July Pickups
 

I'll get the month started with some cast iron figurals

early Spalding 'flat top' football helmet...
 

Guys........I picked this 'flat top' up last weekend at a local antique show and finally got around to photographing it. It has a nice Spalding patch on the inside and is in great shape, except for the missing chin strap. This is the earliest football helmet I've ever owned, as it dates c. 1900-1910 according to my research...........Matt

Two AMAZING pickups to start the thread. Wow, Michael and Matt... you might scare everyone off from posting further here.

Tough acts to follow.... Congrats to both!

Killer football gear.

Picked up my dream jersey today, 1962 Mets flannel. Worn by #23 Joe Christopher then recycled to #56, probably in Spring Training in 1963 or 1964.

Well Thanks Mark! July being the month of the National I hope will be pretty sweet for pickups. At least that's what I hope for the attendees.
Matt...I have absolutely no clue about football equipment but that looks like a killer helmet. I assume the style is rather rare??

Super pickup Jim. Those 62 Mets are near impossible.

Boxing Monkeys
 

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circa 1890 "Boxing Monkeys"advertising giveaway booklet
3 1/4" X 4 1/4"

Got this little circa 1890 "Boxing Monkeys"advertising giveaway booklet today...put out by McLaughlins Coffee. 3 1/4" X 4 1/4", 12 pages...posting a few pages below...has 4 color illustrations...plus 6 pages with smaller b&w pictures...accompanied by story telling rhyming verse...Pretty small format for me as I usually like bigger books...but the quality spoke to me...nice color chromo graphics and the condition is great...Never seen one of these...I like late 19th early 20th century children's sports books long as they don't set me back too much...below link to another one, "Freddy's Football" I did a feature on...
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Matt, the flat top head harness is one of my favorites, great helmet! Can you post a pic of the Spalding tag?

Great jersey!

Where or what site do you buy from?

This was an EBay listing, it came from Jon Debus who was the Mets bullpen coach in 2011.

Oh ok. Nice pick up!

Recent Pick up
 

Baseball Card Advertisement

Very cool Starcal display. I love that kind of stuff!

Flea Market find
 

This actually found me at a flea market on Saturday. It's been a real looooong time since I've found something like this at a flea market!

September 28, 1960 Boston Red Sox ticket stub and Ted Williams signed, scored program. Teddy Ballgame's last ball game and, of course, a walk-off home run of another kind.

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Very cool pickup Jack!

Mike

Awesome find Jack!! I'm always looking for stuff like that at Flea Markets etc. never found anything like that though!

A find we all dream of!

Excellent Carlton. Monkeys playing sports is right up my alley! :).

Then check this out....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANTI...p2047675.l2557

HA! Those are great Mark.

Picked up a couple Wilbur Huckle Mets pinbacks from 1964

Those are great! I'll admit, I had to google your boy Wilbur. :p

Nice Pinbacks!

Mike

Me too. I'm a pretty huge Mets fanatic and I never heard of Wilbur Huckle. Nice finds Jim. Had you seen these before or are they rare?

He almost reminds me of the MASH episode w the solider they made up...Capt. Tuttle.

Matt... really cool flat top helmet. Congrats.

Bob, a beauty of a display piece. Have you ever seen one before??

1861 Pioneer Base Ball Club token.

Spalding Football Head Harness
 

Matt,

Your football helmet is a Spalding No. C flattop head harness that dates from between 1909 and 1911. 1909 was the first year that the No. C had vertical leather strips on the rear neck protector, and in 1912 the neck protector was changed to more of a flap than just an extension of the back of the head harness.

I've got a chart showing the evolution of Spalding helmets on my website:

http://www.antiquefootball.com/helmet_evolution.htm

Chris Hornung
www.antiquefootball.com

I'm certainly no expert but I had never seen these before, since I collect Mets player pinbacks, I couldn't pass them up.

I only heard the name Wilbur Huckle because he was Tom Seavers first roommate, I never realized what a fan favorite he was.

I'm happy you found them.

Guess I have something else to search for.

Fun item.

1951 World Series photo
 

Recent pick up from the last RMY auction. I really like photos of Yankee Stadium, especially when adorned for the World Series.

What appealed to me about this one is that it is from Game 1 of the 1951 World Series and shows rookie Willie Mays coming to bat
and rookie Mickey Mantle playing right field. That made this one special to me as there likely are not too many game action photos
from their rookie year with both Mantle and Mays in them

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Mantle is small out there in right field, but is easier to see when holding the photo in hand.

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Very cool pick ups so far this month. Congrats to all.

