February Pick Ups

[batsballsbases]

Well I guess I will get the month started with a big pick up for me. Was able to get a very hard PM10 stadium pin off my list...

[sforaker]

That is a really beautiful pin Al! Congrats, I hope all is well with you.

[roarfrom34]

Off eBay I picked up the homeplate Umpire's lineup card from 05/12/84 from an Orioles/A's game which happened to be the last appearance of Jim Palmer in a MLB game (unbeknownst to the seller). Just the other day I had Palmer sign/inscribe it accordingly:

https://i.imgur.com/o9h9fKg.jpg

[batsballsbases]

That is a really beautiful pin Al! Congrats, I hope all is well with you.
Thanks Scott and you as well!

[MK]

Well I guess I will get the month started with a big pick up for me. Was able to get a very hard PM10 stadium pin off my list...

Great start to the month Al. Congratulations! Looks like this is one of those pins with the small baseball located right after his name. Would love to know if this was a manufacturing mark that means these were all made by the same company.

[batsballsbases]

Great start to the month Al. Congratulations! Looks like this is one of those pins with the small baseball located right after his name. Would love to know if this was a manufacturing mark that means these were all made by the same company.
Thanks Mike Funny could be an east coast thing and might be the distributor mark as the ones I see that have it are the Phillies, Pirates, Reds, and Orioles... My have distributed for all these teams. Your guess is as good as mine!;)

[Topnotchsy]

Off eBay I picked up the homeplate Umpire's lineup card from 05/12/84 from an Orioles/A's game which happened to be the last appearance of Jim Palmer in a MLB game (unbeknownst to the seller). Just the other day I had Palmer sign/inscribe it accordingly:

https://i.imgur.com/o9h9fKg.jpg

That’s really cool!

[doug.goodman]

With a big thank you to Paul "pherbener", I have now completed my m101-2 set with the arrival today of Mr. Ty Cobb.

I need 27 more of the m101-1 set, and I have also completed the m101-7-8-9 sets.

Woohoo!
Doug

[JLange]

Thrilled with this pickup. The Apr 14, 1918 edition of the Cleveland Sunday Leader Rotogravure Pictorial Supplement, showing the smiling faces of the Cleveland Indians. Measures about 16.5" x 22" and is in fantastic shape for a 100 yr old newspaper!

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1056&pictureid=24021

[WillowGrove]

Big Congrats Doug!

[71buc]

Awesome pin Al great way to start the month.

[pherbener]

With a big thank you to Paul "pherbener", I have now completed my m101-2 set with the arrival today of Mr. Ty Cobb.

I need 27 more of the m101-1 set, and I have also completed the m101-7-8-9 sets.

Woohoo!
Doug

Glad I could help Doug! Great job!!

[batsballsbases]

Awesome pin Al great way to start the month.

Thankyou Mike I know you would love this one... Love you pirate pickups!

[ooo-ribay]

Well I guess I will get the month started with a big pick up for me. Was able to get a very hard PM10 stadium pin off my list...

Nice! I’ll bet you had to open your “snapper purse” wide for that beauty! :D

[batsballsbases]

Nice! I’ll bet you had to open your “snapper purse” wide for that beauty! :D
Believe me YOU would never have even reached into your pocket...;) I dont wait for someting to come up and only want to pay 5-10 bucks for it! But hey thats just me! On the other hand we have you!:D:D

[slidekellyslide]

Keeping with the pinback theme, I got this baby in the mail today!

[batsballsbases]

Keeping with the pinback theme, I got this baby in the mail today!
Very nice Dan I have always liked that pin.....

[MK]

Keeping with the pinback theme, I got this baby in the mail today!

Beautiful Cy Young pin. Although it looks like he is in jail. :eek:

I picked up a few more of these large PM10 Yankee pins.

[batsballsbases]

Beautiful Cy Young pin. Although it looks like he is in jail. :eek:

I picked up a few more of these large PM10 Yankee pins.

Love those Mike!

[ruth-gehrig]

About 4 inches long Winchester printing block

[kdixon]

Nice piece Michael.

[David Atkatz]

About 4 inches long Winchester printing blockCan't be a printing plate, since it's not backwards.

