February Pick Ups

[ruth-gehrig]

About 4 inches long Winchester printing block

[kdixon]

Nice piece Michael.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

About 4 inches long Winchester printing block

Can't be a printing plate, since it's not backwards.

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks Kenny
David the posted pic is an inverted photo of the printing plate

[Kris19]

Recently addded to my 19th century board game collection by acquiring "Home Base Ball Game." by McLoughlin Bros., the premier game publisher of the time period.

[slidekellyslide]

Very nice Kris!!! Love those old Base Ball games!

[rholmes]

The "Cy" pin is awesome, and the game directly above is a beaut. That cover is amazing.

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by rholmes

The "Cy" pin is awesome, and the game directly above is a beaut. That cover is amazing.

One of my first pickups of the year is this 1907 Yale vs Harvard game ball. It was the deciding game 3 of their annual 3-game championship, final game being played on neutral territory at the Polo Grounds. The ball is a Spalding Official League Ball...quite rare and exciting in its own right. Notations on the ball include score, date and place, as well as woeful riffs on poetry and song of the day ...so I would think this actually came from a losing Yale player. The signature on the ball looks to be that of a Yale player as well.



By the way, scanning newspapers re: the game I came across one of the funniest paragraphs ever banged out on an Underwood. So...the first half of the game was played in a light rain, and then a downpour continued for the remaining innings (which incidentally explains the loose stitching on the ball). From the NYT, June 30:



Shredded Wheat, anyone?

Funny Ray. Really good research and very interesting piece, congrats.