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Runscott 05-01-2014 10:36 AM

May Autograph pick-ups
 
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Scott Garner 05-01-2014 01:34 PM

Beautiful stuff, Scott! :)

btcarfagno 05-01-2014 01:43 PM

You outbid me on the Glory Of Their Times lot.

I hate you.

At least temporarily.

Tom C

Scott Garner 05-01-2014 01:56 PM

Mini-autograph project completed
 
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Not vintage, but I just completed a fun mini-autograph project that I have considered doing for a while now.

The summer of 1968 was an important one for me and baseball. I spent a good portion of the summer of 1968 vacationing in Michigan with my grandparents.

Even though I'm from So Cal and the California Angels were the team that I usually rooted for, the Detroit Tigers became "my second favorite team" in 1968. I attended my first game at Tiger Stadium that year and followed many of their games on TV that summer. The Tigers had a group of characters on the '68 squad that had swagger. Too cool!

1968 also was the "Year of the Pitcher" and Denny McLain became the last pitcher to ever win 30 games (the first in over 30 years in baseball). During Denny's 31st win he served up the legendary Mickey Mantle's second to the last HR as he was winding down his legendary HOF career in late September.

Perhaps like many families, my grandparents made a ritual of saving all of their old automobile license plates in the garage of one of their cottages up on Lake Huron. Although my grandfather passed away a few years ago, I'm fortunate enough to still have a grandmother that will be turning 102 soon. :eek:

Anyway, a few years ago I was eyeballing the 1968 set of license plates.
It dawned on me that it would be cool to have Denny McLain sign my grandparent's license plate with his ubiquitous 31-6 inscription. This would be a perfect memorial to the summer of '68 and the World Champion Detroit Tigers that sparked my interest in the game! :)

Here is how it turned out for those that care to look:

39special 05-01-2014 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Garner (Post 1271303)
Not vintage, but I just completed a fun mini-autograph project that I have considered doing for a while now.

The summer of 1968 was an important one for me and baseball. I spent a good portion of the summer of 1968 vacationing in Michigan with my grandparents.

Even though I'm from So Cal and the California Angels were the team that I usually rooted for, the Detroit Tigers became "my second favorite team" in 1968. I attended my first game at Tiger Stadium that year and followed many of their games on TV that summer. The Tigers had a group of characters on the '68 squad that had swagger. Too cool!

1968 also was the "Year of the Pitcher" and Denny McLain became the last pitcher to ever win 30 games (the first in over 30 years in baseball). During Denny's 31st win he served up the legendary Mickey Mantle's second to the last HR as he was winding down his legendary HOF career in late September.

Perhaps like many families, my grandparents made a ritual of saving all of their old automobile license plates in the garage of one of their cottages up on Lake Huron. Although my grandfather passed away a few years ago, I'm fortunate enough to still have a grandmother that will be turning 102 soon. :eek:

Anyway, a few years ago I was eyeballing the 1968 set of license plates.
It dawned on me that it would be cool to have Denny McLain sign my grandparent's license plate with his ubiquitous 31-6 inscription. This would be a perfect memorial to the summer of '68 and the World Champion Detroit Tigers that sparked my interest in the game! :)

Here is how it turned out for those that care to look:

It turned out very nice Scott!

Runscott 05-01-2014 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btcarfagno (Post 1271297)
You outbid me on the Glory Of Their Times lot.

I hate you.

At least temporarily.

Tom C

Sorry, Tom. That lot was a reprieve for 12 years ago selling my GOT advertising card that had most of the same signatures on it.

Scott - that's a great pick-up! That was a fantastic year for baseball, and the '68 World Series is still my favorite.

esiason14 05-01-2014 04:05 PM

Beautiful stuff so far!

I've been on a bit of a modern kick recently. Received this in-person via another helpful member.

http://www.autographaddict.com/pics/...89billings.jpg

Scott Garner 05-01-2014 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 39special (Post 1271306)
It turned out very nice Scott!

Thanks Steve!

Scott Garner 05-01-2014 05:39 PM

"Scott - that's a great pick-up! That was a fantastic year for baseball, and the '68 World Series is still my favorite."

