October pickups
 

Nothing special, but love this image of Ty and his Brother, before Ty went off to ST w the A's for the first time.

Frain
 

Picked up a his/hers Andy Frain ushers uniforms....know they were used in the 60's at Wrigley....don't know how long after that......thought they were unique and haven't ever seen any for sale before...

1904 photo and matching trophy cup
 

Picture and trophy cup from the 1904 Lazarus Clippers Base Ball Club. Trophy says Ohio State Journal Trophy Champion Base Ball Club. The players' names are listed on the trophy. The picture is 19X23" as framed and the trophy is 10.5" tall. My picture quality is poor as usual.

Got this last week from a woman who contacted a local auction house to try and sell it...they referred her to me! 1953-61 Lincoln Chiefs jersey...George Noga, the manager in 1961 was the last Chief to wear the #4, this might have been his....lots of players wore #4 from 53-61, but none were big names.

Lincoln Chiefs jersey---- WOW very nice local piece!!!!

Outstanding Dan! You deserve it buddy. The perfect collection for it.

Beautiful and classy Jersey, Dan...

I just love those classic 1940s and '50s zip-fronts.

Congrats :D

My daughter is a dancer so I was very pleased to find this 1955 contract for The Nicholas Brothers signed by Fayard Nicholas:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20contract.jpg

For those who don't know them, the Nicholas Brothers were probably the greatest dancers in motion picture history. From Wikipedia: "A signature move was to leapfrog down a long, broad flight of stairs, while completing each step with a split. Its most famous performance formed the finale of the movie, Stormy Weather. Fred Astaire once told the brothers that the "Jumpin' Jive" dance number in Stormy Weather was the greatest movie musical sequence he had ever seen. ... Gregory Hines declared that if their biography were ever filmed, their dance numbers would have to be computer generated because no one now could emulate them. Ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov once called them the most amazing dancers he had ever seen in his life."

http://classicmoviechat.com/wp-conte...b_calloway.jpg

Also obtained this 1957 Superman fan club PC with great DC Comic advertising on the back:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ising%20PC.jpg

And this proof matchcover for 20th Century Fox, circa 1930s:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ox%20proof.jpg

Two Koufax's
 

Two iconic Type 1 images

1926-27 Sam Rice Washington Nationals Home Jersey
 

This is a rare two year style. I don't know of any other surviving uniforms of this Hall of Famer. The only other example of this style that I know of is the Walter Johnson road at Cooperstown. Have the pants that go with this as well.

I had a replica short bill made cap to display with this. The uniform is currently at the MEARS Museum, but is not yet on display.

Dave Grob
DaveGrob1@aol.com

Wow! What an incredible uniform to own Dave.
Congrats on a world class pickup! :cool:

Amazing Dave, that's one cool and rare jersey. Thanks for sharing.

Great pickups everyone. Love the koufaxi pickups Bob. Do I sense a long term theme or just a short lived binge on Koufax?

Koufax
 

He is one of my favorite players and opportunity came back to back.

The second one is a monster phto and used for a topps card I believe(maybe 1964??). Great additions!

Correct
 

Yes, it was his 1964 "Koufax Strikes out 15" card. It is such an iconic picture of him.

For as popular as he was, quality Koufax images are actually pretty tough to find. Those are both beautiful examples Bob.

Rhys

I'm on the Koufax train too:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ams/Koufax.jpg

S110 Silk
 

Just got back from framer

Greg
 

Awesome Pick up Greg!

BEAUTIFUL frame job, Greg.

This has to be one of the better pick up threads we've had in quite some time. The variety and quality is outstanding on every one them. Congrats to all on outstanding additions.

Great piece, Greg!

Max Carey Sliding Pads
 

Not a gamer, but still a great uniform related item in my book. What I love about these is that Carey actually applied for and received a patent for this design. Patent number awarded to Carey is 1,641,318 and dated September 6th, 1927. Plan is to display these, a copy of the patent information at the MEARS Museum. We are still working on our Pirates exhibit so it will probably not be until 2014 that we add this team.

Dave Grob
DaveGrob1@aol.com

My wife and I got back from a week long trip to the Clearwater, Fl area and took a side trip to purchase a pretty large collection of bats, gloves, uniforms and photos. Spent our 25th anniversary day doing it. 95% of the bats are 1940's and earlier. Mike

1915 World Series Scorebook with the "Babe"
 

Just added this guy to my scorebook collection. It contains all of the 1915 World Series games between the Red Sox and Phillies. Most importantly it has 20 year old Babe Ruth's first World Series appearance. The Red Sox were pretty loaded that year, winning the World Series 4 games to 1, so Ruth only had one appearance in the Series - batting as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of game one in the Sox only loss. The Phillies won this game 3-1 with Grover Cleveland Alexander out dueling Ernie Shore.

