September Pickups Thread

[perezfan]

Time to post those September Pickups...

I have a good one in the works, but it's still too premature to post (don't want to jinx it!) Although I've been selling more than buying, here are a couple goodies that are "done deals" to start things off...

1. Immaculate Wislon Sporting Goods Jacket, circa 1940s
2. Group of three Pinbacks- "Color Barrier Breakers" with original Ribbons and Charms

[tiger8mush]

Nice pinbacks!

My first bat ... D&M No. 40. UPS delivered it last night. The picture is from the auction.

Whats a good way to display it on a wall?

Rob

[thekingofclout]

c. 1937 Lou Gehrig HUSKIES Advertising Poster 12 x 20.

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A nice fit with my Gehrig/Huskies Collection...

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[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

[khkco4bls]

new royal japanese baseball in the box. great buy i thought for 100 dollars. just cleaned surface dirt off the box. it seems to be earlier than the 1936 date written on the other side. anyone care to throw in their 2 cents.

[Oldtix]

Great-looking jacket...but that logo is for the meatpacking firm Wilson & Co., not the sporting goods company. You can find examples of that logo used in advertising on ebay.

Originally Posted by perezfan

Time to post those September Pickups...

I have a good one in the works, but it's still too premature to post (don't want to jinx it!) Although I've been selling more than buying, here are a couple goodies that are "done deals" to start things off...

1. Immaculate Wislon Sporting Goods Jacket, circa 1940s
2. Group of three Pinbacks- "Color Barrier Breakers" with original Ribbons and Charms

[Oldtix]

WOW! Attaboy, Jimmy...I've seen banners from that series featuring radio stars like Burns and Allen, but a Huskies with Gehrig? Geez... Congrats!

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

c. 1937 Lou Gehrig HUSKIES Advertising Poster 12 x 20.

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A nice fit with my Gehrig/Huskies Collection...

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[GrayGhost]

That ball in the "box" is really awesome.

[mr2686]

Thought this would look great on my 1955 Dodger wall. 36 sigs including 7 from the 55 team.

[Marckus99]

Mike - gorgeous fan!!!!

[Oldtix]

Happy to pick up this 1936 autographed photo of the famous NBC sports announcer CLEM McCARTHY, who was best known for his radio broadcasts of boxing matches and horse races. McCarthy's account of the famous 1938 Louis-Schmeling fight and his call of Whirlaway winning the 1941 Kentucky Derby were among the memorable highlights on the old-time radio records issued in the 1960s.

[yanks12025]

Picked up this Gabby Hartnett signed ball. Auto is in very bad shape but you can still make out parts. At the end of the auto it has 20-25, but it sure looks like a 6 before the 20 so maybe the date 6-20-25, looked up the box score from that date and he had a home-run.

[thekingofclout]

comes this extremely scarce OYSTER LAMP. Only the second known to still exist. NM/MT condition with sticker still in place.

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[mr2686]

Jimmy, that is an odd but cool piece to be sure. Where did you find that one? I swear you must be combing the globe while the rest of us sleep!

[mjkm90]

Very cool piece Jimmy...but...it's pretty clear why the rest have been put out of thier missery. I don't think I would eat anything served on a table with that in the center...ha ha.

[batsballsbases]

Jimmy,
Your starting to remind me of Rick on Pawn Stars " If its rare strange and Bizarre I want it in my shop" As someone else would say "Stay thirsty my friend" Al

[docpatlv]

Thanks Mark.

This came in the mail yesterday...I think Jimmy picked up one like this not too long ago.



Mike

[GrayGhost]

That lamp is hideous looking, but man, what a great piece, for being a Joe D item, as far as rarity.

[vintagesportflips]

Picked up this neat little oddball photo for my Eagles collection. It is the 1946 Eagles basketball team that featured Steve Van Buren.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by docpatlv

Thanks Mark.

This came in the mail yesterday...I think Jimmy picked up one like this not too long ago.



Mike

Congrats Mike on a wonderful piece! I really do enjoy mine. Best, Jimmy

Just picked up this neat 1956 Mantle booklet with original mailer...

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[docpatlv]

Thx Jimmy,

Very cool early Mantle piece. Where do you find all this great stuff? You have a very neat, eclectic collection.

Mike

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by docpatlv

Thx Jimmy,

Very cool early Mantle piece. Where do you find all this great stuff? You have a very neat, eclectic collection.

Mike

Originally Posted by mr2686

Jimmy, that is an odd but cool piece to be sure. Where did you find that one? I swear you must be combing the globe while the rest of us sleep!

Mike is pretty much right on the money. I don't get too much sleep, so...

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[B O'Brien]

What an amazing clam !!!

I just buy the cards, but sure do love to swing past and see the great stuff you all find over here each month!

Bob

[thekingofclout]

I just found it compelling as I think that it's such a cool football pose. We'll see if I still feel that way in a few months...

circa 1920's Red Grange Metal Advertising Menu

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[MGHPro]

Just got this.
Matt

[margoaepi]

Finally got this in the mail. I'm sure I overpaid, but it was just such a cool piece.

