My Giancarlo Stanton collection is getting bigger and bigger by the week. Here are 3 from this year that just came today.

1) Cracked on 4/10/14 against Strasburg. Was a foul ball.

2) Cracked on 4/11/14 off AJ Burnett. Cracked on a single.

3) Cracked on 4/9/14 off of Jordan Zimmerman. Cracked on an RBI single.

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1933 Mini Glove
 

Here's a Gabby Hartnett 1933 Chicago World's Fair Souvenir Leather Mini Glove. So small it fits in the front pocket of my jeans!

Nate,
How do you get all these Stanton bats?

really unusual item I have never seen one before

I actually did a random search a few weeks back and came across the one with the Beltre on a website. Shocked no one had bought it.

This vintage 1941 autographed and personalized 8X10 of Satchel Paige arrived today. I acquired it via a trade here on Net54. Thanks Derek. I have always wanted a vintage original Satchel Paige Monarchs photo or a vintage Paige autograph. I am thrilled to have completed both goals at once. The collecting community here is amazing. This will most certainly be my favorite acquisition in 2014 and is now the cornerstone of my vintage baseball photography collection.

Koufax perfect game program & stub
 

I just picked up this well loved scored program with a ticket stub taped inside.

Doug

Nice Job, Mike! I'm glad that you were the one that bought it.
Boy, was I tempted to buy it. It's georgeous- congrats!

nice! I love the devil Giant chasing the D**ger! :D

All due respect, Nate (TRULY)....why do you collect what you collect? re-sale? Investment?

I have a couple hundred Giants gamers, but I'm a Giants collector. You seem to pick up a lot of "lesser name" GU stuff and I wonder why (not that Beltre or Stanton are scrubs). Truly....I respect your collection....just curious. :confused:

I don't mind you asking at all.-- Believe it or not, I mostly collect vintage bats. I buy very little modern stuff because it really doesnt interest me much. I've recently been able to buy Beltre and Stanton bats which is why you've seen a lot from them. They are two of my favorite active players. I live in TX and get to see Beltre play everyday and it's an absolute treat. Stanton is a little different because I think he has such upside and is still very young. I'm also from the KC area so I'm a sucker for 80's Royals jerseys.

I don't buy for resale, because I sell very little of my items to begin with. I just buy what I like to collect, just for the fun of it.

That is really cool Nate. If I ever had the chance I actually would like a Stanton bat, just for the hell of it. That kid can swing

basically explains everything! :D

Beltre has been a stud but I yearn for the days when players stayed put (ala my Giants Mays, McCovey, Marichal. Hell, even Bonds.....cuz nobody else wanted him!).

Thanks Scott, that HoJo snapshot is beautiful as well. Although I spend much of my limited collecting dollars on 1971 Pirate trinkets meaningful only to me the opportunity to obtain this photo was irresistible. I have always been fascinated by Paige. My father watched him pitch for the Tribe and a very , very progressive great aunt watched him pitch in the negro leagues. Their stories really sparked my interest in Paige at a very young age. I'm beyond pleased to hang Satchel next to my Roberto:)

Glad we could work out a deal!!! I'd post my pick-ups from our trade, but then everybody would just be jealous ;)

The key word being "chasing"...

Insert smiley face here.

Doug

Added this piece to my Federal League collection this month...been wanting one for a while, and finally found one at the right price.

Picked up a Giancarlo bat this week. Shows tons of use and was most likely used to hit a monster 3 run homerun off Strasburg last week.

My latest trashy Pirate booty
 

I'm not quite certain how I feel about learning that the Material Girl shared my love of the Bucs. :o

Picked up a nice single player cabinet photo of a Nebraska Indians player (circa 1905)...first single player cabinet I've ever seen from this team.

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[QUOTE=slidekellyslide;1268847]Picked up a nice single player cabinet photo of a Nebraska Indians player (circa 1905)...first single player cabinet I've ever seen from this team.

Sweet Dan! Have you seen this player in any other images you have? Do you know his name? I know this might be tough as many used nicknames and such.

[QUOTE=ksfarmboy;1268849]The back of the photo reads "Florence Frazee, Osage, Iowa"....I was able to locate 1900 census records that question whether Florence was male or female, so I assume that since they questioned it they had reason to believe Florence was a male. I haven't been able to put a face to any of my other photos yet, but haven't looked closely yet.

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[QUOTE=slidekellyslide;1268852]Was that photo taken in Indiana? You would think it would be more likely from Nebraska.

[QUOTE=ksfarmboy;1268853]Yep, The Nebraska Indians lost to Washington, Indiana in 1904 by a score of 2-1. My guess is that this photo was taken at that time.

edited to add: I also do not believe this player was Native American.

