August Pick Ups
 

Picked up this Postal First day cover. Its not much but it was cheap.

Here are a couple of original photos I picked up:

Herb Pennock from 1923 (Underwood and Underwood)

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Herb Pennock and Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert from 1927 (Wide World)

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And here is what I believe is a George Burke/Brace negative of Bill Lee (1934). I was able to pick it up cheaply ($10), because I was able to recognize what it was from what I've learned from Lance about Burke/Brace negs. Thanks Lance.

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You're welcome, and correct. Nice snag! Mind PMing me where you picked it up? (simple curiosity, assuming it was the only one and/or you're done shopping)

Stroh's beer sign
 

Any idea of year for this Detroit Tigers Stroh's sign? It is 12"x11" thanks D.

Jimmie foxx pro model/index bat from late 1940's, johnny bench 1976 bat turned into a lamp and a 1976 Carlos may road jersey.

Has a 1960's look to me. Mike

Stroh's = A headache in every bottle (or so we said in high school).

Nice sign.

Rob,

I had you for a Genessee or Hudepohl man!

Well, you're pretty spot-on. My season in rookie ball was spent largely in Paintsville, Ky., which was in a dry county. We had to drive about 30 minutes to the nearest carry-out in neighboring Pikeville County (if I remember correctly). My first trip I bought three cases of Hudepohl, in long-neck bottles.

My roommates, two from the West Coast and one from Chicago, looked at me like I was crazy.

Love this bat! Tapered barrel so I'm guessing 1870s? Looks like barrel end has a very faded painted ring around it. Measures 36 inches long and 43 ounces!

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I picked this up at the National...

Picked up this 1958 Colts championship ring from the Player's widow. It's a 1958 - a Historic Championship Game that launched the popularity of the NFL.

I also picked up a player Ravens super bowl ring. Shame the player had to sell it.

The pictures are not to scale, the newer ring is 3x the size of the '58 Colts ring.

Epic trophy Mike:eek:

Ditto...

I saw the dealer diligently polishing it up on Thursday. Knew it wouldn't sit for long... Congrats on landing a real beauty!

Eagles plaque
 

Killer Spalding Trophy!
I just added this piece for my Eagles collection.
Technigraph plaques aren't that uncommon, but this is the first I've encountered an Eagles one in its it original packaging with its shrinkwrap.
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Love the trophy. Picked up this piece the Royals gave to season ticket holders last year. Has the three patches from the 3 KC All Star games. May frame it up with my press pins from the three games.

Trophy
 

Mike, you bought that about 15 minutes before I was going to make the guy an offer. I went to his both and he quoted me a price but I had to run off for about 30 minutes. When I returned it was gone. I absolutely love this piece and you have a keeper. Congrats! If you ever want to sell it....

There have been some very impressive pick ups this month. I couldn't make the national but will be in Cleveland next year. August has been slow for me so far I have made two minor additions to my original news photo collection. The First is of Frank Robinson in his rookie season of 1956 and the second was Waite Hoyt in 1931.

National pick-ups.

Great stuff guys.

Mike - I had a bid on that Robinson photo. It's a nice one. Did you cleanup that Hoyt photo or was that done before you purchased it?

Ryan

I cleaned it up as it was covered in editorial ink.

I thought this was interesting so I picked it up in CHI:

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My guess is 1954 since the only Wednesday July 21 in the 1950s was 1954.

Also got these two items that I can't ID:

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Kiner is about 3 x 4; Mack is about 8 x 10

Also these Gabby Hartnett snapshots:

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That Connie Mack was used as an inside cover shot for Baseball Magazine, but I cannot remember what month / year.

It might be in more than one issue - I have it in a photo gallery in a BaseBall Magazine (not the inside cover). I believe it was 1910 or 1911.

This just arrived. The early catchers gloves were sold in pairs - the catcher in this photo has a glove on his right hand (placed over heart) and his left-hand glove is resting on his right knee.

awesome

Very nice photo Scott!! Is that a mask on the catcher's knee?

Thanks Ben and Dan. Yes, that's a catcher's mask. I collect early catcher's mask photos, so this was a good find.

Scott... you like the Friday the 13th movies don't you? chchchchchch hahahahahaha.

I like 'catcher gear' photos because the catcher looks different from everyone else in the early photos. I was always intrigued by how that position (and 'look') evolved over the years. It was sad to me when guys like Johnny Bench had to finish out their careers at first base because of the toll catching had taken. But that pales in comparison to what the gloveless guys went through in the 1800's. It's hard not to have extra respect for the early catchers.

I would probably collect the gear itself, but I don't have the cash or the room.

Gotcha. Old gear would be cool.

Picked some photos up:

Frank Frisch 6/18/37 - Wide World

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Frisch and Mickey Cochrane shaking hands before the 1934 W.S.. This shot is extra cool for me because I picked up the negative , on the right, a couple of years ago. It's not the same shot but was taken at the same time.

