November Pickups
 

WooHoo! I get to start another monthly pickup thread.

I just got what ranks as one of my favorite photos.
1934 Original photo. Full 8x10 size. Last photo is a description and identification of the photo.

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Mark Great photo pickup as always! These pickups arrived today and kept me out of the Kreindler sweepstakes this time around. The first item I am pretty excited about. It is an unusual scale model of Three Rivers Stadium. I have never seen one of these before. On the bottom is a copyright date of 1971 with the name of A.J. Di Giacobbe Jr. I looked up that name and discovered that he was a developer /realtor in Pittsburgh. The model is roughly 4.5 inches in diameter and about two inches tall. It is very light weight and fragile. Due to its construction I am having difficulty believing that it was released commercially as a souvenir. I think it may be an architectural model? Then again the text on the infield would seem to argue against that hypothesis. If anyone else has ever encountered one of these let me know. I would love to know its origin.

My second pickup are ticket stubs related to the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise records set by Willie Stargell. Lenny of Mookie's Tickets & Sports Memorabilia helped me obtain them. I spoke with him earlier today and I think I am going to make a run at attempting to obtain a ticket for every home and away regular season game played by the Pirates in 1971. I completed the post season games recently. I don’t know if it is even possible but it will be interesting trying to do so. If you can help me out with a stub or two let me know what you have. Has anyone else here attempted to do this with another team?

Congrats Mark, great photo! The fact that the Babe homered on that day doesn't hurt either! Very cool!

Hi Mike,
Nice pickups for you too!

Certainly others have attempted to collect tickets to special franchise seasons.
I collect home game season tickets to the California Angels first season in Anaheim- 1966. This is where I attended some of my 1st ML baseball games. I am far from completing this, but it's fun like working on completing a jigsaw puzzle.

Andy Fogel, which arguably has the greatest Mets collection, collects tickets related to the Mets championship years. Lenny Steren, who you just purchased the Stargell milestone tickets from, collects 1986 Mets tickets.
These are just a few collectors that I know do this, FWIW.

Good luck if you attempt to do this. I will look to see if I have any dates that might help. Another thought is to only collect the Pirates home and road wins from the 1971 year. Food 4 thought....

Mike and Scott,
Thanks for the kind words.

Mike,
Nice pickups yourself as well. I have from time to time entertained the thought of doing some sort of ticket thing with Gehrig, but it just never seemed as exciting as the other stuff, like photos. Maybe one day.

Some photos came in:

1961 AP library of Oscar Robertson:

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My 2nd Minnesota Pipers Connie Hawkins team issue:

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1971 Milwaukee team issue Jabbar:

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1971-72 Pittsburgh Condors team issue George Carter:

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1974 Portland team issue Walton, used on his rookie card:

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This shot shows Jake La Motta looking at a photo of the Cerdan family as he supposedly learned of the death of Marcel Cerdan, his opponent in a title fight on his way to the US for a rematch when his plane went down.

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1962 Griffith-Dupas tale of the tape. Griffith retained his title by 15 round decision:

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1973 AP of big George Foreman:

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Mark, I am running out of things to hunt for my 1971 Bucs collection. Unfortunately, much to my wife's relief, and my great dismay, there isn't a lot out there related to this team I don't have. I like odd things that are different like the stadium model I just added. I already have all of the autographs, photos, and pennants from this team that I want. The game worn and used stuff is a bit too daunting for my budget at this time. The ticket stubs are a nice alternative. They should give me a goal to work toward and shouldn't break the bank like a Clemente bat or Stargell Jersey. A Clemente bank to pair with my Stargell would be nice but cost and scarcity make that unlikely as well for the foreseeable future.

More recent but I am trying to put together a run of stubs from Jose Bautista HR games. I need 51 2006-2011 (have all the stubs from home and road games 2012-2014. Had I started early it would have easier. With Lenny's help and and staying on Eaby and Craigslist I manage to pick up approx one ticket a month (not including new games in season). I may not get them all but it has been fun and affordable to try.

Good thing I went to the flea market this morning. Picked up this beautiful Lou Gehrig LS bat. It measures about 34 inches. I couldn't believe it when the guy pulled it out of his truck. I also picked up a nice Piedmont porcelain double sided sign for $2 and a nice 1950s wool baseball hat.

Love that Gehrig bat. Great finds.

nice pickup on the Gehrig bat it is a 40 LG not LS

Thank you Kevin. I meant LS for Louisville Slugger.

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Picked up a couple nice newspapers of a time and team I love to collect.


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From LOTG...

