Your Best Pickup of 2012
 

It's that time of year...show off your best pickup of the year.

For me it was without a doubt the Max Towle Photo album. Max played for the Nebraska Indians, and was also the quarterback for the 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers which made the album even better for me. He was also good friends with Les Mann so there were quite a few photos with a major leaguer as well.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01963.jpg

Some tough looking Nebraska Indian players wearing their caps at the train station

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01965.jpg

A team shot that I'd not seen before

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01966.jpg

Max also played for the Husker baseball team

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01967.jpg

Some Husker football shots

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01968.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01969.jpg

Hanging out with Les Mann (In his Springfield College lettermen's sweater) and "Doc" (haven't researched this fellow yet) in Kalispell, Montana

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01970.jpg

More shots of the Nebraska Indians

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01971.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01972.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01973.jpg

A shot of Buck Beltzer with his family - Beltzer was team owner and manager of the Nebraska Indians at that time

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01974.jpg

1918 Naval Aviation (Seattle) Football team...lots of former collegians on this team

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01976.jpg

A Lincoln company team (I believe Laundry company)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01975.jpg

A couple semi-pro teams that Towle played with

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01977.jpg

A three legged race at the ball park

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/DSC01978.jpg

Only example I've ever seen. Big thanks to Matt.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ineedan...os/boudpen.JPG

I think Dan's album may be my favorite of other people's pick-ups.

I have four that are pretty much tied, but this is a good one:

1869 Kesauge cdv/cabinets

Wow!! Those are awesome Scott!

Thanks, Dan.

I love photo albums. If I had picked up the Matty McIntyre album before John Rogers parted it out, I probably would have just stopped collecting at that point :)

I know it's modern baseball, but a Miguel Montero game used bat from 2011. Photo matched it to being used to hit 3 homeruns. I had other good pickups but i sold them, but this bat is one of my favorites.

Palmer's 1890 book. I've only seen reference to a couple of other sales

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7085/7...732152d3_c.jpg

It's been a slow year compared to those in the past but I did make a couple of stellar Walter Johnson pickups. Here's the best of the two.

Spalding's MINOR League Base Ball Guide, 1889
 

I've not seen any record of other surviving copies.

Original Type 1 Horner photo Ed Reulbach
 

My most recent pickup is my best pickup this year. (Please refrain from lipsticking this one Scott) It is a Horner photo of Ed Reulbach and
was used on several of his cards like Colgan's Chips, T204 Ramly and Fan Craze to name a few. The reverse has the Horner-Jordan stamp.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=8427

This pick up was the highlight of 2012 for me.

Nice pickups everyone!

I don't buy much memorabilia, so my choice was easy.


Jantz

This photo of the 1924 Wold Series Champion 1924 Washington Senators: url]http://www.legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=152015#[/url]
Sorry, but I don't know how to take an auction lot pic and make it appear in a Net 54 thread.
Happy collecting to all in 2013,
Val

Val,
Just type [IMG] then the link to the image then [/IMG]

No spaces.

The link to your image is: http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Ite...52015a_lg.jpeg

So you would type:

[IMG] h ttp://ww w.legendaryauctions.com/[/url] ItemImages/000152/ 152015a_lg.jpeg [/IMG]

without spaces to get:

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Ite...52015a_lg.jpeg

The image will stay up in Net54 as long as it remains in its original location. It will also appear the same size here as it did in its original location.

Dan,
This may be a stupid question, but did they actually play in those buckskin outfits?

This puppy is huge...but am gonna get it framed for the wall....;)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...yo/Gunther.jpg

Ricky Y

2012 was a good collecting year for me. I added A LOT of pinbacks to my collections with many thanks to my friends here particularly Adam (Tigerden) who sold me his Detroit Tigers collection, Al, and Andy.

But if I have to choose the most important single addition it would be this 1906 White Sox Championship mirror. These have terrific eye appeal and offer some historical significance.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/IMG_2393.jpg

This large pitcher sculpture believed to be Walter Johnson would be a close second.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/IMG_2285.jpg

A National pick-up...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...obbOutside.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...CobbInside.jpg

Hi Clint,
What year do you believe the Walter Johnson photo is from?
Where was it taken?
Thanks!

