Walter Johnson memorabilia
 

Story time..........and please bear with me. I am trying to attach the pictures in the order of telling this story. I'll mark each point in the story that has a corresponding photo with an asterisk* (2 in a row ** means front and back pics)

So I was browsing several online auctions the other day with the hopes of stumbling onto something random and cool that maybe not necessarily a card for once. Maybe something that most non-baseball folk tend to over look. I stumble across a lot titled "Vintage Sports and Ephemera Lot from Estate" I follow the rabbit hole, click on the link and go to inspect the picture or pictures. It was a single picture* and there was literally no other detail other than "see pic for detail"

I must have been feeling "it" that day b/c for some reason I decided "what they hey" and set my max at 35.00. Low and behold I win....but the stupid thing ends up costing $20 to ship, so now we're at $55 total. Meanwhile I'm saying a little prayer as I go to sleep that night......."please don't be junk, please don't be junk, please don't be junk"

Well it arrived today. I start unpackaging and see that everything is in binder sleeves, which I had not noticed when bidding for some strange reason.

Initially my thoughts were, oh great I've bought a bunch of junk** but that at least I got what advertised in the auction pic. There were also 2 matchbook reprints**.

The next set of sleeves had stamps and envelopes*. These are only 2 examples* that I loaded because there are around a dozen or so of these and I thought these were a couple of the cooler ones. I find this* in one of the envelops as well.

I'm still skeptical of my purchase at this point bc for some reason I've never thought much of stamp stuff like this. I suppose they've been more of a niche/fringe item to me and I don't collect them just out of personal preference.

So next up I find post cards** and post card type items**.

About here** and here** is when I started to feel a little bit better about purchasing this as these were the first items that appeared to have some age on them.

Then I get really lucky I hope.

I find a "greeting" card type card* and open it to find this personalized message* (To Be Continued.....on the next post b/c I'm at the picture limit)

And who was Henry you ask??????????
 

So the book turned out to be this from what I can tell. Turn's out Henry is also Walter Johnson's granson, which is neat. Oh, and this 5x7 glossy* fell out of the card as well.

BUT WAIT....THERE'S MORE!

After catching my breath, I keep going through my purchase that I'm starting to feel much better about. I find this pamphlet** I have absolutely no idea what this is. I wanted to scan more pics b/c its about 15-20 pages or so, but it is really fragile. Any help with more info on this would be greatly appreciated.

There were more envelopes** as well, this one appearing to be hand drawn**, a vintage ad**, an 8x11 "cardstock" glossy photo thingy**, and a couple more cards**.

And lastly...........there were all of these(CONCLUDED ON PART 3 REPLY POST)

As you may know Henry is a member here and obviously could confirm his
Handwriting and perhaps let you know who he was writing to.

I never get tired of seeing Walter Johnson stuff, thanks for posting Mike. Looks like you might have some hidden gems in there.

Final pics
 

Lastly there was this set of cards/postcards, I haven't researched these yet, just scanned them in while I had everything out. Oh and some have info on the back and some are blank? And apologies though, I noticed while scanning that I cut the bottom off some cards, they are not damaged (they're in binder sleeves, fancy binder sleeves at that!).

Not too shabby I suppose, whaddya guys think?

These are the last ones lol
 

there were 2 more scans I couldn't fit....lol

What an awesome treasure trove of stuff! Congratulations!

I love those All-Time Greats cards. Whoever picked out the photos for that set did a fantastic job!

No sir, I'm a bit new around here and was unaware. I'm all for someone other than a random nobody like myself, preferably someone who actually knows knows him, reaching out to have him take a gander.

I just hope he won't be upset to learn some random dude ended up winning such a personalized item, but fear not, as it's in good hands. Still shocked that I have these items hands, but good hands nonetheless........lol. :D

Thank you. And about the pics, yeah I know right? I absolutely love the one with the kid in it as the "mascot", made me chortle when I first found it.

That looks like the 1973-80 TCMA All Time Greats postcard set, nice images.

Hello Bartholomew,
That is indeed my note, and it was written to my cousin's son Darby, so I guess these items came from his collection. Enjoy!
Henry "Hank" Thomas

Great find and congrats. That must have been very cool going through the stuff. A lot of us have had similar type experiences. They are a lot of fun and keep it interesting.

I can also help a little with the writing. Great book by a hobby gentleman.

Thanks, Leon. Takes one to know one.