February Pick-Ups

[mjkm90]

You got a great deal on the paperweight Michael...I was watching that one. The broadside is impressive as well.

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks Mike. Both were nice presentable pieces to add to the collection at reasonable prices.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by milkit1

...however the skpeticism regarding this from you guys I had to a smaller extent so I think I'll get a psa quick opinion. not that I trust them more but at least a thumbs up from them and mike guitierrez will give me more confidence in the piece. I hVnt paid for it yet so hopefully the seller will understand if psa says no. I appreciate the feedback on it and I'll let ya know what I find out.

Any news, Sean?

[milkit1]

Hi David,
yeah it came back not likely genuine. I told the seller and canceled purchase. The seller was a little angry as he said Gutierrez used to work for PSA or something like that. I was just glad i dodged a bullet there

[thekingofclout]

A big 'thanks' to Rhys for making this terrific 1949 8x10 TYPE 1 photo of Marilyn available, and at a terrific price to boot! Rhys is, and always has been a class act, and the hobby could certainly use more like him. Thanks again Rhys.


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[mschwade]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

a big 'thanks' to rhys for making this terrific 1949 8x10 type 1 photo of marilyn available, and at a terrific price to boot! Rhys is, and always has been a class act, and the hobby could certainly use more like him. Thanks again rhys.

+100

[novakjr]

My God!!! She looks absolutely stunning...Incredible photo...Congrats.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mschwade

+100

+1000

[Bobsbats]

Items that I have acquired recently and will go for sale at our Tournament Team Beef n' Beer......

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[smotan_02]

Got this in yesterday. Back has some scuffs, but the front is great. Love the rivalry, Knute Rockne, and Old School Yankee Stadium referenced on the cover.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Early Milk Glass Paperweight and Broadside

Mike, Both nice P/U's...I like that broadside!

Mike Hoevet,
NIce round-out piece to go with all your other pennants.

[smokelessjoe]

Purchased my first Type 1 or 2 photo! Special thanks to Jimmy in clarifying and teaching me the way

Below is a photo of Umpire Mike Stack of the National League... I have found a few references of him around 1905, but I have allot of research still to do. Hopefully I can find what this picture was published in.

[batsballsbases]

That Jimmy always doing nice things for people. No wonder I like him!

[novakjr]

Picked up a "Daily News" with Feller's Opening Day No Hitter Headline...It should look really nice with the "Sunday News" with photos of his return to Cleveland that I picked up a few weeks ago..

[Forever Young]

I have come to the conclusion that I will never have the nice green Gehrig day ticket like Mr. Atkatz(It is killer). Therefore, I decided to go all in on this Yankee Season pass ticket from 1939. It was most likely used on July 4th as well as Ted Williams debut game. It will look great framed with my Type 1 photos of the day.

[mr2686]

Ben, that's a fantastic pickup. Congrats, it will look awesome with those photos.
Is there a linc to David's ticket you mentioned? If not, David could you post it? Sure sounds like it's a nice one.

[Runscott]

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[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Ben, that's a fantastic pickup. Congrats, it will look awesome with those photos.
Is there a linc to David's ticket you mentioned? If not, David could you post it? Sure sounds like it's a nice one.

I like it too, Ben!! Congrats.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Ben, that's a fantastic pickup. Congrats, it will look awesome with those photos.
Is there a linc to David's ticket you mentioned? If not, David could you post it? Sure sounds like it's a nice one.

Here it is, Mike.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Ben, that's a fantastic pickup. Congrats, it will look awesome with those photos.
Is there a linc to David's ticket you mentioned? If not, David could you post it? Sure sounds like it's a nice one.

Thanks Mike and Scott.

David, I will still upgrade if you ever want to part with that beauty

[Lordstan]

Ben,
Great season pass.
I figured it might be a Net54er who got. It went for a lot more than I would've thought.
It will look great with those pics.

My newest pick up.
A nice Gehrig from his Rawhide movie.

[GaryPassamonte]

I won this last night in Hunt's auction.

[mjkm90]

Gary, these have always been some of my favorite figurals. Mine do not have the bases and yours appears to be in excellent condition. Congrats on picking up the more difficult of the two. A batter will surely present itself soon.

[mschwade]

Was given a Hall of Fame ball from Reds beat writer Hal McCoy. Awesome! Supposedly 1/500 made!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Here it is, Mike.