Thought I'd sprinkle a little on the football side. This oddity arrived today. A circa 1954, Los Angeles Rams King Crusher bucket hat that once belonged to a man name Henry Schmidt, who was head athletic trainer at Santa Clara University for 50 years. He also worked with the L.A. Rams and San Francisco 49ers.

This is one of two hats I picked up from the Schmidt estate, both with dozens of signatures of former Ram and 49er greats and various other dignitaries.

No idea of the origin and no certificate of authenticity but there are so many diverse names on here...known and unknown...Hard to believe they would be fake. Even if they are, I'm still happy to own it.

Signatures include...Norm Van Brocklin, Elroy Hirsch, Tom Fears, Tank Younger, Les Richter, Hampton Pool, Big Daddy Lipscomb, Woodley Lewis, Duane Putnam, Charlie Toogood, Bob Boyd, Harry Thompson, Tom Dahms, Don Paul, Hall Haynes, Skeet Quinlan, Harland Svare, Dan Reeves, Tex Schramm, Eddie Kotal, Bill Battles, John Sauer, Dick Voris, Ralph Weaver, Ed Beatty (Rams 1954 first round draft pick)...All players or coaches with the Rams.

Also....Bob Kelley, Rams play by play man from their inception in 1937 through 1965

49ers include...John Henry Johnson, Joe Perry, Red Hickey, Buck Shaw, Y.A. Tittle, Jim Cason, Bill Stits, Phil Bengston (Vince Lombardi's successor in Green Bay).

Other football signatures include...Bert Bell, Doak Walker, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Joe Schmidt, Lou Creekmur, Roger Zatkoff, Lavern Torgeson

Several other signatures, I've yet to identify.

The hat is also inscribed:

To Henry
Best Always
Rev. Bob Richards (Richards was a U.S. Olympian back in the 40's and 50's and one time presidential candidate)

As I said...No certified authenticity, but still cool to me.

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Corrected...Photobucket is dead to me. :)

Cool photo, Jack.

Love that pic Jack. I have always wished I could have seen at least one game at the old Stadium. Sadly, my first game at Yankee Stadium wasn't until June 1st, 1980 for Bat Day. Long after the stadium was remodeled.

Mike

Mantle Glove and Box
 

Great graphics on this and comes with the glove. I may be selling this if anyone is interested?

That might be the prettiest of all the "Golden Era" Glove Boxes. Either that particular Mantle, or the Rogers Hornsby from about 20 years prior.

What a gem!

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Jerry Sage
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Dave Morehead signed no-hit tickets
 

I finally filled another gaping hole in my no-hitter ticket collection.
After searching for this ticket for 45 years, I finally found it in Ontario, Canada of all places. A true global search...
To be honest, I wasn't sure that I ever would. More on that later...

On September 16, 1965 Red Sox pitcher Dave Morehead made history by hurling a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. 23 year-old Morehead came extremely close to pitching a perfect game; his only blemish was a walk that he issued on a 3-2 count in the 2nd inning.

Back to why this ticket was so challenging to locate. In 1965 the hapless 9th place Red Sox were wedged in between seasons where they were competitive.

According to the official box score, Morehead's no-hitter on September 16th had a miniscule 1,247 fans in attendance. Peter Gammons wrote about Morehead's no-hit game many years later in the Boston Globe and said that there were probably no more than 500 fans actually in the seats as he was one of them...

Finding any ticket to this game was a true snipe hunt, but finding two of them including one that was actually vintage signed on the back by Dave Morehead and his shortstop Eddie Bressoud the day of the no-hitter is downright crazy! The 2nd ticket was signed by Red Sox great Tony Conigliaro. All 3 of these players (Morehead, Bressoud and Conigliaro) were part of the starting nine during Morehead's no-hitter.

My no-hit ticket collection now stands at 205 tickets to different no-hitters dating back to 1901. 144 of the tickets are signed by 145 no-hit pitchers.

Ironically, I just wrote a letter to Morehead asking him to sign a program to his high school graduation that was a recent eBay purchase.
A multi-sport star, Dave Morehead graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, the same alma mater that produced baseball greats HOF Ted Williams and catcher Ray Boone of the famous baseball Boone family (3 generations of BB players). Morehead for many years has now lived in Tustin, CA, literally 5 blocks from the home I grew up in. Strange coincidence! ;)

Great box and Mantle glove combo! :eek::cool:

July Pickup
 

Even though I am a Yankees fan, I picked up this nice Johnny Pesky coach's jersey. I will even find a spot for it on the wall in my Yankees room...

Another great story, Scott! You have 205 no-hitter tickets, dating back to 1901....how many are missing from that time frame?

Great find, Scott.... Talk about a needle in a haystack!

Glad you finally tracked this one down... it miraculously found its proper home!