Wow Val! That 1924 Nats team photo is beautiful!! Nice pickup. :)

My best pickup is an easy call. A 1914 Federal League game ball:

Lucky Strike Cigarette Ad of Lefty Grove
 

I would say that my best memoriabilia pick-up for 2012 was this Lucky Strike Cigarette Ad of Lefty Grove. Merry Christmas everyone!

2012 Favorite Memorabilia pickup(s)
 

Boy, congrats to all of you. Those are some terrific pickups! This is one of my favorite threads of the year.

I literally picked up these two items last week, yet they certainly are my favorites of 2012. They came directly from the 1974 California Angels ballboy Paul Hirsch. Perfect provenance makes these two items my favorites. They originated from arguably one of Nolan's best years-1974. In 1974 Nolan struck out 19 batters 3 times, threw a 1-hitter, his third career no-hitter and fanned 367 batters for the season. Quite a year!

1) The game ball is from Nolan's 15th K in his AL record breaking 19th K game (9 innings) on August 12, 1974 at Anaheim. He passed Bob Feller who previously had struck out 18 in 1938.

2) Nolan's 1974 Angels locker tag from the Angel's clubhouse.
Accompanying photo is of Nolan w/ ballboy Paul Hirsch in the Angels clubhouse in 1974. If you look carefully you can see other locker tags above the lockers in the background which helps provide a photo match...

Here's mine.............

Holy cow Phil!!!:eek: Thaaaat...is amazing.

Wow! Dimensions please, Phil?

Before restoration:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...e%20Before.jpg

And after:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...3/P1010050.JPG

Sometime around 1912-13 when the Beltzer's bought the team they started wearing them...prior to that they wore regular baseball uniforms.

<a href="http://s22.beta.photobucket.com/user/nudan92/media/Nebraska%20Indians%20Baseball%20Team/1914nebind.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Nebraska%20Indians%20Baseball%20Team/1914nebind.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"/></a>

Brennan's best and last year with Philadelphia was 1913 and that appears to match his uniform style too. It was probably played in Humboldt as they played there in 1912 for sure. The Senators started using this style uniform in 1912. There's another photo like this only bigger out there and it states Allen County ball players. Brennan was from La Harpe and Johnson from Humboldt. Both of which are in Allen County. I've never seen a picture or any information of a game being played in La Harpe. That's why I figure Humboldt.

Street Light Sign that was used on Market Street in St. Louis welcoming visitors to the 1967 World Series. Now looking for a photo/newspaper article, etc, that shows it in use.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...BST/WSsign.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ST/WSsign2.jpg

Orioles Line Up Card - Last Game Yankee Stadium
 

A gift from a good friend, just had it matted and framed.

Here are a couple of mine...

1912 Redland Field Dedication Panoramic Photo
 

Great stuff guys!

As you can see, this photo dates from May 18th, 1912. The frame and glass are original. The image measures: 32" x 12". This picture hung in a Cincinnati bar for many years. It goes nicely with my 9" x 12" Redland Field Dedication Program with the same date.

Happy Holidays!

Baseball-wise, I collect Yankees images from the 1920s and 1930s. I had a very productive year (next year will be less so).

These are probably my two favourite pick-ups of this year and for very different reasons. One is the Yankees' squad pictured at Boston in April 1924 (presumably one of their first images as World Champions) and the other is of Joe DiMaggio in 1938.

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps5e78620f.jpg

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...psad5c1aab.jpg

Wowsers.. Wonderful photos! "Clout" aka jimmy will love that DiMaggio. The 1924 Yankee image is nothing less than superb with a young gehrig to boot! Congrats!

These were two pretty neat things I picked up at a garage sale this year for $1.00 each. They have been sold a few times since, Looks like these two baseballs made a lot of people happy this year

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...yusa/001-9.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...yusa/011-1.jpg

This also

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...yusa/004-8.jpg

Thanks. I might have paid a bit too much for the 1924 Yankees one but just fell in love with the image and decided to go for it. Yes, young Gehrig in the second left in the bottom row. There's at least one Yankees' squad photo from 1923 with Gehrig in it but it's an early image of him and great to see the Yankees' lining up for their first every league game as World Champs.


The DiMaggio photo wasn't expensive but case of right time, right place Love the image and have always had an interest in DiMaggio as he's probably the closest thing to a baseball icon I've had. I've done well with both Gehrig and DiMaggio images this year.

Is that the same one that sold in steiners auction earlier this month? Curious how many cards there are. I was gonna bid on it but they produced so many reprints wasn't going to take the chance.

