September Pick Ups
 

8.9.1938 Cleveland Press photo - E Averill slides into 3rd with a triple

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psa149f0c8.jpg

VERY cool shot of Averill, Jeff. Nice pick-up!

Graig

This isn't much but it reminded me of when I was a kid and used to get these at the gas station.

Picked up this Reach line marker circa 1910. Appears unused and not a dent on it. Does anyone have this in a catalogue u can foward to me .thx

My newest Lou items
 

Great original 1937 photo of Gehrig with some guy playing Paddle Ball. Lou has a Paddle Ball in his hand as well. Still looking up info on what/when this is, but pretty cool. I'm pretty sure it would qualify as a type 1. Came from a good friend. Thanks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eBallphoto.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...allphotobk.jpg

These 2 may not count as fully new, but they have been instorage for a decade and I just found them.

1928 Exhibit card
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...928exhibit.jpg
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Pride of the Yankees promo photo Cooper/Dickey signed by Dickey.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Dickeyauto.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ckeyautobk.jpg

1917 Scorecard of the World Series teams, however it already notes that the White Sox are Champions, so I wonder if this is from some barnstorming game in the offseason or a 1918 rematch. Any one see one of these b4? It's up on Ebay if interested.

Shoeless Joe and the boys!!!

Here are two of my pick-ups from this month:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s0a14788f.jpeg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...se6656752.jpeg

The DiMaggio is a pretty famous image, though I doubt it's a Type 1. I just went after it because it had been the clearest version of the photo that I've ever seen. Outside of the ballpark (Shibe), I'm not sure about many of the details in the photo, except that it's gotta be from '36-'37 or '40-'41 - I know DiMaggio didn't wear his jersey pants that tight after he came back from WWII. Does anyone have any ideas?

The Marquard shot is from the Polo Grounds in 1909, his first full year in the bigs. I think it's a Type 1 with the Culver stamping, but I could be totally wrong. Either way, it matters not. They'll BOTH make really cool paintings someday.

Weeeeeeeee!

Graig

Great photos Craig. I had an offer in on the Dimaggio. I low balled it because of the concerns of what type it was, but the image is very clear. Are there any markings on the back?

The Marquard certainly looks like Type 1. Cool pickups.

Thanks, Ryan!

The DiMaggio has virtually no markings on the back. I think it's an older print, but really doesn't seem like the 30's stock that you would hope for from a Type 1. I could of course be wrong, but it just doesn't SEEM to be one, if that makes any sense.

Either way, at least you didn't end up wasting money! :)

Graig

Great photos Graig! I love the Rube- it's spectacular!

Graig,
Both pics are great, but I love the Marquard. That should make a spectacular painting.
Mark

My most recent pick-up from Phil G...1916 Hartford Senators Team Cabinet Photo w/ Kenesaw Mtn. Landis & Paddy O'Connor

Peaches
 

Picked up 13 original 3X5 B/W photos of the Rockford Peaches circa 1945 including Manager Bill Allington and also player/star Dottie Kameshek which were found locally while sorting through old family photos. Plans are to mat and frame them all together.....identifying each player is going to be tough!

Those are AWESOME sicollector1954! I'd love to see them all when the project is done. VERY cool.

Thank you all for the notes about the Marquard! He'll make a great painting. Someday.

Graig

Nice!



-Avoid the clap, Jimmy Dugan.-

THAT'S GOOD ADVICE!! - Jimmy Dugan

There's no crying in Baseball!!

LOu
 

My newest Lou.
1938 portrait made for the film Rawhide. Came from the Christy Walsh estate with a letter.
The scan doesn't do it justice. The detail and clarity are spectacular.

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

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

I was using a link from a Net54 album, but I changed to my photobucket copy. Hope it shows now.

I don't see it:confused:

When he said that the scan didn't do it justice, he meant it.

Should be fixed now. PLMK if you still can't see it.

As far a Gehrig and cowboy hats go.. that sure is purdy.

Yee-Haw

After watching it for a few days, and a little research, I decided to just jump on the low BIN.

The Sipsey Mine Team from the Birmingham Industrial Leagues in the 30's.. Front row, 2nd from the left, is apparently Huey Green, father of World Golf Hall of Famer, and 1985 PGA Championship winner Hubert Green..

Lucked into part of an article from 2004 about the Industrial Leagues, that just happened to use the photo..
http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/sin.../id/1107/rec/7

Not sure if anyone else in the photo is notable though..

David -

Very interesting investigative work...I'd be surprised if there's a group of collectors looking for fathers of HOF golfers on vintage baseball memorabilia. If such a group exists, you've probably hit the jackpot!!!

lol. It was only $11. Just a fun piece, maybe a bit of an impulse buy. And it appears to be an integrated team. Definitely no HOFers here, but I'm interested in trying to figure out who the 2 black guys are.. I guess there's 2 others that could be black as well, but it's hard to tell, because they did work in a coal mine. I'm leaning toward those 2 just being dirty white guys...

