Show us your favorite 2022 pickups!
 

Hey, it's almost the end of the year!
What were your favorite memorabilia pickups in 2022?

Here are my three favorites:

A super rare, fully-dated ticket to Vern Kennedy's no-hitter on 8/31/35 @ CWS

A 1972 NC Governors Award given to Boston Red Sox RHP and NC resident Ernie Shore for hurling a combined no-hitter with Babe Ruth in 1917.
Until 1991, when the rules were changed by MLB, this game was considered to be a Perfect Game.
This award came directly from the Ernie Shore family estate and I'm proud to own it! It hangs on the wall in my office.

A new pickup, that I have not previously shown on net54.
Here is a partially scored program to St. Louis Browns pitcher Bobo Holloman's no-hitter against the Philadelphia A's @ STL. on 5/6/53.
This game was only attended by a mere 2,473 fans and additionally it rained.
The program is signed by Bill Veeck on the score page.

For my collection, this scorebook is essential for a mini-collection that I own for Bobo Holloman, which has always been interesting to me.

He certainly gets my vote for being the most unlikely pitcher to hurl a no-hitter. He pitched his no-hitter in his first career start.
His no-hitter was NOT overpowering by any definition.
In fact, balls were hit hard all over the yard, but right at players.
He literally possessed nothing, if not extreme luck.
Holloman injured himself pitching for Santurce, PR just prior to him coming to STL.

After throwing his no-hitter in May, he was sent down to Toronto two months later with a grand total of 3 ML wins, never to return to the majors...

Happy holidays to everyone on net54!

1st time an all minority lineup in MLB
 

September 1, 1971

25 years years earlier and they would not have been allowed on the field.

The occasion of the first all-Black lineup came without any warning. Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh posted the lineup, and may not have realized himself that he had started the game with all Black players. The players themselves did not realize until the game was underway. Al Oliver stated that he had not noticed the lineup until an inning or two into the game when Dave Cash came up to him and said, “Hey Scoop, we’ve got all brothers out there.”

Only 1 graded by PSA. This could be #2.

There is an exhibit on this game at the HOF & at PNC.

My 3 favorites

#1 my triple seat from Jarry Stadium Home of the Expos 1969-1976

#2 Bill Stoneman's 1st No Hitter April 17th 1969, in just the 9th game of Expos history

#David Palmer's April 21st 1984 Perfect Game called after 5 innings because of rain

Another item for my federal league collection. Sorry about the size.

Wow, no apologies needed for that beauty. And they were the Whales!

I have been blessed and have added a lot of amazing things this year. My favorite has to be this Wade Boggs bat. It came with all the PSA/DNA paperwork for the bat(game issued) and the autograph. A fellow member and great guy sent it to me for free. I was speechless when it just showed up and I opened the package. I have a fairly nice Boggs bat collection and this one fit in extremely well.

Love all these items but that pennant is amazing

My favorite 2022 pickup but, damn, trucks have gotten expensive!

Edd Roush photo for my small but got growing 1919 Reds collection. And a Tris Speaker extra large photo I got from Lelands at the start of the year. Getting it framed is next on my list of things to do. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...dcbe08bd09.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1bb97f7b0a.jpg

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My favorite pickup would be these 1979 Pirates game used uniforms - Kent Tekulve and Rennie Stennett

Great way to make a statement and end the Stylish Seventies with a bang. Those jerseys are off the charts cool!

Hard to decide as I've picked up so many cool pins, tickets, cards, game used items, etc. this year but this is one of my top choices for sure.

I just wish I could find another example of it somewhere in the hobby but so far its a 1/1 at this point.

I expected it to be black and orange...

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Here are my No Hitter pick ups from 2022. They were all Oakland Athletics, 3 for and 1 against - of course that was Nolan Ryan. The Dallas Braden was pretty special as it was the 2d perfect game in Athletics history. They are: 1990 Nolan Ryan with the ticket autographed by both Ryan and umpire Don Donkinger; 1990 Dave Stewart's No Hitter against the Blue Jays with Dave's autograph on the ticket; 1983 Mike Warren's No Hitter against the White Sox with photograph signed and dated Sep 29, 1983; 2010 Dallas Braden's perfect game against the Rays with his, and everyone else's, autograph on the ticket.

Got that covered on the motorcycle. Carry on...

Yankees
 

A great team photo 1911 spring training spelling out N.Y.

Here is mine

I love this program with the team photo with a rookie Ruth

Great piece Jeff!

Not really in my wheelhouse but a late 1960s Willie Mays game used bat. I couldnt pass it up! Came directly from a Pirates batboy (my friend’s dad) who has had it in his attic for over 40 years.

