Love it! Great final pickup for Jimmy & his epic Beatles collection.

Here is my Edd Roush Federal League PSA 9 Mint Ticket!!

Rest in peace Jimmy...

Just got this back from PSA today. One of my fvorite parts of collecting is the work going into finding old schedules and boxscores and spending hours reviewing them just so you can find a gem like this. Cy Young's last win. #511 Pittsburg, September 22 1911. Only 1200 fans were at this game!

Just Awesome!

Thanks Paul!

Nice one, Paul! There certainly must be a lot of gratification to finding a ticket with the massive significance of "Ol' Cy's" last win.
This certainly is the most unattainable baseball record...

Also, while we're on the Cy Young theme, here is my ticket to Cy's 1st attempt at his 500th win (July 10th, 1910). Cy was the 1st and last pitcher to ever attempt to win 500 games...
Additionally, here is a ticket that I also own to Cy Young Day on August 13, 1908 in Boston. Cy pitched a few innings in this game which celebrated his storied amazing career up until this point.

Thanks Scott. Those are great tickets! Love the scrapbook page too!

I just picked up this Oct. 30, 1960 NY Giants vs STL Cardinals football ticket stub. Looking at the boxscore there is nothing to memorable from this game. The significance of the ticket for me is this was QB Lee Grosscup's NFL Debut.

Mr. Grosscup has lived in my hometown for a long time and lives in my mother-in-law's retirement complex and is someone I have had the pleasure of getting to know a little over the years. Pretty cool when you can get a ticket connected to someone you actually know!

Had a flashback to the 80s and picked up a couple of NFL debut stubs recently:

9/7/80: Billy Sims NFL debut vs Rams (153 yards + 3 TDs)
9/6/81: Lawrence Taylor NFL debut vs Eagles

I also picked up a Marcus Dupree NFL ticket stub (11/11/90 vs NY Giants). Dupree made it to the NFL after being out of football for 5 years after a terrible knee injury sufferd in the USFL. If you haven't seen it, there is a great ESPN 30 for 30 on Dupree called the "The Best That Never Was".

Cool ticket stubs relevant to a Ram fan like me. I remember both those games. Sims ran wild on us and the Lions won 40-19. The Rams didn't get their act together until week three in Green Bay when they lambasted the Packers 51-21, the first of six straight wins.

I remember the Dupree game as well. 1990 was a huge disappointment and we lost to the Giants 31-7. I was house sitting and watched the game in Cheer's creator and director Jim Burrows media room. My mother was his personal assistant, so I got cool gigs like that from time to time.

This is one aspect of my collecting that I would love to get into. The problem with tix from the 90's I have found is that a lot of times the ink printed on the tickets either fade or are rubbed off. I wonder if tix from the 80's face this problem.

Mike

A nice beat up 1949 World Series Gm 2 ticket and companion piece to a type 1 Jackie Robinson photo from the game. (Now below.)

I'd love to see the photo Brett!

Here's my ticket and type 1 Jackie World Series combo thus far.

Very nice!!

Thanks, Paul. I look forward to adding examples from 52, 53, 55, and 56. Then figure out how I want to display them.

Wow! Love the old school Yankees ticket stub. Stubs were so much nicer back in the day.

Mike

Just saw this on ebay. A photo of the moment Tommy got spiked. Made me think of this thread/ticket.

Heres some of mine, I was lucky to go to the Allstar Game in Anaheim

Here's a sad example of a ticket whose ink has faded over time. This stub from the June 4, 2000 New York Mets v. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays game at Shea Stadium was sold at an "ETM" ticket kiosk in the Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City, New York. It's particularly sad because ETM ticket kiosks didn't last very long, so stubs from those machines are, I'd guess, particularly rare.

As faint as the printing is, it's much more legible on this enhanced scan (made July 18, 2012) than on the actual ticket.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7111/7...cbf5c841_c.jpg

My primary ticket focus is the 1971 Pirates. However, I occasionally grow impatient waiting for stubs I don't have and find myself dabbling with the 1960 Pirates.

Here are subs to Opening Day stub, a 1960 Pirates Season Pass, and a Game 7 1960 Series stub. I am considering framing these with the accompanying 8X10 Type I photo of the ensuing on field pandemonium following Maz's historic walk off.

