What were your favorite 2 or 3 pieces you picked up this year...

[Jay Wolt]

Been a lean year buying cards & memorabilia for the collection.
But got this neat piece at a good price. 1933 letter from Christy Walsh
to Bill Dickey letting him know he made the All American Baseball Team.
Which was like an All Star selection which started a few years before the
actual All Star game. Babe Ruth's facsmile sig is on the left and Dickey's
All America patch is also included in the frame

[Oldtix]

This was one of those years where I had my best luck with non-sports memorabilia...but I was very happy to pick up this 1934 easel-backed store display:



In addition to my previously-posted window card from THE BLACK CAT, the unexpected November discovery of a complete mint set of lobby cards (in the original distribution envelope) for the 1936 FLASH GORDON serial made for a happy holiday:

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Been a lean year buying cards & memorabilia for the collection.
But got this neat piece at a good price. 1933 letter from Christy Walsh
to Bill Dickey letting him know he made the All American Baseball Team.
Which was like an All Star selection which started a few years before the
actual All Star game. Babe Ruth's facsmile sig is on the left and Dickey's
All America patch is also included in the frame

Jay. That Walsh/Dickey piece is absolutely killer! I have maybe 35-40 photos in my collection that came from the Walsh Family. Congrats on that! Please think of me if you ever decide to move it.

Originally Posted by Oldtix

This was one of those years where I had my best luck with non-sports memorabilia...but I was very happy to pick up this 1934 easel-backed store display:



In addition to my previously-posted window card from THE BLACK CAT, the unexpected November discovery of a complete mint set of lobby cards (in the original distribution envelope) for the 1936 FLASH GORDON serial made for a happy holiday:

And Rick... you never cease to amaze me with your fantastic collection. To think that just this year, you were able to find these incredible pieces is such tremendous condition is simply inspirational.

Happy New Year to all memorabilia collectors. My best regards, Jimmy

[HexsHeroes]

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A good year is any year that I can remove one name from my want list.

An excellent year is any year inwhich I can remove two names from my want list.

But to be able to strike three names from that list, it had to be considered a great year.

And in consideration of all the other great autograph items I added to my personal collection this year, AWESOME would not be much of a stretch either.

My three "wants" no more:
Joe Casey Boston Old-Timers game scorecard cut (with partial G.C. Alexander signature at bottom)
Jim Walsh cardboard stock cut
Del Gainer 3x5 (from Danahy collection)

[J.McMurry]

Was there something erased from the center and bottom left corner of that Gainer 3x5?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by HexsHeroes

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A good year is any year that I can remove one name from my want list.

An excellent year is any year inwhich I can remove two names from my want list.

But to be able to strike three names from that list, it had to be considered a great year.

And in consideration of all the other great autograph items I added to my personal collection this year, AWESOME would not be much of a stretch either.

My three "wants" no more:
Joe Casey Boston Old-Timers game scorecard cut (with partial G.C. Alexander signature at bottom)
Jim Walsh cardboard stock cut
Del Gainer 3x5 (from Danahy collection)

Vince,
Glad to hear that you found a few that you were looking for in 2010... Thanks again for the help locating the Alex "Miles" Main sig off my list this year. I hope that you have another successful year in 2011!

[HexsHeroes]

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glad the Alex Main went to a good home.


I believe a date 6/18/?? was erased from the bottom left corner.

Not sure what the two erased words in the center are, except that the upper of the two words starts with a capital E (attractively written I might add).
A notation by the original collector?

Perhaps another member with better photo editing software could reveal what the two words, and the year are (were).

To be honest, I was so thrilled to have won the Gainer 3x5, that I didn't give the erased words much consideration.

[arsrvfan]

I picked up this 1941 Pacific Coast League All team ball with sweet spot autograph of my favorite "Gas House Gang" player, Pepper Martin. It's from the personal collection of former Cardinal and Brownie infielder Don Gutteridge. Gutteridge was in between major league stops and joined his best friend Martin who was player/manager playing for the Sacramento Salons in '41. I originally sold it for Gutteridge, a longtime friend, in 2004 when he decided to sell off his All Star Bats, dozens of minor league team balls, etc. I was always sorry that I didn't buy it myself but when offered a chance to trade back for it recently, from the collector that I sold it to 6 years ago, I jumped at the opportunity. It doesn't have the Legendary Tony Freitas, but it's still a really tough piece with personal attachment from my friend, and I'm thrilled to have it in my collection.

[Vintagecatcher]

One of the board members was nice enough to sell me a 1924 D&M Catcher figural trophy earlier in the year. The trophy had originally been purchased from the National Pastime in Cooperstown, NY. Shortly after I received the trophy, I decided to have a master silversmith restore it to its original condition.

Here are a few before and after photos. It now proudly sits in a period mahagony display case. Somewhere in it's history, an owner glued the trophy lid to the loving cup. When the restored trophy came back from the master silversmith, I was thrilled to see that there was actually two pieces to the trophy.



Thanks,


Patrick

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Oldtix

In addition to my previously-posted window card from THE BLACK CAT, the unexpected November discovery of a complete mint set of lobby cards (in the original distribution envelope) for the 1936 FLASH GORDON serial made for a happy holiday:

OK, gotta have the story on that piece!

[Oldtix]

It's the damndest thing, but I'm sure others will have similar stories. I was late getting to the standard run-of-the-mill montly antique show here right before Thanksgiving. In over 25 years, I've only seen good movie paper on about four occasions. After roaming the buildings for about four hours and with only three aisles to go, I was stunned to see the envelope inside a display case. Honestly, I didn't expect any cards to be inside...after all, FLASH GORDON serial paper is among the rarest of the rare. But there they were, in perfect unused condition. They weren't cheap, but at less than a third of their true value I still can't believe no one else beat me to them!