Also stumbled upon an article about a new Negro League Muesum that is being built in Birmingham. It will not only focus on the Negro Leagues themselves, but also the Industrial Leagues..
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/alabama...001955976.html

I acquired the book. While gently flipping through the pages, I ran across the ad in the back. Does anybody have the Anson pocket scoreboard ? I think it'd be a neat collectable.

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Nice stuff, guys.
 

I've had this for a while, but I find that as a Pirates fan and as a collector of old bats, I'm starting to really like this photo. The Bucs are in their 1925 unis, although the photo is stamped 1926. I'll guess that the hitter is Oil Smith, but I don't know for sure.

Picked up this 1887 trade card, The Champion of the School.

My latest original photo pick ups:1930 Al Simmons image used for the 1934 Butterfinger Premium (Thanks Rhys good luck with the auction), 1933 Sam Rice scary looking fella, 1932 Chas Ruffing, 1932 McCarthy and Burke, 1929 Hornsby.

Picked up this nice graphic football lamp. 1940s?. Also a base ball paper rolled dart board with wooden darts.

Amos Strunk
 

Not exactly sure what "type" this is. :)
Back has a June 1919 stamp on it.
Would have made a great Ferguson's/Fleischman's photo.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps6942ccee.jpg

Here's a glossy Astrodome hand-out from a game I attended in 1971. I can't remember what part Dizzy Dean played in it, but he was there and we were all given these photos. I must have stapled it in a scrapbook at some point.

Go Bucs!
 

Here's a 1950's Pirates megaphone signed by Ralph Kiner. Thanks Tony!

Three Happy Dodgers for the only World Championship for Dem Bums:)

'41 Big Cat Wirephoto
 

...with oversized slug

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psa60238a8.jpg

A Few Signed Wirephotos
 

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http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psc76f2a34.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...pse33c1280.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psa43c4b5f.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psd58038fc.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...pscd5aad16.jpg

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Somehow or another, I also ended up with a Bobby Brown autograph in my collection (front and back). Amazingly, baseball survived, despite Brown's worries. But to be fair, how could he possibly have foreseen the cash influx tied to steroid-induced home runs?

Hale Missouri Baseball
 

Here is a 1907 Hale Missouri postcard mailed to Canadian Indian Territory in 1907. Was taken by the Gale Photo Card Co. of Beatrice Nebraska.

Not vintage but I was happy to get a autograph from mariano last night.

Nice!

Picked up a game used foul ball from game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Off the bat of Gary Carter plus the tickets from right down next to the plate where the ball was caught.

Awesome!

Picked this up at Mansfield Drive in Flea Market today. kids size. Goldsmith "Bottle Bat". May sell down the road, but for now, kinda cool. Anyone have any info on these? Says 27 under branding logo.

Nice man!

OT but wanted to share
 

I know this isn't baseball but I thought everyone would enjoy seeing these. I think they are just amazing. I have not found any info yet on the man writing with his mouth - I think the name on the back is Jesse Frary? Picked up about 10 of the sailor guys (USS Brooklyn) as well, all in a little town in Alabama.

Growing up an Indians fan, Ray Fosse was my favorite player. I don't know how many autographed postcards I already had of him, but I like this one because of the note he wrote to the fan. Also interesting is he mailed this a little more than a month after getting run over by Pete Rose in the All-Star Game.

I'll probably post this later in the autograph section to solicit opinions on authenticity.

Looks like "Feary" to me. Another example of the same CDV with same name on back (appears to be his signature, rather than a simple identification of the photo's subject):

http://cwfp.biz/cgi-bin/sg_past/tm.p...33&C_1865-1900

and it looks like it was all downhill from there, as by 1900, he was also legless and living in a work house...?

(5th column, about 2/3 of the way down)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...13/ed-1/seq-2/

What I find hilarious though, is that even without any arms, his penmanship is far better than 99.9% of modern ballplayers :eek:

Lance, Thank you.
 

Lance, Wow! It never ceases to amaze me how a different set of eyes can make all the difference. I have probably spent 3hrs trying to find Jesse "Frary".... I owe you one,

Nolan Ryan Angels milestone dugout card and ticket 7/30/74
 

I recently picked up a neat piece of memorabilia that is a direct link to one of the many incredible durability records that HOF Nolan set in his career. When Nolan retired at the end of 1993 he left the game with approximately 54 ML records that he either owned outright or had tied in his great career. :eek:

On 7/30/74 Nolan Ryan was the starting pitcher against the White Sox in Anaheim. Ryan pitched into the 10th inning striking out 8, but took the loss. The winning pitcher in the game was Jim Kaat.

Even though no one knew it at the time, Nolan was just beginning a record breaking string of starts that lasted 594 games spanning 20 seasons. This Angels dugout card (filled out by manager Bobby Winkles) and ticket are from the 1st game of this streak. Along the way he passed rival HOF'er Steve Carlton's standard of 544 consecutive starts.

Note: This record has since been passed by a couple of other great pitchers, first Roger Clemens and most recently future HOF Tom Glavine.