I haven't seen other copies of this photo. I think it's an interesting picture in that it effectively tells the story. There is Maz in the center of the scrum at home plate, a prematurely bald Danny Murtaugh celebrating can be seen celebrating, the umpire is sprinting from the melee followed by closely by Stengel who is leading the crestfallen Yankees to the clubhouse. Most poignant of all is the parting of the crowd for a dejected Ralph Terry walking off the field with his head down.

Ron, great Yankee Stadium Stubs.

Gary, I see to remember a Mets Clubhouse Store at Roosevelt Field. Was this machine located in the store?

Mike

Picked up this ticket stub today. It is from the major league debut of Masanori Murasaki, the first Japanese born player to appear in a major league game. He pitched an inning in relief for the SF Giants in a loss to the NY Mets on 9/1/64. He would finish out the '64 season with the Giants and appear in 45 games the next season before returning to Japan for the remainder of his career. It would be another 30 years before a player from Japan played in the major leagues again when Hideo Nomo pitched for the Dodgers.

Here's a nice piece about Murasaki: http://time.com/3955421/masanori-murakami/

This has been a enjoyment to read and look at every ticket. great stuff

I never heard that story. Thanks for sharing Dewey!

No. The machine was located in the mall itself. It was on the main level, near the entrance to JC Penney.

I don't think the Mets Clubhouse Store was there at the time. It's not there now.

I haven't been to Roosevelt Field in years, so when I went there last week to meet Todd Frazier at the Steiner Sports store, I was surprised by how much the mall had changed.

Here are 3 stubs I really like that I have picked up recently:

1.) On July 21, 1959 integration in baseball was complete. Pumpsie Green had become the first black player to appear in a game for the Boston Red Sox when he pinch ran in the 8th inning of a game against the White Sox. The Red Sox had the dubious distinction of being the last team to integrate, some 12+ years after Jackie Robinson first appeared. Included is a sketch that appeared in the Boston Herald during spring training.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ay-for-red-sox

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2.) On September 16, 1956 Bobby Balcena, of the Cincinnati Redlegs, pinch hit in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was Balcena's MLB Debut. He would appear in 7 games total that season and never make it back to the majors. What makes this footnote in baseball history special is Balcena was the first player of Asian descent to appear in a major league game. His parents immigrated from the Phillipines and he was raised in Southern California. It would be another 8 years before Masanori Murakami of Japan, the first Asian born player, would play for the SF Giants.

http://filipinostarnews.net/sports/f...-baseball.html

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3.) On August 22, 1965 the Dodgers and Giants were in another heated pennant race. On this day Juan Marichal and John Roseboro would engage in one of the most infamous brawls in baseball history. Juan Marichal struck Roseboro on the head with his bat after the two had become involved in an argument. One thing I had never really noticed after looking at the pictures was Tito Fuentes also was wielding a bat although he didn't use it. He got to stay in the game for his efforts. After order had been restored Willie Mays hit a 3-run HR off Sandy Koufax and the Giants went on to win the game.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...l-50-years-ago

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Exceedingly cool tickets, Dewey, especially the infamous Marichal- Roseboro incident. As I've intimated to you via e-mail, I've never personally seen another ticket stub to this game in spite of the paid attendance.
Congrats! :cool:

Yeah, I'm always looking for that one!

Wrong sport but a ticket just the same. Was happy to pick up the missing piece in my run of L.A. Times Charity Game tickets. I now have every ticket from the first game in 1945 through 1976. I believe the game continued on past 1976 but the tickets became very ordinary at that point. I was drawn to the cool graphics on these tickets (not so much on the first few years compared to later ones) and have been collecting for about 10 years.

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I picked up this one awhile back but thought it was worth posting to the thread. In 1948, Satchel Paige was a 42-year old rookie pitcher with the Cleveland Indians and the first black pitcher in the American League. This stub is from Paige's 3rd career start, 5th career win and 2nd consecutive shutout against the White Sox.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...94808200.shtml

This one is for you Red Sox fans out in Net54 land. I just picked up a Dave Roberts MLB debut and first hit ticket for my MLB Asian American player ticket collection.

Roberts is the current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and was a decent outfielder during his time in the majors but is best remembered for one stolen base in the bottom of the 9th in Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS:

https://www.mlb.com/news/dave-robert...ion/c-98844328

Nice ticket Dewey, but don't forget us SD Padre fans. Dave had probably his best year for the division winning 2006 Pads, with a .293 avg, 146 hits, 51 walks and 49 sbs. Dude got on base for us and played great D in the outfield. He'll always be great to us (along with the Boston fans)...well, except when he brings those damn Dodgers in to town. LOL

It's also Wade Bogg's 3000th hit game!