Mike Zunino's 22nd HR bat, in Toronto. Used it for the rest of the season, cracking it on his last hit which produced the Mariner's final 2 runs of the year.

Luke noticed an interesting mark on the bat. Here it is, flipped horizontal. Zunino has a little power:

Congratulations - that one was one I consigned.

Picked up this circa 1920 Spalding baseball uniform with the cadet collar and 3/4 sleeves. I was told the "Immanuel" was in reference to a small college in Pittsburgh, PA that fielded a team for a few years. I don't believe the school still exists, at least by that name. I also have the pants which still has the Spading tags, as well.

1977-79 Johnny Oates (Dec'd) game used and signed bat
1993 Dave Winfield game used Twins bat. Winfield was using Rawlings 95% of the time, which is probably why he shaved this one as well.

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20 different Texas Rangers locker plates

2014 Pudge Rodriguez used bat- must be some sort of BP or instructional bat of his. Still pretty cool
2013 Lance Berkman game used bat
2013 Lance Berkman game used bat

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Love this postcard. Don't know how to combine the pictures.

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Just arrived from Love Of The Game.


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Awesome postcard congratulations on a great pick up.

Thanks Mike. Hope we sign Martin!


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I've had this for a year, but finally repaired it. The jersey had about 20 moth holes in it - some quite big. I had it dry-cleaned, then scrubbed off various dirty areas that remained, using a hat sponge. Then used wonder-web and some similar-colored material to fill the moth holes. Finally, used wonder-web and dark blue felt to repair the lettering. If anyone ever attempts a project like this, please email me if you have questions - took quite a bit of work to figure it out.

Wow.
That looks fantastic.
Great job.
With your work on this and the gloves, you are getting to be quite the restoration guru.

Great job, Scott.... looks like an entirely different Uni... Beautiful!

That's a beauty Scott. Do you know what the WCTOE stands for?

Thanks guys. I highly recommend 'Wonder Under' for this sort of restoration.

No, I don't know what the letters stand for - I like the way the 'W' and 'E' are 'off-balance' though. I have a white cap that has a similar style that I will be staining with tea. I'll show the 'before' and 'after' pics when it's done. Luckily the pants are moth-bite free, and fit. I even have a dark navy sweater that matches quite well. I will be easy to pick out in Chicago next summer.

Hey Scott awsome job on the jersey. What did you use to get the dirt out besides taking it to the dry cleaners?

Thanks. Ron, oddly the dry cleaners did not get the really dirty spots out. After making the repairs, I thought some of the dirty spots looked kind of 'crusty', and sure enough, they rubbed out a bit with a hat sponge. Also, when moths eat felt, they have to crap it out - that's what some of the dark areas are. Moth crap doesn't come out easily, as I've found in the past when repairing old felt hats.

I'm not really sure what dry-cleaning really does, other than my old jerseys always look quite a bit better when I get them back. After dry-cleaning, this one still smelled heavily of moth balls, especially when applying the iron to the wet flannel.

2 Lance Berkman worn helmets
Jurickson Profar game worn helmet
Mitch Moreland game worn helmet

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Chris Giminez game worn helmet
Donnie Murphy game worn helmet
David Murphy game worn helmet

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That looks awesome Scott!

Uniform Restoration
 

Scott: That's just an awesome job of restoration! Would that be a circa 1900-1910 vintage? Are there any manufacturer's tags?

Joe, those are the dates I have been going with. There are no tags.

Me too but I don't see them extending an offer that will be competitive. I hate to see Russell leave but it makes no fiscal sense to compete for him. I doubt he gives us a home town discount at this point in his career.

Nate, I am always amazed when you post another load of items - I have a vision of a warehouse like the one at the end of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.

Just picked up this 1968 Detroit Tigers World Champions banner.

The banner measures 20" x 30" and is tough to locate in this larger size. I've been looking for a higher quality one for some time now. http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/sayheykid1954/BANNER.JPG

Great looking banner! Nice pickup.

Ha, thanks Scott. You have no idea my friend....

Just got these yesterday..

2014 Game Worn Texas Rangers Jerseys of:

Phil Klein
Nick Martinez
Roman Mendez
Spencer Patton
Mitch Moreland
Pedro Figueroa
Luis Sardinas

All used and MLB authenticated...

Game Worn Jerseys of:

Jon Edwards
Robbie Ross
Phil Irwin
Scott Baker x2
2011 Tommy Hunter

Worn jerseys of:

Leonys Martin x3
Geovany Soto x2

Worn jerseys of:

Carlos Pena x3
Neftali Feliz x2

Alex Rios x3
Lisalverto Bonilla x2

Shawn Tolleson x3
Aaron Poreda x2
Kensuke Tanaka x2

Crazy how many jerseys a player wears in a year.

