Picked these up today.. the top one is not felt.. does anyone know how old it is?
Thanks
Matt

Great looking pennants!!!

its a nice peice, i was really happy with the price. I collect alot of HOF gamers....and like the more documented, the better...

Once you get hooked on Gamers, its hard to turn ( i played ball for 20+ years...i think that contributes for respect of the skill)

Wow!!! Those are amazing. Congrats.
Doug

Matt:

Good news and bad....

Bad news first... The top one is a repro- albeit an older reproduction pennant. It was probably made in the late '80s. There is a very similar NY Giants example out there. Both of them surface somewhat frequently. This one still has value, but if properly disclosed as a repro, it only realizes $30 or so. If sold on ebay as original (which it often mistakenly is), it tends to sell in the $75 - $85 range. Novice collectors will shell out this amount ,where advanced collectors (with deeper pockets) know the difference and typically stay away.

The good news... The bottom pennant is extremely rare and desirable. In nice condition (which yours looks to be) it is a $550 - $650 pennant. These rarely surface, and when they do, they're usually tattered. This one (with the names in the bunting) is a very difficult + popular variation.
Congrats!

Wonder what came in the mail today.

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Max:

Probably a W600, does the size of the envelope look right for that?

This may not be baseball, but it's definitely a circa 1850s daguerreotype showing a ball. Though unknowable with certainty, the earliest images showing baseballs, or any baseball equipment for that matter, may be the handful of dags of children that show balls. Many early children's books refer to base ball being played by children. Though unable to prove, I'd like to romantically think this boy is showing us his prized baseball in this image.

Very nice, Gary. For the price (I seem to remember that one on ebay recently), I don't think you can go wrong with such a piece.

I personally think it's Alexander Cartwright's child, playing with one of the balls that AJC saved from the first baseball game ever.

Scott-There is a straw hat in the picture. Knickerbockers? Maybe you're on to something.

Not great, but circa 1865 CDV with equipment. Blank backed so I can't ID.

A couple of new early Johnny Vander Meer pickups
 

I recently picked up two neat early Vandy items to add to my collection. Both items are from the 1937-1939 era.

1) Extremely rare Johnny Vander Meer and Frank McCormick Huskies Cereal promotional postcard. It looks to have possibly been a Cincinnati regional promotion based on the info on the back of the postcard. Circa 1937-1938

2) Great Draper and Maynard advertising piece re: a D & M Johnny Vander Meer endorsed baseball circa 1938-1939. This page was removed from a Stollberg Hardware (Toledo, OH) catalog produced in the period. A great look at many vintage baseballs sold back in the day. Check out the baseball prices ranging from 10 cents to about $1.75 cents each depending on your budget... Vandy's ball went for 60 cents a throw....

What a deal!

I picked up these three photos today.

Just picked up this extremely popular 1947 "I'M ROOTING FOR JACKIE ROBINSON" Dodgers Pin.

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Great pinback Jimmy -- almost bid on that one, now I'm glad I didn't. But please stick to photos from now on!:)
I won the Joe Cronin from the same seller, but am not good at posting photos from ebay.

Greg

Jimmy,

I was vying for that pin as well. Glad to see you get it. I've seem a few hit eBay over the last month, and they are all pulling in a strong price.

1909 Boston Americans ticket- Great game!!
 

I picked up a great early baseball ticket today. This scarce dated Boston Americans ticket from 1909 between the Bostons and their opponents the Detroit Tigers is historic for quite a number of reasons.

The pitching matchups of the day were Boston's Smoky Joe Wood and Detroit's ace hurler George Mullin. Smoky Joe was just beginning his pitching career; 1909 was his first season as a regular starter for Boston. George Mullen was completing his career season in which he won 29 games en route to the Tigers appearing in their 3rd consecutive World Series.

Smoky Joe and the Bostons prevailed in this game 9-7, beating the AL's top hurler Mullen in a season that he lost very few.

Not to worry for the Tigers faithful though, as the Tigers CLINCHED their 3rd consecutive AL pennant, backing into a championship because the Chicago White Sox eliminated the 2nd place Philadelphia A's on Sept. 30, 1909. For the year, Detroit led the AL by 3 1/2 games as the Philly A's faded down the stretch...

The Tigers won 98 games in 1909 riding the backs of the heroics of 29 game winner Mullen and the Triple Crown year of Ty Cobb. The Georgia Peach's historic Triple Crown season included batting .377, driving in 107 and hitting a whopping 9 homers- all inside the park. Interesting note: In actuality, Cobb was the only player to ever win the QUADRUPLE CROWN as he also led all baseball in stolen bases in 1909!