Cool. The eBay listing made no mention of it. I forget that Boggs was even on the Devil Rays so that milestone wasn't even on my radar.

I collect 3000 hit tickets and I didn't even recognize it. I feel stupid.

i always keep an eye out for the date. I want to find a season ticket which is rough. It was also a Jim Thome HR game which I collect.

It is also (I'm fairly sure) an after-the-fact ticket. take a look at the date in the lower left corner. Thats the date it was purchased. It was after the game date. They would often do this with unsold seats to a milestone game.

Good catch on the date in the lower left corner. I totally overlooked that since I didn't realize it was a milestone game too. I will have to keep an eye out for a season ticket or box office printed the actual date of the game to upgrade this one eventually.

Good catch on the date in the lower left corner. I totally overlooked that since I didn't realize it was a milestone game too. I will have to keep an eye out for a season ticket or box office printed the actual date of the game to upgrade this one eventually.

Always check that on box office tickets. Season tickets are pre-printed before the season. However in a few cases teams even reprinted season tickets. In 1998 the Cardinals did it for McGwire's 62nd and 70th HRs. Then again in 1999 for his 500th HR. The Mets did it for Santana's no hitter a few years ago.

Dewey,
The season ticket version of this ticket is a REALLY tough one to find, just as an FYI. ;)

As a follow up, the print date on the box office tickets is not always on the bottom left. It depends on the team, and I've seen some that are kind of buried within some other numbers. If I remember correctly, the Tony Gwynn 3000 hit ticket had the print date in a series of number on the bottom closer to the middle. Also, there are tickets like the 3000 hit for Ichiro that look to me like the print date is the event code. I'll attach a photo of one, and maybe Scott or someone else can comment on that.

Yes, you are correct. It can be in other areas. But for a long time it was usually the lower left. I've seen some reprints, like Roy Halladays Perfect Game that don't show a print date . This particular style was reprinted and no print date added. Some other styles had them.

Randall, so I'm a little confused on the Halladay ticket. The one you showed doesn't have a printing number, or is the event code the print code? Also, I found another example with some additional numbers under the event code, but can't really figure a date out of it? Thoughts?

all i know is most of that style showed up AFTER the Perfect Game. I think a lot of them were printed and sold by the team to make money. But there is no way to tell they were after the fact. I'm not saying that ALL were after the fact, but a lot were.

Here's a genuine Season Ticket to Johan Santana's no-hitter...

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7105/7...6560276c_z.jpg

The team-issued reprints have a blank line where "SEASON TICKET" or "PLAN TICKET" appear, and in some cases the club access indicator at the top of the ticket may differ from the original (I've seen one ticket where the original only entitled the holder to Promenade Club access, but the reprint indicated access to Acela, Caesars and Promenade Clubs).

Here's something completely different - a fake ticket to Johan Santana's no-hitter. Not a team-issued reprint, but a digital manipulation.

I created this because I thought it would look cool to see Santana's image on a ticket from his no-hitter. In addition to the picture, I've made other changes - some obvious, some subtle - to ensure this can never be passed off as an actual ticket, or a rare variation. This is just for entertainment value, nothing more. The Johan Santana image and graphics shown here were digitally copied from a real 2012 Mets ticket for a game to be played in the season.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7103/7...10fbdb7d_z.jpg

I ordered a "souvenir commemorative" Halladay Perfect Game ticket from the Marlins after the fact. What I received was printed on Ticketmaster stock. Note the A10JUN0 date in the lower left corner - this indicates the date the ticket was printed (6/10/10), proving this ticket was printed AFTER the game and thus is a "souvenir commemorative" ticket and not an actual ticket that was used, or could have been used, to attend the game.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1332/4...97f3d5dd_z.jpg

(The barcode does appear on the ticket. I removed it from the scan for security purposes.)

They were charging actual ticket prices for the "souvenir" tickets, as if you were buying an actual ticket to attend the game. Good for them because they make money but bad for us because, well, what's the point in paying a premium price for a premium seat to a game that you can't attend? It's not like the location of the seat has any bearing on the value of the ticket, right?

This particular game is such an oddity to me. I have only seen one box office ticket stub (on box office stock paper) for sale that actually had a print date prior to the game. All others have either been without a print date, or a Ticketmaster ticket with a post date.
Some teams, like the Twins don't (or didn't) seem to have print dates on any of their tickets. Both Winfield's and Murray's 3000 hit tickets (both playing the twins) do not have print dates on them, however, the twins at least printed on the ticket "authentic unused game ticket" for those printed after the fact.

