February pick up thread

[GrayGhost]

1ll start it off with this cool 1884 Social party put on by the Braintree MA Baseball club. Lovin the early days

[bobfreedman]

Just picked this up today

[ksfarmboy]

That’s pretty cool Bob, can we get a shot of those Kail statues?

[bigfanNY]

Very nice Bob any idea where it came from?

[Topnotchsy]

Original newspapers drawing/artwork by artist Glenn Bretthauer focusing on the drafting of MLB players to the military.

[mrreality68]

Original newspapers drawing/artwork by artist Glenn Bretthauer focusing on the drafting of MLB players to the military.

Love it

Very Very Nice piece

[mrozie21]

Original newspapers drawing/artwork by artist Glenn Bretthauer focusing on the drafting of MLB players to the military.

That’s a fantastic piece! Congratulations

[doug.goodman]

My oldest Collier's...

I haven't had a chance to scan mine yet, but this is a picture I had in my "need to acquire" file.

http://baseballresearcher.blogspot.com/2016/02/baseball-in-movies-hidden-in-plain-sight.html

[eastonfalcon19]

Picked up a Johnny Couch Kren Professional model bat.

[GregG]

(Not yet in hand)
Nice MacGregor Pete Reiser Fielding Model Glove. I found reference for it being offered for sale from 1947-1952.

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This ad from February 20, 1949 Hartford Courant

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[Topnotchsy]

Love it

Very Very Nice piece

Thanks! I collect WWII-baseball items, and this is the 2nd example of newspaper art that I have been able to find.

That’s a fantastic piece! Congratulations

I really appreciate it! Really excited to get it. Super cool up close and ties to a medium (newspapers) that were so central to the way that people consumed information 80 years ago.

[slidekellyslide]

After ~30 years I finally acquired a Lincoln Chiefs home jersey. I've had an away jersey for about 10 years now. This is a 1958 jersey.

[Mark]

Picked up a Johnny Couch Kren Professional model bat.

Really nice bat, especially for Kren collectors.

[ooo-ribay]

After ~30 years I finally acquired a Lincoln Chiefs home jersey. I've had an away jersey for about 10 years now. This is a 1958 jersey.

Congrats on acquiring that great looking jersey!

[Hankphenom]

After ~30 years I finally acquired a Lincoln Chiefs home jersey. I've had an away jersey for about 10 years now. This is a 1958 jersey. Gorgeous!

[perezfan]

After ~30 years I finally acquired a Lincoln Chiefs home jersey. I've had an away jersey for about 10 years now. This is a 1958 jersey.

Sweet, Dan!

Beautiful jersey found a perfect home. Congrats!

[Huck]

Just received this --- I don't know what Freud might say about my affinity for scoreboards......

[Schlesinj]

I picked up a couple of type 1 photos from 1909 Highlander Opening Day at Hilltop.


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[Bobmc]

After ~30 years I finally acquired a Lincoln Chiefs home jersey. I've had an away jersey for about 10 years now. This is a 1958 jersey.

Whoa! Congratulations on the Awesome Chiefs jersey! What a fantastic find!

[ooo-ribay]

Just received this --- I don't know what Freud might say about my affinity for scoreboards......

I love your scoreboards! But display space has got to be a problem...

[Djcmac1]

I picked up this silver gelatin print on the 5th.
It has some silvering going on in the very dark
Areas which you can’t see in the picture as you
Need to see it in the right light. Don’t know much
More about it. It is featured in the baseball blogess’
Blog as it has one of her favorite orioles Steve Brodie
In the photo. If anyone could share more info it would
Be appreciated. I’ve included a few more photos to
Show the silvering in the photo . Thank you!

[guy3050]

Huge Mailday for me, Thanks to Net54 member MCyganik for accepting my offer on Ebay on this gorgeous Bill Stoneman's 1972 game worn powder blue Flannel road jersey, back home in Montreal where it belongs

[Scott Garner]

Huge Mailday for me, Thanks to Net54 member MCyganik for accepting my offer on Ebay on this gorgeous Bill Stoneman's 1972 game worn powder blue Flannel road jersey, back home in Montreal where it belongs

Beautiful Stoneman flannel, Guy! Congrats!