Damn, Scott - a FANTASTIC acquisition. Bravo!

1937 Yankees
 

Was lucky enough to pick up this 1937 Yankees team signed sheet with a pencil Lou Gehrig signature on it at a small auction in Michigan. However, congratulations also must go out to the other bidder who bid against me on this lot. He won several 1937/1938 Whos Whos books for $53.00. Inside he found several signatures on one page which no one else spotted and among them on a Pirates photo page were Pie Traynorboth Waners and a nice Honus Wagner....bummer for me--I should have looked much closer!

Great pick up Jimmy. I've always loved that pin. What a statement that pin must have made during 1947 and the era of Jim Crow. I am in pursuit of the "I'm Rooting for Larry Doby" pennant and think my chances of ever acquiring it are slim to none, but one can dream.

Great pickup SI Collector. I am in Michigan and would have loved to have attended that auction. Was there alot of sports memorabilia? I hope it wasn't the auction house in Waterford (see previous thread).

Gehrig
 

No there was not a lot of sports memorabilia...just a few things. I feel very fortunate to have come away with this one signed Gehrig item. I always wanted to add something to my collection but with all of the fakes and secretarial signed pieces out there...was never ready to take the leap and also have the dollars in place. This will get matted with an 8X10 photo of the 1937 Yanks and will look great on the wall. Thanks for your kind words!

Honus Wagner Press Photo
 

I just loved this pic. I am not sure what year, any uniform experts feel free to chime in

Andrew:

The Wagner photo, based on the uniform, would be 1913 or possibly 1914.

Thanks Phil. That is what I had narrowed it down to also. I had info based on a description of the uniform but no team photos that I could match it to.

GREAT pick-up, sicollector...color me jealous!

G

1916 Boxing Plaque et al
 

1916 Boxing Plaque 20 ½” x 15”
Couple weeks ago I drove down to L.A. to pick up the 1916 NYC amateur boxing plaque below. The plaque was made by the renown Dieges and Clust company….Instead of risking damage in shipment I figured I’d pick up in person and hit the Rose Bowl flea same day….got to RB right at 6:00AM but never could get traction…pretty much the weakest Rose Bowl I’d ever been to….The winning club of the plaque “Union Settlement” was founded in 1895

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Union Settlement was founded in 1895 by members of the Union Theological Seminary Alumni Club. After visiting Toynbee Hall in London, and inspired by the example of Hull House in Chicago, the alumni decided to create a settlement house in the area of Manhattan enclosed on the north and south by East 96th and 110th Streets and on the east and west by the East River and Central Park.

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Last Saturday I drove into San Francisco and picked up the c1920 7” tall motorcycle statue I posted a couple weeks ago…I’m very pleased…looks better in person than photographs…below installed on my coffee table…managed to squeeze it in.

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Terrific Piece Carlton!!!

"I’m very pleased…looks better in person than photographs…below installed on my coffee table…managed to squeeze it in."

Hey Carlton. Where do you put your coffee? ;) Congrats on yet another stellar pick-up. I've lived just a few minutes from the Rose Bowl for over five years now and still haven't been able to make it to the flea market. Guess that has something to do with my going to sleep when the market opens up. :(

That coffee-table pic is classic!

I had a glass-topped coffee table that I build a wooden ledge for that fit underneath. Crammed all of my 'shorter' pieces of memorabilia into it. Then the dog managed to get a minor league baseball out of it and chewed the cover half-off. :( Yes, I admit to owning game-used memorabilia, but I made my Mother sign an LOA swearing that her father really did give her the baseball.

Seeing all that stuff on the table makes me wonder - don't you ever spill a beer or coffee? What a clean-up nightmare.

The Assville 9
 

I had to own this. Do you think they posed this way on purpose? (it's actually 'Cassville')

http://www.belltownvintage.com/Cabin...assvilleLg.jpg

Kind of interesting that the team seems to be integrated during this era (the teens).

That's awesome Scott. I laughed my cass off!

I think it's older than the teens - probably 1905-1910 - but it could be early 1910's. It's an albumen on a cheap mount, but the border on an albumen is slightly unusual. Yeah, by the teens you wouldn't see black players in the pics too often.

Several ML teams wanted to integrate (John McGraw in particular) simply to be a better team, but they couldn't. Not so below the ML level. This particular team only has eight players in the pic, even with the black player, so maybe if they had a slightly larger male population in their town, he wouldn't have been as welcome. Also, he is noticeably almost out of the picture and doesn't seem too excited.