No this is the Orioles lineup card, it came from Dave Trembley - Orioles Manager.

2012 - a very good year
 

Great pick ups everyone!

I had a number of very nice pick ups this year, but my favorite piece of non autographed memorabilia is this photo from Gehrig's wake. It is not the most expensive, or most valuable item, I was able to get this year, but is absolutely the most moving.
As was discussed in a thread earlier this year, I think it is such a poignant picture, that truly expresses the special connection Gehrig had with kids and fans.

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

I hope everyone has a Great Christmas, New Year, Chanukah, and all the holidays celebrated this time of year I wish you all a very healthy and prosperous 2013.

Best,
Mark

Scott:

Thanks, diameter of the Cleveland pinback is 1 1/2".

It's always fun when your research pays off.

I purchased this 1890 scorecard at an antique show. It turns out to be from career victory #6 for the Cleveland rookie brought up to the majors just six weeks earlier - Cy Young.

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

Lance, many thanks for adding the pic of the 1924 Senators photo I acquired and for educating me so that I can do this myself in the future. I'm one of those old folks who isn't very skilled computerwise.

Scott, many thanks for the compliment.

Best wishes collectingwise and otherwise to all for 2013.
Val

And their brother was one of my better pick ups...

http://luckeycards.com/pbf2premiumalexander.jpeg

Congrats to all, amazing pick-ups shown here. Thanks for sharing. A couple of mine.

Jeremy,
LOVE the Ruth! :)

Thanks Scott-
As a Mets fan, I certainly admire the Nolan Ryan artifacts. Very nice.

Brooklyn Dodgers Photo's Wheat and Erskine
 

My Zack Wheat Conlon Photo with Authentic Note to his close friend Paul Schreiber with Signature and Erskine autoJoe hatten and Preacher Roe

That's one of my favorite photos. If I hadn't picked mine up at the end of '11, it would be in contention.

Thanks Phil! Great early pinback of Cy Young!

Here are some of my favorites from this year....

Impressive Michael! I especially like the Clemens Cy Young award. Did he sell it?

I picked it up at the national this summer. I was told it could be a "2nd one" and that he probably does have the original one. this was all conjecture on the part of the seller.

Thanks! I was surprised that he would have sold his. Owning a Cy Young award is pretty cool, never the less.

Eagles uniform
 

Tough to pick my favorite 2012 pickup, but after some pondering, it would have be picking up a couple of pieces to complete my 1969-1972 Philadelphia Eagles game used uniform. I have had the pants for several years - they date to 1971-72. I picked up the circa 1969-70 Tom Woodeshick helmet with the help of Carlton's last Chicago national writeup. After seeing his photos last year, I spotted the helmet in the case of one of the dealers. Carlton helped me by identifying the dealer, and after some phone calls, I was able to land a helmet that I had been after for a while. Then later in 2012 I was able to convince a fellow collector to part with his circa 1970 Gary Ballman Philadelphia Eagles white jersey with several team repairs. I had the jersey authenticated by Mears after I received it, and was thrilled to complete the ensemble. The socks and cleats aren't Eagles worn, but found a pair of unworn Spotbilt cleats that most Eagles players of that era wore to try to make the mannequin display as accurate as possible.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n.../EaglesUni.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...EaglesUni2.jpg

Nice game worn display! Really impressive. Might I suggest some eye black on the mannequin's face?

Eagles display
 

Eye black is a very good idea- thanks. Will give the mannequin's face a tougher look.

1930's Gum Ball Machine
 

I picked up some nice things this year, but this is one of my favorites. My grandkids love coming in my office and hitting me up for pennies so they can get their treats.

Baseball Finds: http://www.baseballfinds.com/

You have a FANTASTIC EAGLES COLLECTION.
I think it will take more than eye black to make the mannequin look tougher.
It appears to have a female appearance.
Jerry

Mannequin
 

Thanks Jerry.
And yes, I was being sort of sarcastic about the mannequin becoming tougher. It is a male mannequin, and quite tall at about 6'5", but unfortunately almost all mannequins come with a mascara'd look to their eyes. Thats what gives that feminine appearance. The eye black will help, but not dramatically.

You are a true collector to have one of those KJ!

Thanks James - Thankfully I have a very understanding wife, in letting me have 7 mannequins in my Eagles room! I am sure it it would be an issue if I tried to invade our main floor with my collection, but she pretty much lets me run amuck in my finished basement :)
Only 2 of the mannequins are full body mannequins - the others are just torso mannequins, but all of them are fitted with shoulder pads.