Hi Rob,
In order to find all of the no-hitters dating back to 1893 (the year that the mound distance moved to the current 60' 6" standard), which would be impossible, I would still need to find tickets to 81 no-hitters including a few that don't technically match the modern criteria of what defines a true no-hitter (at least 9 complete innings without giving up a hit).

What's realistically the number that I still believe is findable?
I only need tickets to 12 no-hitter games dating to 1935. I'd also would like to upgrade about 3 or 4 of the tickets that are in my collection.
In my mind, I still believe that this may be attainable. With luck, perhaps a few more...
The search continues & it's been a really fun collecting challenge. :):cool:

Thanks Mark! I hope to see you at the National in Chicago.

Congrats on filling another hole Scott. Amazing to pick up two after being on the lookout for 45 years.

Agreed! Perseverance pays off. Congrats Scott.

Thanks Jack & Chris! ;)

Simply incredible :eek:
What a project that not many would have the patience for!
Congrats on sticking with it and finding the ones you have and best of luck obtaining the ones you are still after

+1, ditto Scott to all that has been said on the collection. Remarkable.

Damn Scott, I just don't know how you do it. Your network of contacts must be second to none. You continually find needles while the rest of us keep missing the haystack LOL. Heck, I've been looking for a Sept 9, 1969 Mets vs Cubs ticket for the past couple of years with no luck (the black cat game) and that darn thing had an attendance of approx. 51,500. I hope you get a chance to update some photos of your displays. I'd love to see them.

Thanks Mike! Check out some of my updated display photos in the Post your Cincinnati Reds items thread. My Vander Meer showcase is my most recent project.
BTW, I have occasionally seen tickets and scorecards to the infamous "Black Cat Game" that you mentioned turn up on eBay before, but it has probably been 5 years since I saw the last one. I'm going to the National in a few weeks & I'll keep an eye out for you as it is Chicago Cubs related.
Send me an e-mail with your phone number and what you would like to pay for it & I'll look.
Scott

Thanks Michael & Joe! If it wasn't for the terrific network of collector friends that I've made through the years, my collection wouldn't be half the size that it is.

Congrats Scott on that terrific pick up!

Mike

I am surprised I am the first comment on this.
Gary, that is really cool.

How do you date it to 1861?

Picked up this sweet 1947 Jackie Robinson from Stephen on the BST. I like to add little write-ups when possible to items on my site, with a little research (and borrowing!) I came up with this description:

Recognized as one of the two toughest Robinson pinbacks to locate, this example features Jackie in his Kansas City Monarchs Uniform from 1945. The Monarchs logo was removed from the photo and the team name "Dodgers" was later added to the pin. This pin is not only from Jackie's rookie year, it pre-dates his pins wearing a Dodger uniform.

If I'm off on anything feel free to add your two cents pinback experts! Thanks again Stephen and good luck on your quest!
Jeff

Great P/U, Jeff! I was so close to purchasing that myself it wasn't even funny.
When I seen it had sold, I was disappointed to say the least!:mad:

Glad to see it went to a good home.

Congrats!

^^ love it. I wish I'd had the dough.

Sorry Dale, Timmies on me when you're in the area!

Program from a significant game between Army and Carlisle featuring Jim Thorpe and a future President.


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Congrats Scott! I had no idea you'd been at your quest for 45 years. How hard was it to locate tickets before ebay and the internet? Must have been nearly impossible.

This is stuff I have picked up recently, mostly this month (I got most of this stuff in Oregon at antique malls while I was on vacation)

The autographed balls are 1948 Detroit Tigers team, 1953 Seattle Rainiers team, Single signed Casey Stengel. There are 4 Wilson Autograph Series Nelson Fox with 2 of them still sealed (this ball must be a lot harder to find than the other Wilson auto series balls as I can find nothing in my internet searches), a Colavito Hartland (working on a "found in the wild only" set. I can never find them with the bat though), Drysdale mini-bat, Lincoln vs Philadelphia A's exhibition game ticket and an ink blotter featuring Bronko Nagurski from 1937.

Picked up this guy from Hakes auction last night. For some reason, won't get the invoice until Saturday. Anyway, thanks to 'Jobu', Bryan for the heads up on this one.

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No worries, Jeff. I had ample time to grab it but I took too long thinking about it. :mad:

Thanks for the offer!

1962-64 game used bat from original Met Chris Cannizzaro

Hi Dan,
Finding things was much harder, and trading was much more common than dollars changing hands. I used "wanted to buy" boards in local baseball card stores for leads.
Phone calls and letters were the way that most transactions took place based on networking at shows, answering ads in SCD, etc.
The internet has really helped the search, but I still find a lot of my tickets just through general networking with other collectors.