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks Kenny
David the posted pic is an inverted photo of the printing plate

[Kris19]

Recently addded to my 19th century board game collection by acquiring "Home Base Ball Game." by McLoughlin Bros., the premier game publisher of the time period.

[slidekellyslide]

Very nice Kris!!! Love those old Base Ball games!

[ooo-ribay]

I picked up a few more of these large PM10 Yankee pins.

"a few"???? :eek:

[rholmes]

The "Cy" pin is awesome, and the game directly above is a beaut. That cover is amazing.

[MK]

"a few"???? :eek:

Always buy in bulk to save money. :D

[Scott Garner]

Always buy in bulk to save money. :D

LOL Too funny!! :D

[Bicem]

Beautiful piece Kris!

[WillowGrove]

The "Cy" pin is awesome, and the game directly above is a beaut. That cover is amazing.

One of my first pickups of the year is this 1907 Yale vs Harvard game ball. It was the deciding game 3 of their annual 3-game championship, final game being played on neutral territory at the Polo Grounds. The ball is a Spalding Official League Ball...quite rare and exciting in its own right. Notations on the ball include score, date and place, as well as woeful riffs on poetry and song of the day :p...so I would think this actually came from a losing Yale player. The signature on the ball looks to be that of a Yale player as well.

https://i.imgur.com/TVgqylk.jpg

By the way, scanning newspapers re: the game I came across one of the funniest paragraphs ever banged out on an Underwood. So...the first half of the game was played in a light rain, and then a downpour continued for the remaining innings (which incidentally explains the loose stitching on the ball). From the NYT, June 30:

https://i.imgur.com/4ofEl7Y.jpg

Shredded Wheat, anyone?

Funny Ray. Really good research and very interesting piece, congrats.

[rholmes]

Thanks, Peter.

[Butch7999]

Great acquisitions by everybody. In particular, we wanted to congratulate Kris again on his McLoughlin game
and to thank him here as well for his fresh contributions to the McLoughlin article at our site
[ http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbMcLoughlin.htm ].

[Kris19]

Thanks everyone! If anyone is at all interested, I highly recommend the photo essay linked above. It is excellent!

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection... :cool:

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection. ;):)

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

[Lordstan]

I haven't posted pickups in a bit, but here's some from the past couple months including one from today

1936 with Hubbell MVPs
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4661/40074295722_e3c17e3e08_o.jpg

1936 on the basepaths
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/40074296022_d8c440c118_o.jpg

1934 in a pickle
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/25234754077_d9256a4ebc_o.jpg

1932 WS with Lazzeri
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/26232683008_292bbccd28_o.jpg

1929 Lou with Foxx at First
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4714/25234754207_a09290dfc2_o.jpg

[batsballsbases]

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection... :cool:

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection. ;):)

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

Very nice Scott! Its so nice to know that so many Net54 members have your back if we miss something! Congrats..;);)

[yankeesjetsfan]

A little late to the party, but very nice pickups! I love those Yankees pin backs.

Mike

[Dewey]

Great Gehrig pickups as always Mark.

[ramram]

I picked up a large grouping of letters from the late 1800's of which most dealt with the early oil industry in Pennsylvania. However, within the group were a couple of letters relating to base ball. This letter was written by John O. McClintock. McClintock became an attorney and also an investor in the oil industry. He also played catcher for a strong regional team, the Meadville Mutuals. This letter, however, had to do with some humorous activity in a game in 1876 between the Allegheny team and the Philadelphia Athletics of the newly formed National League. Wish I had access to a newspaper that might better explain why they were trying to arrest Russ McKelvy (who played a couple of short stints in the National League).

July 20, 1876

"...the news I have to communicate are briefly these: last Monday morning John Scheafnocker, one of our constables ... went down to Allegheny and just as McKelvy was going into his position to play ball, arrested him and was going to drag him off to the train and bring him up here again but in that he was defeated. An alderman was there who took temporary bail for the appearance of McKelvy at his office at 7 o'clock of that evening. As soon as that was done, McK stepped back to his position and went to work and pitched against the famous Athletics of Phila. The score was 4 to 0 in favor of the Athletics. They got 8 base hits on McK and the Alleghenys got 7. The 4 runs were made in the 4th inning. At 7 o'clock McK went before the alderman, waived a hearing, and gave bail for his appearance here in August. Madison Bunce made the complaint upon which the warrant was issued. I may go down to Pittsburgh next week. If I do I will see what the situation of affairs is...."