Buy a rubber mask for that mannequin.

This one would look pretty good:


http://www.rubbergorilla.co.uk/IMAGE...guy%20mask.jpg

Miniature World Champion Baseball Game - pinball - c1931.
 

Miniature World Champion Baseball Game - pinball - c1931.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1354658018

Patent #1,788,323

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1354398943

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1354399462

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1354660838

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1354399220

One can keep score and track the players on base by pulling the miniature players in and out depending on the situation.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1354660653

Egads!
 

Guys
I don't collect much memorabilia...and because of that I don't click on this side of the board too often.
This Thread is like a "Greatest Hits" record and I cannot get over how many nice items are here!
Egads I couldn't pick even 10 favorites without fear of leaving off many great pieces.
Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!

(OK- Adam's restored exhibit machine and Scott's CDV may be my favorites, although the Lou Gehrig photo lying in state is pretty unforgettable)

Reach Advertising Sign
 

My favorite pickup this last year is this cardboard Reach sign. It measures a whopping 16" x 20". I haven't located anything that has sold that is this large, nor have I found this exact sign. Guessing it might date to the 1920's. It is framed in plexiglass which I have been afraid to take it out of. Sorry for the glare. Mike

Best
 

My Best of the year would be these Zach Wheat items I picked up. The Yankees item is a camera.

Love this tabletop pinball game. I've got a spot for that if you ever part with it!!!! Really great pickup.

Neat sign! Love the baseball advertising. Although not the same, Hunt sold this one at there last Louisville auction in Nov. It too measured 16" by 20".

Great sign. Thanks

The 1923 Jack Dempsey - Tommy Gibbons fight pennant lot was my biggest pick-up.

I also had some success adding more St. Paul Saints bats to the collection; Russ Van Atta, Larry Rosenthal, Norm McMillan, Braggo Roth, Johnny Neun, Chicken Hawks, and Mark Koenig (store model).

Thanks!

Chris

That Hawks bat is awesome!! Koenig is a very rare store bat as I'm sure you know.
Matt

Nice pickups everyone. Jeremy, that Baltimore team composite is awesome!

I was very happy with many of my purchases in 2012 but this one is BY FAR my favorite one!!!:)

My Favorites
 

It was hard for me to pick just one, so here are my favorites

Best Pick Ups: Gloves
 

Like most, its far too challenging to simply pick out "The One" best pick up of 2012...truth be told, I would have to say its our new baby daughter.

Anyway, like the Academy Awards, we broke down our picks by genre....here are our best in the the vintage gloves and mitts catagory:

1. Circa 1890's webless crescent fielder's glove.
2. Circa 1900 W&D crescent padded fielder's glove.
3. Circa 1900 Reach crescent padded fielder's glove.

Now hang on...there's three more on the way.

www.dugouttreasures.com

Best Pick Ups: Vintage Gloves Cont'd...
 

The "rest of the best" gloves and mitts...

4. Circa 1890's crescent padded, "hook and eye" back baseman's mitt.
5. Circa 1905-1910 two tone, Reach "Special" fielder's glove.
6. Spalding "Double Play" model basemitt

www.dugouttreasures.com

Best Pick Ups: Vintage Baseballs
 

Here is the 2012 haul of vintage baseballs...

1. John Heydler, ONL Spalding Baseball w/box.
2. Horace Partridge baseball w/box.
3. Circa 1917-1918 Spalding ONL baseball marked YMCA w/box.
4. Reach "Babe Ruth" Home Run Special baseball

www.dugouttreasures.com

Best Pick Ups: 19th Century
 

Not too much here in this area, but these are the circa 19th Century pieces that we acquired in 2012.

1. Circa 1880's JF Draper advertising envelope featuring Irwin style base ball gloves and mittens.
2. Circa 1850's/1860's baseball/firemen's parade belt...alot of research confirms that these types of belts were used equally by both.
3. Figue 8 style ball

Happy Hunting to all in 2013!

www.dugouttreasures.com

Thanks Matt! I would love to get a Koenig gamer one day, but I realize how scarce and expensive they are. That would be one of the biggest pickups I could ever make. I guess I will have to make do with a store model for the time being :)

Here is Koenig playing in the 1924 Junior World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. He filled in when Danny Boone suffered an injury.