More Press Photos
 

I'm especially happy with the Babe Didrikson. I used to own her pool cue and a bunch of other estate items, and I could not find a photo anywhere of her shooting pool. I've found a couple since, but I love this one.

http://www.belltownvintage.com/Photos/RuthMed.jpg

Ruth and wife - 1939

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Stengel - 1935

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Dizzy Dean - 1937

http://www.belltownvintage.com/Photos/DurocherMed.jpg

Durocher, Dascoli and Goetz, Tookie Gilbert (player) - 1950

http://www.belltownvintage.com/Photos/GrangeMed.jpg

Grange - Oct 26, 1928 Caption: "Harold Grange, football star, given time to investigate girl's charge."

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Tunney - dated 1926. I have a larger version of this one that is one print newer and CGC-slabbed (whatever that means :confused:)

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Didrikson - 1947

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Hoppe, Hoppe - 1909, 1929

http://www.belltownvintage.com/Photos/Chung-HoonMed.jpg

Gordon Chung-Hoon - 1929

nice pick ups
 

Thanks - I have a bunch more, mostly too large to fit on the scanner. I have two more of Hoppe (I sort of collect them), and also a very interesting '20s shot of Japanese women playing pool. I'll probably add a photo page to my Billiards website, now that I have a larger grouping.

Didrikson was from my home town (Port Arthur, Texas), so everyone knew all about her. Basically, she was the female Jim Thorpe. There was a NY Times reporter who was, I believe, writing a book about her. He contacted me about various pieces, which I sold him, including her putter which I later found a picture of her using - boy, that would have jacked up the price! :)

• Ruth and wife - 1939
• Stengel - 1935
• Dizzy Dean - 1937
• Durocher, Dascoli and Goetz, Tookie Gilbert (player) - 1950
• Grange - Oct 26, 1928 Caption: "Harold Grange, football star, given time to investigate girl's charge."
• Tunney - dated 1926. I have a larger version of this one that is one print newer and CGC-slabbed (whatever that means :confused:)
• Didrikson - 1947
• Hoppe, Hoppe - 1909, 1929
• Gordon Chung-Hoon - 1929

Stop it!

There was NO joy in Assville!!!

Comiskey Park - June 4, 1941

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it was me...
 

Hey Dave, I didn't know you were on the forum!! As Dave noted, I was the other bidder on the Gehrig page and the one that picked up the Who's Who books with the autographs noted above plus Ki Ki Cuyler, Mule Haas, Floyd Young, Bill Brubaker, Gus Suhr, Tommy Padden, Johnny Dickshot, Goodwin Rosen, Van Mungo, T. Brack, and John Hudson.....plus a separate signed envelope by Casey Stengel in 1958. Not to be too critical of Dave's description, but I was also fortunate enough to pick up the Stengel signature in that auction sales total, as well :D. So, it was a bittersweet auction for me after the disappointment of coming in second on the Gehrig page as it was VERY poorly advertised in the auction listing and I was hoping (for all 5 days prior to the sale) that it could be bought for peanuts (next time you travel to Michigan, Dave, please call for permission first:))......however, after meeting Dave after the sale, it didn't sting as bad after realizing he was a good guy and not a bit arrogant or cocky......and I was relieved nobody else bothered to flip through the Who's Who books!!

Matt

Ty Cobb Tin
 

Decided to make my own for display purposes.

It was you!
 

Nice to hear from you Matt. You have permission to enter Illinois anytime. Stay in touch.

[QUOTE=Kzoo;941610]Hey Dave, I didn't know you were on the forum!! As Dave noted, I was the other bidder on the Gehrig page and the one that picked up the Who's Who books with the autographs noted above plus Ki Ki Cuyler, Mule Haas, Floyd Young, Bill Brubaker, Gus Suhr, Tommy Padden, Johnny Dickshot, Goodwin Rosen, Van Mungo, T. Brack, and John Hudson.....plus a separate signed envelope by Casey Stengel in 1958. Not to be too critical of Dave's description, but I was also fortunate enough to pick up the Stengel signature in that auction sales total, as well :D. So, it was a bittersweet auction for me after the disappointment of coming in second on the Gehrig page as it was VERY poorly advertised in the auction listing and I was hoping (for all 5 days prior to the sale) that it could be bought for peanuts (next time you travel to Michigan, Dave, please call for permission first:))......however, after meeting Dave after the sale, it didn't sting as bad after realizing he was a good guy and not a bit arrogant or cocky......and I was relieved nobody else bothered to flip through the Who's Who books!!

Boy Matt, this is really a nice haul- especially for the price!!!
Congrats on your pickup-very nice!

