Your Best Pickup of 2012
 

It's that time of year...show off your best pickup of the year.

For me it was without a doubt the Max Towle Photo album. Max played for the Nebraska Indians, and was also the quarterback for the 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers which made the album even better for me. He was also good friends with Les Mann so there were quite a few photos with a major leaguer as well.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01963.jpg

Some tough looking Nebraska Indian players wearing their caps at the train station

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01965.jpg

A team shot that I'd not seen before

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01966.jpg

Max also played for the Husker baseball team

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01967.jpg

Some Husker football shots

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01968.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01969.jpg

Hanging out with Les Mann (In his Springfield College lettermen's sweater) and "Doc" (haven't researched this fellow yet) in Kalispell, Montana

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01970.jpg

More shots of the Nebraska Indians

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01971.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01972.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01973.jpg

A shot of Buck Beltzer with his family - Beltzer was team owner and manager of the Nebraska Indians at that time

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01974.jpg

1918 Naval Aviation (Seattle) Football team...lots of former collegians on this team

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01976.jpg

A Lincoln company team (I believe Laundry company)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01975.jpg

A couple semi-pro teams that Towle played with

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01977.jpg

A three legged race at the ball park

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01978.jpg

Only example I've ever seen. Big thanks to Matt.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ineedan...os/boudpen.JPG

I think Dan's album may be my favorite of other people's pick-ups.

I have four that are pretty much tied, but this is a good one:

1869 Kesauge cdv/cabinets

Wow!! Those are awesome Scott!

Thanks, Dan.

I love photo albums. If I had picked up the Matty McIntyre album before John Rogers parted it out, I probably would have just stopped collecting at that point :)

I know it's modern baseball, but a Miguel Montero game used bat from 2011. Photo matched it to being used to hit 3 homeruns. I had other good pickups but i sold them, but this bat is one of my favorites.

Palmer's 1890 book. I've only seen reference to a couple of other sales

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7085/7...732152d3_c.jpg

It's been a slow year compared to those in the past but I did make a couple of stellar Walter Johnson pickups. Here's the best of the two.

Spalding's MINOR League Base Ball Guide, 1889
 

I've not seen any record of other surviving copies.

Original Type 1 Horner photo Ed Reulbach
 

My most recent pickup is my best pickup this year. (Please refrain from lipsticking this one Scott) It is a Horner photo of Ed Reulbach and
was used on several of his cards like Colgan's Chips, T204 Ramly and Fan Craze to name a few. The reverse has the Horner-Jordan stamp.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=8427

This pick up was the highlight of 2012 for me.

Nice pickups everyone!

I don't buy much memorabilia, so my choice was easy.


Jantz

This photo of the 1924 Wold Series Champion 1924 Washington Senators: url]http://www.legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=152015#[/url]
Sorry, but I don't know how to take an auction lot pic and make it appear in a Net 54 thread.
Happy collecting to all in 2013,
Val

Val,
Just type [IMG] then the link to the image then [/IMG]

No spaces.

The link to your image is: http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Ite...52015a_lg.jpeg

So you would type:

[IMG] h ttp://ww w.legendaryauctions.com/[/url] ItemImages/000152/ 152015a_lg.jpeg [/IMG]

without spaces to get:

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Ite...52015a_lg.jpeg

The image will stay up in Net54 as long as it remains in its original location. It will also appear the same size here as it did in its original location.

Dan,
This may be a stupid question, but did they actually play in those buckskin outfits?

This puppy is huge...but am gonna get it framed for the wall....;)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...yo/Gunther.jpg

Ricky Y

2012 was a good collecting year for me. I added A LOT of pinbacks to my collections with many thanks to my friends here particularly Adam (Tigerden) who sold me his Detroit Tigers collection, Al, and Andy.

But if I have to choose the most important single addition it would be this 1906 White Sox Championship mirror. These have terrific eye appeal and offer some historical significance.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/IMG_2393.jpg

This large pitcher sculpture believed to be Walter Johnson would be a close second.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/IMG_2285.jpg

A National pick-up...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...obbOutside.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...CobbInside.jpg

Hi Clint,
What year do you believe the Walter Johnson photo is from?
Where was it taken?
Thanks!

Wow Val! That 1924 Nats team photo is beautiful!! Nice pickup. :)

My best pickup is an easy call. A 1914 Federal League game ball:

Lucky Strike Cigarette Ad of Lefty Grove
 

I would say that my best memoriabilia pick-up for 2012 was this Lucky Strike Cigarette Ad of Lefty Grove. Merry Christmas everyone!

2012 Favorite Memorabilia pickup(s)
 

Boy, congrats to all of you. Those are some terrific pickups! This is one of my favorite threads of the year.

I literally picked up these two items last week, yet they certainly are my favorites of 2012. They came directly from the 1974 California Angels ballboy Paul Hirsch. Perfect provenance makes these two items my favorites. They originated from arguably one of Nolan's best years-1974. In 1974 Nolan struck out 19 batters 3 times, threw a 1-hitter, his third career no-hitter and fanned 367 batters for the season. Quite a year!

1) The game ball is from Nolan's 15th K in his AL record breaking 19th K game (9 innings) on August 12, 1974 at Anaheim. He passed Bob Feller who previously had struck out 18 in 1938.

