February Pick Ups
 

Well I guess I will get the month started with a big pick up for me. Was able to get a very hard PM10 stadium pin off my list...

That is a really beautiful pin Al! Congrats, I hope all is well with you.

Off eBay I picked up the homeplate Umpire's lineup card from 05/12/84 from an Orioles/A's game which happened to be the last appearance of Jim Palmer in a MLB game (unbeknownst to the seller). Just the other day I had Palmer sign/inscribe it accordingly:

https://i.imgur.com/o9h9fKg.jpg

Thanks Scott and you as well!

Great start to the month Al. Congratulations! Looks like this is one of those pins with the small baseball located right after his name. Would love to know if this was a manufacturing mark that means these were all made by the same company.

Thanks Mike Funny could be an east coast thing and might be the distributor mark as the ones I see that have it are the Phillies, Pirates, Reds, and Orioles... My have distributed for all these teams. Your guess is as good as mine!;)

That’s really cool!

With a big thank you to Paul "pherbener", I have now completed my m101-2 set with the arrival today of Mr. Ty Cobb.

I need 27 more of the m101-1 set, and I have also completed the m101-7-8-9 sets.

Woohoo!
Doug

1918 Apr 14 Cleveland Sunday Leader Rotogravure Pictorial Supplement
 

Thrilled with this pickup. The Apr 14, 1918 edition of the Cleveland Sunday Leader Rotogravure Pictorial Supplement, showing the smiling faces of the Cleveland Indians. Measures about 16.5" x 22" and is in fantastic shape for a 100 yr old newspaper!

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=24021

Big Congrats Doug!

Awesome pin Al great way to start the month.

Glad I could help Doug! Great job!!

Thankyou Mike I know you would love this one... Love you pirate pickups!

Nice! I’ll bet you had to open your “snapper purse” wide for that beauty! :D

Believe me YOU would never have even reached into your pocket...;) I dont wait for someting to come up and only want to pay 5-10 bucks for it! But hey thats just me! On the other hand we have you!:D:D

Keeping with the pinback theme, I got this baby in the mail today!

Very nice Dan I have always liked that pin.....

Beautiful Cy Young pin. Although it looks like he is in jail. :eek:

I picked up a few more of these large PM10 Yankee pins.

Love those Mike!

Winchester Printing Plate
 

About 4 inches long Winchester printing block

Nice piece Michael.

Can't be a printing plate, since it's not backwards.

Thanks Kenny
David the posted pic is an inverted photo of the printing plate

McLoughlin
 

Recently addded to my 19th century board game collection by acquiring "Home Base Ball Game." by McLoughlin Bros., the premier game publisher of the time period.

Very nice Kris!!! Love those old Base Ball games!

"a few"???? :eek:

The "Cy" pin is awesome, and the game directly above is a beaut. That cover is amazing.

Always buy in bulk to save money. :D

LOL Too funny!! :D

Beautiful piece Kris!

Funny Ray. Really good research and very interesting piece, congrats.

Thanks, Peter.

Great acquisitions by everybody. In particular, we wanted to congratulate Kris again on his McLoughlin game
and to thank him here as well for his fresh contributions to the McLoughlin article at our site
[ http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbMcLoughlin.htm ].

Thanks
 

Thanks everyone! If anyone is at all interested, I highly recommend the photo essay linked above. It is excellent!

Rex Barney rare full, unused no-hitter ticket 9/9/48
 

I just picked up this exceedingly rare full, unused ticket from 9/9/48 at NY Giants.
On this day, Brooklyn Dodgers fire-balling rookie hurler Rex Barney no-hit the hometown favorite NY Giants 6-0. 4 K's and 2 BB.

As background, ticket stubs from this game surface from time to time, although they are somewhat rare.
Full tickets to this game are super tough. I have seen perhaps 3 full tickets to this game enter the hobby through the years. Two of the three were in pretty beat up shape IMHO, and I passed on both.
This guy is the first really nice one that I have ever seen. I had to own it in my collection... :cool:

Many thanks to net54 board members Mike, Charles and Joe for all making sure that I saw this ticket and pointing out the auction to me.
Heads ups are always appreciated as it really does take a village to build a great collection. ;):)

It's really gratifying to have so many collector friends keeping an eye out for me & I'm eternally grateful!!

