Favorite pick up of 2019

[GaryPassamonte]

It seems like we usually have one of these threads at the end of each year. Let's see your favorites.
For me it's a webless crescent glove and an 1860s 40" bat with a twine wrapped handle.

[71buc]

It was a thin year for me. It is getting harder to pick up unique items for my 1971 Pirates collection. The glove bank is the only one I have ever seen. I had been searching for this celebration street banner for many years and was pleased to check it off my want list. Steve Blass'J Roy Stockton Award for Outstanding Achievment was a fun pick up.

[kdixon]

Rogers Peet Company complete magazine with Ruth on the cover. Only one I have ever seen or can find,

[daves_resale_shop]

Shifted gears a bit toward the middle of the year. My two favorite pickups were Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy game used sticks. The dryden has factory stamp dating to october 1975. He switched to canadien sticks the following season. What makes this one particularly cool is that there is a date of 5/1/76 lightly written on the blade. My hypothesis is that the original owner got it from dryden after game 3 of the semis... the canadiens went on to win that series 4-1 en route to a 12-1 post season record

[bobfreedman]

A few of my faves

[guy3050]

2 of my Favorites pickups of 2019

5 1969 Expos Opening day full tickets to the 1st game played outside the USA

thumbnail_IMG_1746 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

Charlie Lea's 1981 Game worn jersey he wore May 10th 1981 for his no hitter vs the San Francisco Giants


thumbnail_IMG_1956 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

A few of my faves

those cleaned up nice bob

[scooter729]

I have a few favorites but really like this huge panoramic (over 6 feet) from 1910 of the Huntington Ave. Grounds (predecessor to Fenway Park). I haven't found many good pictures of this stadium, so the quality of this one really makes it a favorite for me!

[bobfreedman]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

those cleaned up nice bob

I have no idea what you meant/mean by that?

[bnorth]

I bought this 1991 Wade Boggs bat from the personal collection of the famous drag racer Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen on Jan 2 2019. So I got my favorite piece of memorabilia early in the year.

[TUM301]

Another banner year for the "54" as shown in all these great items guys. When I 1`st found the site, time is flying, spent 80% of my time on the card section. Now it`s more like 50-50. Anyway, being a Black Sox fan would have to say this type 1 photo of Joe Jackson confessing about "taking monies" from the gamblers to the Grand jury in Sept of 1920. This confession led to piece #2, Boston Post newspaper showing the infamous 8 just a few days after Joe`s testimony. Nice items boys, keep them coming and good luck in 2020.
Boston Post Headlines, September 29`th 1920 by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

September, 28`th 1920, Jackson Type 1 Photo by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

[tazdmb]

When I first saw Memory Lane's Northeast Find in 2017, I wanted SOMETHING from the collection. Waited patiently over two years to finally get one of extremely rare HOF signatures from the collection, Tim Keefe. Related note, when I first saw the collection at the 2017 national, I offered $1,500 more than the purchase price for any of the autographs from the collection and was told no thanks. Patience is a virtue.

[Bugsy]

Kirby Puckett's 1984 Mud Hens game used jersey.
3 more St. Paul Saints rings.
1939-40 Saints hat.

[JoeDfan]

Hands down, here is mine.

BUT, I almost forgot, a close second!
My Yaz I thought was just a stock bat, but wasn't!

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Kirby Puckett's 1984 Mud Hens game used jersey.
3 more St. Paul Saints rings.
1939-40 Saints hat.

WOW. Those are awesome!

[milkit1]

Type 1 from 1911 or 12 of Frank Schulte possibly after a rare over the fence home run (or ground rule double).

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[MVSNYC]

Fantastic pieces, guys!

Is there some documentation or knowledge of Ruth using that Bat? It's awesome! As you may remember a few years ago, LOTG had a Gehrig Batrite that was gamed used AND photo-matched.

Here's mine, acquired just recently, and mentioned in another thread. I love it, it's very special to me. 2014 Jeter Game Used Home Uniform (photo-matched).

[ramram]

It made it's return to KC.

Rob M

1886 KC Cowboys.jpg

[bobfreedman]

I can’t believe that I didn’t add this Type 1 Conlon;

[bigfanNY]

Thanks for sharing the Matty photo and the 3 earlier displays. Great items...

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Fantastic pieces, guys!

Is there some documentation or knowledge of Ruth using that Bat? It's awesome! As you may remember a few years ago, LOTG had a Gehrig Batrite that was gamed used AND photo-matched.

Here's mine, acquired just recently, and mentioned in another thread. I love it, it's very special to me. 2014 Jeter Game Used Home Uniform (photo-matched).