Rob M.

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[71buc]

Congrats Scott I'm happy to see that you landed the ticket.

[Scott Garner]

Congrats Scott I'm happy to see that you landed the ticket.

Thanks again, Mike! :)

[pherbener]

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection... :cool:

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection. ;):)

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

Great pickup Scott! It is great to have all these Net54ers looking out for us and helping with our collections!

[unclebaseballmike]

I thought a few Giants fan might want to make this a February pick-up, especially with free shipping.

These luxury box seats were removed prior to the 2017 season. Each two-seat set includes a hologram signifying its authentication by Major League Baseball.
Each pair is available to you at $699 plus tax. Order today and shipping is on us! Not available for pickup; seat sets will ship form Greenfield, Indianapolis.
Supplies are limited, please reach us at
415-972-2212 or Gameused@SFGiants.com for additional details!

[Scott Garner]

Great pickup Scott! It is great to have all these Net54ers looking out for us and helping with our collections!

Thanks Paul!

[Scott Garner]

Recently I picked up a nicely scored program to Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer's ML debut. The really cool thing was that it was poorly described on eBay, which set up a great opportunity to finally find this long-time want at an unbelievable price.

On April 22, 1937, Reds rookie southpaw hurler Johnny Vander Meer quietly entered the game as a pinch runner in the 9th inning.
Unfortunately, the hometown Reds ended up on the losing side of a offensive barrage by both teams. The St. Louis Cards prevailed 14-11 over the Reds

[Jim65]

Not vintage but I love these 1 game jerseys. 2015 NJ Jackals Hockey Night game used jersey, in the style of early 80's NJ Devils. Worn by shortstop Anthony Gomez

[Lordstan]

Scott,
Those are some spectacular Vandermeer pickups. Congrats on them.
Mark

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

[yankeesjetsfan]

Great scorecard Scott.

Love that 80's Devils style jersey. Very cool.

Mike

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Mark & Mike!

[ksfarmboy]

Nice scorecard Scott! Do you have Jim Palmer’s no hitter stub? Would like to see it if you do.

[Forever Young]

Picked up an “attractive” Joe D Type 1 photo used for his blue tint card. I wanted it to go with my Gehrig. I wonder if people asked Joe to say whatever the opposite of cheese is for better pictures. Anyway, glad to add it to card image collection.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/weino23/Mobile%20Uploads/A06563D4-4C05-4D44-AD82-319B76B0AF84_zpsu942bgac.jpg (http://s947.photobucket.com/user/weino23/media/Mobile%20Uploads/A06563D4-4C05-4D44-AD82-319B76B0AF84_zpsu942bgac.jpg.html)
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/weino23/Mobile%20Uploads/2DA678A7-9340-4088-B21D-D8AC932E712E_zpsgq3lpg2u.jpg (http://s947.photobucket.com/user/weino23/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2DA678A7-9340-4088-B21D-D8AC932E712E_zpsgq3lpg2u.jpg.html)
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/weino23/Mobile%20Uploads/2B9F0F03-C568-493A-A6D8-DAC1C6787276_zpswlts9nv0.jpg (http://s947.photobucket.com/user/weino23/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2B9F0F03-C568-493A-A6D8-DAC1C6787276_zpswlts9nv0.jpg.html)
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/weino23/Mobile%20Uploads/111B10C1-9B7F-4E00-8382-35A0AB1C7D3D_zpsmolay2zt.jpg (http://s947.photobucket.com/user/weino23/media/Mobile%20Uploads/111B10C1-9B7F-4E00-8382-35A0AB1C7D3D_zpsmolay2zt.jpg.html)

[Scott Garner]

Nice scorecard Scott! Do you have Jim Palmer’s no hitter stub? Would like to see it if you do.

Hi Clint,
Thank you. Yes, I actually do have a ticket stub to Jim Palmer's no-hitter, but it was a tough bastard to find. It actually took me 30 years to locate one! :eek:
Here you go, as per your ask...

[ksfarmboy]

Thanks Scott! Never seen one before and it would be a tough one to identify. I can definitely see why you would have so much trouble finding one.

