April Pick Up Thread
 

Picked up a couple of pennants recently.
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Recently picked up a handful of Phoenix Senators programs and team photos for my collection, including 2 extras of the 1950 yellow font program. The lot also came with a scorebook that kept track of most of the Senators’ 1949 games. Goes perfectly with 1949 team signed ball I already had!

If anyone has anything Phoenix Senators or Arizona-Texas League era stuff they want to sell or even just to show off I’d love to see it!

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Fantastic acquisitions. I also collect artifacts from a pair of defunct minor league teams, therefore I can appreciate the dedication and time towards the hunt. Congratulations on your pick ups and thanks for sharing!

Nice haul...

And all rare (and very attractive) in those particular colors…

#1 and #2 are usually black felt
#3 is normally purple

Very nice!

Yeah...don't think I've ever seen a blue Tigers pennant.

Nice pennants!
 

Those are awesome pennants!

Jason

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Ted Williams
 

Recently added Fenway Field Box sign...hence my interest in a Ted Williams Fleer Box..

Dave Grob
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I just picked up this 1941 Tigers program off eBay. The seller noted that the original owner had signed his name on the front, but I didn't mind.

Thanks!! I am always in awe of your collection and how you can find some of the stuff you do...

I was in a dark age when Small Traditions did a Phoenix Senators auction in 2015 so I'm hoping some of those will show up again one day.

Arizona-Texas League
 

Nice programs! My sole ATL piece - 41' All Star Game scorecard...

Amadee original Sporting News cartoon 1958 Zack Wheat.

Nice addition to your collection. I have always been curious, why Zack Wheat?

I live in a small town of 1800 and Wheat was born here. Our only Hall of Famer .

Makes sense. I live in a large town without one.

1922 Mrs Sherlock Bread Pin
 

Al Wickland of Toledo Mud Hens. Seems like lots of reprints out there but I think this is real. Picked it up from Larry Fritsch - it was labeled 1920 but clearly a numbered 1922 example

Super excited to find this Boston Braves bank. Only the second bank like this I’ve ever seen with the other being a Detroit Tigers bank that our late friend Mike H had in his collection (which I believe he obtained from fellow board member Mark S).

Very cool Bank! Congrats!

Amazing find Brock... What a rare and beautiful piece! I have only seen the Tigers version, which was spectacular as well. I can't even remember the trade that sent the Tigers version Mike's way, but I know that he treasured it as well.

It was probably one of those trades I wish I could take back, haha. Great pickup!

Nothing earth shattering here but picked up former Cub & Dodger Paul Popovich GU bat and a Larry Stahl GU bat. Here's a cool fact about Larry Stahl. In 1972 he drew a controversial walk to end Milt Pappas perfect game. It is the only perfect game bid to be broken up by a walk to the 27th batter.

Those are awesome bats. Throw those pics in the game used bat thread.

What was the score, at the time of the walk? Kinda bush league IMO unless it was 1-0 or 2-0.

LOL
8-0, but Pappas told me in 2006, 34 years later that the call on the last pitch was incorrect. It was absolutely a strike, FWIW.

IMHO, only Jim Joyce's (the 1st base umpire) horribly controversial call in the "Nearly Perfect" game in 2010 was worse...

c1888 Troy New York Bobsled Team Photo, 17"x14"
 

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Picked up this bobsled team photo from Troy N.Y....Coasting was a term for bobsledding back then...I'm into bobsledding antiques so this was a great find for me...So much of what's out there is European...but this is 150% American...and big at 17"x14"....I found two newspaper stories on a yearly winter sports festival held in Albany...Troy is only 7 1/2 miles away....I'm including the one from 1888 that this team is referenced in as the "United States of Troy"...on the side of the elaborate sled is a U.S. emblem....I get the feeling from the description of all the festivities of the event…and the mile long parade of sleds that people in the upper New York state area were eager to party...probably from being cooped up from snow...The sled looks like a work of engineering...From the serious uniforms the thirteen members must have taken a lot of pride in their club.