[Vintagedeputy]

Huge Mailday for me, Thanks to Net54 member MCyganik for accepting my offer on Ebay on this gorgeous Bill Stoneman's 1972 game worn powder blue Flannel road jersey, back home in Montreal where it belongs

That's a killer piece!

[ksfarmboy]

Great flannels Dan and Guy. Doesn’t get much better than that!

[Vintagedeputy]

Posted this under the pinback thread as well. Pee Wee Reese!

[Jewish-collector]

If you collect basketball memorabilia, give us a hell yeah.
If you're coming to the Net54 meetup Saturday in Virginia, bring basketball stuff and give us another hell yeah. :D

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[71buc]

Love that jersey Guy it’s most definitely in the right collection!

[Huck]

I love your scoreboards! But display space has got to be a problem...

Thank you! I like advertising items with a baseball tie-in and the scoreboards do the trick. I also think the boards are cool looking. Thankfully, so far wall space is not a problem.

[Hankphenom]

If you collect basketball memorabilia, give us a hell yeah. If you're coming to the Net54 meetup Saturday in Virginia, bring basketball stuff and give us another hell yeah. Great pub!

[Vintagedeputy]

Thank you! I like advertising items with a baseball tie-in.

Ever see anything like this? I found some newspaper ads that were similar, but I cannot find another one of these mentioned on the internet anywhere.

[Huck]

Ever see anything like this? I found some newspaper ads that were similar, but I cannot find another one of these mentioned on the internet anywhere.

I saw your item a month or so ago and thought it was a nice piece of advertising. I have not seen that item before. I am still kicking myself for sleeping on the poster below. I likely won't see another one.

[Vintagedeputy]

I saw your item a month or so ago and thought it was a nice piece of advertising. I have not seen that item before. I am still kicking myself for sleeping on the poster below. I likely won't see another one.

That poster is pretty cool. There must be others out there, no? You know the old saying about when you see something for the first time, buy it.

My Lew Burdette sign was obviously meant to have a price written on it and attached to a crate of apples in the grocery store. I imagine that when prices changed, signs got tossed. Mine is probably one of a very few that never got used. Could be the only one left.

[Huck]

That poster is pretty cool. There must be others out there, no? You know the old saying about when you see something for the first time, buy it.

My Lew Burdette sign was obviously meant to have a price written on it and attached to a crate of apples in the grocery store. I imagine that when prices changed, signs got tossed. Mine is probably one of a very few that never got used. Could be the only one left.

Very true, buy it when you see it. Not heeding that advice has cost me on a few items. Of all the scrapple items, I was only interested in the poster. I waited and waited and then one day it was sold. Like your piece the poster is likely one of a kind or very few. I have never seen another one.

[doug.goodman]

I don't usually get too excited about new pickups until I actually have them in hand, but it's been such a great 12 hours for my collection that I feel the need to post my REA wins tonight.

Three m113s.

Connolly I knew existed because it was in a Lipset auction in 2004, but I had never seen a picture of it.

I had no proof that the Schmidt existed until this auction.

Lajoie has a completely different caption than my other copies (which I wasn't aware of until this auction).

I can't remember last time I added 3 new m113s in a day.

Woohoo!

Doug

PS - Apologies to the portion of the REA staff that gets to stay at work until all lots in the auction have closed, and apologies also to the underbidder for those extra 2 hours 40 minutes.

[Schlesinj]

I don't usually get too excited about new pickups until I actually have them in hand, but it's been such a great 12 hours for my collection that I feel the need to post my REA wins tonight.

Three m113s.

Connolly I knew existed because it was in a Lipset auction in 2004, but I had never seen a picture of it.

I had no proof that the Schmidt existed until this auction.

Lajoie has a completely different caption than my other copies (which I wasn't aware of until this auction).

I can't remember last time I added 3 new m113s in a day.

Woohoo!

Doug

PS - Apologies to the portion of the REA staff that gets to stay at work until all lots in the auction have closed, and apologies also to the underbidder for those extra 2 hours 40 minutes.
Congrats on the additions. Amazing attention to detail you have given the amount of items you have seen and in your collection.

