February Pick Ups
 

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...

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

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

Thanks Scott and you as well!

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!;)

That’s really cool!

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

1918 Apr 14 Cleveland Sunday Leader Rotogravure Pictorial Supplement
 

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...ictureid=24021

Big Congrats Doug!

Awesome pin Al great way to start the month.

Glad I could help Doug! Great job!!

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

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

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

Very nice Dan I have always liked that pin.....

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!

Winchester Printing Plate
 

About 4 inches long Winchester printing block

Nice piece Michael.

Can't be a printing plate, since it's not backwards.

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

McLoughlin
 

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.

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

"a few"???? :eek:

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

Always buy in bulk to save money. :D

LOL Too funny!! :D

Beautiful piece Kris!

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

Thanks, Peter.

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 ].

Thanks
 

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

Rex Barney rare full, unused no-hitter ticket 9/9/48
 

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!!

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/...c17e3e08_o.jpg

1936 on the basepaths
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/...c440c118_o.jpg

1934 in a pickle
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/...256a4ebc_o.jpg

1932 WS with Lazzeri
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/...2bbccd28_o.jpg

1929 Lou with Foxx at First
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4714/...9290dfc2_o.jpg

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

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

Mike

Great Gehrig pickups as always Mark.

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

Thanks again, Mike! :)

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

fyi, AT&T ballpark seats w/FREE Shipping
 

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!

Thanks Paul!

Vandy's ML Debut scored program
 

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

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

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

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Great scorecard Scott.

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

Mike

Thanks Mark & Mike!

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

DiMaggio Type 1
 

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/a...psu942bgac.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...psgq3lpg2u.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswlts9nv0.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...psmolay2zt.jpg

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...

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.

Walter Johnson
 

Ulrich Dunbar Walter Johnson Statue, only a handful known

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

Feb
 

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

Ben, nice photos

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

WaJo 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.

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.

Thank you bob. That statue is really special. Congrats

Love the Joe D. Ben!

Bob, that statue is incredible!!

Amazing Bob!

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

Great statue Bob -

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

Nice image
 

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.

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

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?

WaJo Statue
 

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

Great photo to tie to the Johnson statue Chris!

Thanks
 

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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

Those Army-Navy items are fantastic.

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

Great pick ups! I love older programs & yearbooks.

Mike