What's that in reference to?

A lot of fake and or reproduction advertisements come out of a source in Ohio

more from the national
 

Four more bf3s I picked up from a dealer I met at the national.

1939 Baseball Hall of Fame Program. Nice condition.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...HOFprogram.jpg

1938 Movie promo still for Gehrig's only Movie "Rawhide"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...withBallew.jpg

Also re did my photobucket site a bit to put all my Gehrig stuff in one folder.
Please enjoy!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ehrig%20stuff/

As a big fan of radio broadcasting history, I'm really happy to have picked up this windowcard promoting the 1935 Kentucky Derby...1934 winner Cavalcade is pictured on the sign. Gotta love Willie, the Kool penguin...who says you can't smoke and race at the same time?

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...ADCASTSIGN.jpg

Very, very kool.

I bought this Grover Cleveland Alexander ball on eBay a few weeks ago and waited to submit it for authentication at the East Coast National. It passed and received a full cert from JSA. Also on the baseball is Babe Didrickson.

Very happy about this one.

http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m...LAlexander.jpg

Great ball!!
 

Congrats!!

1917 White Sox Paul Thompson Original Photo (4 members of the Black Sox)
 

was thrilled to pick this up, would love to find a frame with a clear back to show off the Paul Thompson stamp.

hoping this 2nd pix is more clear.......(took it out of the plastic sleeve this time...doh!)

also anyone out there know if they wore these uniforms all season or they were made specifically for the World Series, seeing they have some long sleeve clothing underneath leads me to believe it was the fall.

Also of note McMullin replaced Risberg for the 1917 WS because Risberg wasn't hitting late in the season so Buck moved over to SS and McMullin to 3b. Thus McMulllin started all the games and had 24 abs to Risberg's 2 abs. Just interesting because people always dismiss Fred M as that he overheard the plot and that he was insignificant because he wasn't a starter, but he was 2 years before in the '17 WS.

I also like how big Gandil is compared to the others, not sure I'd of said no to him.

Packs, glad that one worked out for you. Nice pickup.

Thanks a lot guys. It's a great ball. I bought it from the woman who got it signed herself nearly 80 years ago.

Paul,
The person who sold that is a friend of mine.
I was the one who advised him of the dating.
Those uniforms were worn only in the 1917 World Series. That is why you definitively date it to that time. The Thompson stamp is one that dates to the 1910-1920 decade. Because of these two facts, you can date it pretty accurately.
It is a type 1.

Congrats, I think you paid a fair price for a really nice picture.
Enjoy,
Mark

BTW, you could use a clear piece of glass for the reverse to let the back show through. I'm sure a professional framer who have some other options. Another neat idea would be to make a copy of the back and have the front and back matted together.

Mark -thanks for the reply and info. Neat idea on the copy of the back and frame/matte together, would never have thought of that. I love this board.

Paul,
Your welcome.
A few more tidbits.
The uniforms would've been red, white, and blue. They were designed as a tribute to the effort in WWI.

Best,
Mark

Beautiful photo, congrats!

1924 original Type I signed photo of Wash Senators pitcher George Mogridge
 

I'm very happy with a new pickup that I just made. I managed to finally find one of the early no-hit pitcher signatures that has eluded me: RHP George Mogridge. On April 24, 1917 Mogridge pitched a no-hitter against the World Champion Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park while he was a member of the NY Yankees.

The photo that I just acquired is an original Type I sepia toned picture of Mogridge while he was a member of the 1924 World Champion Washington Senators. Mogridge was the winning pitcher in Game 4, defeating the NY Giants 7-4. Dimensions of the photo are 7" x 10". Condition of the photo is truly fantastic considering it's age. It's unkown who actually took this photo. BTW, if anyone on this board recognizes this photo or can speculate on who might have taken it, I would really appreciate the assist.

The photo is signed in vintage fountain pen. Mogridge's autograph on any medium is extremely scarce. For having a death date of 1962 it's unknown why his signature is so difficult to find. It's speculated that he literally was "off the grid" and his whereabouts were unknown by the early autograph collectors from the 1950's and 1960's, or he seemingly never answered mail requests.

In any case, I'm thrilled to add this Mogridge signed photo to my collection. It's certainly been a long, difficult search. 20 more early no-hitter pitcher signatures to go.... :D

George Mogridge
 

Judging by the crowd, I'd guess he's warming up at Griffith Stadium during the world series, perhaps before game seven in which he played such a key role, holding the Giants for 5 innings and serving as the linchpin to Bucky Harris's outmaneuvering of John McGraw to get Bill Terry out of the game so the Nats righthanders Fred Marberry and (if needed) Walter Johnson wouldn't have to face the Giants rookie who had been tearing them up all series. What's on the back, Scott? And did this come from Keating, whom I saw pick up a great collection of vintage Senators signed photos at the National?
Hank Thomas

Modridge
 

Congrats on that one Scott.
Doug

George Mogridge
 

Hi Hank,
Thanks for your quick response!

Unfortunately I don't have the photo in hand yet, so I will have to wait to respond about what's on the back until I get it in a few days. Good sleuthing on your part. Yes, this photo did come from Kevin Keating.

