May Pickups
 

We can't go another month without an official pickup thread! Here is an interesting framed 1909 print/poem that I picked up. It has a small version of a more common Kline print combined with a "baseball-ized" version of a popular poem from the time. Anyone else come across this before?


http://collectorfocus.com/images/sho...2/kline-poem-1

http://collectorfocus.com/images/sho...3/kline-poem-2

http://collectorfocus.com/images/sho...4/kline-poem-3

1875 silver trophy ball from Franklin Co NY. Donated by Father Ryan to the Athletic BBC of Brush's Mills NY on August 6, 1875 to commemorate the O'Connell centenary. O'Connell was a well known champion of Irish Catholics, I believe.
The scan is poor, but the ball is nice.

Awesome trophy ball Gary!

Yeah, the scan makes it look like a trailer ball hitch. :p

Someday I'll get rid of my flip phone and take some real pictures!

Don't do it! :D

Stoked to add another Jackie Robinson Story photo.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/972/4...e28344dbd1.jpg

My Awesome May pickup
 

I got this awesome bat from the mailman yesterday.

I don't often acquire the really old stuff; this might be one of my all-time favorite pickups. I am very excited to put this in the baseball room.

Picked up a few more St. Paul Saints bats...

Pinky Hargrave, who was on their 1920 team with his brother Bubbles Hargrave:

Two more 1930s St. Paul Saints, Clyde Beck and Phil Todt:

Is that the Todt bat I sold you, or you find another one?

Picked up this photo from 1919 featuring an African American baseball team facing a white baseball team.

Picked up this Zach Wheat photo. Thanks Jeff.

19th Century Cabinet Card.....
 

I picked this cabinet card up last week. The mask is pre-weld and it looks like there's a pair of gloves on the ground, one which is 'fingerless'. I'm guessing 1890-ish? Let me know if you think different. Thanks.......Matt

The one glove is a fingertip and the other is a fingerless glove I would say the image is 1880s to 1890

Great old Kren bat. Nice pickup !

1972 Mets road jersey, worn by Pitcher Danny Frisella, first year of double knit.

Dodgers
 

Schaffer Beer advertisement. This is a very condition sensitive piece and one of the nicest I have ever seen. None of the heads are missing or bent. Even the back is intact.

I always love seeing those. Such a cool item.

Agreed. Great condition, Bob.

That is by far the nicest Schaffer I've ever seen.

Agreed. It is incredible.

Just got these nice photos from Bicem. Thanks Jeff!

• 1918 Rube Marquard Type I Photograph (6.5" x 8.5") Culver Pictures Inc. Stamp
• 1934 Lefty Gomez Type I Photograph (6.5" x 8.5") WM C. Greene Stamp / Property Of The Sporting News
• 1940 Charlie Gehringer Type I Photograph (6" x 8") Philadelphia Enquirer Stamp

Thought these were pretty cool. Picked them up today. The ones on the ends are cast iron banks and the Ruth in the middle is a door stop.

A recent 1971 Pirate addition to my collection

Great pickup Mike. That will go great with your Pirates collection.

Very nice, Mike! :cool:

Very nice, Mike. It's gotta be great to find something new that fits your one year focus.

BTW - I have a snipe set for something I've sought for 25 years. :cool:

Thanks Rob and good luck with your item!

I managed to get the early NY Giants ticket lot in the recent REA auction, this era NYG being my main focus it was great to add 5 tix at once...hard enough doing it one at a time. But the gem of the lot, not really remarked upon it the lot description, is this stub from July 19, 1902...NY vs the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. This year/month was a watershed moment for baseball culminating in John McGraw leaving Baltimore in the AL and signing to be manager/player with the NL Giants. This game, July 19th, was his first as manager of the Giants. Coming with him from Baltimore were Joe McGinnity, Roger Bresnahan, Dan McGann, and Jack Cronin. On the 19th McGraw played shortstop, McGinnity pitched, Bresnahan caught, and McGann was at 1b...all playing their first games as Giants. If you had asked me what early NYG ticket I'd most like to have, this would have been it but I'd never have believed it even a remote possibility. But here it is. Remarkable that it's a printed-date ticket as well.

<a href="https://ibb.co/fpzg6J"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/dtEERJ/1902_July_19_NYG_Ticket_fb_sm.jpg" alt="1902_July_19_NYG_Ticket_fb_sm" border="0"></a>

Awesome pickup Ray! As a Matty and early Giants collector, I love it. Nice!!

Thanks Paul!

Wow! So tough to find a dated ticket from that era let alone one with significance!

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Such a beauty ticket. I had to check the box score to see if Luther "Dummy" Taylor pitched that game but didn't see any game played on July 19, 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

Game got postponed?

How much did it cost you? I would love to obtain Taylor's game played tickets.

Best,
Danny

Hey Danny,

The game was played on the 19th as scheduled. Joe McGinnity lost to the Phillies 3-4 in his first start in a Giants uniform.

Good luck (sincerely!) finding a ticket from a Taylor pitched game. Pre-1910 regular season tickets are tough enough, and finding one dated and 100% attributable to a specific game/pitcher/event is generally impossible. But this 1902 stub proves the odd impossible thing does turn up, so...

Remarkable find, Ray! Congrats to you on this great addition to your collection. Very cool! :cool:

Here's a boxscore from that game. Bottom right of the page. I love the comments, " The new manager and the Baltimore recruits"!

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3919008.pdf

Thanks Scott!...

...and thanks for the SL link, Paul. Most news accounts had the crowd at the Polo Grounds at numbers above 10,000. The game was a huge deal in NY. 1902 was a pretty interesting year in baseball, with the events leading up to July 19th reshaping and defining the leagues going forward, setting the stage for an AL team in New York, etc.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/823/4...b127df50_b.jpg

I'd love to see (buy) more Chase notes if anyone has one.

Hey Jeff,

very cool note!
Great pick up, congrats.

Nice Prince Hal.

Thanks, guys!

Bringing it to Oklahoma, home of the Cherokee Nation

Love it! Just keep it safe during storm season! :D

Awesome, Michael. What a special piece. Congrats.

Already had one of each of these, which I pretty much had to pay through the nose for. These were much more reasonable.

Anyone know if any other AAGPBL teams had buttons such as these? I am thinking these harken to the two years that the Colleens and Sallies toured together as development teams for the league...either that or it is just a coincidence that it happens to be these two teams that the buttons exist for.

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psrz3a3bli.jpg

Thanks guys! I'll put it on the mental checklist of things to grab when I head to the tornado shelter;)

Beautiful piece! What's the size?

Thanks Rob the piece itself measure 11.5" by 19.5" and the image bears a strong resemblance to this Spalding piece

Bostons vs Chicagos
 

Very happy to add this to my 19th century game collection!