September Pickups

[CooperstownExpert]

Bill Buckner hit a homer in the first game I ever attended as a boy. Even after he left my hometown Dodgers he was still my favorite. I've stumbled upon and obtained Buckner's first pro contract signed as an 18-year old, his first Topps contract, his Angels contract and his final payroll check as a big leaguer.

The newest pickup is his actual passport from 1970. It has me thinking...do collectors -- like me -- ever wake up with a fleeting moment of clarity in realizing collecting doesn't make sense? If so, I'd sure like to have that clarity more often.

If you want to see all the stuff on Buckner, pieces on every member of the Hall, and more than 200 non-HoF guys, please check out CooperstownExpert.com. There's decades of collecting there. I hope you enjoy the site, but please tell me the danger signs that point to being unbalanced as a collector. I may have missed a few along the way!

[Dave Grob]

I don't see myself launching into pinback buttons, but these appealed to me as wonderful contextual smalls to augment some related uniforms and stadia items.

Dave Grob

[ooo-ribay]

^^^^ Typical D**gers fan.

[daves_resale_shop]

Pretty psyched to add this Umass (my alma-mater) gamer to my collection

[bobfreedman]

Cap Anson Presentation bat from the University of Notre Dame

[murphusa]

Wow!

if it was still the 1980's someone would be doing a VHS tape on you

[Shoeless Moe]

That bat would make Negan jealous.

[GaryPassamonte]

Fantastic, Bob!

[Bill Rayburn]

Fantastic bat Bob, Congrats!!!

[bobfreedman]

Thanks for all the kind words. I am truly blessed

[Forever Young]

Love that gehrig glove! Nice Mark

[thetruthisoutthere]

Finally found one.

You simply don't see Jeter inscribed items.




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[Dave Grob]

Caps and pinback buttons were, in both cases, purchased separately and then combined.

Dave Grob

[khkco4bls]

So bob what's the story on the bat. How did u aquire it.

[eastonfalcon19]

A few newer pickups. I bought the Mantle papers this morning at the flea market. They are from April and May 1951.