[bobfreedman]

Ulrich Dunbar Walter Johnson Statue, only a handful known

[Scott Garner]

Ulrich Dunbar Walter Johnson Statue, only a handful known

Super WaJo sculpture, Bob. These have always been my favorite... Congrats!

[bobfreedman]

Thank you Scott, you have had a great month as well.

Ben, nice photos

[ksfarmboy]

Great statue Bob. I have a bronze made from your statue.

[bobfreedman]

Great statue Bob. I have a bronze made from your statue.

Clint, where did you get the bronze from? Is it a repro of the original? I know at one time Doug Allen was going to make a recast and sell them again but, I was unaware if he actually went through with it or not? Incidentally, mine come from the original owner who was given the statue by Walter Johnson himself.

[ksfarmboy]

Clint, where did you get the bronze from? Is it a repro of the original? I know at one time Doug Allen was going to make a recast and sell them again but, I was unaware if he actually went through with it or not? Incidentally, mine come from the original owner who was given the statue by Walter Johnson himself.

Yeah Allen did a recast and I got mine from his wife. They were supposed to do 100 but mine is the last I know was made at this point. It's number seven. The licensing time frame ran out so not sure if anymore will be made.

[Forever Young]

Thank you Scott, you have had a great month as well.

Ben, nice photos

Thank you bob. That statue is really special. Congrats

[pherbener]

Love the Joe D. Ben!

Bob, that statue is incredible!!

[Bicem]

Amazing Bob!

[sayhey24]

Not from February, but did recently pick up something I always wanted -- this old wood/bat lathe.

[ChrisGalbreath]

Great statue Bob -

Here is Walter and U. Dunbar as The Big Train approves his likeness.

[baseball tourist]

Picked up this photograph in trade on the weekend. Would appreciate help dating it - c.1900 is what I am thinking.

Not attributed to the ribbon I already had but a nice companion piece nonetheless.

[Hankphenom]

Ulrich Dunbar Walter Johnson Statue, only a handful known

To my knowledge, only two of these have ever hit the market, one in Legendary in 2012 and Memory Lane in 2013. The Legendary example appeared again in 2015, this time with Heritage. For some reason, Legendary ended up buying back their example from the consignor, Kent Feddeman, and Doug Allen wanted to defray the expense of that by selling bronze examples. Events intervened (!), though, and the program never got beyond the production of a handful that his wife sold on eBay two years ago, after which the original went to auction with Heritage. Bob, do you know if yours is the Feddeman (Legendary/Heritage) example? If so it should have come with an original photo of Johnson posing for Dunbar with a caption written by Johnson's wife.

[bobfreedman]

To my knowledge, only two of these have ever hit the market, one in Legendary in 2012 and Memory Lane in 2013. The Legendary example appeared again in 2015, this time with Heritage. For some reason, Legendary ended up buying back their example from the consignor, Kent Feddeman, and Doug Allen wanted to defray the expense of that by selling bronze examples. Events intervened (!), though, and the program never got beyond the production of a handful that his wife sold on eBay two years ago, after which the original went to auction with Heritage. Bob, do you know if yours is the Feddeman (Legendary/Heritage) example? If so it should have come with an original photo of Johnson posing for Dunbar with a caption written by Johnson's wife.

Hank, thanks for the information, I was not sure about the details of the "new" statues and I appreciate you filling in the blanks.

I believe mine is fresh to the market as its been with the original owner for 60 or 70 years. It was actually a gift from Walter Johnson to a friend and was passed down from the friend to his daughter etc.

Thanks again

[ksfarmboy]

Bob is that the actual picture of your statue? Hank, did all of the original statues that you’ve seen have the W colored red on the hat?

[bobfreedman]

Bob is that the actual picture of your statue? Hank, did all of the original statues that you’ve seen have the W colored red on the hat?

No it is not, here is my actual statue, it does not have a red “W”

[horzverti]

Great statue Bob -

Here is Walter and U. Dunbar as The Big Train approves his likeness.

Great photo to tie to the Johnson statue Chris!

[bobfreedman]

Yes, thank you very much Chris, I do appreciate the photo, I apologize for not mentioning it first. Here are the photos that I have, they are a mix of original photos and copies of copies.

[Hankphenom]

Great statue Bob -

Here is Walter and U. Dunbar as The Big Train approves his likeness.

