Here are a few exotic Seavers

A few of my Mets pieces
 

a) 1962 Yearbook signed by 20 Original Mets
b) Tommie Agee signed Original Photo
c) Ron Swoboda signed Original Photo
d) 1986 Mets team photo Original Photo (Check out Dwight a little distracted).
e) 1986 Opening Day Full Ticket Diamond Suite
f) 1969 WS celebration Original Photo signed by McGraw and Kranpool
e) Signed Gil Hodges book
g) Gil Hodges WS parade original photo

I like that Hodges inscription that is cool.

Thanks Richard! I paid a little more to get the Hodges autograph. A lot of his autographs are cut pieces or signed in pencil in a program usually upside down on his picture.

It took me over 2 years of searching to finally get this one.

-Anthony

Paul,

Awesome oddball Seaver collection! Very nice!! :D

BTW, here is one of my favorite photos of Tom Terrific at 1968 spring training in FL with my buddy Nolan and friends. Great reaction- SCHWING!

Also, one other personal fav of Nolan doing situps prior to the 1969 World Series, Game 3. This really provides a great shot of Shea in the background.

A cartoon from our local paper, about the then premier's political nativity, with a fondness for the 1962 Mets

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3233/3...824_z.jpg?zz=1

They may not be old.......But nobody beats the Wiz!

Well, somebody must have beaten them, 'cause they're out of business! :eek:

One of my favorites
 

In 1987 my girlfriend wrote to Rusty that I was a big fan. Not so sure if he sent back many replies. But this is what I received for my 26th birthday, from my girlfriend, from Rusty. (of course I married her.

Street & Smiths
 

You have to read Street & Smiths-and other guides as well- about this guy George Seaver in the Mets farm system.

In 2012 we are celebrating 150 years of Mets baseball. According to this T-shirt, officially licensed by Major League Baseball and sold by the official online shop of the New York Mets...

http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/produ...-9124617dt.jpg

...the Mets were "Established 1862."

http://metsonline.com/apparently-the.../#.TzsDhlxBw-A

I am sure that this is the first of many embarrassing moments this season. It is going to be a long one.

Jeff

I had thought they were established much earlier...there's that song written in 1814 that begins "Oh Shea can you see..."

"To Shea"

Tom Seaver 1969 Stark Portaits Display and Pennants
 

Here's a newsstand display for the 1969 Stark Portaits featuring Tom Seaver

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...les/photo5.jpg

and some Mets pennants in my collection

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...les/photo3.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...les/photo2.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...les/photo4.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...les/photo1.jpg

[QUOTE=bobw;970511]Here's a newsstand display for the 1969 Stark Portaits featuring Tom Seaver

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...les/photo5.jpg

Bob,
I've never seen the newsstand display of the Stark drawings set before. Very cool!!

Do you know if Seaver was the only newsstand display, or were there other players as well?

It's the only one I've ever seen, I won it on eBay many years ago where it was mixed into a lot of various baseball items.

To Doug Goodman:
Are you related to Brett Goodman from NJ?

As a lifelong Mets fan, this thread has been a blast to look through!

Not that I know of.

1969 Mets team signed ball
 

Just picked this up. A couple of the panels are a bit light but the big names are pretty strong. Hodges, Seaver, Ryan, and Berra. Also, it's not on an official MLB ball rather a souvenir ball from the park. Anyway, gotta love those Miracle Mets!

Deleted my witty response, because I didn't realize that I already answered (with a less witty response).

Love the '69 program
 

Wish we saw more artwork like this nowadays.

Tug McGraw signed Daily News Macy's Day Parade Kickoff...

Mets old timer days 1962 63 64 65
 

Here are Zach Wheat Mets Old Timers Day gifts from 1962-1965. The platter is very hard to get a good picture of. Actually the 1964 is the Dedication of Shea Stadium.

Nice Wheat collection:cool:

Old timers
 

Thanks ..

POP Quiz!
 

OK so this is a very rare Mets item.
It's a 1977 game program. It was acquired and scored at the game by a much younger version of me. I was present at the game with my father.
Something very memorable happened. What is it?
I'll give the answer in a few posts to allow for some responses from the audience. :D

Wow, after looking the program over, it really hits home how bad they were then. Any team that has to have Bruce Boisclair batting clean up is in deep do-do.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sBlackout1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sBlackout2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sBlackout3.jpg

Does it have anything to do with Jerry Koosman?

Mark,
I'll take a swing at this. This game was suspended due to an extended blackout. It's certainly got to be a rare event, no?

We have a winner!
 

You are correct, Scott.
This game was played on July 13, 1977. Ray Burris vs Jerry Koosman.
It was around 9:30 pm with Lenny Randle batting. The stadium went dark. You could see a little out the back that the whole area was dark, but nobody knew it was the whole of NYC that had lost power.
It was kind of surreal. For a while, everyone waited, figuring it was temporary. No one panicked. The organist, Jane Jarvis, played music. In a bit, a couple of cars were brought on to the field through the outfield fence. The headlights were put on to light up the field and a few players came out to run around and entertain us. I don't know who they were as we couldn't see them all that well.
A bit later, the news filtered in that the whole of NYC was blacked out. Most people hurried to their cars to get out of there. My dad drove home without any highway or street lights. There was lots of mayhem.