Thanks Scott! Me too.

almostdone 05-02-2014 07:58 PM

Scott,
I love that idea with your grandparents license plate. What a great memory and beautiful way to remember a great summer in your childhood. Nice piece, great story.
Drew

71buc 05-02-2014 08:35 PM

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That Trevor Hoffman card is cool. Scott, that is a very creative and meaningful piece. That is what collecting should be about. Ironically while we were PMing earlier my son called me and told me that Edgar was signing at a store just down the street from my house. I have a Type I 1993 photo of Edgar that I had always wanted signed. I raced out of the house and was lucky enough to be one of his last autograph requests. He was as classy in person as I imagined him to be. I cannot believe almost 20 years have passed since Edgar, Junior, and Randy saved baseball here.

Bosox Blair 05-02-2014 09:08 PM

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Four from a fellow Board member:

Bosox Blair 05-02-2014 09:10 PM

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And three more from a different Board member:

Lordstan 05-02-2014 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair (Post 1271839)
Four from a fellow Board member:

Blair,
Glad to see that they got to you safe and sound.
Thanks,
Mark

Rays & Mariners 05-02-2014 09:15 PM

Mike,

Great Picture! Where was Edgar signing at?

Eric

71buc 05-02-2014 09:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rays & Mariners (Post 1271845)
Mike,

Great Picture! Where was Edgar signing at?

Eric

He was at a liquor store in Puyallup promoting his new line of Tequila. Here's Gar with my son and his fiancé.

Bosox Blair 05-02-2014 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lordstan (Post 1271843)
Blair,
Glad to see that they got to you safe and sound.
Thanks,
Mark

Thanks to you, Mark!

Cheers,
Blair

Scott Garner 05-02-2014 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 71buc (Post 1271829)
That Trevor Hoffman card is cool. Scott, that is a very creative and meaningful piece. That is what collecting should be about. Ironically while we were PMing earlier my son called me and told me that Edgar was signing at a store just down the street from my house. I have a Type I 1993 photo of Edgar that I had always wanted signed. I raced out of the house and was lucky enough to be one of his last autograph requests. He was as classy in person as I imagined him to be. I cannot believe almost 20 years have passed since Edgar, Junior, and Randy saved baseball here.

Sweet photo and sig, Mike! Very nice.

BTW, through pure serendipity, I was in Seattle in 2013 and attended the M's game when they retired Jr's uni # 24.

Scott Garner 05-02-2014 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by almostdone (Post 1271817)
Scott,
I love that idea with your grandparents license plate. What a great memory and beautiful way to remember a great summer in your childhood. Nice piece, great story.
Drew

Thanks Drew!

JoeyF1981 05-02-2014 10:11 PM

Nice pick-ups scott!

JoeyF1981 05-02-2014 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 71buc (Post 1271849)
He was at a liquor store in Puyallup promoting his new line of Tequila. Here's Gar with my son and his fiancé.

lol...my friend at work just got a picture with him at the same place. I work in fredrickson which is right puyallup. wish i wasnt stuck at work or i wouldve been there too.

Runscott 05-03-2014 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 71buc (Post 1271829)
That Trevor Hoffman card is cool. Scott, that is a very creative and meaningful piece. That is what collecting should be about. Ironically while we were PMing earlier my son called me and told me that Edgar was signing at a store just down the street from my house. I have a Type I 1993 photo of Edgar that I had always wanted signed. I raced out of the house and was lucky enough to be one of his last autograph requests. He was as classy in person as I imagined him to be. I cannot believe almost 20 years have passed since Edgar, Junior, and Randy saved baseball here.

Great photo. And that's a great signature, perfectly placed.

yanks12025 05-03-2014 10:11 AM

Mickey Mantle, Judy Johnson, Yaz, feller, Sewell and grimes signed baseball.


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Lordstan 05-04-2014 11:25 PM

I guess not really a new pick up, but a rediscovery. Found it while looking through a bunch of stuff. Mel Ott letter to Ken Smith.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ottletter1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ottletter2.jpg

7nohitter 05-05-2014 01:51 PM

Mark-
LOVE that Ott letter!

