January Pickups
 

Figured I would start off the New Year pickup thread. Happy New Years to all the board members.

First I picked up these 2 Eagles pennants that I hadn't seen before coming across them recently. The first one is a green version, that I believe dates to the mid 1940's. The second, is a blue pennant produced by the Ad Flag company of Chicago. I believe the quarterback artistically rendered on the pennant is patterned after the NFL star of the early 40s Sid Luckman (he never played for the Eagles obviously). With the blue color of this pennant, I believe this pennant dates to around 1940-41.
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The next 2 items, my dad picked up recently, and he was curious if we could get some help here with dating them. The first item is a Reach bat with lathe marks that is a smaller bat measuring about 25 inches long. The bat is marked with AJ Reach Co - 87. The second item is a small baseball cap with no makers mark, with Play Ball and crossed bats on front. Any idea of the age of these 2?
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Original Type I Photo '69 World Champion NY Mets celebrating after the game.

Snapshot Tom "Terrific" Seaver

Tom Earley Day
 

This one somehow slipped by and I was able to grab it for a whopping 4 bucks. Tom Earley played 6 seasons all with the Boston Braves. He was only 18-24 over his career, which was interupted by WWII.

I'm wondering if he's on any cards and if so, could someone post an image? Thanks very much!
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Piedmont Tobacco Advertising Chair and I also got a nice metal and glass case pretty cheaply at an auction.
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Finally I have time to show some recent pickups.
First is a c.1960 professional model Pittsburgh Pirates jersey
Next a 1939 Reds/Yanks World Series ashtray/dish thingy
Next a ceramic Brooklyn Bum figure - looks like a repainted Stanford Pottery Brooklyn Bum but its not a bank???
And lastly a pair of really cool Cardinals bookends. I'm guessing 1950s-60s.

Brock,
Very cool Pirates jersey.

My first pick-up of the year...
 

Just picked up this pin as a companion piece for my '61 Maris collection.

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Some other items in my Maris collection are...

This ticket stub from his 61st HR Game.
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This vintage original TYPE I photo of his 61st HR.
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Original artwork from the back of his '66 Topps card.
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And a PSA 9 example of his legendary signature.
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Nice pick-up Jimmy!

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WOW.... that's just an elegant beauty, Michael! Where did you find it (Ebay, Catalogue Auction, other?)

Magnificent pickup, regardless!

Damn!!
 

I love that Gehrig...want to turn it? :)

Oh, Ben...

Picked up this awesome Old Mill unopened cigarette pack in the original wax paper. Hands down my favorite cigarette pack image/style wise...

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bf3 type nine mini pennants
 

With the help of a board member of I just acquired my 72nd pennant to this set. Still need Cain, Medwick, Rigney, Rosenthal, Warneke and Whitehead. After more than 10 years searching, any help would be greatly appreciated.

That's one heck of a display.

Wow, that is one awesome bf3 display. It's almost worth it to bring the pic up again in quotation :). Nicely done.

thanks guys!

ben, anything's for sale if the price is right ;)

New pickups
 

Picked up these two neat (at least I think so) pieces of Yale emphemera with a Walter Camp Connection. They are programs for 1879 and 1880 intramural athletic contests which include many track races, football kicking contests, hammer throwing, bicycle racing, baseball throwing, tug of war, etc. Walter Camp is listed as one of the competitors in both programs, with the running high jump in 1879, and the Hurdle Race in 1880. He is not listed as a competitor in the Football kick though. These have some paper residue on them (assuming from scrapbook removal, but are in otherwise great shape, and are made of a thicker stock paper.

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Picked up a couple photos this month of the Dynamic duo in their prime-circa 1927-28.
 

Dynamic duo of Ruth & Gehrig photos
 

Awesome photos of both!! Nice pickup-congrats!

ben- great photos! did you just get that Gehrig on eBay? i saw it last night on there.

Thanks Guys...yeah I picked them up on good old ebay. I paid for them but am always happy to add good Babe and lou images to the "vault"
(i.e. mattress).

PS: I cannot believe how big the sun/shadows makes Babe's nose look. It is ginormous!!!

Joe Jackson glove
 

A Joe Jackson endorsed Nokona G51 fielders glove...

1955 Don Hoak
 

I already have a real nice Hoak 3x5 that I'm using for my 1960 pirates project, and was debating on whether to use that for the 55 dodgers and try to find a 60 or 61 pirates signed card when I found this.

I didn't know how many years it would take to add the second of my four holy grails to my collection, but thanks to my good friend Mark Steinberg, this beauty just arrived.
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That kid in the background looks a lot like me, but I'm not sure we are related;) The trophy and I are now engaged:D
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Mike - I am stoked for you man! Cant believe how many times over the last few years you've talked about "landing" a Spalding and you finally got one!!! I know I am in the minority, but the example you "landed" is my favorite. And you bought a car today as well. Seriously, I have as big a smile as your daughter. Thrilled for you bro.

