June pickup thread

[Baseballcrazy62]

Mark: thanks for the info. It is 3/4 pennant.

[ooo-ribay]

Because perezfan wanted to see....

I've been searching for this stupid postcard (showing red chairs) for 25 years. I have had the yellow chair/cocktail lounge version for a long time. Unlike the myriad postcards of early Candlestick Park, this one was not sold at every drugstore and Five & Dime in SF. This is one year only; sold or handed out in the Stadium Club and has the Giants' 1961 home schedule. Alwaays nice to delete an ebay search!

[Mark]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Because perezfan wanted to see....

I've been searching for this stupid postcard (showing red chairs) for 25 years. I have had the yellow chair/cocktail lounge version for a long time. Unlike the myriad postcards of early Candlestick Park, this one was not sold at every drugstore and Five & Dime in SF. This is one year only; sold or handed out in the Stadium Club and has the Giants' 1961 home schedule. Alwaays nice to delete an ebay search!

25 years is a long time. Very gratifying to hear that you fulfilled that search. What is next?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Mark

25 years is a long time. Very gratifying to hear that you fulfilled that search. What is next?

I think I still have 82 ebay searches.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I think I still have 82 ebay searches.

Rob:

If another of those Willie Mays Desk Sets ever comes up as a result of your searching, please shoot me a note. Would love to finally land one of those.

Just a sorry request from a 4-time under-bidder.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Because perezfan wanted to see....

I've been searching for this stupid postcard (showing red chairs) for 25 years. I have had the yellow chair/cocktail lounge version for a long time. Unlike the myriad postcards of early Candlestick Park, this one was not sold at every drugstore and Five & Dime in SF. This is one year only; sold or handed out in the Stadium Club and has the Giants' 1961 home schedule. Alwaays nice to delete an ebay search!

That's a great feeling. Nice find!

[Mark]

Not many people would be all that excited about getting a George Grantham bat, but I am. I collect bats from the Pirates teams of the 1920's, and "Boots" Grantham was key to those teams. 26 years ago, when I was just starting out, I had the chance to buy a pro-model Grantham bat. But the dealer wanted $75 more than usual for it, so I didn't pull the trigger right away. He sold it quickly, and I promised myself I'd get the next one that I could. So, I kept my promise and got one ---26 years down the road!

[sayhey24]

You should be excited Mark -- that's a beautiful bat!

Greg

[Tay1038]

Great bat Mark! Love the look of it

[baseball tourist]

Picked up a grail item!

1959 tagged Toronto Maple Leafs AAA jersey and 1960 tagged pants.

Possibly attributed to Bobby Tiefenauer.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/4a537d01

Bobby Gene Tiefenauer (October 10, 1929 – June 13, 2000) was an American professional baseball player and coach. A knuckleball relief pitcher, he pitched for six Major League teams during a ten-year MLB career that stretched between 1952 and 1968: the St. Louis Cardinals (1952, 1955, 1961), Cleveland Indians (1960, 1965–67), Houston Colt .45s (1962), Milwaukee Braves (1963–65), New York Yankees (1965) and Chicago Cubs (1968). Tiefenauer was born in Desloge, Missouri; he threw and batted right-handed.