Lordstan 05-05-2014 02:14 PM

Andrew,
Thanks.

I Only Smoke 4 the Cards 05-06-2014 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7nohitter (Post 1272854)
Mark-

LOVE that Ott letter!


I agree. It is very cool to read his candid thoughts.

daves_resale_shop 05-07-2014 04:51 PM

Teddy Ball Game
 
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Another Ted to add to my sons collection... Looked awful when I got it, but ended up matting out quite well

Luke 05-07-2014 05:16 PM

Nice piece Dave!

39special 05-07-2014 05:28 PM

I agree very nice Dave!

gashouse34 05-08-2014 01:04 AM

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Slowly adding to my HOF collection (as funds allow:)).....

esiason14 05-08-2014 05:47 AM

Nice pieces!

gregr2 05-08-2014 06:01 AM

Very nice Brandon!! Congrats!

esiason14 05-08-2014 08:35 AM

Picked this one up the other day....Koufax was the final living HOF RC that I needed:

http://www.autographaddict.com/pics/sandy_koufax55t.jpg

GrayGhost 05-08-2014 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esiason14 (Post 1274005)
Picked this one up the other day....Koufax was the final living HOF RC that I needed:

http://www.autographaddict.com/pics/sandy_koufax55t.jpg

Congrats Kyle. Great looking card and sig.

jgmp123 05-08-2014 10:31 AM

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Was happy to pick this up earlier this week from a fellow board member on eBay!

tazdmb 05-08-2014 12:41 PM

Nice Pickup Jim!

jgmp123 05-08-2014 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tazdmb (Post 1274115)
Nice Pickup Jim!

Thank you sir!

whyconform 05-09-2014 07:38 AM

Nice CY

daves_resale_shop 05-09-2014 07:57 PM

Cy Young
 
Congrats on this one James! Beautiful GPC!!!
Quote:

Originally Posted by jgmp123 (Post 1274044)
Was happy to pick this up earlier this week from a fellow board member on eBay!


tazdmb 05-10-2014 03:13 PM

Cap Anson
 
#215 - Another Toughie. Nice Signature from 1905 Calligraphed Memoriam book. Autograph is on a thick Page.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...cftsq8jk-1.jpg

esiason14 05-10-2014 03:47 PM

That's a super awesome one!

Just came back today from the Waukesha Sportscards signing

http://www.autographaddict.com/pics/...toncookies.jpg

gregr2 05-10-2014 03:53 PM

Congrats Kyle!

39special 05-10-2014 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esiason14 (Post 1274941)
That's a super awesome one!

Just came back today from the Waukesha Sportscards signing

http://www.autographaddict.com/pics/...toncookies.jpg

Very nice Kyle!

Klrdds 05-10-2014 05:07 PM

Pretty Anson autograph... Not just the signature but the piece itself.

theshleps 05-11-2014 09:03 AM

Anson, Aaron
 
Great Anson. if I am not too bold- how much did it cost?
Kyle- nice to see what Aarons graph looks like today- your collection is really growing

Scott Garner 05-11-2014 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esiason14 (Post 1274941)
That's a super awesome one!

Just came back today from the Waukesha Sportscards signing

http://www.autographaddict.com/pics/...toncookies.jpg

Kyle,
I like your choice on the card that you had Aaron sign.
I also believe that his signature looks better than many recent examples that I have seen. Nice!

Jasonxmay 05-11-2014 10:33 AM

Cuyler
 
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Picked this one up from Memory Lane Auctions last night. Their extended bidding system made for a long night, but I got a great deal. This one is a duplicate for me, but I couldn't pass it up.

jgmp123 05-11-2014 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tazdmb (Post 1274932)
#216 - Another Toughie. Nice Signature from 1905 Calligraphed Memoriam book. Autograph is on a thick Page.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...cftsq8jk-1.jpg

What a beauty!! Congrats on #216!!!

jgmp123 05-11-2014 02:46 PM

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Billy Evans signed letter to Doc Cramer.


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