Amazingly, all of these 1924 Senators photos from this collection did walk up to his booth at the National. There were several other 1924 Senators signed photos (same photographer) including Fred Marberry. Kevin indicated that each photo had a very small amount of tape present that was used to mount these photos in a frame or frames. This probably provided the protection that kept these photos in such great condition through the years.

How cool would it be if this photo was shot during the pivotal clinching game 7? Wow, neat!

BTW, I did ask Kevin if there was a Walter Johnson in the group and he said there wasn't unfortunately. Imagine what a great signed photo it would be if it exists! :eek: I would love to see it if anyone owns it or knows of it's whereabouts....

I'll keep you posted....

1902 Mogul Cigarettes Yale Football Poster
 

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16" tall x 11" wide
1902 Mogul Cigarettes Yale Football Poster

I picked this up right after I got home from the National...Has anyone ever seen football cards associated with this poster?

I've done some cursory...haven't found any cards but there's a player on there named James J. Hogan who became perhaps the biggest name in football during his playing days at Yale from 1901-1905...so much so he became a kind of a national whipping boy/example for college inducements reform...the cry was he was getting such good treatment from Yale and others he was basically not an amature...among other perks he was getting a percentage of every pack of Mogul cigs sold in New Haven....and was responisible for getting them offered in Morey's, the exclusive students restaurant club in New Haven...

It's printed on card stock...and the seller said it came out of an attic where it was rolled, presumably since it's era....so I have to work on getting it flattened out...Pretty exciting piece for me, never seen it before...I feel a story coming on!

Congrats Scott...Nice pic and signature.

My two newest acquisitions... 2 Gehrig Type 1s

1937 Lou putting on make up for a screen test.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...screentest.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...reentestbk.jpg


1933 Newlyweds celebrating their marriage.
Thanks DanC for the deal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ithEleanor.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...hEleanorbk.jpg

Mark

Mogridge
 

Thanks Doug and Mark V.!

I'm really excited about this. I just struck a deal this morning to get this original 1960 Topps Flexichrome of Harmon Killebrew & Rocky Colavito. Made to be released as a duo card in the 1960 set but scrapped for whatever reason.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Grz0B5RX2S...brew+flexi.jpg

VERY cool, Jarrod!

1924 Series Game 7
 

Bert Sugar, among others, has game 7 of the 1924 World Series as the greatest single baseball game ever played. My book has an entire chapter devoted to it, of course. And speaking of it and the National, I picked up a gorgeous original panorama of both teams and thousands of spectators taken just before the game. There's 19 or 20 Hall of Famers, plus President Coolidge, in this spectacular photo, which is in the original frame with a 1920s D.C. frame shop sticker on the back. Also my grandfather, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a couple of great-uncles, so it's something of a family picture for me. Here it is sitting on the floor of Tony Arnold's booth waiting for me to come along and spot it. Tony told me it was on the floor because he hadn't realized it didn't have a wire on the back. You can see the space he had made for it at the top of his backdrop. For the price he was asking, there's no way it would have still been there by the time I made it by his booth had it been properly displayed. There's nothing like the National!

http://sportsantiques.com/2011Nation...4_1200x900.jpg

Awesome pickup there Hank!!
 

[QUOTE=Hankphenom;919554]Bert Sugar, among others, has game 7 of the 1924 World Series as the greatest single baseball game ever played. My book has an entire chapter devoted to it, of course. And speaking of it and the National, I picked up a gorgeous original panorama of both teams and thousands of spectators taken just before the game. There's 19 or 20 Hall of Famers, plus President Coolidge, in this spectacular photo, which is in the original frame with a 1920s D.C. frame shop sticker on the back. Also my grandfather, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a couple of great-uncles, so it's something of a family picture for me. Here it is sitting on the floor of Tony Arnold's booth waiting for me to come along and spot it. Tony told me it was on the floor because he hadn't realized it didn't have a wire on the back. You can see the space he had made for it at the top of his backdrop. For the price he was asking, there's no way it would have still been there by the time I made it by his booth had it been properly displayed. There's nothing like the National!

Awesome pickup there Hank! I would love to see a better closeup of it if you ever get the time to take a picture of it.

BTW, if the photo of Geo Mogridge is from the World Series, it definately is from game 7. Mogridge got his World Series win in game 4 at New York. As you know, game 7 is the only other World Series game that he pitched in. I will have to reread your chapter on the 1924 WS soon. I know that I've told you this before, but I really love your book on your grandfather.

Thanks for the kind words, Scott, always appreciated!

That is a great photo, Mark! If you decide to let that one go, please give me a shout.

Just got in the mail today a letter written in 1941 from Joe "Moon" Harris! He played for the Yankees in 1914 and then the 1927 Pirates and passed away in 1959.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/JOE-HARRIS-19...yIp)w~~_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/JOE-HARRIS-19...-jsyQ~~_12.JPG

George Mogridge 1924 signed photo- update
 

Hank, I received my 1924 George Mogridge signed photo today. It looks really nice up close. I have rescanned it and have attached the new image below.