Hey, Chris: I have an Associated News Service poster with that image dated Oct. 27, 1924.

Bob: The article that accompanied the picture of the bunch of them said that a total of 50 were produced. I've always assumed they were sold to defray the cost of Dunbar's work when the big statue never got authorized.

Clint: I think the red "W" was painted on after the fact, I've only seen the one like that.

[ksfarmboy]

That’s an incredible statue Bob! Great to know that another one has surfaced. The details are amazing and unlike so many others the likeness is perfect.

[commishbob]

Picked these up at the Houston TriStar show this past weekend. I collect Orioles publications and was lacking both All Star programs. Now all I need for a complete run of Orioles guides/yearbooks etc are the '54 and '56 media guides.

https://i.imgur.com/vcvd56k.jpg

I paid dearly for it but I didn't know when I'd find another one in nice condition. And it came with this:

https://i.imgur.com/gNhYXCp.jpg

The dealer had this for sale as well so I made him an offer for the pair and he accepted. Which made me think I could have made a lower offer. :)

https://i.imgur.com/2hYtds2.jpg

It also came with a ticker stub.

https://i.imgur.com/pH4R4QB.jpg

[Hankphenom]

That’s an incredible statue Bob! Great to know that another one has surfaced. The details are amazing and unlike so many others the likeness is perfect.
Hi Clint, I was answering your question about the red "W," no idea why I got your name wrong. I'll pin it on old age!

[smotan_02]

Excited to pick up these trophy balls from the 1903 and 1904 Army - Navy football game as well as an unused ticket to the 1904 game. Not sure if I should leave them as is or have the refurbished.

https://i.imgur.com/OVB2rze.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/STpjnBe.jpg?2

https://i.imgur.com/l1CG7sa.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ouBJs66.jpg?3

[commishbob]

Those Army-Navy items are fantastic.

[ooo-ribay]

Excited to pick up these trophy balls from the 1903 and 1904 Army - Navy football game as well as an unused ticket to the 1904 game. Not sure if I should leave them as is or have the refurbished.

https://i.imgur.com/OVB2rze.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/STpjnBe.jpg?2

https://i.imgur.com/l1CG7sa.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ouBJs66.jpg?3

It never ceases to amaze me what’s “out there.” I would leave them alone. They’re fantastic.

[yankeesjetsfan]

Picked these up at the Houston TriStar show this past weekend. I collect Orioles publications and was lacking both All Star programs. Now all I need for a complete run of Orioles guides/yearbooks etc are the '54 and '56 media guides.

https://i.imgur.com/vcvd56k.jpg

I paid dearly for it but I didn't know when I'd find another one in nice condition. And it came with this:

https://i.imgur.com/gNhYXCp.jpg

The dealer had this for sale as well so I made him an offer for the pair and he accepted. Which made me think I could have made a lower offer. :)

https://i.imgur.com/2hYtds2.jpg

It also came with a ticker stub.

https://i.imgur.com/pH4R4QB.jpg

Great pick ups! I love older programs & yearbooks.

Mike

[Dewey]

Getting into this whole photo and card thing. :)

1944 Vander Meer official Navy photo used for his 1947 Exhibits.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4617/39562699234_094909133a.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4701/38464664080_09f94d6787.jpg

1952 Ted Wilks shot used for 1953 Topps. Two-time World Series champ and had a near no-no. Not quite the back-to-back no-nos like the man above.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4709/39562699614_2ccfb320e8.jpghttp://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/386/101/68205.jpg

[ksfarmboy]

Hi Clint, I was answering your question about the red "W," no idea why I got your name wrong. I'll pin it on old age!

No worries Hank, I knew what you meant😁.

[Sean1125]

I know this isn't quite prewar, but it is a rarity I will not be selling.

https://i.imgur.com/lYDZP2p.jpg

[ooo-ribay]

I’ve been after one of these, still in the bag, for a while. This was the first bobbin’ head ever. They produced Giants, D**gers, Braves and White Sox. 98 cents in 1960. You can see how the color base series got its mold.

[Darner]

To celebrate the Eagles finally winning a Superbowl, I picked up a full run of home ticket stubs from 1960, the last time the Eagles won a NFL championship.