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This one is Burleigh Grimes. It was sold to me as "unknown baseball player". There is no stamping or writting on the back.

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Autographs - A Card Game of Famous People - The Leister Game Co. - Toledo, OH - 1945
 

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I've been waiting for this game for some time. It usually goes for way more than I usually budget - usually in the 400 or more range. This one went for $201 - a good price IMO. The cards have been used but in very nice shape and the box is Vg-Ex.

It's has 52 game cards with 3 additional cards and an instruction booklet.

The cards measure about 2.5 X 3.5 inches.

I include this game in my collection - though it's not a "baseball" game as such but encompasses sports figures - most notably to many "the Babe" - and also includes American pop culture icons like FDR, Eisenhower and numerous movie heavy hitters like Clark Gable and Gary Cooper.

I also found that the total - 55 card - set is on the Registry.

Each card includes a black and white photo of the card's main subject at the top left - and is paired with an illustration of a related subject at the bottom right. E.g. if there's a Gable photo and a Cooper illustration - then there's a paired Cooper photo and Gable illustration card.

Also, there's a card of Sgt. Edwin A. Rowlands - the world's foremost autograph collector at the time. The card mentions he has a collection numbering over 3,000 pieces insured for 12K - a righteous amount for that time. He was also instrumental in helping Leister to get this game off the ground and into production.

The Checklist:

1- Grace Moore
1 - Lily Pons
1A - H.V. Kaltenborn
1A - Lowell Thomas
2 - Jack Dempsey
2 - Joe Louis
2A - John C. Thomas
2A - Lauritz Melchoir
3 - Kate Smith
3 - Dinah Shore
3A - Clark Gable
3A - Gary Cooper
4 - Bob Hope
4 - Jack Benny
4A - Frank Sinatra
4A - Bing Crosby
5 - Claudette Colbert
5 - Dorothy Lamour
5A - Irving Berlin
5A - Jerome Kern
6 - Arturo Toscanini
6 - Walter Damrosch
6A - Paul Whiteman
6A - Kay Kyser
7 - Byron Nelson
7 - Walter Hagen
7A - Bernie Bierman
7A - Knute Rockne
8 - Irvin S. Cobb
8 - Robert Benchley
8A - Franklin D. Roosevelt
8A - Thomas E. Dewey
9 - Douglas MacArthur
9 - Dwight David Eisenhower
9A - Babe Ruth
9A - Joe DiMaggio
10 - Red Grange
10 - Tom Harmon
10A - Don Budge
10A - Bill Tilden
11 - Fanny Brice
11 - Joan Davis
11A - Katharine Cornell
11A - Helen Hayes
12 - Ernie Pyle
12 - Westbrook Pegler
12A - William Green
12A - John L. Lewis
13 - Ted Husing
13 - Bill Stern
13A - Roy Rogers
13A - Gene Autry

I haven't gone over the instructions yet - but the game is "four" games in one and thus, each card is filled with a good deal of information for playing the various games.

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Grimes
 

Love the Grimes photo!!

Early 1900's 'in action' Cyanotype of students playing baseball at Yale

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my newest
 

1937 Cuban magazine with Gehrig on the cover. There are about 4 articles inside about the Yankees and Giant World Series matchup. Of the 4, three are about individual players. One each for Gehrig, Joe D, and Mel Ott.

It's in pretty nice shape, considering it survived how many hurricanes/tropical storms over the years in the Caribbean.

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

Nice pickup Mark!

Very neat photo, Scott. I wonder where the name cyanotype for that type of photo came from...? ;)

I don't know - seems like they would have called it a 'blueotype' :eek:

Picked up these 2 :)
 

Matty Type 1 photo from 1909 and Darktown Battery Bank (in full working order) :D

Beautiful pickups, Greg! I love the Matty!

Greg love the bank. Had a chance at one years ago. 1800 in great shape .just didn't have the jingle at that time..

Luv the Bank :D

lol :)

Picked up this 1947 babe ruth original photo. Story behind this photo is the 13yr old boy in the photo who belonged to a orphanage won a essay contest to meet Babe Ruth for a day. In the picture he's wearing babe's game used glove while Ruth is signing a autograph for him. That had to be a hell of a experience. Oh and I didnt pay anywhere near $200 for it which was nice also. :)



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Circa 1875 South Bend

Gary- Great cdv. It looks like one of the players couldn't make it for picture day? I try to get up to South Bend at least once a year for some college football. I just noticed, maybe the missing player is the shy guy hiding in the background?

That's the best hypothesis I've heard so far, Jeremy.

Added a couple of Kansas minor league items. Topeka Reds program. They were coached by Johnny Vander Meer. Next is a Wichita Aeros jersey from the 1975-76 time frame and could have been used into the 1980 season.