Happy New Year - January, 2014 Pick Up's

[bcbgcbrcb]

I know that I am jumping the gun a bit here but it is New Year's Day already in many countries around the world!

Very excited to pick this one up on the bay despite a furious rush of offers and negotiations within a couple of hours of being listed, 1946 Newark Eagles original photo w/4 HOF'ers: Irvin, Doby, Day & Mackey along with several other Negro League stars. Originated from Monte Irvin's personal collection..........

[39special]

Great photo Phil !

[Exhibitman]

Amazing...

[parker1b2]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Amazing...

+1

[Tay1038]

Recently added this artifact to my Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints collection. 1939 Minneapolis Millers "Baseball Centennial" Advertising Broadside.

[ethicsprof]

My wife had a 1920 world series photo-- of jamieson stealing second in the
final game-- framed for my office walls. I now have framed-- on the walls--one world
series scene for each year from 30-49; 15 and 17; 20 and 28.
For the years without a scene, I have representative photos for each year of
interesting players often chosen so as to represent the various presses and photographers of the eras as well. The many office walls now show
1910-1949, all type one. Looking forward to finishing up cards to represent
a player from each photo . Just a couple or so left.

all the best and happy new year everyone.
barry

[khkco4bls]

Here's mine. Ball is near mint with box. Box a little rough but all there. Very happy with this pick-up

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[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

Here's mine. Ball is near mint with box. Box a little rough but all there. Very happy with this pick-up

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Wow, that is a nice one! Just having the complete box is a huge plus, and the ball is beautiful. I wouldn't sweat the wear on the box. Small price to pay for keeping that ball looking so good!

[Forever Young]

I picked up a stellar Jackie Robinson letter written in 1955(year of ws win no less). It was to a Mil. sportswriter regarding a "rhubarb" Jackie had with the Mil. media and ultimately his fist fight with bad arse Eddie Mathews the year prior. I have wanted a special autographed piece of Jackie for some time now and this one fit the bill. I love letters.. the baseball content got me(Jackie backed away from nothing). The envelope was also signed. I am very pleased to add to my 42 collection(Attached a couple photos so you all feel his presence-haha).

[39special]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I picked up a stellar Jackie Robinson letter written in 1955(year of ws win no less). It was to a Mil. sportswriter regarding a "rhubarb" Jackie had with the Mil. media and ultimately his fist fight with bad arse Eddie Mathews the year prior. I have wanted a special autographed piece of Jackie for some time now and this one fit the bill. I love letters.. the baseball content got me(Jackie backed away from nothing). The envelope was also signed. I am very pleased to add to my 42 collection(Attached a couple photos so you all feel his presence-haha).

Great pick up Ben.That is a great letter!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I picked up a stellar Jackie Robinson letter written in 1955(year of ws win no less). It was to a Mil. sportswriter regarding a "rhubarb" Jackie had with the Mil. media and ultimately his fist fight with bad arse Eddie Mathews the year prior. I have wanted a special autographed piece of Jackie for some time now and this one fit the bill. I love letters.. the baseball content got me(Jackie backed away from nothing). The envelope was also signed. I am very pleased to add to my 42 collection(Attached a couple photos so you all feel his presence-haha).

Nice one, Ben! Awesome letter with content...

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Nice one, Ben! Awesome letter with content...

Yet another very impressive addition to your collection Ben. I would expect nothing less from you.

[bobfreedman]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

Here's mine. Ball is near mint with box. Box a little rough but all there. Very happy with this pick-up

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Kent, great ball, I was the underbidder on it. I especially liked that it had the box with it. I have about 6 or so different baseballs endorse by Major Leaguers and was wondering how many others collect similar items?

Ben, what can I say, very impressive! You have great taste.

[gnaz01]

This just arrived via FedEx

[khkco4bls]

Awesome tin. Love it.

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[Scott Garner]

Maybe I'm losing my mind?
Probably...

I couldn't resist picking up these original circa 1938 sterling silver cufflinks and tie pin that feature a calendar with June 11th marked. June 11th, 1938 is the date that Johnny Vander Meer threw his first of two consecutive no-hitters.

Honestly, I have no way to directly link these personally to Vander Meer (yet), but what a strange coincidence. These literally landed in my lap and I felt that they should end up in my advanced Vandy collection since the price was right and I think they are cool.

Happy New Year to everyone on net54!

[parker1b2]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Maybe I'm losing my mind?
Probably...

I couldn't resist picking up these original circa 1938 sterling silver cufflinks and tie pin that feature a calendar with June 11th marked. June 11th, 1938 is the date that Johnny Vander Meer threw his first of two consecutive no-hitters.

Honestly, I have no way to directly link these personally to Vander Meer (yet), but what a strange coincidence. These literally landed in my lap and I felt that they should end up in my advanced Vandy collection since the price was right and I think they are cool.

Happy New Year to everyone on net54!

Those are nice... Hopefully they can be linked to Vandy!!!