The good news is that I have solved one of the riddles. The photo was taken by George W. Harris of Harris & Ewing photographic studio. You can see their brand at the bottom left corner of the photo. Harris & Ewing shot many photos of people, events and architecture primarily in the Washington DC area between 1905 and 1945.

In 1955 Harris donated 700,000 of his negatives to the Library of Congress. Reprints of many of these images are available for sale. I checked to see if my image or any of these other images of the 1924 World Series were available on their website, but no dice. Anyway, at least I know who shot the photo.

FWIW, in looking carefully at the photo, I'm in agreement with you that I believe that this photo was taken of Mogridge warming up prior to game 7 of the 1924 World Series.

BTW Hank: I reread your chapter on Game 7 of the 1924 World Series. No doubt that this had to be one of the greatest baseball games ever played because of so many different reasons. Thanks for reminding me to reread the chapter to note the significance!

Mogridge photo
 

Reportedly, Mogridge warmed up under the stands before the 7th game as part of Bucky Harris's strategy to get Bill Terry out of the game, but anything's possible. The photo is certainly from 1924, the only year they wore those beautiful white unis, and I'm guessing it was taken sometime during the series. He's not necessarily warming up to pitch that day, perhaps just limbering up at another home game of the series. Harris and Ewing were the gold standard for D.C. photographers in that period. Fabulous memento from the Nats only championship season--so far.
Hank

Thanks Hank! It's great having a guy like you on this board with so much Washington DC baseball knowledge.

1919 Sox
 

This is the 2nd one of these I've now found, sold the 1st one and kind of regretted it, but lucky to now have found a 2nd one in the past 5 years.

Great condition too, better then my previous one, so happy about that. (12x18" & has all 8 men out)

The Bob Prince photo and the Kittaning football and basketball pictures are from an antique fair. The Clemente foldout is from a flea market:

2011 has just become a successful collecting year
 

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2011 has now officially (for me) become a successful collecting year, on account of finally acquiring a item on my want list.

This afternoon I had in hand an item signed by turn-of-the-century ballplayer John Joseph (Jack) Warner. The item was purchased earlier this month from autograph dealer Jim Stinson but wasn't shipped for a couple of weeks, due to an overseas trip by Jim. It was difficult to patiently wait for the arrival of this item.

This "Jack" Warner (not to be confused with the more common John R. "Jack" Warner) played in 1,073 major league games, over 14 seasons, with the Boston Beaneaters (1895), Louisville Colonels (1895–96), New York Giants (1896–1901, 1903–04), Boston Americans (1902), St. Louis Cardinals (1905), Detroit Tigers (1905–06), and Washington Senators (1906–08). I am only familiar with his image appearing on two vintage cardboard issues (E107 Breisch-Williams, W600 Sporting Life) but perhaps there were more. Regardless, today, I'm all smiles.

Gunner photo
 

Brian
Thanks for posting the Bob Prince photo. That's a beauty.
Mark

Vincent,

Congrats on the Jack Warner. That's a toughee!

I have picked up a TON of new stuff, but I discovered this in a junk pile at the National. Previously unknown photo of the 1919 World Series, Warm Ups before Game 1! Miutes before the "Fix was on". Lots of detail under magnification including pre-game festivities like a Reds player and a White Sox player getting their picture taken together, Kid Gleason chatting it up along the third base line etc.

Rhys

CLOSE UPS IN NEXT POST

Close Ups.

Rhys,

That shot is completely bad@$$. What a great narrative it shows, even without the back-story of the '19 Series fiasco. It was probably taken some minutes before this happened (not mine, btw), too:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...easonMoran.jpg

It makes me really wonder what the real atmosphere was like before that first game, both on the field and in the stands...one can only wonder what was going through the players' minds.

You really found that one in a junk pile?

Graig

I just bought it as "c. 1915 Major League Snapshot" and did not even really take a close look at it until AFTER I bought it! It is weird to look at it and wonder what was going through people's minds minutes before the most infamous moment in Baseball History.

Aug Pickups
 

It was a very good day at the antique show/toy show last weekend. Includes: 1951 Yankees WS pennant, 1940's White Sox pennant, 1960's Twins Harmon Killebrew picture pennant, 1962 Topps empty wax box, 1940's Esso Babe Ruth "Shook Hands" pin, early KC Chiefs stadium pin, 1970? NFL Iron Ons display sheet, group of 7 1960's Johnny Olympic Hero Uniform sets, 1940's ? National Baseball Congress baseball w/box, 1950's womens golf trophy, 1964 KC A's rulers. At about $130.00 total, I'm calling it a good deal!

You stole it!! The Yankee Pennant alone is worth double what you paid for the entire group.

Congrats on an amazing haul ;)

Joe, that's an amazing haul...I've never seen that little packaged football set with the players and helmets...that is too cool. Who made that item?

Dan: There is no manufacturer listed anywhere on the piece. I assume it was a promo display for the iron ons, as well as the little plastic helmets and the small football players which are actually erasers. Possibly a salesman's sample? It is, indeed, a neat piece.

Joe, I wonder if it's a header card for a gumball/prize machine?

I don't know the manaufacturer of these, but I have definately seen them several times at major shows over the last 35 years, FWIW....