OMG! David, that's one great ticket and definitely a holy grail. I don't think I've seen another. Thanks!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

OMG! David, that's one great ticket and definitely a holy grail. I don't think I've seen another. Thanks!

Mike,
FYI, there is going to be another one in a PSA slab in the upcoming Heritage Catalog Auction ending on April 26-27.....

[David Atkatz]

That's a final game of streak ticket (30 April 1939), Scott, not a Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day ticket (4 July 1939).

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

That's a final game of streak ticket (30 April 1939), Scott, not a Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day ticket (4 July 1939).

David,

My apologies.
I did know that the one in Heritage's auction was the last game of the streak, but I had a brain fart about the significance of your ticket even though I've seen you post it before. BTW, I do love your ticket!!

[mr2686]

Does anyone know how rare the July 4th, 1939 tickets are? Like I said, I haven't seen one before David's, but I don't always look at the auctions.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by mr2686

does anyone know how rare the july 4th, 1939 tickets are? Like i said, i haven't seen one before david's, but i don't always look at the auctions.

Mike,

PSA pop report:

July 4th Game: 2 (1 signed and 1 unsigned) + David's =3 I know of.

Season Yankee Pass: 1 ( Ted williams first game, Gehrig 7/4 game and valid 4/30 gehrig streak ends) + the one I bought= 2 I know of.

Sooo.....most likely RARE.

[CarltonHendricks]

13" x 10" c1924 Auto race track in Beverly Hills Ca. All wood, made of 2x4's


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February’s been a bang up month. Did real well in Hunt’s the other night, post later…Round one above, I picked up these photos at the Turlock auto swap meet a couple weeks ago. I’d heard about Turlock for decades and finally made it…I’d heard there was a significant amount of antiques mixed in....I wouldn’t drive 3 hrs again to get there but if I lived closer….

All these photos came out of a scrapbook, are about 10x13 inch and all have the name Earl Cooper printed on the back. The dealer said Earl Cooper 1886-1965 was a big name racer and died in 1965 and that he had bought a lot or all his racing memorabilia from the estate….There were a lot of his things in flat display cases including two of his goggles...The first two photos below of the Los Angeles Raceway have an embossed stamp for Keystone Photos, which I believe was Keystone Studios in Los Angeles that made the early silent films. As you can see some of the photos have old writing dated 1924.











The dealer selling them, who I see around at antiques shows, was kind of high pressure but a nice guy….I looked over all six racing photos he had…Not being very familiar with early auto racing I zeroed in on the two of the race track because of all the clear details….and because I could see all the rural land around Beverly Hills in the background…Plus in the back of my mind I thought they'd display well with a Barney Oldfield poster I got a couple years ago.



The seller wanted $150.00 each…not knowing photos I didn’t know if that was a good deal or what…I didn’t have too much on me and left without them…but they kept speaking to me….I ended up coming back later and got both for $160.00….Once home I researched them and learned the Los Angeles Raceway only existed four years and was sold to build the Beverly Wilshire hotel…and that Beverly Hills High School is also located where the track was….

I took photos of the other portrait photos of racers and once I got home kicked myself for not getting them all…Tommy Milton 1893-1962 is in the Motorsports Hall of Fame and so is Earl Cooper…Tommy Milton won the Indianapolis 500 twice….

A week later I saw the dealer at the Alameda Point show and he had sold the photo of Earl Cooper..I bought the remaining photos he had left of Milton and Harry Hartz, another big name…and one of the Altoona PA race track…I started to leave and ended up buying the last pair of goggles he had….He had another light brown rubber pair at Turlock that were cooler but they were sold…The strap appears replaced but the seller said he got them that way so Cooper probably replaced the strap.

Below are the ones I got a week later at Alameda.


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Harry Hartz


Shot at Altoona PA

[Tigerden]

1920's Brass Figural Baseball Bookend

I posted this recent acquisition on the pinback thread but also wanted to post here in the proper thread . This was picked up in a cash/trade deal with fellow Net54 member Mike H. Thanks again Mike. Adam

[John V]

Great bookend, Adam. Don't you think that's Ty Cobb? There's another one out there somewhere!

