knowledge of this piece, please share

Great pin, Congrats Mike! did they give out 1908 of them back then? (that's a joke reference to WS rings thread).

condition looks amazing. any concern that they haven't started to repro these pins in the wake of all the Cubs hype?

[mjkm90]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Great pin, Congrats Mike! did they give out 1908 of them back then? (that's a joke reference to WS rings thread).

condition looks amazing. any concern that they haven't started to repro these pins in the wake of all the Cubs hype?

Not concerned about this one Joe. I wouldn't put it past someone eventually, but it isn't marked with a date and is pretty obscure. You don't see them, so they aren't out there.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

Not concerned about this one Joe. I wouldn't put it past someone eventually, but it isn't marked with a date and is pretty obscure. You don't see them, so they aren't out there.

Agree... you can easily tell (when holding one of these in person) that it is antique and authentic. Great score!

[jb217676]

Here's a cool C. 1930's Babe Ruth Snapshot (4" x 2-1/2")

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Here's a cool C. 1930's Babe Ruth Snapshot (4" x 2-1/2")

Love the glove in this one. The Babe looks like he has not stretched and has no intention to. Ha

[jb217676]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Love the glove in this one. The Babe looks like he has not stretched and has no intention to. Ha

What's up Ben! I thought the Babe looked super grumpy in this photo.

[YankeeFan]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

Couldn't believe my luck when I found this uber rare Cubs pin on ebay

It's believed that these were not for public sale and were given to members of the organization at all levels around 1908-1915.

If anyone has knowledge of this piece, please share

Congratulations Mike. Very nice find and pickup. It's a great looking pin.

[btcarfagno]

For my women in baseball collection.

Usually I stay with pro/semi pro type of teams and players, but this one is just...I mean....I am equal parts intrigued and horrified as to just WTF is up with this image.



Tom C

[Michael B]

These are a first for me. I never thought I would see a confirmed tintype of an Olympian until I got these two in a lot of items. I have gotten a good group of items in several purchases related to this athlete. A real estate investor purchased his son's home which probably passed in the family. Isidore "Jack" Niflot won a gold medal in wrestling at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. He also competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens which the IOC refuses to recognize as Olympic Games. He was an AAU champ and later turned pro. He was a long time wrestling referee and coached at City Athletic Club in New York City, Columbia and Penn. In these two he is standing in one and seated in the middle in the other. The word on the jerseys is Balmers. I do not know what that is.

[eastonfalcon19]

Picked up this nice JF Hillerich and Son bat. On the handle you can see notches for grip.

[Leon]

How does he "identify"

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

For my women in baseball collection.

Usually I stay with pro/semi pro type of teams and players, but this one is just...I mean....I am equal parts intrigued and horrified as to just WTF is up with this image.



Tom C

[vintagesportscollector]

Picked up this large 1907 UVM vs. Holy Cross game scorecard with three players listed that had distinguished Major League careers:

Jack Barry of Holy Cross (Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), Ray Collins of UVM (Red Sox), and Larry Gardner of UVM (Red Sox). Barry was part of the Athletic's "$100,000 Infield", and Gardner and Collins featured prominently on Champion Red Sox Teams.

In 1915 Barry, Collins and Gardner played together on the same Red Sox team (with a young Babe Ruth), winning the World Series.

IMG_3205.jpg

IMG_3215.jpg

IMG_3210.jpg

VT07.jpg

VT08-729x496.jpg

1200px-1915_Boston_Red_Sox_with_Rookie_Babe_Ruth2-819x520.jpg

[Scott Garner]

From the BST on net54, just picked up this original 1916 photo of Brooklyn Robins no-hit pitcher Rube Marquard.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

From the BST on net54, just picked up this original 1916 photo of Brooklyn Robins no-hit pitcher Rube Marquard.

Nice pickup. And that is quite the window pane uniform that team wore. Photos from that era are so cool.