Gary, are you sure that's a real ticket? Where is the bar code? They reprinted the season tickets also. Here's one from Ebay thats real. Has an account number and bar code.

I picked up this 1965 Bob Gibson win ticket the other day for my Black Aces ticket collection. This win on the last day of the season earned Gibson his first of five 20-win seasons. I thought his quote about how much this game meant was pretty interesting.

Some great tickets in this thread. Here is my favorite...

https://www.skipscards.com/uploads/1...-1292_orig.jpg

I'm not really a ticket collector , what I am is a lifelong Montreal Expos fan , Today I was at a show in Montreal when I saw a customer trying to sell this full ticket to a dealer , I patiently waited to see if they would strike a deal , when the customer walked away I approached him and we struck a deal , This is the first major league game played outside the United States , and The Expos 1st Home Opener April 14th 1969

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/892/4...7779494b59.jpgIMG_0772 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

I think you're confusing my two posts. Maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been, but in the case of the Santana no-hitters I was talking about the season tickets being reprinted. I specifically said "The team-issued reprints have a blank line where "SEASON TICKET" or "PLAN TICKET" appear," which wouldn't have been the case if I was not talking about season tickets.

When I post scans of my tickets I digitally delete the account number for privacy purposes. I also delete the bar code, as well as the seat number.

1965 Williamsport Mets ticket book with all 12 tickets

OK, gotcha.

As a Matty fan, I'm really excited to have just picked this up. Three days after Christy Mathewson pitched his last game of the season for the Giants in 1900, his Bucknell football team played Wyoming Seminary.

Larry Doby 1st Career Home Run
 

Thought you guys would like to see this. Just got this off of ebay. Wasn't listed very well. It is Larry Doby's first ever HR.
Came also with an amazing scorecard. That has all kinds of notations and pictures.
Feel free to message me if you ever have any Indians rare feats or debuts.
Thanks
Andy

Nice pick up Andrew~!

Not quite the same value as a '47 debut game ticket, but still a cool rookie season example.

Picked up this ticket earlier today. On Oct. 2, 1977 the Dodgers and Astros were playing the last game of the regular season. Dusty Baker hit his 30th HR of the season off J.R. Richard making the Dodgers the first team in history to have four players with 30 or more HR's in a season.

Something with more long-term, pop-culture implications also happened during this game. Glenn Burke was credited with creating the high-five celebration during this game when he gave Dusty Baker a high-five after his record breaking HR.

https://thehundreds.com/blogs/conten...ve-glenn-burke

https://aeon.co/videos/the-origins-o...ng-gay-pioneer

Nice Dewey. I have that on my want list also. I did hear that story about the "high five" too!

Sweeeet! *high 5*

Puljos 3000
 

I missed the game due to work and was happy to learn that a good friend attended. When I called him about his stubs he indicated that he threw them away. The next day he called and told me that he found them stuffed in his coat pocket. Not the greatest of shape but its nice to have friends:o

My Quest to collect all 153 stubs from the Pirates 1971 season is entering the fourth year and has essentially grinded to a halt. This stub I picked today is the first in many months. More importantly it is the first Expos 1971 home ticket I have seen. It seems that home Expos and Padres tickets are quite difficult to find. Has anyone else noticed this or is it my imagination? If so is this scarcity only for 1971?

The 1971 season wasn't very kind to either the Padres (61-100) or the Expos (71-90). I don't think a lot of people saved those stubs...but I'm sure there are a few out there. It's probably going to be a grind, but that will make it even more rewarding.

Mike, it's not your imagination. Both Expos & Padres vintage tickets are exceedingly scarce. One additional note: The large majority of Expos tickets from this era are generic Ticketmaster variety, making the one that you just found all the more sweet. Congrats on your find!

By the way, I can feel your pain with regards to having a long slog between finds. My friend Tony just found one Nolan Ryan appearance ticket that has been on my want list forever (1979 @ TEX, another very challenging place to find tickets during the 1970's, BTW).

After 46 years of collecting this theme, I only need 48 of Nolan's 807 career regular season pitching appearances. My goal is to find 4-5 new ones every year, but I find that even finding that many is a genuine challenge... ;):o

Nice ones Dewey & Andrew. Congrats on both pickups!