Unfortunately, there is no provenance linking Ruth to the bat. Mears gave it an A5, and said it is both a pro model and a store model. However, if there was, I would never have been able to afford it!
That said, it has some clear use. It is 35"and currently weighs 37 ounces. So it probably weighed 40(ish?) ounces back in the day? Someone was strong enough to crack it; so I definitely think there is a chance.
I have never seen a photo of Ruth using a Hanna bat, and would love it if someone showed me one. But I did see the Gehrig bat, so I am always holding out hope!

That Jeter uniform is fantastic!

[Bill Rayburn]

This is my favorite pick up 2019. I can't find much about it other than printed in Akron, Oh by the Werner Printing and Lithograph Co. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

[baseball tourist]

Humble offering, but I’ve only seen one other example (Ernie Whitt’s, sold
By Huggins and Scott in 2012, shown below) - a Jesse Barfield, mid-‘80’s Toronto Blue Jays team jacket with name on back.

Jesse was kind enough to respond to my Twitter message asking him about the jersey.

[Exhibitman]

A 1929 magazine with my cousin on the cover. One I'd never seen before.

[packs]

Has to be my John Sterling signed scorecard from one of the Yankees radio broadcasts:

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I can’t believe that I didn’t add this Type 1 Conlon;

The Matty stuff is beautiful Bob!!

[todeen]

1938-39 w711 Cincinnati Reds team issued partial set. I had been looking for a couple of years for some of these. A few hard to find cards: Bill McKechnie, Ernie Lombardi, among others. Got it just after Christmas, so it was almost a favorite purchase for this year.

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[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Bill Rayburn

This is my favorite pick up 2019. I can't find much about it other than printed in Akron, Oh by the Werner Printing and Lithograph Co. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

https://www.sportsantiques.com/deafmutesfbposter.htm
Here ya go Mr Bill Sir...

[Bill Rayburn]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

https://www.sportsantiques.com/deafmutesfbposter.htm
Here ya go Mr Bill Sir...

Thanks so much Carlton, your research and knowledge are a great asset to me and, I am sure, other members of this forum.

[Runscott]

Great stuff as always. I'm not even sure if I can technically 'play' this year. My last baseball memorabilia purchase was an 1863 letter that I won from LOTG. The appeal was that it was written just after Port Hudson fell in 1863 and it also discussed baseball, so it covered two of my collecting interests. I paid for the item in December, 2018 and probably received it the first week of January, 2019.

I will make a point of buying one super-cool baseball item in 2020, and I will be a huge show-off in 12 months!

[aelefson]

Incredible pickups posted so far! I couldn't choose one, but my three favorite items are all baseballs. I found them all between September and November of this past year. The smaller figure eight style baseball I found at the Brimfield antique show just as the dealer set it on his table. It had been found in a barn in Pennsylvania a few weeks prior. The lemon peel style baseball (similar size to the small figure eight) came out of the Newburyport MA area years ago. I acquired it in a trade with a friend (he got a rare glove and I got a crescent pad glove plus the ball, plus cash. We were both very happy with the trade). I found the third baseball in a central MA antique shop about two months ago. It is figure eight style, full size and shows old stitching repairs.

Alan

[CarltonHendricks]

2019 Wrap
The last three years or so have been spectacular….2019 saw some amazing finds….pretty tough to pick favorites but I’ll take a run at it….Maybe first place goes to this original 1911 Panoramic of the first Indianapolis 500…A gentleman who had enquired in the past to buy a Bobby Jones broadside emailed me again to see if I had changed my mind…I sent him back a polite thank you but no thank you…So over the following week I was thinking about his offer….and it occurred to me I never asked him if he had anything for sale…what was I thinking I thought…I always shake the bushes to see what falls out...dummy…so later that day I emailed him back and said I meant to ask if you just collect golf….and do you have anything for sale…I don’t really know the guy but I think he was in Atlanta and I think he’s a surgeon…So he goes….I just collect golf…but I’ve got two panoramic photos from the Indianapolis 500…one from the first year 1911 and the other from 1912…and that he had them in storage and he’d get them out to photograph for me…Plus he said he had a steel Nascar sign that was really something…I said sounds good let’s take a look…So about a week later he emails me the photos…Dang they were killer…He said he’d like to keep the 1912 but I could have the 1911 and the Nascar sign…So I said I’d like them both and he made me a better deal…He told me he had gotten all them fifteen years ago out of a Leland’s auction….and that they had been way in the back of the catalog…and said he didn’t pay much for them just thought they were great…sounded like he threw some bottom feeder bids and ended up with all them….In the mean time before I pulled the trigger I was researching the heck out them to make up my mind…I learned the photographer C.F. Bretzman had been the official photographer of the race appointed by the promoter…and if I recall I think there is at least one other panoramic shot the photographer did of the race…but all in all the image is rare…the seller said it was a newer frame maybe from the 70’s…then when I opened it up I was blown away….it’s not a newer frame…the glass is wavy and period 1911…and I’m all about wavy glass original so I was thrilled…













