Al --- HOLY COW!!! Excellent bat! Congrats on winning that Gibson!

Ben - I love the Mays and Mantle photos.

Scott - The Baseball Magazine artwork is really nice. I feel like I have seen a real photo of that street car image - do you know if those are based on real photos?

Huge bat, historic piece.

Love the rookie photos too!

That may be the highest $ item ever posted by a forum member. Not that that's all that important, but it's good to see posts by guys who actually bid on this highest-end stuff.

G-R-E-A-T item!

Vintage Wrigley Field Chicago Cubs Ushers Cap
 

Guessing its 1940's or 1950's (not in hand yet) although they had them in the 1930's and 1960's too, but for the 60's the style & wording changed. They actually started in Wrigley in 1928.

Seems to match up pretty well with the ones in the 1938 Homer in the Gloamin' by Gabby Hartnett at Wrigley Field pix and the 1945 World Series with Detroit and the Billy Goat Curse pix.

Again, I've seen the "newer" 1960's and 1970's style cap at auction before, but not this older version.

Wrigley Cap
 

Paul,

Congrats. Want to guess who the under bidder was?

Dave Grob

Ha!......I have an idea.....are you the owner of any of these:

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=34504


https://lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=65550


https://lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=32430


https://lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=8691


https://huntauctions.com/live/imagev...=358&lot_qual=

Ushers Caps
 

Paul,

The short answer is YES :)..

Dave Grob

I tip my cap to ya
 

...

Lombardi Trophy
 

So I ordered this a couple days after the Eagles won their first ever Super Bowl. Just arrived. Pretty cool. Exact replica. Size and all.

Great, great stuff Paul and Dave! The ushers were really decked out in those days. It looks like they had military-like “rank.”

I don't know what the Gibson bat sold for, but Corey Shanu.s posted some high $$ stuff back in the day.

I picked up this July 14, 1933 SF Seals ticket stub in the recent Mears Auction. This is the game that an 18-year old Joe DiMaggio got a hit in his 50th straight game to break the PCL hit streak record. He would go on to hit in 61 straight games that season. I thought it was a pretty cool Joe DiMaggio related ticket from the hit streak before the hit streak. Seems like it was pretty common for his last name to get misspelled that year. Even the watch the Mayor of SF game him had his name spelled DeMaggio.

From what I could gather this ticket stub was part of a pair of stubs from this game that originated from the DiMaggio family collection and sold by Hunt Auctions in 2006. Another ticket from this game was sold in a separate lot in the same auction and those are the only 3 tix that have surfaced from this particular game.

Cool ticket pickup, Dewey! Congrats. :cool:

The Gibson went for $240K in Heritage. I forgot about Corey's stuff - how could I? :eek:

I'm still wondering how, with my meager collecting budget, I'm not constantly jealous of these guys!

Me too. I’m just glad I get to rub elbows with the heavy hitters. :)

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

wow.

Not real thrilling, but kind of interesting...

While they both pitched for the Giants, John Montefusco and John D'Aquisto owned a restaurant for a short time. "The Count" was 1975 ROY, threw a no-no in 1976 and hit a HR in his first MLB AB. A'Quisto's claim to fame is that he was the only guy to throw 100mph besides Nolan Ryan, in those days.

Both Johns ended up in Federal prison. Montefusco did two years for spousal abuse before he was cleared and D'Aquisto did 5+ years for investment fraud. A'Quisto later earned his PhD and turned his life around.

Beside the menu, I have their postcard and a matchcover.

1961
 

I have been collecting Cincinnati Reds game used bats, uniforms, equipment, awards, contracts etc… of players from the 1961 World Series team for some time. Last year I picked up some tough bats (not a function of price, but availability as most would consider them obscure players). I have also acquired some artifacts from Yankee Stadium from that same time period, as well as Yankee uniform items. It occurred to me that I had yet to add a game used bat for a significant 1961 Yankee…at about that same time, I saw this Maris bat was coming to auction. It killed me to move the items I did (good Brooklyn Dodger and New York Giants stuff is still selling strong), but I am very happy with the decision I made. This bat helps to fill out the context of the 1961 World Series, and the larger 1961 season as well.

Dave Grob

Sweet bat! Congrats on the addition to your 1961 collection!

Great bat Dave !

Very, very cool Dave.

Dave- that’s a really special bat, congrats.

Congrats Dave... Beautiful and important Bat. Wonderful Pickup!

1961 Maris Bat
 

Glad to share the Maris bat here as it is off to the Cincinnati Reds HoF and Museum in short order.

Dave Grob

How about to the Yankees museum? :)

I always liked "The Gibson Mitt". I lucked into this Rawlings Gibson mitt with the snap button heel before it became the "Professional Model". Only one I have seen like this.