Jackson Glove
 

Jonathan,
Nice Joe Jackson! What year is it from?

It's a beaut Mike! Congrats.

Pickups
 

Very nice Mike:eek::eek: Its like Christmas when they arrive. Looks like Mark did his good deed for the year!:D:D

Very nice Mike! Congrats!!! :)

Go ahead and marry it Mike, cause you're not going to find a better one!

Way to go Mike, congrats!

Thanks fellas. It's interesting how much I am enjoying this piece. Since the deal was completed I have hardly even looked at ebay or other sources. It will be a while before I "have" to have something else.

I'm sure most people saw this on the BST but I'm pretty excited to own it
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Nice pickup, Chris! I don't know if you recognize the name, but T.J. "Boss Tom" Pendergast was the political boss of Kansas City during the first part of the twentieth century. He handpicked Harry Truman from obscurity to become the Democratic candidate for US Senate in 1934. Take some time to do a little research on Boss Tom and you'll appreciate your purchase even more!

Actually that's the main reason I got it. :) I live in KC and loved the KC connection. Thanks for the compliment. ;)

Being in the newspaper biz (yeah, we're an endangered species) and having been a huge fan of The National when it was around, this seems like a natural for my collection.

I'm waiting to hear from Hunt Auctions on the shipping costs, which easily could turn this from a great to not-so-good buy.

I just picked up the bottom bat to go along with the top one. You dont see these often and was glad to get it.
Matt
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Matt, great bats, very rare indeed. Sorry about the delay in getting the bat list to you. Hopefully I can get them rounded up soon.

Nice pick up. Congrats

You're spot-on Rob. The National was terrific...
 

Frank DeFord was the editor as I remember. Top-notch writing for every sport. That's a really cool piece, nice pick-up.

Thanks to fellow board member Scott Garner, I won his ebay auction for a ticket stub to the first no-hitter for Koufax. I now have three of the four.

Now I just need to find a photo from the game...

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Koufax 1st no-hitter ticket
 

Jimmy,
Congrats on adding it to your collection. I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks!

I haven't posted anything new here in quite a while, so here goes...

1. 1910s Honus Wagner Decal Bat
2. 1920s Spalding Catcher Trophy
3. 1880s ABC Pitcher Plate
4. 1930s Reach Catcher Trophy
5. 1880s Chicago Pitcher Figural Lamp

Sorry for the mess and the crappy photos... still getting unpacked!

Not a half bad haul there Mark ;)

newly acquired...bat used by ARod to hit his 526th HR. thanks to John Taube.

Score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Mike, What a beauty!!!!! Congrats!!!! Those Spalding's are so great, and that's my favorite one I think. I remember a story your bud Ryan Simms told me, that before he got one...his wife would chide him about ordering the more expensive bottle of wine at dinner because she said "that money could be going towards your Spalding trophy"

I saw this blank back post card size card and had to have it. I haven't seen one like it. Does anyone have any info on it?

dh

Voit
 

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19" wide x 11" tall x 6 1/2" deep
Picked this up a week ago at the Glendale Show...plus picked up some non sport stuff that you can read about here for the long version. It's motorized and it has a stem that sticks out the top that turns to display a ball...so now I'm looking for a vintage Voit basketball...though I'm tempted to stick something on there really old, though wouldn't match the display

I also picked up another pretty good piece earlier this month...but it's related to the Bailey plaque, so may post it there.

Just picked up this Dr. Jayne's Expectorant Baseball Folder circa 1910.
The shortstop bottom right looks like Wagner to me.
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This is the reason I love to collect companion pieces...
 

After spending some time sifting through a thousand or so auctions on ebay, I came across this...

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and I bought this last year, a stub from DiMaggio's Major League Debut...

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this is the first photo of any TYPE from his debut that I've ever seen. Since he started off the year on the DL for a few weeks, no one knew when he was going to start playing, which is why anything from this game is extremely scarce.

Obviously, I'm happy as a pig in SH*T over this one.

Regards, Jimmy

I recently picked up this bat.

I know its not that old, but its my first gamer.

1973-1975 Buddy Bell Autographed Game Used Bat

Jantz

January Pickups
 

No where near prewar, but I picked up a large grouping of press passes and pins from the early 70s at an estate auction. The estate owner worked for a sports communications company and attended a ton of sporting events ranging from 1972 to 1976, including world series games, superbowls, NCAA tournaments, college bowl games, NBA all star games, and many golf and tennis tournaments. One of the neater items, is a Arnold Palmer signature on a small piece of letterhead for the 1974 PGA championship. There are also press passes to the 1976 World Series and NLCS, and boxing press passes to a couple of Ali fights, and Frazier Foreman fight.

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Sandy's 1st no-hitter full, unused ticket
 

Jimmy,
Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to upgrade!

My pleasure Scott.
 

Boy Scott, your new ticket is fantastic...wow. Great pick-up!

