February Pick Ups

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection...

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection.

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

[Lordstan]

I haven't posted pickups in a bit, but here's some from the past couple months including one from today

1936 with Hubbell MVPs


1936 on the basepaths


1934 in a pickle


1932 WS with Lazzeri


1929 Lou with Foxx at First

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection...

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection.

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

Very nice Scott! Its so nice to know that so many Net54 members have your back if we miss something! Congrats..

[yankeesjetsfan]

A little late to the party, but very nice pickups! I love those Yankees pin backs.

Mike

[Dewey]

Great Gehrig pickups as always Mark.

[ramram]

I picked up a large grouping of letters from the late 1800's of which most dealt with the early oil industry in Pennsylvania. However, within the group were a couple of letters relating to base ball. This letter was written by John O. McClintock. McClintock became an attorney and also an investor in the oil industry. He also played catcher for a strong regional team, the Meadville Mutuals. This letter, however, had to do with some humorous activity in a game in 1876 between the Allegheny team and the Philadelphia Athletics of the newly formed National League. Wish I had access to a newspaper that might better explain why they were trying to arrest Russ McKelvy (who played a couple of short stints in the National League).

July 20, 1876

"...the news I have to communicate are briefly these: last Monday morning John Scheafnocker, one of our constables ... went down to Allegheny and just as McKelvy was going into his position to play ball, arrested him and was going to drag him off to the train and bring him up here again but in that he was defeated. An alderman was there who took temporary bail for the appearance of McKelvy at his office at 7 o'clock of that evening. As soon as that was done, McK stepped back to his position and went to work and pitched against the famous Athletics of Phila. The score was 4 to 0 in favor of the Athletics. They got 8 base hits on McK and the Alleghenys got 7. The 4 runs were made in the 4th inning. At 7 o'clock McK went before the alderman, waived a hearing, and gave bail for his appearance here in August. Madison Bunce made the complaint upon which the warrant was issued. I may go down to Pittsburgh next week. If I do I will see what the situation of affairs is...."

Rob M.

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[71buc]

Congrats Scott I'm happy to see that you landed the ticket.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Congrats Scott I'm happy to see that you landed the ticket.

Thanks again, Mike!

[bobfreedman]

Ulrich Dunbar Walter Johnson Statue, only a handful known

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection...

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection.

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

Great pickup Scott! It is great to have all these Net54ers looking out for us and helping with our collections!

[unclebaseballmike]

I thought a few Giants fan might want to make this a February pick-up, especially with free shipping.

These luxury box seats were removed prior to the 2017 season. Each two-seat set includes a hologram signifying its authentication by Major League Baseball.
Each pair is available to you at $699 plus tax. Order today and shipping is on us! Not available for pickup; seat sets will ship form Greenfield, Indianapolis.
Supplies are limited, please reach us at
415-972-2212 or Gameused@SFGiants.com for additional details!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Great pickup Scott! It is great to have all these Net54ers looking out for us and helping with our collections!

Thanks Paul!

[Scott Garner]

Recently I picked up a nicely scored program to Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer's ML debut. The really cool thing was that it was poorly described on eBay, which set up a great opportunity to finally find this long-time want at an unbelievable price.

On April 22, 1937, Reds rookie southpaw hurler Johnny Vander Meer quietly entered the game as a pinch runner in the 9th inning.
Unfortunately, the hometown Reds ended up on the losing side of a offensive barrage by both teams. The St. Louis Cards prevailed 14-11 over the Reds

[Jim65]

Not vintage but I love these 1 game jerseys. 2015 NJ Jackals Hockey Night game used jersey, in the style of early 80's NJ Devils. Worn by shortstop Anthony Gomez