This scorebook was likely either kept by a Philadelphia reporter or a team official. In addition to the scorekeeping, there are notes regarding the attendance as well as the gate receipts. It also has several of the Phillies pre-season games from Florida prior to the 1917 season.

Rob M.

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I have been looking for one of these for a while. I see them up on ebay about 1 per year, but always seem to either forget or just miss out pulling the trigger.

1933 Black's Annual

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=12374

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=12375

Awesome pictures Bob

Awesome piece and equally awesome frame

Just cause it looks cool. Las Vegas Stars early 90s GU Jersey, compliments of Dave's resale shop here on the board. An honest, friendly dealer

FINEST Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig Photo out there!
 

I was lucky enough to pick up this photo recently. IMO, one of the FINEST Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig photos in existence! It is an 8x10 large, Original Silver-Gelatin photo and offers absolutely stunning clarity taken just prior to the 1927 World Series. It has been used multiple times over the decades passed and is really cool to see that it was used in 1961 to publicize when Roger Maris broke Ruth's homerun record! It has some paper loss around the edges but the central image of Ruth & Gehrig is pristine still has its original caption attached to the reverse!

Speaking of great photos
 

Perhaps one of the more under-rated players in terms of memorabilia appeal, Rogers Hornsby, but the guys numbers are sickening. .358 lifetime BA over a 23 year career. During his age 28 season in 1924 he hit .424!!! with 25 home runs, and then followed it up the following year stumbling to a .403 BA with 39 HRs and 143 RBI. What kind a contract would those numbers bring these days?

A little more than the $90 dollars a month he made with this Texas team.

This nearly 9 x 7 original photo dates to 1914 or 1915 just prior to joining the St Louis Cardinals, here on the Denison Railroaders.

I'd like to get a look at the back of the photo but its affixed to a vintage cardboard backing.

That is a great photo Paul! Hornsby been would've been making close to what Cano currently wants, that's for sure...

Thanks Bryan
 

And those who know me, know I love the chase as much as the catch.....this photo didn't even mention Rogers Hornsby in the title on Ebay, listed as:

"Rare Antique Dennison Railroaders Infield Baseball Photograph"

Paid a mere $100 bucks (even used a $10 off ebay coupon to bring it under $100) for what could possibly be Rogers Hornsby earliest piece of memorabilia.

Been searching past auctions of Legendary, Hunts etc. can't find anything of his from 1915 or earlier prior to joining the Cardinals late in 1915.

Awesome group Mike! Pls let me know if you are coin to move any of the bats and/or uniforms. Chris

Yes Mike, that could be one of the biggest and best hauls we've ever had here on a pickup thread!

Greg

Bryan,
Congrats.
It is a spectacular photo.
Best,
Mark

Great pick-up on the Denison photo, Paul. It would make a great companion piece to my team RPPC.

I am very slowly going through them and getting pictures. Mike

Vandy pickup
 

I recently picked up this 1939 vintage Johnny Vander Meer Black's Annual.
These have to be fairly scarce because I've never come across one of them.

Just picked this up. It's from a photo album that contained a team photo that had been cut to make a photo collage. I believe this is the 1934 Cleveland Red Sox of the Negro National League.

Rob M.

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Rob:

As an avid Red Sox collector, I find this to be an awesome item. Most likely it was someone that worked for the Phillies. Where did you find it?

John

Hey John,

I picked it up from another collector who previously had it for a decade or two.

Rob M.

Great pickups Rob!

I don't remember the rules about this sort of thing showing an auction before it is over but this is a nice looking item

good luck to the winning bidder

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Antique...item338619bf76

Is it even real?

The general rule is to post your thoughts after the auction has ended. Outing auctions via the Internet is considered by most to be a no-no.

There are no rules.

Potential buyers, who have already seen the auction, hate it.

Potential buyers, who would have missed the auction, love it.

Sellers love it.

Ain't this the truth! ;)

Agree with Mark.

Jim, you're limited to a single hotdog at the National next year. :)

Brock, I agree. I feel like I've seen plain silver balls like that, that could be antique silver plated and engraved. And that box strikes me as odd.

I wish I had bought that lemonpeel silver presentation ball on ebay last year with the Minnesota Indian motif. Really upset I didn't buy that and have been on the lookout for 19th century silver presentation balls since. But this one I'm not going for. If anyone has such pieces, please reach out via PM.