Best, Jimmy

My Holy Grail of Tickets
 

After admiring his 1941 Lou Gehrig Memorial game ticket (It's been on my want list for a real long time), Ben (Forever Young) found one for me on EBAY that fit my criteria and wallet. He also gave me great info on how much one in this condition should go for (Info was perfect).
I'd say this one is in GD to VG condition with no tears and a little staining. It should present well with a nice Gehrig signature.
Thanks again Ben for finding this for me!

Gehrig farewell- Mike's Holy Grail of tickets
 

Mike,
Nice pickup and this has always been one of my favorites as well!
FYI- Alot of people don't know this, but this game was never played on
July 4th, 1941. I think that perhaps weather prevented it from happening on the day it was originally scheduled. The game and speech actually occured the next day on July 5th. The Yankees beat the Philadelphia A's 10-5 behind lots of Bronx Bomber offense, great pitching by Red Ruffing and let's face it, a ton of inspiration from The Iron Horse.

Lou's Day
 

July 4th 1941 was a double header played between the Senators and Yanks. The ceremonies for Gehrig were held between games.
Dutch Leonard beat the Yanks 3-2 in the opener. Pete Sundra was the winner for the Yanks in the night cap 11-1.
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Mike,

We are both lucky. I was going to bid on that until I found something else I wanted more. I would've cost one of us more money.
Great ticket. Looks a lot better than the scan the guy had in the auction.

Mark

Lou's Day
 

Mark,
Hmm... FYI- I primarily use a different source of reference for game logs. I use Retrosheet.org. I go to games tab, and then teams (in this case Yankees), and then individual game logs. Retrosheet shows no game played on 7/4/41. On 7/5/41 the Yankees played the A's (one game only, no double header). I wonder why the difference between the two sources? It's my understanding that Retrosheet uses actual official scorekeeper info for many games.

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Mark, I'm sure glad you didn't bid on that!
By the way, I think you were thinking of July 4th, 1939. That was the doubleheader against the Senators where Gehrig gave his speech. The 1941 date (this ticket) is the Memorial game about 1 month after he died.
I would still love to have a 7/4/39 ticket to go along with this one.

Nice
 

Mike,
Great addition and the price was not bad at all. I like the "Yankee" green color variation vs. my example(red). I am glad that you were able to win it and Mark found something else. ;) I am always happy to help a fellow collector fill a void.
Ben

Interesting
 

Scott,
Mike is correct.
I made a goof in that I checked July 4 1939. I thought that ticket was from the day Lou gave his famous speech, which was July 4th 1939. I guess this is a different game after he died.
My bad.
Mark

Mark,
No worries. I thought I had done my research right, but you had me second guessing myself there for a minute. I wouldn't be the 1st or the last time I'd be wrong....

Does anyone know how hard it is to find a 7/4/39 ticket for Gehrig's speech? Also, was there one or two tickets that day since there was a double header?
Thanks,
Mike

very tough
 

Mike,
This is very tough...been looking for a long time for this ticket...when one comes up..it will be some big bucks; 4 figs and up depeding on condition(2 in psa pop report one being autographed). Which means...I most likely will never get one which makes me want to cry and eat smashed bananas. I hope this helps.
Ben

There was only one ticket. In those days, "doubleheader" meant two games for the price of one. Ahhh, the naivete.

It will be very difficult to find one. In my 45 years of collecting, I have seen three, and managed to snag one. (A new book, "Cooperstown Confidential," by Bruce Markusen, reports that Steve Verkman recently sold one for $22,000. I find that a bit hard to believe.)

Here's mine:

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I really love that one David. I read the book a couple of months ago. An entertaining read. I also agree with you regarding the sell price of $22,000.

Back to the ticket, one of my closest friends bought this one at the beginning of December for $10,000 so that would put the count at four...

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Regards, Jimmy

there is a board member who has a SIGNED example of the "luckiest man" stub...let's see if he will post it?

Who ever you are...PLEASE post the Gehrig signed ticket! :eek:

Just think how many scrapbooks are out there with the ticket glued in it and the people not knowing what it's worth.

Wow...if they're going for that much, I'd say I'll have to pass on it due to the number of things I could add to my collection for that amount of money.
Maybe someday.

No, it's not mine, but I was the underbidder on it in Verkman's auction. It did skyrocket, but more so for the fact it's the only know example actually signed by Gehrig. Given that I collect autographed Yankee stubs along with vintage gloves, I had to make a play for it. Unfortunately, I was up against someone with much deeper pockets. :(

Wow
 

Man..I'll tell you..22 k sounds like a bunch but I doubt there is another one of these..heck maybe not another one EVER(INCLUDING THAT DAY). If I had a couple months to unload some stuff to hit the 22k mark or had the cash(if it was available)..I would do it. Thanks for sharing.
It is truly a Musium piece.

Satchel
 

The postman's arrival today made an otherwise crummy day, great!

cool bat. what does the inscription say and is it a C271L model bat. photo is little smaller, you have a larger photo?