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I had an extremely good year between work, selling most of my collection, and stocks. My "retirement car" came for sale after a short 3 years of looking...

Still looking for an Avenue to continue collecting, and enjoying the "ride"

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Photos are always my number one. Love the snap shot collection of 755, but 1927 Yankee Cosmo Sileo team photo has been on my want list for a long time.

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Here are a couple of highlights from this year:

- Cal Ripken Jr 1st career HR lineup card
- Negro Leaguer John "Mule" Miles Tuskegee Airman patch

This is certainly one of my favorite 2022 pickups, and definitely my most historically important ticket stub pickup of 2022.

This one tops all of my pick ups.

Nice ticket Paul. I saw that over at Boogers and was a great find. If you ever decide to sell or will list in an auction let me know. A few of the long-time season ticket holders have a version of this ticket but none of them are willing to sell it or any of their other memorabilia until they pass on. The Exhibit you mention is right next to Manny's restaurant at PNC. It looks like its a permanent exhibit as far as I can tell.

My current 2022 favorite...

1925-28 Hillerich & Bradsby Honus Wagner bat. 36", 40.4 oz. Would have been used either during his barnstorming time or while coaching. The bat does have inch marks on the knob which would typically indicate a store model bat. However, in the case of Wagner, it doesn't appear that there are any known store model 125 series bats in existence. I don't know whether any had ever been produced or not.

Regardless, the bat matches his specs for length & weight and appears to be the same model (based on knob shape and barrel end shape) as a 1925-28 coaches bat that sold through Heritage. The Heritage bat was also very nearly identical in length and weight as this bat). A playing days 125 would be both extremely rare and prohibitively expensive so this is a good filler for now. I call it "Wags" for short.

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Figural’s are my favorite, and these are my 2 faves from this past year…

Brock that Pirates figural is awesome! I have a Tigers like that but have never seen a Pirates before.

Thanks Clint. I’ve always thought the Tigers version of this piece was one of the coolest figural pieces. This is the only Pirates version I’ve ever seen also. Makes me hope there are other teams floating around out there somewhere.

Baseball silk ribbons.

wow looks like some great pickups this year

I know there are more great pickups out there

Keep them coming we enjoy seeing them

Wow Brock.... Great to see you found the Pirates version. That used to be mine, and is one of sales I most regret. I must've sold it 20 years ago, and haven't seen one since (until now).

Many congrats... glad it found the right home!

My favorite pickup this year was the advertising poster for the debut of Sports Illustrated.

You sure have sold a lot of good stuff over the years! :p

Yep.... and often it's helped to fund other great stuff. But definitely not the case with that Pirates Ash tray.... I think I netted about $90 for it in a Bricol Auction (whoopie!) Anyone here remember Bricol?

Ha thats cool you used to own it.
It's dated 1939 on the bottom by the original owner i'm assuming. That puts it about 10 years older than I would have guessed.
Hopefully in 2023 I'll come across the Tigers version and can post in next years favorite pickup thread.

The Tigers is a tough piece, but nothing like the Pirates. Hope you find one, Brock...

I believe I recall reading (in an old thread right here on net54) that the Tigers piece was created by a Detroit-based "artist" who was also a Tigers fan. So perhaps the Pirates Ashtray is a one-off that the artist specially created for a friend or client from Pittsburgh.

To me, these scarce "mystery pieces" are among the coolest things in the hobby.

Simply wonderful items all around so far...congrats to the happy owners!

But, given the way I lean, I must say that I absolutely love Clint's Topeka Cabinet Card and the collection of 1860s/70's Silks that Gary recently picked up and posted.

Would love to see more of this past years 19th C. pick-ups!

Happy Holidays All!
Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

While it wasn't a busy year in terms of new pick-ups, it was a quality year. Here are my favorite new additions from 2022...

1. Circa 1860s/1870s jersey and cap
2. Circa 1860s/1870s Snyder Style Bat...polished, wound handle type
3. 1878 London Tecumseh's Trophy Ball ; Tecumseh documents from 1888
4. Circa 1957-1958 Willie Mays Personal Model Glove...MacGregor G105

Pics to follow...

The jersey and cap combo...

Snyder Style Bat c. 1860's / 1870's...

London Tecumseh pieces...

Circa 1950's Willie Mays glove...

Jon- That's not just a good year, but a great one. Wonderful pick ups.

Agreed, Jon. Congrats on your amazing pickups in 2022!

Glad I am not the only one with mannequins in the house! Those jerseys are gorgeous!! Congrats!

Thanks, I have a problem with mannequins, approx. 40 of them.