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Six-Man Football Magazines
 

Been looking for these magazines for about a decade and scored a lot of ex-library copies.

Six-Man Magazine was annual magazine covering six-man football nationally. Printed by Claxton O'Connor who was the coach at Boy's Latin HS in Baltimore Maryland (and member of the lacrosse hall of fame).

Printed semi-annually in 1946-48 and moved to annally I believe in 1949 with 1958 being the final issue. Magazines full of formations, diagrams, pictures, stats etc.

At one time six-man football was the fastest growing sport in America and played in every state, now only a handful play with Texas leading the way with over 200 schools playing (IMO it is the best and most exciting form of football).

Actively seeking more issues if anyone happens to have any and looking to make some cash.

I just picked up a nice lot of 1930s minor league mini pennants. I'm thinking of framing them like this, but with a black background.

So, according to my records, I bought this on ebay on February 2013, but since I found it today, and have no memory of it before, I'm calling it an April pick up...

A supplement from the Scrantonian dated June 13, 1909.

I can't find any others on the interwebs, but I haven't put much effore into it, yet.

Doug

Hey Doug. Nothing specific but I live near Scranton and St. John's Greek Catholic Church was in Scranton back then and I've heard of a Catholic Temperance League playing around here "back in the day"

I picked up a couple of more pieces of original art from artist Ronnie Joyner. They were featured in the Pirates On Deck magazine in 1996 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1971 Championship. To the right of the art is the final product as it appeared in print.

Cuban pennant, Jackson BF2

Finally scanned this one, it's a massive 22 X 30 inches.

From the April 18, 1909 Sunday Public Ledger, it shows opening day at Shibe Park...

Peaches
 

Was able to find this very nice 1944 Rockford Peaches program.......which leaves me two left to locate after 20 years....if anyone has a 1948 or 1954.....feel free to contact me here...Thanks.

That Cuban pennant is a stunner!

I love it when a dealer doesn’t read the front of a trophy. 1938 Jack Kramer doubles tennis trophy as a teenager.

Congtrats...
 

Very cool! So was it included with the newspaper at the time?

Thrilled to finally add a few new HOF snapshot photos to my collection...especially, Ross Young. Toughie!! Took only about 7 years...to find one:eek: That brings my HOF snapshot collection to being 65-68% complete.

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That's a good one Gary

Congrats Gary! Great snapper!

Congrats Gary. Nice image too!

A low end (like most of my stuff) pick up for my Giants collection. I like its third use as a "Party Bag." :p

I recently picked up this 1949-50 Acebo Chuck Connors premium (thanks Ryan!) to go with my card.

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[QUOTE=GoCubsGo32;1972334]Thrilled to finally add a few new HOF snapshot photos to my collection...especially, Ross Young. Toughie!! Took only about 7 years...to find one:eek: That brings my HOF snapshot collection to being 65-68% complete.

Very nice snapper Gary!

I know this isn’t super valuable and All, but love this I picked up this month. If only no rt side edge issue😇

Picked this up at Love of Game. McGinty and McGraw pictured on cover of this 1904 scorecard in very nice shape.

A local antique store selling on Instagram during the pandemic. I mean, three minutes of research and they could have figured it out, but I guess it was easier to slap on a price and be done with it.

Makes guys like us very happy, right?

I believe so. If you were to find the April 18, 1909 issue of the Public Ledger, it should be inside.

Of the 62 m101-1 TSN supplements this is #43 for me.

Doug

just picked up these two items from a massive collection here in Southern California. First, a 1979 Keith Hernandez game used batting helmet with excellent use. Then the best item, a 30" tall folk art piece of Babe Ruth signing for a young fan. After purchasing only did I find out that it was created by famed folk artists Bill and Phyllis Duffy. Super cool if the wife lets me keep it..

From Brockelman?
If so that used to be mine!