Scott, just curious, but of those 48 that you need, is there any one particular year that is the most troubling (more tickets needed for that year)? Also, we should either use this thread or start one where people can list the tickets they need. Never hurts to have a few hundred extra pairs of eyes on the look out. LOL

Hi Mike,
Good question, and for my collection the years aren't really the issue.
FYI, it's more of a challenge based on where the game was played & the number of people that attended the games.

Certain teams, such as ATL, CLE, KC, OAK, SEA, SD, HOU, MN, MONT, ST. L, TOR and TEX have always really provided a huge challenge for me and other collectors.
Some of these teams generally had historically low attendance in general, as well as some of the games being played in inclement weather I suspect are the some of the major factors that create difficulty for the collector. In addition, fans in certain cities are "savers" of tickets and memorabilia, where fans in other cities for whatever reason do not save their ticket stubs as frequently.

Not a bad idea about providing a want list on this thread. I will consider doing that & maybe we should all do the same as a one-off. I have found our collector community on net54 to be exceedingly helpful on networking if they know what you are looking for. ;):cool:

I already showed this ticket in the May pickups thread, but seeing how it's probably the best I'll ever stumble into within my collection focus, I'll post it here as well. Lately I've taken to assembling relevant visuals with a memorabilia piece and printing it to stick in a binder so I can put the original away. So here, along with the July 19, 1902 stub is a clipping from the NY World about the game, and two items (not mine) from Roger Bresnahan's scrapbooks. I'm fairly certain the group photo at bottom right was taken at the Polo Grounds on July 18, the day before McGraw, McGinnity, Bresnahan, McGann, and Cronin's first game as Giants. I don't know how McGann managed to get into a new uniform before the others, but there it is. If you look closely at the photos in the newspaper clippings, definitely taken at the PG, you'll see they are wearing the same uniforms as in the group photo.

The lineup on July 19 included McGraw as manager + playing shortstop, McGinnity pitching, Bresnahan catching, and McGann at 1B.

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Just back From PSA
 

After 3 months of waiting here is My Full Ticket to The Expos 1st ever home game ,This will be framed with the 1st Official 1969 Team photo of the Expos.

Will be a nice display piece for this lifelong Expos fan

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1734/...3f85b094_c.jpgIMG_0857 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/917/4...f661a60b_c.jpgIMG_0923 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

Nice pick-up Guy...and in keeping with the theme - Now batting for Montreal, John BAHHHCAAABELLLLA.

Insane ticket offering in our current auction... but this one is my personal favorite, have always wanted one...

Ruth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOSguH7PVNA

1966 Jersey Jets @ Virginia Sailors, 1966 is the year that actor John Amos played for the Jersey Jets.

I love this ticket. I'm starting to get into Atlantic Coast and Continental Football League memorabilia. I've picked up a couple pennants in the past year but they're hard to find.

Very nice.

Rob

Smoky Joe Wood 1-hit shutout ticket from his remarkable 34 win season in 1912
 

Time to pump some life into this great vintage thread!

I'm very excited to have been able to add this fully dated ticket stub to a Smoky Joe Wood 1-hit shutout against the NY Highlanders in his historic 34 win season in 1912.
Smoky Joe led all of baseball in 1912 with 10 shutouts in addition to the 34 wins. In 1913 he started experiencing arm trouble and was never able to return to form. Amazingly, he reinvented himself as a position player later with the Cleveland Indians and retired with a .283 batting average (.366 in 1920!). Certainly this is a testament to his great athleticism.
Wood got his 16th win in the second game of a doubleheader on June 29, 1912.

It's important to note that 1912 also marked the 1st year of historic Fenway Park. :cool:

Early vintage baseball tickets with complete dates were scarce prior to the 1930's and very scarce prior to 1920.
In fact, most were not dated with the exception of the very spendy best seats in the house.

Many thanks to net54's David Shakir for making this ticket available.
I've been looking for years to find a nice ticket to Smoky Joe's 1912 Tour de Force season & now I can check that one off my collecting bucket list. ;):)
BTW, the stunning photo of Smoky Joe below I do not own, but I love the image and saved it. I seem to recall that Bob Freeman may have posted this a number of years ago. The photo of Joe and Bill Carrigan with their wives I do own & came directly out of Bill Carrigan's estate. Thanks to net54's Rawn for selling this to me a few years ago. I love this image as well & I believe it originates from the 1916 season.

A couple I recently got framed....

Way to go Scott! Your amazing collection keeps on getting better.

Those look GREAT James. Did you frame them yourself?