Joakim Soria x10

Nate very cool pickups, do the Rangers have any equipment left?:p

Nate, please post pics when you get the quilt sewn.

Thank you, Mike.

Scott, that's funny. And I know, this was pretty bad of me to get all these. Couldn't stop myself.

Rockford Peaches
 

Was lucky enough to win this almost mint Rockford Peaches pennant…no bends/holes/tears… which later lead to finding 3 original programs as well as several playoff programs and finally a 1947 team signed photograph for my collection.

Tigers banner is stunning! Congrats.

I don't usually buy tintypes, but I loved this image. The condition is so nice that I had doubts about it being real, but I've been told independently by a tintype expert, and a photo expert, that it almost certainly is.

Nate - Very good pick up on the Soria jersey's. It is amazing how many different jerseys some teams have today over the course of the year with third jerseys and Negro League jerseys. I must say you couldn't give those away in my home city of Detroit after his performance in the Playoffs this year!

Cavetown BBC
 

Finally got around to posting this Cavetown, MD. cabinet card I picked up last month, while visiting the antique stores in Adamstown, PA. I passed on this at first due to price, but couldn't get the sharp image and great contrast out of my mind. I ended up calling the store back a few days later to have it shipped.

Matt

Ha, no kidding. But I've always been a Royals fan, so it was tough to pass up. He was pretty popular in KC.

But you're right. He didn't do too well when he got traded to Det.

Matt, I love to hear people say they are buying a photo because it's a good photograph. This one is definitely deserving of paying a premium.

I’m pretty excited to add this early 70’s original Clemente 8X10 to my collection. It has the photographers stamp on the reverse. It appears to be from the same photo shoot that generated the image used for the Rawlings Advisory Staff Member photo. Prior to this one arriving today I did not have an attractive original photo of him in the uniform of my ’71 Bucs. Every time a nice one comes up for auction I am a chronic under bidder. The eBay scans did not do it justice so I gambled and made an offer. I got it very cheaply:D

It's pretty rare to see Roberto in uniform without long sleeves.

Mike notice the stripes on the sleeves are reversed. The manufacturer made a mistake on that batch of jerseys. I've seen a couple of these jerseys. Cool photo.

Great Clemente pick-up Mike. You should be thrilled to add that to your Bucs collection.

John, Clint, and Adam, thanks for the nice comments. I didn't even notice the reversal of the stripes or consider that he was sleeveless. I was very happy to add it to my collection at a price that didn't dampen my enthusiasm. This is why I prefer memorabilia over cards. There are still the occasional trinkets available to be found by the diligent collector on a budget:o

Nice Matt! I don't blame you for going back to it in your mind. Great image.

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Great Pickup!
 

Great Pickup, Mike!

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A new endeavor for me. I don't have any experience with them but I liked this one. Has a little paint on it I was thinking about removing. Not sure how to do that if it is wise. And I don't know if the bat has value but I like it.


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If it is just little spots, you can flick them off with an x-acto knife (or carpet cutter). You can also rub just the spot, lightly, with the blade, and it will take off a little dust at a time. The next step after that would be to clean it and then seal it. If you think it looks unattractive as-is, and it's value isn't high (I don't know), then you can certainly restore it somewhat, very easily.

Jon,
I had my eye on that bat also. Can you tell if it is cracked?
The paint splatters should come off if you rub them with denatured alchohol.

It is not cracked. I'm gonna try the denatured alcohol and the exacto knife idea from earlier.


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1946 newspaper premium for Louis-Conn II:

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Alcohol is always a good first choice, but if that doesn't work, paint thinner should. The alcohol will dry out the wood even more, and may leave spots (as might the thinner). Once I have gone that far with a piece of wood, I usually take the next steps (each is optional):

1. clean the entire bat (other than wrapped part) with alcohol
2. glue separated parts (checks, etc) with wood glue, clamp with plastic ties.
3. light sanding
4. clean with liberal use of alcohol
5. seal with wood sealer or Danish oil - choose color carefully, practice on something before applying

Thanks for the tips. Like I said this is a first for me so this will be a great help.

Jon


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If you need help, email me and we can talk about it.

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Thanks Scott no may drop you a line.


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1971 World Series Pennant and Scored program from game 5.

Got these for a nice deal.

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Since the Pirates are hot in the 'pick up' thread, here's my newest related item: