October Pickups
 

I got this from a fellow member.

I'm happy to pick this up from a fellow member. The canvas banner measures 47" x 29". Laraine Day was a movie actress who appeared in 40 movies from 1937 to 1960. Also included was the microphone she used to interview players and a signed copy of her book. What follows is from her obit:

Because of her 13-year marriage to Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, Day was known as "the first lady of baseball." Day married Durocher in 1947, after divorcing her first husband, musician Ray Hendricks. Day and Durocher were divorced in 1960.

In 1950, Day started a 15-minute TV pregame show on WPIX-TV, interviewing players of Durocher's New York Giants at the Polo Grounds.

"She had her room under the stands, next to the dugout, with all the lights and the TVcameras, and she'd bring a ballplayer every day to interview them," recalled Herman Franks, a Giants coach under Durocher from 1949 to 1955.

"She was pretty knowledgeable," Franks said from his Salt Lake City home. "I never heard of a lady doing [ballplayer interviews] like that. Today, it's quite common . . . but in those days, it was unknown for ladies to be talking about sports."

Day often traveled with the team to spring training. In 1952, she spent some time on the road during the regular season - an experience that produced a memoir of her baseball life, Day With the Giants.

Franks remembered spring training in 1951, when the Giants had their camp in St. Petersburg, Fla. (swapping their usual Arizona location with the Yankees for a season), and Day and Durocher hosted nightly dinner parties at their beach house.

"We used to play charades," Franks said. "Leo would be one captain, her the other. We got into some pretty fierce battles with that."

Each season the Giants would play exhibition games on the West Coast, and Day would play hostess at her Hollywood home - bringing ballplayers together with such movie stars as Danny Kaye, George Raft and Irene Dunne.

"The ballplayers enjoyed meeting all these actors and actresses," Franks said.

I think many of us love the process of learning about our memorabilia. Because of this pickup, I'm now versed in the history of Laraine Day, WPIX-TV and her "salt shaker" Electro-Voice microphone. The Sports Illustrated is on its way, to complete the collection.

IF ANY OF YOU DETECTIVES COULD FIND A PERIOD PHOTO OF LARAINE WITH HER MICROPHONE OR BANNER, I WOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL!

And finally, from another Net54 member :D, this art deco clock. The clock measures 9" tall x 8" wide.

I could use help on this in two areas: 1) Does anyone know anything about "(The) Willie Mays Show"? I don't think it was TV; could be radio or could be something that never came to fruition. 2) In the base of the clock is a "transformer" marked International Register Co. (now, Intermatic). There are no wires to the movement, so I'm wondering how this works :confused:. I haven't plugged in in yet. :p

edit: disregard question #2. This is a "Jefferson Golden Hour" clock. I found all kinds of info online.

I think my October budget is shot.

Holy cow! It is like Christmas in October for you!

That is exactly what I told my wife!

Great Willie Mays clock, Rob! Congrats!

Say Hey
 

Those are both spectacular NY Giants adds, especially envious of the Day stuff as I have some of her and Durocher stuff this would go great with.

Dave Grob

ooo-ribay my friend that is some serious Eye Candy Maldonado congrats!

Great start to the month Rob!

That Day stuff is really cool!!!

Wow!! Great start to October Rob! That Day stuff is incredible.

Some great stuff everyone.
Congrats Rob. I love those types of companion items collections.

Great stuff Rob. I like that Sports Illustrated the most because it's dated Aprill 11th, which is my birthday. No, I was not born in 1955 :p

Mike

1989 Pirates
 

A neat pick up for me based on the patch. These were only worn by the Pirates and only on their home uniforms during part of the second half of the season. The 1989 Hall of Fame game was supposed to feature the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox. The Reds got delayed coming out Montreal, so the Sox hosted an inter-squad contest. I point this out as I have heard it said the patch was related to that game. It was not. The Pirates began wearing this patch during the 21-24 July home series against the Dodgers. This series sandwiched the 23 July Cooperstown Induction Ceremony (No Pirates were inducted, as only Yaz and Bench went in that year along with veteran committee selectees Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick). So this patch was not worn by the Pirates to honor organizational enshrinees.

The Pirates continued to wear this patch only at home through the rest of the season (confirmed through a survey of period newspaper photos). The patch features the same design that appeared on the cover of the 1989 Hall of Fame yearbook program and other items (bats, press pins, etc).


Dave Grob

Very cool Rob. Congrats on all the great pick ups.

Just got this Clemente Snapper from Puerto Rico.

Clemente
 

Very nice Clemente addition Paul, when would you say that beauty was taken ?

Thanks Murph! It's from the Clemente family collection and they said c.1970 so who am I to question that??:D

E 35 Hanna Batrite 36"
 

First time posting, thanks for the info Leon. Recently picked this bat up and would like to hear everyone's opinion. It doesn't say Ty Cobb at the barrel end
Like the one that recently sold. It's 36" long and weighed 31.65 ounces when I got it and now it's down to 29.55 ounces. Live in NorCal and wondering how I can keep it from loosing anymore weight. Any advice would be appreciated. It's hand turned, heavy use ,bat rack marks and very light remains of tape on the handle are left. I'll attempt to post multiple pics. Thanks

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Hopefully I did this correct

Another pic

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pic#5 any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.

I added a pin and these five color slides to my 1971 Pirate collection. The quality is low as I scanned the slides rather than generating prints. The Clemente was shot during Game 2 of the 71 World Series in Baltimore. The Murtaugh image was used for the cover of The Sporting News and was shot by Emmons. Fellow member Joe (icollectDCsports) directed me to the pin. Thanks Joe! Based on the colors and the sellers San Francisco location I believe it is attributable to the 1971 NLCS.

October pickup
 

Waited a long time for this. After Auction he announced a signing that got delayed... but all good things to those that wait

So glad you won the pin, Mike! When I saw it, I immediately figured it to be from the '71 NLCS and thought of your collection.

Love the Clemente stuff Mike!

Picked up my third Van Oeyen Type one over the past 3 months. 1927 George Sisler

Just got these 1936 Original Yankees Photos in the mail. They're all in great shape. I'm looking for a bit more info on them if anyone can help. 37 photos in all with these plus Ruffing, Dickey,Gomez McCarthy etc.

Here's a couple more

Those are awesome Paul

I am curious as to their size. Most of these I have seen are small around 5x7 at most. These smaller size photos were produced from the late 30s into the 40s and were sold by mail order. Most are unquestionably made from the original negative, but I have never seen one that could definitely be labeled to an exact time frame. I have also never seen any labeled as type 1. All the large size versions of these photos I have seen were modern reprints.

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Thanks Mike! Mark they're 4 x 5 1/8 inches, and they look like they're from the original negatives. I know I've seen a couple of the images before. Especially the one fielding Gehrig.

That sounds about what I am familiar with. I am not sure who sold them, but it might have been the Yankees themselves. I have a couple myself. They came slabbed by Beckett as type 2s, but look no different than any of the other I have seen.

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Thanks again Mark. After having them in hand and doing a little research, I found a few of these sold on RMY. Looks like sometimes they are classified as Type 1's and sometimes Type 2's. Rhys is far more of an expert than me!

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=3421

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=4819

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=2746

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=26099

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=12084

The first 3 all look the same to me, but have different classifications. The colorations of all the photos look like yours. I would be very interested to hear his thoughts on the differences between those photos that led him to the different classifications.

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I have the Bill Dickey and a couple others with a scalloped edge .

This is the one I have.
It came slabbed from Beckett as a type 2 but who knows.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8671/...8156d823_c.jpg

Interesting Beckett would do a type 2.. I honestly have ne we seen them Alan anything but Labelled a type 1.. even if Type 12s yikes.
Have you put under a black light?

I did do the black light Ben. Photos look good. Come to think of it, you're right. I've never seen a Beckett Slabbed Type 2 photo. I even recall laughing about a Cy Young cut out of an M101-1 slabbed as a Type 1 photo by them!

Pitcher trophy
 

Not old but has the look I like. This was presented to a runner up of the 2006 Nationwide Home Run Derby contest.

1935 Braves Opening day
 

So it's opening day Babe Ruth is playing for your team so you declare it "Me" day... can't be many of these left first one I ever saw and I have had 35 Boston Ruth items on my want list for decades.

Do you pronounce the Judge's last name the way I think you do?? :D

I am 100% sure that The Babe pronounced it that way from May 1935 until his death..

Pronounced Fewks.

There was a thread like that a while ago, though his name was not included.

Mike was referring to the much publicized hatred that Ruth had for the Braves owner. Who promised Ruth that he would be groomed as manager of the team. When the Babe realized that Fuchs only hired him to increase attendance he said he felt embarrased and treated like a side show. Ruth Homered on Judge Fuchs day his 709th. Two more in the next two months then 3 on his final game..

If that Gehrig is smaller (about 5x4) than it is probably one the Yankee team issues that was issued in the late 1940's. At one time I had the original envelope they were mailed in and it was from the early 1950's. If this is the wrong size than disregard what I said. We see the DiMaggio, Gehrig taking a swing in his warm-up jacket and the shot of Gehrig and Ruppert at the water cooler sometimes as well. We sell them as such (1940's re-strikes) but there is no definitive evidence that they were not issued over a period of time starting in the late 1930's and continuing through the 1940's and early 1950's. I have a stack of others as well and they are all late 1930's players, but the look and feel match up with images issued immediately after the end of WWII.

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=26099

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=16486

Ben,
To answer your question, I did not look at it under a black light, but am posting the photo with the label from the slab(now liberated from the slab).

Rhys,
I am interested in understanding your rationale for why 3 of the photos linked in Phil's post above, all listed in RMY, are stated as Vintage 1's and 2 are Vintage 2's, yet all are 4x5 if the size is a clear determining factor.

Circa 1901 Tacony, PA Base Ball Season Ticket
 

I just picked up this cool 1901 Tacony, PA Base Ball Club season ticket. For those of you that don't know, Tacony is a suburb of Philadelphia.
While not exactly in my collecting sweet spot, I couldn't resist the temptation to buy it, because it really has "the look".

Certainly a great early vintage, extensively used baseball ticket stub with beautiful calligraphy...

A little love for 1961
 

A couple of new items for one of my favorite teams.

Dave Grob

Just got this program today, adds to my Gibson collection

Nice Dave! Those Blonde Adirondacks with the white lettering are the very best-looking bats of the era, IMHO.

And a Vada Pinson Gamer from the '61 World Series, no less... outstanding!

i would also like to know the answer as these seem odd.

Been looking for one of these for years. Logged on to eBay and there it was. And it was grabbed. Weird piece (as its just a generic player) but need for my Gehrig collection. See the same overpriced cards every month after month with bloated buy it nows. But every once in a while.....

Damn. Great Pick up Steve. I have been looking for one of those myself for a while. I def would have picked that one if I had seen i. Congrats

Had I not worked from home and logged in right around when it was posted would have certainly lost it to someone else. Lucky.

Posted a better picture.

seatback from the Minneapolis Metrodome, signed/inscribed by Cal Ripken Jr.:

https://i.imgur.com/JPR5mvD.jpg

^^^^ loving EVERYTHING on this page!

Based on the date coding, this is definitely a 1958 Zippo....which is good because '58 was the Giants' first year in SF :)

But Willie didn't sign his name like that in 1958, so it must have been engraved later :(

Nap Rucker circa 1914- 1916 Brooklyn Robins snapshot
 

Many thanks to Gary Scamehorn for allowing me to add this circa 1914- 1916 snapper of Brooklyn Robins great left handed no-hit pitcher Nap Rucker. Dimensions 3.5" x 5.5"

I was just stating that the general consensus now is that these are likely from the 1940's (with some earlier and some a little later). However, nobody (literally nobody) can tell the difference between 1937 paper and 1944 paper. So without stamps and other evidence we will never know for sure. I think personally they were issued over a period of time so they could very well be examples that date to the late 1930's, but clearly some were issued a bit later. I doubt we will ever know for sure but they are clear, old and really nice examples for sure! Some have a more sepia tone and are clearly earlier. When we first started selling these we listed the ones with a clearly older "feel" as vintage 1 and the others as vintage 2. To be safe we now just call them all vintage 2. I doubt a definitive answer will ever come to the surface but we can hope. We all learn as we go and I learn new stuff everyday about vintage photos and photographers.

I think they were issued over a period of time, starting in the 1930's and ending in the 1950's.

Thanks for that explanation. I appreciate the insight and it does confirm what I thought about them as well

Charlie "Many Hit" Robertson playing day signed cut
 

It seems like I continue to pick up unusual Charlie Robertson related items in 2017.
Many thanks to net54's Jeff Potter for selling me this unusual playing day autograph cut of CWS perfect game pitcher Charlie Robertson. ;)
Charlie was obviously having some fun when he signed this ledger or team sheet most likely sometime between 1922-1928. Instead of Charlie, he instead signed it "Many Hit" Robertson, which is an obvious wink that prior to signing it he hurled a no-hit, no-run game that was the first game to ever be called a "perfect game" by the newspaper scribes the next day.

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I put together a "little" display of ephemera I got with the Loraine Day banner I picked up earlier this month. Included in the display is a scan of an invitation to a dinner party hosted by Leo Durocher and Loraine. The invitation is notarized by Ima Rooter, Killy Umpire, Trow D. Bumout and Sek N. Gesser :p I have no idea where I'll display the display. :cool:

Gints
 

I know where to display the display...;)

Dave Grob

You need to either get a bigger room or start the overflow into another room. I guess you can go full hoarder and start stacking on the ground to ceiling...😳

I just picked up a large group of memorabilia from the estate of Robin Reed (google him, he may be the greatest amateur wrestler who ever lived). Included in the lot were his 1924 Olympics badge and belt buckle, framed photos of the Olympic team, a menu from the Olympics signed by everyone who was at his table, a large poster publicizing a world champion match against Jack Reynolds and a scrapbook filled with good stuff.

Wow, Dan, what a haul! Congrats!

Very cool Dan. Do you know where his gold medal is?

Clint, I do not. I would hope that it is still with his family or perhaps Oregon State University has it?

Awesome stuff guys. Rob, love the Giants additions!

Mike

1927 Toros Y Deportes (El Universal Taurino) Magazine from Mexico.
The title translates to Bulls and Sports (The Universal Bullfighting)
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4512/...8b314a23_b.jpg

new bat
 

New Benny Kauff bat. Never thought I'd pick up one of these. I have been telling myself to stay disciplined and to focus only on Pirates bats. But , hey, it's a Benny Kauff bat! And, now I can say that I have bats from 1/2 of the 1918 Giants' starting lineup!!! I'll bet not too many people are working on that set of bats!!!!

I Love Mickey
 

Not a rare glove as Rawlings produced this model for about four years, but the condition is spectacular...so the condition is what makes it rare. Probably one of the most visually appealing contextual retail items of the period. In the displays I have done over the years, items like tend to resonate well with folks, often prompting discussions of there first glove, or in some cases, why they wanted a particular model as a young player.

Dave Grob

Mickey Mantle Armour Baseball Glove
 

Dave -

Your glove looks just like the Armour Franks Premium that I have.
Jerry Sage

Mantle Glove
 

Just noticed that the webbings are different.
Jerry Sage

Mantle Triple Crown Glove
 

Jerry,

What a great visual. Will have to be on the look out for that piece.

Dave Grob