December pickups
 

Might as well start this month. Bought in Nov, obviously, but just arrived. Nice 40's Bob Kennedy gamer. Bought from Probstein, so now I'm worried that I got shilled, but I absolutely love the bat.

Ken

Nice bat Ken -- that's a time period where the wood and the labeling really have a nice look.

Greg

I agree. I love these vintage bats, although the flame-burned early-80's display well, too.
Regards,
Ken

I almost bid on a few of his bats last week but looked at the bidding history on each item and said the hell with it.

But anyways, very nice bat!

This was an inside job (Net54).

1946 East West Negro League All Star team (West Squad).

Rob M.

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The Big Bear had quite a run for the Tribe from 1951 through '54.

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I think early on the seller -- or someone like him -- was bidding; low feedback, they had 100% bids with probstein, and they put in dozens of bids at $2 increments. But in the end it appears I went head-to-head with another bat guy.

Not pre-War, but a cool little "training" item for the kids. Love the box graphics.

Nice pick-up on the Negro League photo, Rob. I almost pulled the trigger on that one as well..........

That is a great and very underrated game Brian. I have one in my collection and love it.

That 1946 East West Negro League All Star team photo is beautiful.

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1993-95 Dave Winfield game used Cooper bat

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This thing isn't old/valuable, but I think is cool. Will be for sale soon. Appears to be in an MLB case. half inc video tape of the 49WS. Anybody have any info on it?

2004 Adrian Beltre game worn Dodgers jersey

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Scott- your video of the 1949 World Series is from MLB Productions. They began selling tapes in the early 1980s for the World Series from 1943-forward. Their early catalogs list the tapes at $29.99 which was huge in those days!

They started adding team highlight videos they had in storage dating back to the 1960s but they were very eradic as to what they could come up with. Those were issued mostly in blue cases with the MLB logo. Some went for as much as $49.99. They went to colorful paper caes as early as 1982.

Doak Ewing of Rare Sports Films did a much better job of "harvesting" old highlight teams from the clubs especially the Braves back into the 1940s. His are cleaned up and nice while the MLB Production early films were a little spotty.

MLB teamed up with Scotch and issued a great series of team histories beginning in 1987 and that kicked off the baseball video explosion that was probably in response to the amazing success of NFL Films.

The early videos are not holding up well, they really deteriorate with time, I keep mine in a climate controlled environment but who knows. At this time I have over 775 baseball videos, DVDs and even more football with the proliferation of college highlight films.

Just picked up a documentary on Disco Night in Cleveland!

By the way the toughest baseball films for me to find are minor league histories and highlight films. If anybody has any and can share the info ?I would appreciate it, I can add it to my want list and bibliography.

Mike, thanks for the information. I found my expert:)

I think the Disco (Demolition) Night you're referring to was in Chicago at a White Sox game. The Indians lay claim to the 10-Cent Beer Night fiasco.

Rob- You are 100 percent correct. I think the DJ's name was Rob Dahl???

I remember the incident and have seen clips over the years but this should be fun to watch. We are expecting 2-3 days of ce this weekend so that will be a good time to catch up on films if the power stays on!

Rob- I know there was a documentary put out in the Cleveland area a few years ago by one of the native american groups protesting the team name. If you ever see any info on a DVD please let me know.

That is not a call for support just an addition to my collection!

Picked up a few Native American postcards..one baseball and one Lacrosse.

I got this one cheap, probably because of the writing on the front, but to me that writing is invaluable.
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Steve Dahl, who later teamed up with Gary Meyer (sp?) in Chicago. Loved their show back in the day.

VERY neat, Dan! Any idea what timeframe those are from?

Right around 1910 for each of them.

Technically, this is a late November pickup. I knew the bread existed, but I had never seen a bag for it.

Alan

4 type 1 photos added to collection
 

1) Matty 1911 Bain-Fresh image I can't find anywhere even in Library of Congress.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0d70210c.jpg


2) Well known Thorpe by Bain

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps02f15607.jpg


3) RARE 1913 Yankees Team photo. First year they used the Yankee name and it is a LARGE 8X10

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6e22991b.jpg

4) DUPE POST(SORRY-I am just SOOOO HAPPY..:)) of my 1918 RED SOX TEAM PHOTO with blown up BABE.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps4845fa3d.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf31e79c7.jpg

Amazing pickups Ben!

Thank you sir.. no 1927 yanks photos but I did pickup the GAME 4 WS clincher ticket stub. :)

Good grief, Ben, you are on a tear!

Ben,
Wow.
Slow day, Huh. I guess there weren't any good pictures available so you had to settle for these instead. It's such a shame.:rolleyes:

Congrats. Great photos.

5 Ryan Dempster game used bats that he brought over to Tx from his time in Chicago.

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[QUOTE=Forever Young;1213611]1) Matty 1911 Bain-Fresh image I can't find anywhere even in Library of Congress.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0d70210c.jpg


Ben,
Awesome image of Matty. C'mon! Wow!

Wow
 

Phenomenal Ben, as always!

My 1920's New York Yankee Type 1 Photo Collection
 

Haven't made any recent posts on the pickup thread, but finally got all my photos together and thought I would post a photo of my 1920's New York Yankee Type 1 Photo Collection to date. Consists of primarily Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig related photos and majority are from 1927. Most appealing part for me is obviously the amazing content, but every photo in my collection is a LARGE format photo, 8x10 or very close to it. Very happy with what I have been able to assemble up to this point!

Bryan - very cool
 

Can u post a bigger shot of the one in the middle, looks like the crowd on the field.

What is the caption on that one?

Thanks Paul!

Here is a link to my collection:

http://sportscollectorsdaily.ning.com/profile/Bryan

Just click on it to view my photos. I have high quality scans of the front and reverse. The photo in the middle is just after the Yankees won the 1927 World Series with the fans gathering and celebrating on the field as they exited the stadium. Pretty cool shot that you would never see done these days!

My Joe chair from original owner who had footstool custom made to match. I drove 2860 miles over 51 hours to pick it up! 48 hours of driving with 3 hours of sleep! Good times :)

Great Chair!

Michael, you're nuts! Sweet man cave chair!

Damn.. Where from where? I forget most of the world doesn't have a foot of snow...cool item!

Great photos Bryan !

Thanks guys! I'm pretty excited about getting it. I drove from Tulsa OK to outside NY city last weekend to get it. I got everything from people staring as they passed me to getting thumbs from a middle aged couple to a younger girl taking a cell phone pic coming up to a stop light.

Picked up another addition to my Federal League collection. This one only tangentially related. A bulletin from Ban Johnson to the AL club owners, referencing 1915 contracts with the ten-day release provision eliminated. The provision was omitted after several courts held that it rendered MLB's standard player contract unenforceable the year before in cases brought by the Federal League.

Will be for sale soon: Kinda cool Wilson Glove tag with tips from four stars incl Nellie and TEDDY BALLGAME on how to take care of your gloves. Kiddies, READ UP AND LEARN;)

Great chair Michael -- I hope it didn't rain during your drive!

Greg

A couple of photos
 

1956 Roberto Clemente photo used for his Topps card 8 x 10
1916 Red Sox taken by George Bain 5 x 7 (This will be as close as I get to a Ruth rookie)

1916 Park Edition Baseball Magazine Ty Cobb
 

Baseball Magazine of Cobb came with a press photo of Cobb and his family in street clothes

Hans Wagner Salesman Samples
 

Added this as the companion piece to my label.