Nice glove Mike. Good to know there is another one out there. Which years featured the buckled heel?

That's a good question. The Gibson mitt design was patented in 1913 and the snap button heel in 1912. There is an illustration in a 1913 catalog of the original Gibson mitt like yours with no snap heel. Unfortunately I haven't found Rawlings catalog images from 1914 to 1923 on the website:
www.baseballglovecollector.com. Joe Phillips new Rawlings Catalog Source Book lists the original Gibson mitt along side the snap heel Professional model in a 1922 catalog. I would speculate that the Gibson mitt with snap button heel was introduced between 1914 and 1921. I hope to find a catalog illustration some day.

Original Cincinnati Reds 1940 World Champion team photo
 

I just picked up this original team photo of the 1940 World Series Champion Cincinnati Reds featuring Vandy and Ernie Lombardi.

Neat photo, great price on eBay!

A's Elephant
 

This has been on my want list for quite a while and I am glad to have acquired it finally

Another gem, Bob!

"Great price" always makes it even better!

Nice Bob, what year?

Reminded me of this.

Fir some reason i thought you had one of these already? Not a white rhino but very rare none-the-less. :)

That is really cool Bob. Any idea of the year it was made or if there was a particular reason it was made?

From an auction description:
Connie Mack just loved the elephant logo of his Philadelphia Athletics, as can be seen by this cast iron white elephant made to commemorate the 1911 World Series win by the A's and given away to guests at a celebratory dinner held later that year. The elephant is approximately 3" tall and is standing on a black cast iron base that measures approximately 1" tall and depicts a small baseball diamond on the top. There is engraved writing on all four sides of the base. The front reads, "Athletics, Champions of the World 1911" while the back says, "Dinner, Hotel Astor, New York, December 12, 1911". One side of the base says, "American Base Ball Club of Philadelphia" while the other says, "Baseball Writers Association of America".

The trunk and the tusks are very prone to breaking as well as the white paint chipping

Thank you all!

Not really a heavy hitter in my mind
 

Hey guys.. never really considered myself in that “class”, but it is a ton to spend on a piece of wood, no doubt. The last time it sold it went for like 350k, so I felt fortunate. It takes a pretty understanding wife, that is for sure. She confiscated it when it arrived to give it to me for my birthday - which is next week. So I haven’t even seen it. The huge shipping charge was for insurance. Next week I will post some pictures. No police escort. Just a FEDEX box. :rolleyes:

Congrats Al, really incredible. Can't wait to see your pics.

Elephant
 

:rolleyes:

Bob, that is awesome!

Bob that Elephant is a thing of beauty.

Definitely! Congrats Bob. :cool:

You got a great deal and you have a great birthday coming up next week. Which reminds me, my gf's is today. I should have about $239,900 left after this afternoon's purchase!

Thanks
 

Thank you all!

Great pick up!!!

Not really a March pickup but forgot I had it. Zach Wheat age 5 and brother Mack.

Not sure why uploading the scans isn't working, but I won the "October 1945 Kansas City Royals vs. Kent Parker's All-Stars Official Program w/Jackie Robinson & Satchel Paige" from the Love of the Game Auction.

Items from Jackie's time in the Negro Leagues are few and far in between. It's not clear whether he played in this game (his name is crossed out and the listing makes the assumption that he didn't, though they couldn't find a box score) but still having his name printed on a program from when he was in the Negro Leagues, along with Satchell Paige pitching for his team and Bob Feller on the other side, makes it an interesting piece in my book.

http://loveofthegameauctions.com/Oct...-LOT15443.aspx

March Pick-Ups
 

Picked up these 3 display pieces recently: Kansas State Mascot Bank, Chicago Blackhawks Gold Base Nodder, and green 1880's Majolica Pitcher with baseball scene. I was able to get the Majolica pitcher for a song because of the chip on the rim. As I understand it, this Majolica series was the first example of a baseball scene on a piece of pottery. I know the green is fairly common, but still nice to find at a bargain.

LOTG winnings

1937-8 Eastern League Umpires (w/ Al Barlick)
http://autographaddict.com/pics/1937...rn_league.jpeg

1965 Team issue
http://autographaddict.com/pics/jim_palmer65ti.jpeg

1956 Team issue
http://autographaddict.com/pics/don_drysdale56ti.jpg

1972 Eugene Emeralds with Mike Schmidt
http://autographaddict.com/pics/1972...eemeralds.jpeg

Trophy
 

I missed winning this on eBay about six months ago but fortunately I was able to win this in Leland’s this weekend for less than my losing bid.

Kenny, that Wheat photo is simply incredible. You've got some stellar pieces of that man. Bravo!