[HRBAKER]

It must have been a tough decision for old Eddie to forego that modeling contract to play baseball.

[GKreindler]

A beautiful photo of a beautiful man.

[Scott Garner]

You can't really see anything but the back of Cardwell's head in this photo, but it's really a great shot of the massive throng of ecstatic Cubs fans celebrating the moment with vintage Wrigley Stadium in the background. Cardwell had just been traded from the Phillies to the Cubbies when he no-hit the St. Louis Cards in the second game of the twinbill played on May 15, 1960. It seems to me that the photographer did an unbelieveable job of capturing the moment. A great day in Cubs history!

Not a bad buy for $9 including shipping on eBay tonight....

[3and2]

just added these two signed photos of significant catches in 1969 Mets history. Tommie Agee's game 3 catch w/ Nolan Ryan on the mound. Ron Swoboda's amazing game saving grab in Game 4 of the World Series.

[thekingofclout]

also with the original packaging...

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[MGHPro]

Part of an awesome group of bats I picked up this weekend!

[Bill Rayburn]

Matt...Matt...Matt...That IS an awesome group! Congrats!!!

[baseballart]

Picked up the 1907 edition of Ellard's Baseball in Cincinnati. The 1907 edition was limited to 500 copies.

[CarltonHendricks]

Nice Cinci book p/u Max







13" tall
Picked up this today at an antiques fair.. c1930 Univ Chicago Wooden Football Player Toy by Sturdy Mfg. Co. Sturgis Michigan...never seen or heard of it before today...has the 1930 game roster on the back...must have been sold at the stadium as a souvenir...The stick on the back isn't original....you sort of twist the stick back and forth to make it walk...Antique sports toys are remarkably few...In relation to the amount of non sport toys produced....it'll go good in my sports toy collection

Amos Alonzo Stagg would have been coach then and I believe they were a power house in that era (Chicago from 1892 to 1932)....

I remember when I bought Stagg's personal bookends from his son Paul in 1988...he told me they donated most of his dad's memorabilia to the College of the Pacific in Stockton CA. where he last coached seriously...since Univ. of Chicago banished football which he seemed a little indignant about....said his mom saved everything and there whole garage had been full of his dad's memorabilia

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Nice Cinci book p/u Max

Carlton

Thanks....now what do I do with my extra 1908 edition?

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Amos Alonzo Stagg would have been coach then and I believe they were a power house in that era (Chicago from 1892 to 1932)....

Chicago could be considered one of the top teams in the Western Conference, which became the Big Ten Conference, in 21 of the 29 seasons from 1896 to 1924.

From 1925 on, for the most part Chicago could best be described as poor to fair in football.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Max this is a case of when showing off is pretty darned cool!

[bobfreedman]

About 24" tall promo

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Chicago could be considered one of the top teams in the Western Conference, which became the Big Ten Conference, in 21 of the 29 seasons from 1896 to 1924.

From 1925 on, for the most part Chicago could best be described as poor to fair in football.

Rob, you prompted me to look into the demise and reinstatement of football at U. Chicago....The internet is fantastic...all this information now at our googletips!!!...Turns out football at U.Chicago was banned by a football hating University President in 1939, then reinstated 30 years later in 1969 thru unusual circumstances of a mass meeting of students to support a deposed Marxist professor.....I know....sounds strange LOL....but ESPN writer Jon Greenberg wrote a good story on it you can read here below expserpts

"Old Stagg Field, which once sat 50,000 fans, is most famous for being the site of the first-ever nuclear chain reaction in 1942. Football was too barbaric for the school president Robert Hutchins, who called it "an infernal nuisance" when he banned it after the 1939 season. The atom bomb? No, that was fine.".....

"What Nelson didn't know at the time was that this sit-in was a rare occasion at the school, one that lumped thousands of students in one place. A couple of guys on Walter Hass' club football team took the opportunity to start a petition to bring back varsity football after a 30-year absence. They got 1,500 signatures and presented them to the faculty committee, the deans and the board of trustees, according to a Chicago Tribune story. Nelson said he thought the school was looking for some positive publicity in a time of upheaval.

Hass had been the Athletic director since 1956 and tried in vain to get football reinstated for years, waiting for the right time. This was it.

"It was a million-to-one shot," Hass told the Tribune, "but I guess sometimes, stubbornness pays off.".....

[Scott Garner]

Many thanks to Net54 member Vincent Hecksel (Hexsheroes) who sold me a vintage signed Miles Main 3 x 5 which was on my B/S/T vintage no-hit pitcher want list that I recently posted. Miles Main's professional career amounted to essentially 3 years 1914-1916. He threw a no-hitter against the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League on August 16, 1915 while playing for the KC Packers. I really appreciate the assist Vincent!

[bigfish]

Picked up an official national league baseball from the 1940 Finnish Relief All Star game. Also a cool looking slider ball used in the Red Sox system the 30's and 40's

[GKreindler]

Definitely my last buys for the month. I'm starting to think that at some point, Legendary will exhaust their supply of Detroit stuff...maybe...probably not.

Anywho, Schoolboy Rowe, Cochrane and Greenberg!