Henry Schmidt hat
 

Thanks to Rob (Fballguy), I was able to track down this item, listed as an LA Rams related item. It belonged to the Rams/49ers/Santa Clara University trainer, Henry Schmidt. It has signatures from Tom Fears, Norm Van Brocklin, and Elroy Hirsch. But, more importantly for me, it clearly started during the Santa Clara University 1949 season, which ended with an Orange Bowl victory over Bear Bryant's Kentucky team. Unfortunately, Bryant did not sign the hat. I always heard that he was pretty pissed about this loss, and never wanted to talk about it.

Wire photo of Zach Wheat on This is Your Life Tv Show. Wheat is in the middle with Ralph Edwards on the left and Casey Stengel on the right. Wheat and Stengel were life long friends. They played together in KC and Wheat helped get Stengel a tryout with the Dodgers after he made it with them.

Doesn’t look like much at the surface . . .
 

I’ve accumulated a number of 19th century Detroit scorecards and enjoy studying the game write-ups and boxscores. They are usually uneventful but occasionally you find something of interest. My most recent scorecard, from Detroit’s 1887 Championship season, is one such example but this time of more significance to the opposing Pittsburgh Pirates (Alleghenys). The program dates to May, 2nd, 1887 which would be the second game in the history of the NL Pittsburgh franchise, perhaps the earliest known NL program. Pud Galvin would beat Lady Baldwin 8-3 but the interesting feat that day came from Pittsburgh’s catcher Fred Carroll who would collect a single, double, triple, and homerun in his first four at bats. Another Pittsburgh cycle wouldn’t be recorded until 1901 (Fred Clarke). Rather primitive scoring, but you can see 1, 2, 3 and a blank entry for the 4th at bat (but the word “home” near the runs column).

A neat piece that I've already shared with John Drecker :)

Just got this in. I wonder if Stewart was there for Ripken's first game of the streak?

Awesome!!!

Great Mets jersey, Jim. Have you considered restoring it to the original number?

I had been looking for this middle guy for awhile. I got it for 1/3 my max bid so I was happy about that.

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Great looking bobble Rob. I need to add some vintage to my bobble collection.

Mike

HOF Nolan Ryan 3509th K original umpire lineup cards- Historic passing of WaJo!
 

July 2017 has really been one of my best pickup months in the last two years.

While watching the 2017 All Star Game I received an e-mail from a collector friend of over 20 years. About 25 years ago at a baseball card show in the NY area he picked up the home and road lineup cards from a game played in 1983 at Montreal. These game used lineup cards originated from the personal collection of long-time NL umpire Bob Engel. Noting that HOF pitcher Nolan Ryan was the pitcher for the Astros in the game, he bought them. Only last week, when researching the game, did he realize how historic the game truly was....

On 4/27/83 at Montreal's Expo Stadium, Nolan Ryan became the all-time career strikeout leader with 3,509 K's as he passed HOF great Walter Johnson's standard of 3,508 K's. For the record, Montreal player Brad Mills was Ryan's milestone strikeout.

When my friend realized what he had and knowing that I am an advanced Ryan collector, he was nice enough to immediately contact me asking if I would like to buy them, which I certainly did. :) ;)
I have always hoped to find the lineup or dugout cards to this game because this was a major strikeout milestone for Nolan en route to his career standard of 5,714 K's, which is a record that quite certainly will never be broken.

These lineup cards now join a mini-collection that I have put together of memorabilia linked to this 3509 K milestone.
In my personal collection I have a 3509 game ball, scored program that is signed and inscribed by Ryan milestones 3508th K Tim Blackwell (ties WaJo) and 3509th K Brad Mills (sets new record), both umpire lineup cards and a souvenir plastic cup that commemorated Nolan Ryan becoming the all-time strikeout king.

TRIVIA DID YOU KNOW TIME

After passing Walter Johnson for career strikeouts, Nolan Ryan briefly lost his strikeout king crown to another HOF pitcher. Can you name him and how this occurred?

Nolan Ryan's milestone 3509th strikeout Brad Mills had an interesting career footnote last week in the 2017 All Star Game. Can you tell me what it is and the unusual circumstance by which it occurred?

Wow, you really have had a good month...and there's 14 more days left. LOL

Nice pick up Scott!

Carlton, briefly
 

Steve Carlton passed Ryan on June 7, 1983 with strikeout #3522. Ryan returned from the disabled list that same night and eventually passed Carlton on June 23.

Excellent Ed, you are correct. :)
Did you know that, or did you have to look it up?
By the end of 1983 Ryan assumed the strikeout lead for good & the rest is HISTORY!