September Pickups

guy3050 · #1 09-11-2024, 11:55 AM

One of the earliest if not the earliest Expos signed baseball , This ball was signed about a month before The Expos played their inaugural game April 8th 1969 at Shea Stadium, ball was signed by 30 players including the coaches and manager, most of the players were chosen in the 1968 expansion draft by the Expos , The key signature for me is Dave Hartman who was the 1st player in Expos history to sign a contract with them but never made it to the big show, ball is in NM condition rarely taken out from its origanal box in 55 years

Scott Garner · #2 09-11-2024, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by guy3050

One of the earliest if not the earliest Expos signed baseball , This ball was signed about a month before The Expos played their inaugural game April 8th 1969 at Shea Stadium, ball was signed by 30 players including the coaches and manager, most of the players were chosen in the 1968 expansion draft by the Expos , The key signature for me is Dave Hartman who was the 1st player in Expos history to sign a contract with them but never made it to the big show, ball is in NM condition rarely taken out from its origanal box in 55 years

Fantastic ball, Guy! Great addition to your fantastic Expos collection.
Congrats!

Topnotchsy · #3 09-11-2024, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by guy3050

One of the earliest if not the earliest Expos signed baseball , This ball was signed about a month before The Expos played their inaugural game April 8th 1969 at Shea Stadium, ball was signed by 30 players including the coaches and manager, most of the players were chosen in the 1968 expansion draft by the Expos , The key signature for me is Dave Hartman who was the 1st player in Expos history to sign a contract with them but never made it to the big show, ball is in NM condition rarely taken out from its origanal box in 55 years

Man, that ball looks pristine! Some time back, I was able to acquire a small number of game-used lineup cards from the Expos inaugural season.

perezfan · #4 09-12-2024, 11:59 AM

Wish they all looked that pristine.... awesome and important Ball, Guy!

seattlerainiers · #5 09-14-2024, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by guy3050

One of the earliest if not the earliest Expos signed baseball , This ball was signed about a month before The Expos played their inaugural game April 8th 1969 at Shea Stadium, ball was signed by 30 players including the coaches and manager, most of the players were chosen in the 1968 expansion draft by the Expos , The key signature for me is Dave Hartman who was the 1st player in Expos history to sign a contract with them but never made it to the big show, ball is in NM condition rarely taken out from its origanal box in 55 years

Has to be the best signed Expos ball in existence. Wow! Congrats.

Topnotchsy · #6 09-15-2024, 12:05 AM

Picked up this really nice picture of Negro League HOF Willard Brown. He played just a few games for the Browns.

This was printed in the late 50's, so not a Type I, but still a vintage print of a beautiful photo of a truly great Negro League player and early integrator.

Vintagecatcher · #7 09-17-2024, 04:23 PM

Another piece of circa 1910 children's china made in Germany with a catcher scene.

Patrick

sicollector1954 · #8 09-21-2024, 02:11 PM

Been awhile since I added anything of significance to my game used collection. I think this is a rare one to come across!

sbfinley · #9 09-25-2024, 10:44 PM

Not really a pickup as I've probably this in my random tickets box for about 10 years, but it never dawned on me until tonight that this was Clemente's final game.

Chris-Counts · #10 09-28-2024, 03:35 PM

Wow, that Lombardi bat is amazing. I bet it weighs a ton. I also love that shot of Willard Brown � it's sad he never got another chance to play in the majors.

Here's an early 1950s New York Giants cap I recently acquired. It was the last vintage game cap I needed from the original 16 teams. You would think a St. Louis Browns cap would be the hardest to find, but I located two of them before finding a Giants cap.

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