[39special]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

13" x 10" c1924 Auto race track in Beverly Hills Ca. All wood, made of 2x4's


13" x 10"













February’s been a bang up month. Did real well in Hunt’s the other night, post later…Round one above, I picked up these photos at the Turlock auto swap meet a couple weeks ago. I’d heard about Turlock for decades and finally made it…I’d heard there was a significant amount of antiques mixed in....I wouldn’t drive 3 hrs again to get there but if I lived closer….

All these photos came out of a scrapbook, are about 10x13 inch and all have the name Earl Cooper printed on the back. The dealer said Earl Cooper 1886-1965 was a big name racer and died in 1965 and that he had bought a lot or all his racing memorabilia from the estate….There were a lot of his things in flat display cases including two of his goggles...The first two photos below of the Los Angeles Raceway have an embossed stamp for Keystone Photos, which I believe was Keystone Studios in Los Angeles that made the early silent films. As you can see some of the photos have old writing dated 1924.











The dealer selling them, who I see around at antiques shows, was kind of high pressure but a nice guy….I looked over all six racing photos he had…Not being very familiar with early auto racing I zeroed in on the two of the race track because of all the clear details….and because I could see all the rural land around Beverly Hills in the background…Plus in the back of my mind I thought they'd display well with a Barney Oldfield poster I got a couple years ago.



The seller wanted $150.00 each…not knowing photos I didn’t know if that was a good deal or what…I didn’t have too much on me and left without them…but they kept speaking to me….I ended up coming back later and got both for $160.00….Once home I researched them and learned the Los Angeles Raceway only existed four years and was sold to build the Beverly Wilshire hotel…and that Beverly Hills High School is also located where the track was….

I took photos of the other portrait photos of racers and once I got home kicked myself for not getting them all…Tommy Milton 1893-1962 is in the Motorsports Hall of Fame and so is Earl Cooper…Tommy Milton won the Indianapolis 500 twice….

A week later I saw the dealer at the Alameda Point show and he had sold the photo of Earl Cooper..I bought the remaining photos he had left of Milton and Harry Hartz, another big name…and one of the Altoona PA race track…I started to leave and ended up buying the last pair of goggles he had….He had another light brown rubber pair at Turlock that were cooler but they were sold…The strap appears replaced but the seller said he got them that way so Cooper probably replaced the strap.

Below are the ones I got a week later at Alameda.


Tommy Milton




Harry Hartz


Shot at Altoona PA

Great Pictures!! I love old racing stuff!!

[Tigerden]

Originally Posted by John V

Great bookend, Adam. Don't you think that's Ty Cobb? There's another one out there somewhere!

Thanks John. Probably not Cobb, the batting stance may have been influenced by the Cobb style. Yes, there is another out there and even though it is just one bookend, I appreciate it for it's wonderful detail of an early baseball figure. If I never own it as a pair, I'm okay with that. In fact, just discovered that fellow Net54 member Max W. posted a single bookend a few months back.

[Oldtix]

Wonderful stuff as usual, gentlemen. I picked up this nice-looking 1949 Topps Changemaker cardstock sign at the antique show today.

[Scott Garner]

This is actually a duplicate post, but I thought it also should be added to the Pinback Bonanza thread as well.

It seems like as 2012 is unwinding, some of my favorite pickups have come from other net54 members.

Pinback expert Al offered me this scarce 1948 Bob Feller "How to Pitch" pinback that was undoubtedly given out as a promotion during the launch of his book by the same title. Love that vintage Feller oddball stuff!

Jason offered up this 1930's Grover Cleveland Alexander leader pin commemorating his record 16 shutouts in one ML season. That's a record that surely will never be broken. Yikes!

Many thanks to both of you guys! I love both of these pins and they have found a good home.

[batsballsbases]

Scott,
Your very welcome. I would date the pin to 1948 when the book was released. Enjoy it.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Scott,
Your very welcome. I would date the pin to 1948 when the book was released. Enjoy it.

Thanks for the info Al. Duly noted, and I'll change the description in the post above!

[WillowGrove]

Always a fun thread....I'm not a Pennant collector nor a Browns fan but when I saw it I just loved the art deco look of the font and the lines and the bats and ball on the left side. I figured, how many Browns fans, from the few they even drew, had the money during a depression to buy this pennant? I figured not too many. It also drove me to purchase Mike E's pennant book. The seller stated 1930's, his book says 1940's. Either way - I just love it.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

Always a fun thread....I'm not a Pennant collector nor a Browns fan but when I saw it I just loved the art deco look of the font and the lines and the bats and ball on the left side. I figured, how many Browns fans, from the few they even drew, had the money during a depression to buy this pennant? I figured not too many. It also drove me to purchase Mike E's pennant book. The seller stated 1930's, his book says 1940's. Either way - I just love it.