[rhettyeakley]

Recent pickup I finally got around to taking some pictures, if anything it is a bit nicer than I remembered it being. No glove, tag or anything else inside. I had posted about this in the BST and wanted the people that asked to see it had a chance if they forgot to check back there. I'd love to find the glove that originally came with it, there are low grade examples available but I'd like a nice blue one.

I have no idea why the pictures are sideways here but they are oriented normally on my website?

http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove1.jpg
http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove2.JPG
http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove3.JPG
http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove4.JPG

http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove1.jpg
http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove2.JPG
http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove3.JPG
http://starsofthediamond.com/71glove4.JPG

[Scott Garner]

I'm really stoked to have added this circa 1930's 36" Ernie Lombardi H & B "Blue Streak" bat to my Vander Meer "double no-hit" collection.
"The Schnozz" was Vandy's catcher for both of his back-to-back no-hitters on June 11th and June 15th, 1938.

This bat will be a nice complimentary piece and will join two Vandy model bats that I have in my collection.

Can any of our resident bat experts share what they know about this particular Lombardi model bat being called a "Blue Streak"? I'm guessing it's because Lombardi could hit up a blue streak (career .300 hitter, but arguably the slowest runner in baseball history), but I am curious. Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated! ;)

[Mark70Z]

Recent pickup I finally got around to taking some pictures, if anything it is a bit nicer than I remembered it being. No glove, tag or anything else inside. I had posted about this in the BST and wanted the people that asked to see it had a chance if they forgot to check back there. I'd love to find the glove that originally came with it, there are low grade examples available but I'd like a nice blue one.

Love the glove box! Can’t beat something w/Brooks and Clemente pictured.

[ooo-ribay]

I can see why Lombardi was known as The Schnozz! :D

[RedsFan1941]

those eagles tickets are tremendous!!!!

[yankeesjetsfan]

Rob, love, love that bobble. Were they plastic bobbles? I can't see those being sold in a plastic bag if they were made of ceramic.

Awesome glove box and bat!

Mike

[ooo-ribay]

Rob, love, love that bobble. Were they plastic bobbles? I can't see those being sold in a plastic bag if they were made of ceramic.

Awesome glove box and bat!

Mike

They were made of rubber. I have one glued to the dash of my truck. He bobs like crazy.

[yankeesjetsfan]

They were made of rubber. I have one glued to the dash of my truck. He bobs like crazy.

That is awesome!

Mike

[Bill Rayburn]

Technically not a Feb pick-up but just got back from the framers Friday an hung on the wall over the week-end. 1887 Our National Game scrap book front cover and six prints.

[Huysmans]

Hey Bill,

I've always loved the 'Our National Game' book.
Wonderful job with the framing, it looks gorgeous.


Brent

[GaryPassamonte]

Great display, Bill.

[Bill Rayburn]

Thanks Brent and Gary. It is a big piece but I am very pleased with the way it looks.

[MartyFromCANADA]

Just curious if anyone knew where these ended up.
1909 WS watch & medallion

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[doug.goodman]

Technically not a Feb pick-up but just got back from the framers Friday an hung on the wall over the week-end. 1887 Our National Game scrap book front cover and six prints.

Beautiful.

[doug.goodman]

Getting into this whole photo and card thing. :)

1944 Vander Meer official Navy photo used for his 1947 Exhibits.
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You need to sell that Vandy to Scott...

[Dewey]

You need to sell that Vandy to Scott...

I assume he got one that recently showed up at auction. If not, I'd be happy to send it home.

[Scott Garner]

I assume he got one that recently showed up at auction. If not, I'd be happy to send it home.

Hi Doug & Dewey,
I actually do own a copy of this photo as well.
That being said, I appreciate both of you guys for thinking of me! ;)

[Topnotchsy]

Picked up these 2 WWII programs. Bummed that I lost the other 2 (which were larger size). If the winner of those is here, I'd love to see if there's a deal to be made.

[Scott Garner]

Picked up these 2 WWII programs. Bummed that I lost the other 2 (which were larger size). If the winner of those is here, I'd love to see if there's a deal to be made.

Congrats Jeff, I had my eye on those scorebooks as well. I'm very happy that you won those. All of these 1944 Central Championship scorebooks are exceedingly tough to find. To be able to score two is a HR IMHO.

[Scott Garner]

I'm sorry Jeff, I suppose I am guilty as charged... :o

I was happy to finally be able to add a nice scorebook from game 4 of the 1944 Central Pacific Area Baseball Championship in Hawaii.
Originally the brainchild of Admiral Chester Nimitz, this WWII baseball championship pitted the Navy All-Stars vs. the Army All-Stars. Due to many MLB stars entering WWII to support the war effort, Nimitz realized that creating this Championship Series would be an excellent idea to entertain the troops and boost morale.

Game 4 was essentially the Series clincher for the Navy which ran the table mostly on the back of great pitching from two MLB pitchers that would hurl two no-hitters in a single season: Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer in 1938 and Virgil "Fire" Trucks in 1952. This game was attended by 10,000 enthusiastic servicemen that were fortunate enough to witness the game played on September 26th, 1944.
Here is a recap of the clinching 4th game of the series:

HONOLULU – Winning the first four games, the navy captured the mythical championship of the armed forces from the Army in the Pacific World’s Series, chiefly through superior pitching. Although the Bluejackets won the title by the sweep, the three other contests in the series were played for the benefit of men in other sections of this area.
A home run by Ken Sears in the first half of the twelfth inning at Fort Schofield, Oahu, clinched the third contest, 4 to 3, for the Navy, and the Bluejackets made it four straight at Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay on September 26th, 10 to 5.

[Topnotchsy]

I'm sorry Jeff, I suppose I am guilty as charged... :o

I was happy to finally be able to add a nice scorebook from game 4 of the 1944 Central Pacific Area Baseball Championship in Hawaii.
Originally the brainchild of Admiral Chester Nimitz, this WWII baseball championship pitted the Navy All-Stars vs. the Army All-Stars. Due to many MLB stars entering WWII to support the war effort, Nimitz realized that creating this Championship Series would be an excellent idea to entertain the troops and boost morale.

Game 4 was essentially the Series clincher for the Navy which ran the table mostly on the back of great pitching from two MLB pitchers that would hurl two no-hitters in a single season: Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer in 1938 and Virgil "Fire" Trucks in 1952. This game was attended by 10,000 enthusiastic servicemen that were fortunate enough to witness the game played on September 26th, 1944.
Here is a recap of the clinching 4th game of the series:

HONOLULU – Winning the first four games, the navy captured the mythical championship of the armed forces from the Army in the Pacific World’s Series, chiefly through superior pitching. Although the Bluejackets won the title by the sweep, the three other contests in the series were played for the benefit of men in other sections of this area.
A home run by Ken Sears in the first half of the twelfth inning at Fort Schofield, Oahu, clinched the third contest, 4 to 3, for the Navy, and the Bluejackets made it four straight at Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay on September 26th, 10 to 5.

Definitely can't begrudge you that one for your Vander Meer collection. The one's I won were the smaller ones (only 4 pages) and one was from a different series, but still definitely pleased to have won them. I find these programs and barnstorming programs to be extremely cool. On some level in my mind programs are really only for "official" games and it still surprises me sometimes when I come across these items that they even exist.

Congrats on a great pickup!

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Jeff!
This Championship Series crosses a few collecting themes that I think are very cool. WWII baseball, a series dominated by double no-hit pitchers, Vander Meer specifically, the deep talent of MLB players, etc.
BTW,
I believe we have a duty to carry this WWII baseball collecting theme forward, FWIW. When history isn't preserved, people forget...
Scott

[chalupacollects]

Good weekend for pickups...unfortunately not signed...

[Forever Young]

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[ptr002]

Ben,

Great addition to the collection. Probably the only one out their.

Paul

[Forever Young]

Ben,

Great addition to the collection. Probably the only one out their.

Paul

Thanks Paul. National this year? It will be here before we know it all of a sudden.

[doug.goodman]

I was able to add 23 new M113 supplements to my collection this month, giving me a total of 937 (and counting) different ones.

The best of the additions would have to be these:

[ptr002]

I hope I can make it but I'm not sure yet.

[Mark]

Ben,

Great addition to the collection. Probably the only one out their.

Paul

Yeah, that's stunning.

[yankeesjetsfan]

Great pictures!

Mike

[bigfanNY]

Doug I have only seen two Baseball Magazine Gehrigs before a batting and a portrait. Never saw the fielding pose before it must be tough congrats..