The blackout lasted until the next day. Power returned one area at a time starting around 7am. By 10:40 the power had been restored to the entire city. Unfortunately, this blackout was marked by extreme vandalism and theft.

The first part I can remember just as it was yesterday.
The last bit I got from Wikipedia's page about the blackout.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yor...ackout_of_1977

I was at my Mom's house yesterday helping clean out some stuff from my childhood room. I found this and a whole bunch of other stuff, most of which brought back great memories of being a kid and spending time with my Dad. Pretty cool!

Edit: I just noticed I made a scoring mistake. I forgot to credit the Mets with a run in the bottom of the 5th on Mike Vail's HR. They were losing 2-1 at the time of the blackout.

That must have been a very scary time in New York with a blackout and Son of Sam still on the loose.

Wow, no kidding! :eek:

For me it wasn't particularly scary. It was actually kind of cool, like a great adventure. My family moved to northern NJ in Dec 1976, so we drove directly out of NY. NJ power was not affected, so when we got home, we watched the news. I don't remember the details of which channels were on, etc. All I remember about the aftermath were the news reports of all the looting, fires and general destruction that went on. I'm not too sure most were worried about the Son of Sam at that particular moment.
I can't believe I actually saved the program. I wasn't into collecting at the time and probably just put in a pile of stuff which then got buried.

I read Koosman had 11Ks at the time the lights went out at Shea.
Could've been a big night for him!

Here are a few of my favorites I thought I would share.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...eaverpsa10.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...7/scan0020.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...7/scan0310.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...7/scan0305.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...scan0157-1.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...Seaverpsa8.jpg

Nice Seaver/Ryan collection. That Seaver Topps pinup is badass!

I forgot I had this item.

A number of years ago I purchased a collection from a man who used to write to the teams and players in the early '60's. He was about 12 years old at the time and would always request autographs and photos but usually he would only get team issued pamphlets and flyers regarding merchandise the teams were selling. Many times the flyers were nothing more than mimeographed pages sent to them with a price list. I was going through some of this stuff tonight as I am preparing to sell much of it and found this price list from the Mets. Judging by the fact that their address was the Polo Grounds, I can only assume this was from 1962 or '63. A good majority of the other items this man had in his small collection are from mainly '62 so I can only assume this must be from the same year.

Its kinda cool to look back and see what they are selling and for the prices the souvenirs were selling at.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...cards/mets.jpg

Reyes
 

To add some more modern Mets history to this thread, here is an early career Reyes GU helmet (which I am open to selling) and an incredible Reyes bat that is just demolished by use. I photo matched it to a whole series of games over 2 weeks in 2008.

Matt M.

This has to be from 1962 because at the bottom it offers additional copies of the '62 yearbook.

and here 's the old perfessor wearing said hat???

Not nearly as Amazin' as most of the other items shown in this thread, but what do you expect from a YankeeFan? :)

Press photo from first day of Spring Training, 1962.

This is my favorite Mets item in my collection. I have some regrets about selling my 1962 Game 1 stubs and 1969 signed team photo.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/104704196/Me...s_19620227.jpg


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/104704196/Me...20227_Back.jpg

Here's my latest acquisition... a check from Casey Stengel to the Mets' ballboy (batboy?), dated September 23, 1962...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/8...cc676a63_b.jpg

9/23/62 was the final home game of the season, and at the time it was thought to be the last game ever at the Polo Grounds, with the Mets expected to move into Flushing Meadows Stadium the following season.

Presumably the check was an end-of-season gratuity, and it's interesting to note that the "Ol' Perfesser" misspelled the young man's name, as seen by the endorsement signature on the back.

That is a nice one Gary. Wish I could say the same for the team this season :(.

I suppose at the beginning of the season I would have signed for a Santana no-hitter and complete irrelevancy otherwise, but after the break they've been almost unwatchable.

As a collector of figural memorabilia, I always love this set of statues of Mr. & Lady Met from the mid/late 60's.

Lou
www.insidetheparkcollectibles.com

Almost?? After last night forget the almost :(.

Suffice to say I turned the debacle off to watch football after about fifteen minutes - and I'm a Jets fan, not a Giants fan.

The Mets Theme Song, Circa 2012"

Meet the Mets, Greet the Mets, head to the park and beat the Mets
Errors, dropped balls at Citifield, like it or not, thats the deal
Cause the Mets are really dropping the ball, giving up Homers, losing em all
East Side, West Side, everybody come around, to Boo the M E T S Mets of New York Town.:)

The Ryan Express
 

Here is a vintage signed 8 x 10 Mets team photo of a fresh faced Nolan Ryan at the beginning of his career.

Boy, I wish my name was Mike, but I love the fact that it's signed!
I've had this in my personal collection for quite a number of years.