Casey and the Dodgers. a Winning combo;)

These guys have some great photos. can't wait for it to arrive, esp w/out the watermarks:)

I've said it before I think, but I'll say it again. I've always wondered if the subjects in these photos had any idea that over 100 years later someone would have such great appreciation for their photograph? That people would still enjoy seeing the image and that it would even still exist after all this time.

Great image Dan!

New Photos
 

Respective 1931 league batting champions Chick Hafey and Al Simmons pose together before Game 1 of the 1931 World Series

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps9293fbe4.jpg

Frank Frisch and Bill Delancey 10.16.1935 wirephoto

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psdfc03595.jpg

Absolutely love the Frisch/Delancey photo Jeff. Always felt that Delancey would've been one of the all time great catchers had TB not taken his life at a young age.

Nolan Ryan's last career win dugout card 8/15/93 @ CLE
 

I recently picked up this home dugout card (1/1) from Nolan Ryan's last career win # 324.

On 8/15/93 Nolan Ryan faced off against starting pitcher Jose' Mesa and the hometown Cleveland Indians.

This lineup card is an awesome complimentary piece to a number of items from Nolan's last win that I own in my advanced Ryan collection.

I own Nolan's complete uniform from his last win as well as a game used ball and signed ultra-scarce Indians loge box ticket and scored program to this game.

Nolan Ryan
 

Hi Scott:
Thanks for sharing these great Nolan Ryan items. Would love to see your collection one day. Phil

As always Scott,great stuff!!

April 1962 Sandy Koufax 18 K game @ Wrigley
 

Just picked up this great original Sandy Koufax color slide from Henry Yee ebay auctions. His quality of original photos and negatives always amazes me. Taken in April 1962 from Sandy's 18 K game 2nd time in career tying major league record.:)

Awesome slide, Phil! It doesn't hurt that the photo was shot at historic (and 100 year old as of last Wednesday) Wrigley Field- The Friendly Confines.

Congrats on your pickup!

And shot by a well-known photographer, Lee Balterman, who did some work for Sports Illustrated but is probably better known for his non-sports photography. Nice pick-up!

1962 Sandy Koufax negative from 18K game at Wrigley
 

Hello Scott and Lance:
Thanks very much for your post, and always excellent information!
Phil

Owner of one of the most memorable mugs in baseball history Rabbit Maranville. Here at 42 in this 9.2.1933 press photo.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...pscf2078fc.jpg

A full page Willie Keeler from Police Gazette. I haven't been able to research the date, but it's between 1903 & 1909.

Doug

Very nice, Doug!

Great pickup Doug! Fits your collection nicely.

Frank Bancroft
 

According to the description, this is supposed to be Frank Bancroft and another player from the 1914 tour of American and National League Stars that Bancroft put together. The guy on the right (as you look at it) could be Bancroft, from other images I've seen, but can anyone identify the other guy in the photo (crouching)?

Probably going to need an enlargement / closer cropping of crouching man's face, as it's just about impossible to make out any detail at the automatically-resized resolution the system displays your photo at. Cropping it to just his face should reduce the file size considerably, so that the Net54 system doesn't compress it so much for the attachment.

That's what I was afraid would happen, this is the auction photo I downloaded. I will do a better scan when it arrives, I am just curious to find out what I bought. Always exciting to see if my purchase turns out to be "as-described." Description was:

"Original photo from 1914 showing two famous Baseball players (both of whome could easily be in the Baseball Hall of Fame someday) posed in front of the enrance to the San Xavier Mission in Arizona while on a Baseball Trip of the West. To the right is Frank Bancroft and his wife and to the left is another superstar player and his wife.

I am listing over 100 photos tonight of rare Western U.S. scenes. These were taken by a famous Baseball player and his wife while they were on a tour of the Western States and many of the people in the images are famous Baseball Stars!"

I have no reason to doubt the guy, it is San Xavier Mission in AZ., and the guy on the right does look like Frank Bancroft. I just asked the seller who was the famous baseball player that took the photo, and who was the other guy in the photo, and he never responded. Thanks for looking, I will add better scans when it arrives.

Some new stuff...
 

Here's a few items I picked up recently:

• 1929 Henry "Hank" O'Day Association of Professional Base Ball Players of America Membership Card

• 1956 Jim Thorpe Gunther Beer Advertising Display

• C. 1960's Cleveland Indians Pinback with Catcher's Mitt

• 1973 Roberto Clemente One Ounce .999 Fine Silver Art Bar

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps29c02f5e.jpg

Picked this up with an old Dodgers collection.
I'd date it early-mid 1960's based on the stationary.

Nice Koufax sig and you are correct on the era. Based on exemplars it's circa 1963.

Thanks Scott. 1963 was a good year, i'll take that!

Koufax Autograph
 

Hello Drift:
The Sandy Koufax autograph is from 1966 or 1967. Great item!
Phil