The Nascar sign is a dream…I feel like I got part of the old south hanging in my house…since nascar basically started with a bunch of good’ol boys with suped up cars for running moonshine…the metal is old school thick weighs a ton…and with the current petro sign craze caused by American Pickers…I was glad to get it under the radar…









Then there was the “Ilys” Yacht bronze…a real anomaly even in the bronze sculpture world…I have never seen a bronze like it…it was pricey but when I started researching it I learned it wasn’t just a pleasure craft but competed as a “Bermuda Racer”…which was a pastime of the wealthy east coasters…And here’s a good one…J.G.N. Whitaker who owned the boat, (and a bunch other boats), was the son of William H. Whitaker (1835-1920) who was a president and owner of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1882-1890…







And for non-sport…pretty sure this c1930 Beverly Hills/Santa Monica porcelain highway sign comes in first...has Clark Gable written all over it…and I'm a big fan of L.A....found at a bottle show but not a bottle show price…I spotted it on my first comb with an early entry badge…zeroed right it….but once I saw the price tag kept walking…but two hours later it was still there and I cowboy’d up and negotiated a deal…and off it went into my mustang and to my kitchen….Hated to drop that kind of dough on a non-sport piece but I figured I would never see another...and if I did it wouldn't be in that condition...These are just a few pick-ups…The Lord blessed me I had a great year…

[vintagesportflips]

Originally Posted by Bill Rayburn

This is my favorite pick up 2019. I can't find much about it other than printed in Akron, Oh by the Werner Printing and Lithograph Co. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Fantastic poster Bill. I won this one at auction (don't have it yet) and I would assume its from the same years as yours. I was able to date it to 1897. I don't think Akron is Buchtel College as Carlton stated in his article, because I found articles mentioning that Buchtel College had practice games versus the Akron Football Club (Akron AC). I am not sure who the Deaf Mutes were in your poster, but I would assume that your Akron is the Akron Football Club as well.
Here is an image of the DAC vs AKron poster as well as 2 articles - one from Tuesday November 2, 1897 mentioning the upcoming game, and a box score from an article November 8 that features details of the game.

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The_Akron_Beacon_Journal_Mon__Nov_8__1897_ (1).jpg

[Bill Rayburn]

Great info Keith, thanks. Congratulations on winning your poster as well.

[todeen]

That Indy 500 photo is killer. My dad worked for Philip Morris who sponsored Penske Racing. We were always cheering for the white and red Penske cars. It's the only reason I enjoy racing. When Penske would win, he sometimes got cool mementos to hang up. He has a neon, a signed Al Unser Jr. print, and one other sign. We were sad when they parted ways.

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

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2019 Wrap
The last three years or so have been spectacular….2019 saw some amazing finds….pretty tough to pick favorites but I’ll take a run at it….Maybe first place goes to this original 1911 Panoramic of the first Indianapolis 500…A gentleman who had enquired in the past to buy a Bobby Jones broadside emailed me again to see if I had changed my mind…I sent him back a polite thank you but no thank you…So over the following week I was thinking about his offer….and it occurred to me I never asked him if he had anything for sale…what was I thinking I thought…I always shake the bushes to see what falls out...dummy…so later that day I emailed him back and said I meant to ask if you just collect golf….and do you have anything for sale…I don’t really know the guy but I think he was in Atlanta and I think he’s a surgeon…So he goes….I just collect golf…but I’ve got two panoramic photos from the Indianapolis 500…one from the first year 1911 and the other from 1912…and that he had them in storage and he’d get them out to photograph for me…Plus he said he had a steel Nascar sign that was really something…I said sounds good let’s take a look…So about a week later he emails me the photos…Dang they were killer…He said he’d like to keep the 1912 but I could have the 1911 and the Nascar sign…So I said I’d like them both and he made me a better deal…He told me he had gotten all them fifteen years ago out of a Leland’s auction….and that they had been way in the back of the catalog…and said he didn’t pay much for them just thought they were great…sounded like he threw some bottom feeder bids and ended up with all them….In the mean time before I pulled the trigger I was researching the heck out them to make up my mind…I learned the photographer C.F. Bretzman had been the official photographer of the race appointed by the promoter…and if I recall I think there is at least one other panoramic shot the photographer did of the race…but all in all the image is rare…the seller said it was a newer frame maybe from the 70’s…then when I opened it up I was blown away….it’s not a newer frame…the glass is wavy and period 1911…and I’m all about wavy glass original so I was thrilled…

