September Pickups Thread

[Rob D.]

Bought this group only for the Easter and Simpson, so if you're interested in any of the others, drop me a line.

[docpatlv]

Have been trying to pick up this hand fan for a while...



Added another Helmar...

[mjkm90]

A few new pinbacks for the cause

[vintagesportflips]

Picked up a couple of nice early football helmets lately.
The first is a pretty rare Princeton style helmet that came from the estate of a USC player in the late teens. He wrote/painted the score of the 1918 USC Stanford game on the front, and also wrote scores of other USC vs Cal games and USC vs Stanford games on the helmet as well. It is crazy how little protection the helmet would have provided, as its not very thick leather.



The second helmet is a circa 1910 Draper and Maynard Flat top style leather helmet. I have wanted one of these flat tops for a while, and even though I have started to sell of some of my collection, I decided to go for it.

[perezfan]

Rob:
PM sent...

Also...
I LOVE that Hand Fan, DocPat...

Where did you find it? I search for these Fans all the time, and missed this one. Appears to be in amazingly good shape, too... that's a keeper!

[docpatlv]

Hi Mark,

I picked it up off e-bay. The seller's listing title was rather generic and didn't list any of the players. That probably helped me a little concerning the final price. It does have some condition issues, but nothing too major. I've seen a few in the past, but they had the sticks completely broken off and the sellers were still trying to get over $500 for them.

Mike

Just wish I had picked this one up instead (IMO, the best fan I have seen)...

[bcbgcbrcb]

Mike:

That fan is really cool, never seen that one before. Although the other one is not common by any means, I have seen several of them over the years.

[docpatlv]

Thanks Phil. I collect a lot of oddball issues, domino discs, Helmar and Piedmont stamps, BF2's, S74's, etc. I have always thought the fans were nice pieces and relatively affordable compared to contemporary cards. They display nicely (although I've long run out of display space).

The one I picked up does appear from time to time as does the manager one, but the other one I have only seen the one time.

Mike