Yeah that's a good one....like you say art deco...and good think thru on the depression vs cost

[Joe Hunter]

Kansas City A's 57 and 63 programs; A's cocktail napkin(1st I've seen); A's
dry cleaners paper band series of 20 w/Schedule and Joe Nuxhall pictured(have never seen these, either); Men of America pamphlet w/ Bobby Jones on front and Rogers Hornsby on reverse; 1970 Fleer Backslapper New Insults unopened pack; 1929 U. of Missouri vs Nebraska Homecoming program at Columbia; 1920's MU pennant; 1920? Olsen's Baseball Card Game with Cobb and Ruth card ad; 1955 Golden Stamp book Cleveland Indians/w all stamps; Also, not pictured are a grouping of 1944-66 exhibits (Commons), a Yankees megaphone, and a group of 19 authentic arrowheads. I love these days!

[CarltonHendricks]

7 1/2" wide
Picked up this wild bowling ball last week at an antiques show...I was told it was European....possibly a Basque version of bowling...couldn't leave without it!

[Jantz]

Decided to stop by the local indoor flea market today and found this.

Paul "Daffy" Dean photo ( 5.25" x 3.25" )


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[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Decided to stop by the local indoor flea market today and found this.

Paul "Daffy" Dean photo ( 5.25" x 3.25" )


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Jantz,
Very nice! It sure looks like Florida spring training to me......

[sports-rings]

Hope I am not being redundant since I posted this under it's own subject a few weeks back.

Here is a 209 Yankee Stadium Model I acquired from Model-Builder Steve Wolf.

To see more pictures and read the story behind this amazing model, please see this story:




http://sportscollectingnews.com/excl15.htm

[ruth-gehrig]

Early Base Ball broadside that I need to get framed along with the other one I picked up earlier this month. Yesterday at a local antique mall my girlfriend spotted the oldest dumbbells I've ever seen. I absolutely love them. Each is 5lbs. Last is a Jayhawk Creamery bottle from Lawrence Kansas. It will be on ebay soon unless a board member is interested.

[daves_resale_shop]

Many thanks to board member oldtix for this one!!!

Happy to finally have a Tris in my collection!

[CarltonHendricks]

8 1/8" wide x 7" tall with lid open x 5 1/2" deep


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Got this in the mail today....Boy do these cigar boxes get dry and fragil, which I hate!...The lid hinge attached by paper is very intact, not split or anything....but sure makes me nervous, I'm careful with it nevertheless!...Been finding so much lately was reluctant to get it....But based on not many people would know the story on it...and my thing for antique sports sculpture...Interesting piece...it sort of has the kiss of Canada...but then it doesn't...not always, but I usually pass on Canadian stuff....Here's the story...



The image of the football scrimmage is a statue titled "The Onslaught" sculpted by R. Tait McKenzie who as I recall I was a professor at U. Penn. c1900...McKenzie spent five years working on it...The original work is 36" wide, 15" tall....and probably the greatest football sculpture on the planet...I don't know how many were cast but very few I'm sure would be accurate...I would be surprised if six were done...You can read more about McKenzie in my Yale Trophy Room feature I did last May...I can't recall ever seeing sports sculpture featured in product advertising...So if for nothing else that put it over the gotta have it goal line!

Below is another Feb. P/U...a bronze basketball fob...I think this is the first fob I've ever bought, as I generally like bigger stuff....but this one had me!!..

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up a very unusual book entitled "Twelve Perfect Innings- A Pretty Good Game" by Weldon Myers. It was published in 1961 and features an 85 page inning by inning account written in poetry of Harvey Haddix's near perfect game in 1959.

I collect books on no-hitters and perfect games, but I have never come across this one before. It really is a beautifully written poem by a former English teacher and Creative Writing professor at Converse College. He also was a college baseball player and huge baseball fan.

I assume that this book is rare, but can any of the book experts out there chime in on what they know about it?

Thanks!

PS- I also threw in a picture of my ticket to the greatest pitched game ever in the history of baseball.