[71buc]

If those are Vander Meer's they certainly found the right home. These four items likely would only appeal to me but they are my first pickups of the new year. I cannot believe there are many 1971 Pirates Spring Training programs out there. The scorecard is from game #7. The 1971 game 2 NLCS stub has long been on my want list. This is the first opportunity I have had to add one to my 1971 Buc collection. Bob Robertson hit three homers this game while Willie Mays hit his only career post season homer. For some reason all San Francisco items from this series have been hard to come by. The Pittsburgh ones seem to be much more obtainable. Does anyone have any ideas why this disparity exists?

[brewcrewfan77]

Not baseball, but still a "Killer" piece for the 50s motif in the basement.

[mjkm90]

I'm extremely excited to have picked up my second Detroit Tigers Stanford pottery bank in a month. This will look nice next to the mascot head I purchased. Both were ebay purchases and I love them!!! I'm new to the Stanford pottery world, but these seem to be scarce.

[bobfreedman]

Since we are on the subject on Stanford Pottery pieces, I have shown these before but cant help myself...

[Bugsy]

The 1927 Yankees playing a game against my St. Paul Saints

[Shoeless Moe]

...congrats, very cool!!!

[mjkm90]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Since we are on the subject on Stanford Pottery pieces, I have shown these before but cant help myself...

Stunning collection Bob, but I'm stopping with the Tigers...

[bat_master]

The most recent addition to the Hall of Fame case in my office is this pair of 1920s cleats worn by Joe Sewell (1977 HOF inductee).

Along with the cleats I also received a letter from Joe Sewell written to the previous owner as well as a gold HOF plaque postcard and the original box addressed by Mr. Sewell to the previous owner (which is who I bought them from).






Joe Sewell was the most difficult man in major league history to strike out. In 7,132 at-bats he struck out only 114 times. He also holds the record for consecutive games without a strikeout, at 115.

http://baseballhall.org/hof/sewell-joe

[daves_resale_shop]

Didn't see that there was already a thread started, so I deleted my old post...

Picked up this pair of New Haven Coliseum Interlocking floor seats at my local flea market today (Yes, the redwood flea market is open despite the near zero temps...) Thought that they were pretty cool given the former Coliseum's history (Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, The Allman Brothers, and one of my personal favorites ZZ Top)... They didn't last long... I showed them to a good friend who just bought his first home, he made me an offer (which I refused) and gave them to him as a housewarming gift...

No longer mine, but I thought I would share...

[Vintage Yankee]

Originally Posted by bat_master

The most recent addition to the Hall of Fame case in my office is this pair of 1920s cleats worn by Joe Sewell (1977 HOF inductee).

Along with the cleats I also received a letter from Joe Sewell written to the previous owner as well as a gold HOF plaque postcard and the original box addressed by Mr. Sewell to the previous owner (which is who I bought them from).

Now that's a complete pickup, Tim. Nice one!

[Lordstan]

Thanks Scott.
It looks even better in person.

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[UnVme7]

Early 90's Frank Thomas game used bat
96-97 Roberto Alomar game used bat
Jeff Bagwell game used bat
2007 Adrian Beltre game used bat- mlb authenticated and I'm pretty sure was used for 2 HR's.

[UnVme7]

Pic 2

[Copa7]

Found this out of print book. Was published by a local Pittsburgh printer who also happens to be the illustrator of the book.

A few short years, Pittsburgh would be Chanpions in baseball (1972) and football (1974-76). The baseballc section is outstanding from Honus Wagner to Roberto Clemente. As you can see, some great Negro Leagues are covered along with golf (Palmer), hockey (Hornets) and boxing.

[edtiques]

This is a photo I picked up in a lot.When I first looked at it closely,something caught my attention.It was an early photo-bomb.

[khkco4bls]

Hers a mets apron 1960s 700. Great graphicsuploadfromtaptalk1390500617901.jpg

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[Bumpus Jones]

Kevin's apron made this about this. Measures about 30" x 30"...

[Bumpus Jones]

Kevin's apron made me think about this. Measures about 30" x 30"...

[Scott Garner]

Unusual Goldsmith uniform swatch catalogue pickup from MLB's centennial year 1939 featuring Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer on back cover.
Pretty cool!

Just curious, vintage equipment specialists, how challenging are these to find? I had never seen one...

[Bumpus Jones]

How's this for a companion piece

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ballist68

How's this for a companion piece

That would work, Chris!

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Unusual Goldsmith uniform swatch catalogue pickup from MLB's centennial year 1939 featuring Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer on back cover.
Pretty cool!

Just curious, vintage equipment specialists, how challenging are these to find? I had never seen one...

Dang it, Scott! Guess you wanted it just a bit more than me

FWIW, it's the first one that I've seen, but I've only been watching eBay for old Goldsmith catalogs for a little over a year.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Dang it, Scott! Guess you wanted it just a bit more than me

FWIW, it's the first one that I've seen, but I've only been watching eBay for old Goldsmith catalogs for a little over a year.

Sorry Lance!
I'm one and out on Goldsmith catalogues though...