Your top finds for 2011

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

My Lou Gehrig original photos that I picked-up in 2011...

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Jimmy...

I just love the pensive photo of Gehrig selecting his Bat. What a Kreindler Masterpiece that one would make! Very thoughtful and interesting image. In fact, they're all equally amazing. Congrats!

[scmavl]

I guess my favorite piece would be this 1950 Mantle minor league Type I that I picked up here on Net54.



Or this signed Musial RC. Bought the card raw & sent it to Stan's company to have it signed.

[David Atkatz]

I think it might be time for Stan to retire from signing.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I guess my favorite piece would be this 1950 Mantle minor league Type I that I picked up here on Net54.

Damn Jarrod. What a historic and important photo that Mantle image is, and one that would make any photo collector's year! Congratulations!

Please keep me in mind if you ever want to sell/trade it.

[Frozen in Time]

Hi Jarrod.

As far as I know, there were only 4 photos taken of Mickey outside the Joplin ballpark that day - Sept.14, 1950. I have been fortunate enough to obtain all four.

One is the photo you have posted (mine also has the small negative imperfection on his left shoulder/sleeve).

Below is another showing a different pose of Mickey in his Joplin uniform. Both of these were used by the press as he was about to start a 2 week travel run with the Yankees which began on Sept 20. One thing I really like about this photo, is that on the back, in addition to the photographer's original stamping, written in pencil is the phrase "to the Yankees".

Craig

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Frozen in Time

Hi Jarrod.

As far as I know, there were only 4 photos taken of Mickey outside the Joplin ballpark that day - Sept.14, 1950. I have been fortunate enough to obtain all four.

One is the photo you have posted (mine also has the small negative imperfection on his left shoulder/sleeve).

Below is another showing a different pose of Mickey in his Joplin uniform. Both of these were used by the press as he was about to start a 2 week travel run with the Yankees which began on Sept 20. One thing I really like about this photo, is that on the back, in addition to the photographer's original stamping, written in pencil is the phrase "to the Yankees".

Craig

like, like, like.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Very cool Mantle photo, Craig!

[mcgwirecom]

Not vintage but still kinda cool. This is second base from the May 30th, 2010 game in Chicago vs the Cards. Albert Pujols hits 3 homeruns in this game. Now the MLB sticker only states the date of the game and which base this was, but not which innings the base was used. Generally they change them after each 3 innings. But Albert hits a HR in the 1st, 5th and 9th innings so which ever set this may be from, he hit a homer and stepped on this base! So I covered all my bases, LOL

[thekingofclout]

Another of my favorite finds from this year was this 1964 Remco Beatles Doll Set with the seldom seen Sears Catalog Mailing Box. While most of the Dolls themselves are plentiful, these Sears Dolls were made to be very hard as opposed to the much more common soft plastic regular dolls. The Sears Dolls also came in a marked cardboard 4 in one box, compared to the individual display boxes that the regular issued soft Dolls came in.

So when I had the Dolls in hand, I set out to find a 1964 Sears Christmas Catalog as a companion piece. It took some time but I was finally able to locate one, as is shown in the scans below...

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[horzverti]

Oooooohhhhh!? Gehrig selecting a bat....thought it was Gehrig on his cell phone.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by horzverti

Oooooohhhhh!? Gehrig selecting a bat....thought it was Gehrig on his cell phone.

Here's the slug from the back of the photo. Lou's trying to figure out what's wrong with him. He was batting just .074 with only two hits as of April 26th 1938.

At this time, Gehrig had no idea of what was in store for him...

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[Lordstan]

OK. I'll play.
Best pickup..
1920's Paul Thompson Type 1 of Babe Ruth.


Now this pic may look familiar to you from thread post 22 because it now lives, happily I'm sure, along side some other ridiculously good photos in Jimmy's collection.

This pickup turned into some of my best pickups, that will be staying with me for a loooong time. It was painful to trade the Babe, but I did come away very happy.