2) Nolan's 1974 Angels locker tag from the Angel's clubhouse.
Accompanying photo is of Nolan w/ ballboy Paul Hirsch in the Angels clubhouse in 1974. If you look carefully you can see other locker tags above the lockers in the background which helps provide a photo match...

Here's mine.............

Holy cow Phil!!!:eek: Thaaaat...is amazing.

Wow! Dimensions please, Phil?

Before restoration:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...e%20Before.jpg

And after:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...3/P1010050.JPG

Sometime around 1912-13 when the Beltzer's bought the team they started wearing them...prior to that they wore regular baseball uniforms.

<a href="http://s22.beta.photobucket.com/user/nudan92/media/Nebraska%20Indians%20Baseball%20Team/1914nebind.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Nebraska%20Indians%20Baseball%20Team/1914nebind.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"/></a>

Brennan's best and last year with Philadelphia was 1913 and that appears to match his uniform style too. It was probably played in Humboldt as they played there in 1912 for sure. The Senators started using this style uniform in 1912. There's another photo like this only bigger out there and it states Allen County ball players. Brennan was from La Harpe and Johnson from Humboldt. Both of which are in Allen County. I've never seen a picture or any information of a game being played in La Harpe. That's why I figure Humboldt.

Street Light Sign that was used on Market Street in St. Louis welcoming visitors to the 1967 World Series. Now looking for a photo/newspaper article, etc, that shows it in use.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...BST/WSsign.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ST/WSsign2.jpg

Orioles Line Up Card - Last Game Yankee Stadium
 

A gift from a good friend, just had it matted and framed.

Here are a couple of mine...

1912 Redland Field Dedication Panoramic Photo
 

Great stuff guys!

As you can see, this photo dates from May 18th, 1912. The frame and glass are original. The image measures: 32" x 12". This picture hung in a Cincinnati bar for many years. It goes nicely with my 9" x 12" Redland Field Dedication Program with the same date.

Happy Holidays!

Baseball-wise, I collect Yankees images from the 1920s and 1930s. I had a very productive year (next year will be less so).

These are probably my two favourite pick-ups of this year and for very different reasons. One is the Yankees' squad pictured at Boston in April 1924 (presumably one of their first images as World Champions) and the other is of Joe DiMaggio in 1938.

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps5e78620f.jpg

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...psad5c1aab.jpg

Wowsers.. Wonderful photos! "Clout" aka jimmy will love that DiMaggio. The 1924 Yankee image is nothing less than superb with a young gehrig to boot! Congrats!

These were two pretty neat things I picked up at a garage sale this year for $1.00 each. They have been sold a few times since, Looks like these two baseballs made a lot of people happy this year

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...yusa/001-9.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...yusa/011-1.jpg

This also

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...yusa/004-8.jpg

Thanks. I might have paid a bit too much for the 1924 Yankees one but just fell in love with the image and decided to go for it. Yes, young Gehrig in the second left in the bottom row. There's at least one Yankees' squad photo from 1923 with Gehrig in it but it's an early image of him and great to see the Yankees' lining up for their first every league game as World Champs.


The DiMaggio photo wasn't expensive but case of right time, right place Love the image and have always had an interest in DiMaggio as he's probably the closest thing to a baseball icon I've had. I've done well with both Gehrig and DiMaggio images this year.

Is that the same one that sold in steiners auction earlier this month? Curious how many cards there are. I was gonna bid on it but they produced so many reprints wasn't going to take the chance.

No this is the Orioles lineup card, it came from Dave Trembley - Orioles Manager.

2012 - a very good year
 

Great pick ups everyone!

I had a number of very nice pick ups this year, but my favorite piece of non autographed memorabilia is this photo from Gehrig's wake. It is not the most expensive, or most valuable item, I was able to get this year, but is absolutely the most moving.
As was discussed in a thread earlier this year, I think it is such a poignant picture, that truly expresses the special connection Gehrig had with kids and fans.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...kewithkids.jpg

I hope everyone has a Great Christmas, New Year, Chanukah, and all the holidays celebrated this time of year I wish you all a very healthy and prosperous 2013.

Best,
Mark

Scott:

Thanks, diameter of the Cleveland pinback is 1 1/2".

It's always fun when your research pays off.

I purchased this 1890 scorecard at an antique show. It turns out to be from career victory #6 for the Cleveland rookie brought up to the majors just six weeks earlier - Cy Young.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...UNGPROGRAM.jpg

Lance, many thanks for adding the pic of the 1924 Senators photo I acquired and for educating me so that I can do this myself in the future. I'm one of those old folks who isn't very skilled computerwise.

Scott, many thanks for the compliment.

Best wishes collectingwise and otherwise to all for 2013.
Val

And their brother was one of my better pick ups...

http://luckeycards.com/pbf2premiumalexander.jpeg

Congrats to all, amazing pick-ups shown here. Thanks for sharing. A couple of mine.

Jeremy,
LOVE the Ruth! :)

Thanks Scott-
As a Mets fan, I certainly admire the Nolan Ryan artifacts. Very nice.

Brooklyn Dodgers Photo's Wheat and Erskine
 

My Zack Wheat Conlon Photo with Authentic Note to his close friend Paul Schreiber with Signature and Erskine autoJoe hatten and Preacher Roe

That's one of my favorite photos. If I hadn't picked mine up at the end of '11, it would be in contention.