September Pick Up Thread

[sphere and ash]

I love this Wright & Ditson baseball, both for its graphics and for its place in the story of “the evolution of the baseball,” which has been a key theme of my collecting for 25 years.

Some background: In 1884, George Wright, former star of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, became an owner of the Boston franchise of the Union Association of Base Ball Clubs, a rival major league that named Wright & Ditson as the exclusive supplier of its official ball. When the Union Association folded after its inaugural season, so did Wright & Ditson's standing as a supplier of major league baseballs. The company was acquired some time prior to 1892 by Spalding, which continued to make baseballs using the Wright & Ditson name.

On a separate note, if you have a nice example of a Heydler ball from 1931-1933, please let me know.

[bgar3]

Great ball, Paul. Unbelievable condition.

[Bumpus Jones]

Super cool items fellas. Here's a recent addition for me. 1960 Burger Beer / Waite Hoyt wall calendar

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Bumpus Jones

Super cool items fellas. Here's a recent addition for me. 1960 Burger Beer / Waite Hoyt wall calendar

I love that "kitschy" kind of stuff!

[perezfan]

Agree.... Those goofy graphics are so great, and really capture the mid-century era.

Wonderful pickups Chris!

[khkco4bls]

That baseball is awesome. My collecting was from 1800s thru the 1950s. But 19th century is my favorite. Great piece.

[Bumpus Jones]

Thanks, fellas. They are cute aren't they

[jimm]

Really cool calendar

[sicollector1954]

Picked up this nice example of a 1964 Nellie Fox game used bat when he was a member of the Houston Colt 45's. Bat is a C 12 model--is 34 inches in length and currently weighs 32.6 oz which is only .4 short of what I believe the original order weight was.

[MCyganik]

Picked up a program from Carl Yastrzemski’s first career game and hit, April 11, 1961. The seller also included a lot of old Boston newspapers from 1967 pennant and Yaz milestones/retirement. Not sure what to do with the newspapers but the program was high on my interest list for a great price!

[Jim65]

Last year I started a project to get a program from every Mets minor league team, pre-2000. Picked up a toughie 1964 Salinas Mets.

[bnorth]

Picked up these oddball Ted Williams weights. The red 5LBer is my favorite.

Not sure what time frame these Sears, Roebuck and Co weights comes from so any info would be greatly appreciated.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Last year I started a project to get a program from every Mets minor league team, pre-2000. Picked up a toughie 1964 Salinas Mets.

That's incredibly cool. Curious what you've turned up from the Visalia Mets, up the road from me.