Finally picked up a post card of Forbes Field. I really like the letter on the back too.

Thanks Graig! :)

Picked up these yesterday from the framer. Panoramic postcard that I picked up earlier this month and 1919 Brooklyn team photo.

That postcard is fantastic.

Well done Brock. I know you appreciate a bargain, but that is a quality job that cannot have been cheap.

So how did you guys hear about it??

Beautiful Brock.

Thanks for the compliments fellas. I always wrestle with the cost of having items custom mounted and framed but am never dissatisfied with the end result.

1950's Sport Magazine Posters?
 

Picked these up today. Each piece is hard backed with a photo and an embossed number and "As seen in Sport Magazine" label. Each piece measures 15" x 12" with the photo about 8" x 11". Blank backed. They are neat pieces that I have never seen before. Anyone have an idea where these originated or what they are?

Very nice, Joe, have never seen those before.

I don't know anything about them, but I know I want them.

Doug

Some photographers put together displays like this for award presentations and the such. I have a group of ones that were used for a Philadelphia area magazines phto award of the year

Tintype
 

My first tintype. Thank you, DavidC for your coaching.
I hope someone can estimate an approx year taken based on the subject's bat and uniform.

Boy John. That's a great photo! Love that crest on his chest. Nice pick-up.

I would say the tintype is circa 1880. What size is it?

Circa 1880 seems about right. Notice he is wearing his position on the front of his cap: r.f. ( unless those are the team initials).

Come to think of it, they probably are the team initials, and it's just a coincidence.

2 3/8" x 3 1/2"

John- that's a sixth-plate tintype.

1890 Football Calendar
 

Picked this up yesterday...From Springfield MA. Has advertising for Mass Mutual Insurance below ball carrier getting tackled....

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In the late 19th- early 20th century it was a regular practice for calendars to have a football scene for November...and sometimes October

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Read about this calendar here

Same for advertising posters for magazines such as Scribners, Outing, Lippencots, Century, Harpers, etc.

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Jeez Carlton, you just keep bringing your "A" game time after time after time. Well done my friend! :)

Just picked this cool piece up. and did some research too. I LOVE this kinda stuff:)

Looks familiar:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...for%20site.jpg

Nice, John. I was the underbidder on that, but I still think you got a very good deal.

Scott

If you want some photos or scans to go with that Luggage Ticket, I bought Dick Hoblitzells photo album from that tour and there are some images of Max Carey in there. They started in the midwest, went through the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, California, and ended up for a while in Hawaii. The tour also had Grover Alexander, and Ray Chapman among other famous players of the day.

Rhys Yeakley

That would be really nice Rhys. I did some research on the tour myself. If you want to send me some scans, I'd REALLY appreciate it.

email is : ghost04@sbcglobal.net

Scott.

Thanks. Now I'm trying to figure out how to display it.

Good eye Barry. Those same initials are also on the crest, but hard to see, so it must be the team initials.

I was kicking myself for not bidding higher on this one, but glad to see a happy board member got it.

first post. rhys,i would love to see your carey images. I have what I believe to be a Max Carey barnstormng jersey, pants, sliding pants, and, 2 pair of socks. I got them from a guy in CA. He got them from a Carey estate sale in the northwest. He had, and sold, many Carey autos, which he had certified.I have dated these items to the time through Spalding tagging. thanks for reading my post. the sliding pants,which I doubt have any images to see, must be very rare. my email is ccderf@aol.com

Stanford Pottery Brave w/headdress
 

Hi!

I was asked to comment on the rarity of the Brave Stanford pottery bank with headdress. I have seen only 2 in over 25 years in the hobby. They both sold in excess of $8,000. It is one gorgeous porcelain bank(see picture below).

Lou
www.insidetheparkcollectibles.com

I monkeyed with the scan. It definitely looks like R F. It would be fun to identify the player and team, but unless someone has another photo to link it to...

Keep digging John. Old Auction House catalogs can be had for decent prices and are loaded with information and images. I would start with Mastros, Lelands, and REA. You may also want to put a want add here in the BST. I would especially look for the 1990's -2005 books.

I know for me, research can be a lot of fun as you stumble onto different things that may be related to other items in your collection. Good luck John, and keep plugging away. :)

My best, Jimmy

Please excuse the photo collector for repeating himself, but .... there is also an 'RF' on the crest.

Just trying to help - I'll shut up if I'm distracting.

I have taken pics of the Max Carey estate sale items I have. If anyone would like to see them and has any info or images to help verify what I have I would be very grateful. I am from his homeown,Terre Haute In. email is ccderf@aol.com.