December Pick Ups

[Runscott]

recent acquisition along those lines - samples for 'Crack-A-Jack' baseball uniforms:

[Hankphenom]

Nice pickups, Scott, some great stuff in that lot. I picked up the postcard, have always loved this image. It's from 1912, not 1924-25 as they said, and was used for the Tuxedo Tobacco ad.

[Runscott]

Gorgeous card, Henry - and seemed like a great deal at that price.

[Hankphenom]

Yes, I thought so. Yours were a bargain, too, for all that great stuff. The broadsides came from the estate, by the way.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Yes, I thought so. Yours were a bargain, too, for all that great stuff. The broadsides came from the estate, by the way.

Henry - I just received the Johnson lot with the uniform samples and broadsides. So did this small (5x7) one come out of one of Walter's scrapbooks? Thanks.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Henry - I just received the Johnson lot with the uniform samples and broadsides. So did this small (5x7) one come out of one of Walter's scrapbooks? Thanks.

Yes.

[Runscott]

Thanks!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Nice pickups, Scott, some great stuff in that lot. I picked up the postcard, have always loved this image. It's from 1912, not 1924-25 as they said, and was used for the Tuxedo Tobacco ad.

Hank,
That signed postcard of Walter is spectacular!!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hank,
That signed postcard of Walter is spectacular!!

Not his signature, according to Keating, although there are some similarities to his early autographs, which were quite different from later ones. As always, I will defer to Kevin's expertise, and it doesn't matter to me, anyway.

[t206blogcom]

Don't know much about bats, but thought this one was pretty cool.

[39special]

Got this today.I think it's cool.A questionnaire from baseball historian Karl Wingler to Bill Skowron dated Dec.31 1954

[ruth-gehrig]

Like the "Baseballically yours"...Karl Wingler

[bobfreedman]

Just picked up these off of eBay. I do not collect football pieces but could not resist

[ruth-gehrig]

Reach Baseball Sign

[UnVme7]

1980-83 Andre Dawson game used bat

[UnVme7]

Pic 2

[Bobmc]

Recently acquired this cool little 6x9 foldout menu.

The Swingin' A's chartered a World Airways flight to Cincinnati to play the Reds in the 1972 World Series. The team ordered drinks, appetizers and meals from the list of creative concoctions provided by World Airways on this menu.

The "Catfish" Appetizers with a "Bando" Sauce sounds delicious.

[pbspelly]

Originally Posted by Runscott

recent acquisition along those lines - samples for 'Crack-A-Jack' baseball uniforms:

These are awesome

[Scott Garner]

Happy holidays to everyone on net54!

I recently picked up two neat items- one prewar, one more recent:

The first is a ticket stub from 17 year old HOF phenom Bob Feller's 2nd career win on 9/7/36. It's hard to believe that Feller was so good at such a young age. At this point Feller was still a high school JUNIOR. Wow!

The second item is a game used ball from Astros 1986 Cy Young winner Mike Scott's no-hitter on 9/25/86. The thing that made this no-hitter so unique is that it also clinched the NL Western Division for the Astros. That's what I would call a clutch performance!

This ball came directly from the personal collection of the former Astros PA announcer David Courtney. The inscription on the side panel is in the hand of Courtney. Mike Scott signed the ball for Courtney after the game.

[39special]

That's a real cool ball Scott!

[Bumpus Jones]

Great stuff Scott!

[perezfan]

Great pickups Scott!

I can vividly remember Scott's epic no-no. What a perfect ball for your collection... congrats!

[perezfan]

I've been more in selling/consigning mode lately. But couldn't resist this beautiful 1910 relic, which somehow remains in NRMT condition...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Great pickups Scott!

I can vividly remember Scott's epic no-no. What a perfect ball for your collection... congrats!

Thanks Steve, Chris & Mark! I really like the ball as well & it is a great fit.
Believe it or not, I paid $39.50 delivered for the Scott no-hitter ball making it one of my biggest bargain purchases in 2014.