I haven't posted pickups in a bit, but here's some from the past couple months including one from today

1936 with Hubbell MVPs
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4661/...c17e3e08_o.jpg

1936 on the basepaths
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/...c440c118_o.jpg

1934 in a pickle
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/...256a4ebc_o.jpg

1932 WS with Lazzeri
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/...2bbccd28_o.jpg

1929 Lou with Foxx at First
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4714/...9290dfc2_o.jpg

Very nice Scott! Its so nice to know that so many Net54 members have your back if we miss something! Congrats..;);)

A little late to the party, but very nice pickups! I love those Yankees pin backs.

Mike

Great Gehrig pickups as always Mark.

I picked up a large grouping of letters from the late 1800's of which most dealt with the early oil industry in Pennsylvania. However, within the group were a couple of letters relating to base ball. This letter was written by John O. McClintock. McClintock became an attorney and also an investor in the oil industry. He also played catcher for a strong regional team, the Meadville Mutuals. This letter, however, had to do with some humorous activity in a game in 1876 between the Allegheny team and the Philadelphia Athletics of the newly formed National League. Wish I had access to a newspaper that might better explain why they were trying to arrest Russ McKelvy (who played a couple of short stints in the National League).

July 20, 1876

"...the news I have to communicate are briefly these: last Monday morning John Scheafnocker, one of our constables ... went down to Allegheny and just as McKelvy was going into his position to play ball, arrested him and was going to drag him off to the train and bring him up here again but in that he was defeated. An alderman was there who took temporary bail for the appearance of McKelvy at his office at 7 o'clock of that evening. As soon as that was done, McK stepped back to his position and went to work and pitched against the famous Athletics of Phila. The score was 4 to 0 in favor of the Athletics. They got 8 base hits on McK and the Alleghenys got 7. The 4 runs were made in the 4th inning. At 7 o'clock McK went before the alderman, waived a hearing, and gave bail for his appearance here in August. Madison Bunce made the complaint upon which the warrant was issued. I may go down to Pittsburgh next week. If I do I will see what the situation of affairs is...."

Rob M.

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Congrats Scott I'm happy to see that you landed the ticket.

Thanks again, Mike! :)

Great pickup Scott! It is great to have all these Net54ers looking out for us and helping with our collections!

fyi, AT&T ballpark seats w/FREE Shipping
 

I thought a few Giants fan might want to make this a February pick-up, especially with free shipping.

These luxury box seats were removed prior to the 2017 season. Each two-seat set includes a hologram signifying its authentication by Major League Baseball.
Each pair is available to you at $699 plus tax. Order today and shipping is on us! Not available for pickup; seat sets will ship form Greenfield, Indianapolis.
Supplies are limited, please reach us at
415-972-2212 or Gameused@SFGiants.com for additional details!

Thanks Paul!

Vandy's ML Debut scored program
 

Recently I picked up a nicely scored program to Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer's ML debut. The really cool thing was that it was poorly described on eBay, which set up a great opportunity to finally find this long-time want at an unbelievable price.

On April 22, 1937, Reds rookie southpaw hurler Johnny Vander Meer quietly entered the game as a pinch runner in the 9th inning.
Unfortunately, the hometown Reds ended up on the losing side of a offensive barrage by both teams. The St. Louis Cards prevailed 14-11 over the Reds

Not vintage but I love these 1 game jerseys. 2015 NJ Jackals Hockey Night game used jersey, in the style of early 80's NJ Devils. Worn by shortstop Anthony Gomez

Scott,
Those are some spectacular Vandermeer pickups. Congrats on them.
Mark

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Great scorecard Scott.

Love that 80's Devils style jersey. Very cool.

Mike

Thanks Mark & Mike!