1927 Gehrig Type 1 with companion pieces

1928 Sporting News handbook. (also from trade)
and 1927 Police Gazette. It's in rough shape, but I haven't seen another copy before and when I can frame them all together, it should clean up nicely. (from eBay)


1927 Yankees Team picture.


Gehrig Family Christmas Card


1927 Yankees infield


1927 Ruth Type 1 portrait matching Gehrig


and my favorite pic of all and, perhaps not the most expensive, but certainly then one pic the deal hinged upon me getting. Perhaps the favorite Gehrig pic I own.
Lou with Christy Walsh Jr 1927.


In other fields of interest.

1939 HOF yearbook.


1954 Sport Magazine signed by Casey Stengel. It came with a cert from PAAS. Some expert named Simon signed it. Anybody heard of him?


Unfortunately, I didn't get to buy any signed 1934 Goudeys this year.
Before the year is out Does anybody have one I need and want to sell or trade it to me?

Great stuff everyone.
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year to everyone. Hopefully next year will be even better.

Best,
Mark

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

OK. I'll play.
Best pickup..
1920's Paul Thompson Type 1 of Babe Ruth.


Now this pic may look familiar to you from thread post 22 because it now lives, happily I'm sure, along side some other ridiculously good photos in Jimmy's collection.

This pickup turned into some of my best pickups, that will be staying with me for a loooong time. It was painful to trade the Babe, but I did come away very happy.

1927 Gehrig Type 1 with companion pieces

1928 Sporting News handbook. (also from trade)
and 1927 Police Gazette. It's in rough shape, but I haven't seen another copy before and when I can frame them all together, it should clean up nicely. (from eBay)


1927 Yankees Team picture.


Gehrig Family Christmas Card


1927 Yankees infield


1927 Ruth Type 1 portrait matching Gehrig


and my favorite pic of all and, perhaps not the most expensive, but certainly then one pic the deal hinged upon me getting. Perhaps the favorite Gehrig pic I own.
Lou with Christy Walsh Jr 1927.


In other fields of interest.

1939 HOF yearbook.


1954 Sport Magazine signed by Casey Stengel. It came with a cert from PAAS. Some expert named Simon signed it. Anybody heard of him?


Unfortunately, I didn't get to buy any signed 1934 Goudeys this year.
Before the year is out Does anybody have one I need and want to sell or trade it to me?

Great stuff everyone.
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year to everyone. Hopefully next year will be even better.

Best,
Mark

Mark,
That 1927 closeup of Gehrig is epic! Great swap for both you and Jimmy!

[baseballart]

Even though it's only one bookend, I picked this up, having a spot on a shelf where only one is needed. So despite my earlier posted rppc, I actually was able to find something book-ish to post as a top find.

[71buc]

First off I would like to thank Leon for hosting this site. It has been a much needed diversion. I supervise social workers for the state and this year has been quite rough for many of the people my staff serve. A little Etta James and Net54 makes even the roughest days bearable. Due to the economy I am almost embarrassed by the money I waste with this madness when so many others struggle to find homes. I couldn't play right field like the Great One but I still blame Clemente for my career choice. I'm beginning a much needed two week vacation and plan to spend the holidays with my healthy children, and beautiful wife. I am truly blessed compared to many I see on a daily basis.

By my standards and budget I had one of my better collecting years in 2011. I have very eclectic tastes. I collect vintage photos, memorabilia, pre and post war cards, game used equipment, and autographs. This scattered approach to collecting serves to make it extremely difficult to pick my favorite 2011 purchases. The items pictured below are my favorite 2011 pick ups from each genre I collect. I can't claim to have obtained any items as rare as others have posted in this thread. However I certainly had a lot of fun and squandered quite a bit of money. Thanks for indulging me this year. I hope that the Holidays bring all of you happiness and health. We are all so fortunate to be financially secure enough to chase these silly things we all hold so dear. Pass on your good fortune and do something positive for a total stranger in need.