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

2019 Wrap
The last three years or so have been spectacular….2019 saw some amazing finds….pretty tough to pick favorites but I’ll take a run at it….Maybe first place goes to this original 1911 Panoramic of the first Indianapolis 500…A gentleman who had enquired in the past to buy a Bobby Jones broadside emailed me again to see if I had changed my mind…I sent him back a polite thank you but no thank you…So over the following week I was thinking about his offer….and it occurred to me I never asked him if he had anything for sale…what was I thinking I thought…I always shake the bushes to see what falls out...dummy…so later that day I emailed him back and said I meant to ask if you just collect golf….and do you have anything for sale…I don’t really know the guy but I think he was in Atlanta and I think he’s a surgeon…So he goes….I just collect golf…but I’ve got two panoramic photos from the Indianapolis 500…one from the first year 1911 and the other from 1912…and that he had them in storage and he’d get them out to photograph for me…Plus he said he had a steel Nascar sign that was really something…I said sounds good let’s take a look…So about a week later he emails me the photos…Dang they were killer…He said he’d like to keep the 1912 but I could have the 1911 and the Nascar sign…So I said I’d like them both and he made me a better deal…He told me he had gotten all them fifteen years ago out of a Leland’s auction….and that they had been way in the back of the catalog…and said he didn’t pay much for them just thought they were great…sounded like he threw some bottom feeder bids and ended up with all them….In the mean time before I pulled the trigger I was researching the heck out them to make up my mind…I learned the photographer C.F. Bretzman had been the official photographer of the race appointed by the promoter…and if I recall I think there is at least one other panoramic shot the photographer did of the race…but all in all the image is rare…the seller said it was a newer frame maybe from the 70’s…then when I opened it up I was blown away….it’s not a newer frame…the glass is wavy and period 1911…and I’m all about wavy glass original so I was thrilled…













The Nascar sign is a dream…I feel like I got part of the old south hanging in my house…since nascar basically started with a bunch of good’ol boys with suped up cars for running moonshine…the metal is old school thick weighs a ton…and with the current petro sign craze caused by American Pickers…I was glad to get it under the radar…









Then there was the “Ilys” Yacht bronze…a real anomaly even in the bronze sculpture world…I have never seen a bronze like it…it was pricey but when I started researching it I learned it wasn’t just a pleasure craft but competed as a “Bermuda Racer”…which was a pastime of the wealthy east coasters…And here’s a good one…J.G.N. Whitaker who owned the boat, (and a bunch other boats), was the son of William H. Whitaker (1835-1920) who was a president and owner of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1882-1890…







And for non-sport…pretty sure this c1930 Beverly Hills/Santa Monica porcelain highway sign comes in first...has Clark Gable written all over it…and I'm a big fan of L.A....found at a bottle show but not a bottle show price…I spotted it on my first comb with an early entry badge…zeroed right it….but once I saw the price tag kept walking…but two hours later it was still there and I cowboy’d up and negotiated a deal…and off it went into my mustang and to my kitchen….Hated to drop that kind of dough on a non-sport piece but I figured I would never see another...and if I did it wouldn't be in that condition...These are just a few pick-ups…The Lord blessed me I had a great year…

Epic pickups, Carlton! Beautiful quality pieces!

[GaryPassamonte]

I forgot this one. An 1878 Tecumseh/Lowell trophy baseball. Both teams were members of the International Association which was a league that directly competed with the National League in the late 1870s. Ross Barnes was player/manager of the team.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

And for non-sport…pretty sure this c1930 Beverly Hills/Santa Monica porcelain highway sign comes in first...has Clark Gable written all over it…and I'm a big fan of L.A....found at a bottle show but not a bottle show price…I spotted it on my first comb with an early entry badge…zeroed right it….but once I saw the price tag kept walking…but two hours later it was still there and I cowboy’d up and negotiated a deal…and off it went into my mustang and to my kitchen….

I'm guessing you're not married...

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by kjjavic

Fantastic poster Bill. I won this one at auction (don't have it yet) and I would assume its from the same years as yours. I was able to date it to 1897. I don't think Akron is Buchtel College as Carlton stated in his article, because I found articles mentioning that Buchtel College had practice games versus the Akron Football Club (Akron AC). I am not sure who the Deaf Mutes were in your poster, but I would assume that your Akron is the Akron Football Club as well.
Here is an image of the DAC vs AKron poster as well as 2 articles - one from Tuesday November 2, 1897 mentioning the upcoming game, and a box score from an article November 8 that features details of the game.

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Congrats keith...really nice grab...

[Chris Counts]

It was a great year for finding great old stuff, but in the end, nothing came close to this treasure, a 1938 Boston Bees cap ...

[tjb1952tjb]

Nice Boston Bees 1938 cap! Rookie Ted Williams and Boston Bee Eddie Miller (1939).