[Scott Garner]

Here is a recent pickup that I like.
This is a game used 1992 LAD hat that came from no-hit pitcher Kevin Gross.
The hat was gifted to a Dodgers season ticket holder at a Dodger sponsored event shortly after the no-hitter that Gross pitched on August 17,1992 @ LAD.
Gross signed the hat under the bill and the hat shows tremendous use.

The season ticket holder that received the hat said that Gross was reluctant to give up the hat because it was his "gamer", but relented after the guy asked for the 4th time. That's what I call commitment! :D;)

Thanks for snagging it for my advanced no-hitter collection.
Growing up in So Cal, owning a LAD no-hitter game used hat makes it extra special. :cool:

I got the full Kevin Gross no-hitter ticket signed by him entering the stadium in Anaheim when he was briefly with the Angels at the end of his 14 year MLB career.

[eastonfalcon19]

Picked up an oversized Reach baseball from the 20/30s.

[Vintagedeputy]

Couple of new pinbacks.

[Lordstan]

so excited to add a beautiful type 1 of Lou with Babe and Jackie Mitchell. She was a female pitcher who played for the Chattanooga Lookouts. She supposedly "struck out" Ruth and Gehrig in an exhibition game in 1931.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52703479581_724140127e_o.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52702958437_1c2ffaa3c1_o.jpg

[doug.goodman]

Fantastic shot Mark, congrats!

[prewarsports]

Wow I have never seen that Ruth/Gehrig/Mitchell photo before. It's too bad the NEA archive got spread to the wind after it was sold in a storage unit sale back in the day. It must have been quite amazing when it was intact! I guess we can be thankful it survived unlike most photo archives.

[Lordstan]

Fantastic shot Mark, congrats!

Wow I have never seen that Ruth/Gehrig/Mitchell photo before. It's too bad the NEA archive got spread to the wind after it was sold in a storage unit sale back in the day. It must have been quite amazing when it was intact! I guess we can be thankful it survived unlike most photo archives.

Thank you both. I am super excited to get it and very appreciative to the person who sold it to me for making it available.

[ksfarmboy]

Picked up an extremely rare movie poster and vhs of the movie King Kung Fu. It was filmed in Wichita in the 1974-1976 time frame but wasn’t released until 1987. This movie is pretty obscure if you could imagine so acquiring the tape let alone the poster was quite the score for me. So what does this have to do with baseball you might ask? Well there’s about a 3 minute scene where the Gorilla fights the minor league Wichita Aeros baseball team. There’s a baseball guy on the poster and tape as well. A recent DVD release of this movie is available if someone was interested in watching it. To watch the baseball portion google King Kung Fu baseball.

[ooo-ribay]

Picked up an extremely rare movie poster and vhs of the movie King Kung Fu. It was filmed in Wichita in the 1974-1976 time frame but wasn’t released until 1987. This movie is pretty obscure if you could imagine so acquiring the tape let alone the poster was quite the score for me. So what does this have to do with baseball you might ask? Well there’s about a 3 minute scene where the Gorilla fights the minor league Wichita Aeros baseball team. There’s a baseball guy on the poster and tape as well. A recent DVD release of this movie is available if someone was interested in watching it. To watch the baseball portion google King Kung Fu baseball.

Does the girl in King Kung Fu’s palm have a big part(s)? :p

[ksfarmboy]

Rob, yes she does.😁

[bnorth]

Got a box of 10 jerseys in the mail today. These 2 go great with my team autographed bat.

[Hankphenom]

so excited to add a beautiful type 1 of Lou with Babe and Jackie Mitchell. She was a female pitcher who played for the Chattanooga Lookouts. She supposedly "struck out" Ruth and Gehrig in an exhibition game in 1931. Joe Engel, dubbed the "P.T. Barnum of the minors" for his promotional stunts as owner of the Lookouts, was also a big league pitcher who became a super scout for Washington and helped put together their pennant-winning teams of 1924-25. He was also great friends and hunting buddies with Walter Johnson. This photo captures one of his most famous stunts.

[perezfan]

Here is a recent pickup that I like.
This is a game used 1992 LAD hat that came from no-hit pitcher Kevin Gross.
The hat was gifted to a Dodgers season ticket holder at a Dodger sponsored event shortly after the no-hitter that Gross pitched on August 17,1992 @ LAD.
Gross signed the hat under the bill and the hat shows tremendous use.

The season ticket holder that received the hat said that Gross was reluctant to give up the hat because it was his "gamer", but relented after the guy asked for the 4th time. That's what I call commitment! :D;)

Thanks for snagging it for my advanced no-hitter collection.
Growing up in So Cal, owning a LAD no-hitter game used hat makes it extra special. :cool:

I got the full Kevin Gross no-hitter ticket signed by him entering the stadium in Anaheim when he was briefly with the Angels at the end of his 14 year MLB career.

Awesome gamer, Scott.... although I rooted hard against them, I love the classic Cap!

[Scott Garner]

Awesome gamer, Scott.... although I rooted hard against them, I love the classic Cap!

Thanks Mark!

[mrreality68]

Picked up an extremely rare movie poster and vhs of the movie King Kung Fu. It was filmed in Wichita in the 1974-1976 time frame but wasn’t released until 1987. This movie is pretty obscure if you could imagine so acquiring the tape let alone the poster was quite the score for me. So what does this have to do with baseball you might ask? Well there’s about a 3 minute scene where the Gorilla fights the minor league Wichita Aeros baseball team. There’s a baseball guy on the poster and tape as well. A recent DVD release of this movie is available if someone was interested in watching it. To watch the baseball portion google King Kung Fu baseball.

WOW

Strong month for pickups everyone

Clint love these pickups

[vansaad]

I'm excited about picking up the game used pitching rubber from the 2001 World Series. Regardless of one's politics, I think it is a reminder that we could all be united, even if for a moment.

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https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/baseball/photoessay/images/world-series-pitch-p9154-13-web-398v.jpg

[Scott Garner]

I'm excited about picking up the game used pitching rubber from the 2001 World Series. Regardless of one's politics, I think it is a reminder that we could all be united, even if for a moment.

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https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/baseball/photoessay/images/world-series-pitch-p9154-13-web-398v.jpg

Hugely historic piece! Congrats! :cool:

BTW, I went to Game 1 of the 2001 World Series @ AZ.
When I parked my rental car high up in the open parking structure adjacent to what was then known as Bank One Ballpark (The Bob). I happened to glance out the opening in front of my car. I quickly noticed that there were snipers on all of the rooftops surrounding the ballpark, which sent a shiver down my spine and had me questioning whether it was actually safe to be at this game in light of 9/11...

Ironically the seats directly behind us where we had our tickets were occupied by about a dozen NYFD First Responders that were in attendance and were being honored. They were being interviewed prior to the game and I got to listen firsthand to the interview.

Memories that I will not soon forget in my lifetime...

[vansaad]

Hugely historic piece! Congrats! :cool:

BTW, I went to Game 1 of the 2001 World Series @ AZ.
When I parked my rental car high up in the open parking structure adjacent to what was then known as Bank One Ballpark (The Bob). I happened to glance out the opening in front of my car. I quickly noticed that there were snipers on all of the rooftops surrounding the ballpark, which sent a shiver down my spine and had me questioning whether it was actually safe to be at this game in light of 9/11...

Ironically the seats directly behind us where we had our tickets were occupied by about a dozen NYFD First Responders that were in attendance and were being honored. They were being interviewed prior to the game and I got to listen firsthand to the interview.

Memories that I will not soon forget in my lifetime...

Thanks, Scott. That was a surreal time for sure. I had a similar thoughts at college football and NFL games that fall.

[mrozie21]

I'm excited about picking up the game used pitching rubber from the 2001 World Series. Regardless of one's politics, I think it is a reminder that we could all be united, even if for a moment.

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https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/baseball/photoessay/images/world-series-pitch-p9154-13-web-398v.jpg

Wow , that’s a great item!

[ksfarmboy]

Thanks Jeff!

[ooo-ribay]

BTW, I went to Game 1 of the 2001 World Series @ AZ.

Only time in my life I have ever rooted for the Yankees. :p

and they let me down. :mad: