September Pickups
 

1971 Rusty Staub Orange Crush six Pack , who could be a more perfect fit as a advertising spokesman for Orange Crush soda than “Le Grand Orange” himself, Rusty Staub

Absolutely love it.

Picked this up at an estate sale.

So cool! Bottles--maybe even full--shouldn't be hard to come by for a great display.

That’s the plan, empty’s from those years are about $5 to $10 each

Neat!
 

That is such a cool item! I love player endorsed products like this. I bet they sold a boatload of orange crush with Rusty!

Misson accomplished

Looks great! But is that Crush or Coke inside those bottles? :confused:

50 year old crush

Sweet! (or not so much after 50 years!)

I picked up this sweet 1934 baseball autographed by members of the Cardinal's "Gas House" gang; Dizzy Dean, Paul Dean, Pepper Martin, etc. This is especially sweet as the Dean brothers were the first team of brother pitchers to win all 4 games of the World Series in 1934.

Heck it even came with snapshots from the game, the original box, a 1936 R311 of the 34 Champs, and a PSA cert!

Awesome!! :cool:

It would be nice if you could read who is signing for the "team," as in having their name printed underneath. Also, who are the other team members?--remember when PSA would list them at the bottom of their LOAs? In the future, it would be instructive to know that such authorities as Keating, Corcoran, etc., were on the "team" that authenticated this ball, but that information will be lost to the sands of time, and that seems a shame.

1969 Montreal Expos signed Spring training ball
 

One of the earliest if not the earliest Expos signed baseball , This ball was signed about a month before The Expos played their inaugural game April 8th 1969 at Shea Stadium, ball was signed by 30 players including the coaches and manager, most of the players were chosen in the 1968 expansion draft by the Expos , The key signature for me is Dave Hartman who was the 1st player in Expos history to sign a contract with them but never made it to the big show, ball is in NM condition rarely taken out from its origanal box in 55 years

Fantastic ball, Guy! Great addition to your fantastic Expos collection.
Congrats! :cool:

Man, that ball looks pristine! Some time back, I was able to acquire a small number of game-used lineup cards from the Expos inaugural season.

Wish they all looked that pristine.... awesome and important Ball, Guy! :eek:

Hank, maybe this will help a little - I also have a COA from Beckett. At least Beckett lists all the autographs. Pictured attached.

Thanks. I didn't mean the ball, I actually meant the PSA "team" as they refer to themselves, as Beckett lists at the bottom of their letter, and as PSA used to. I assume that's Grad who has signed this one, but it would be nice to have a printed name underneath as the signature is unintelligible. At least Beckett tells you who the "team" was that could have participated in the authentication of this ball, and that's important provenance, it seems to me.

I couldn't agree more - especially - when something comes back questionable. That always gets me. Sometimes I agree and others I don't. I've been disappointed on a few occasions and would really like to know who deemed something not authentic.

P.S. I see enough of Steve Grad on Pawn Stars!

Has to be the best signed Expos ball in existence. Wow! Congrats.

Picked up this really nice picture of Negro League HOF Willard Brown. He played just a few games for the Browns.

This was printed in the late 50's, so not a Type I, but still a vintage print of a beautiful photo of a truly great Negro League player and early integrator.

Children's drinking cup with catcher scene made in Germany
 

Another piece of circa 1910 children's china made in Germany with a catcher scene.

Patrick

September pickup
 

Been awhile since I added anything of significance to my game used collection. I think this is a rare one to come across!

Not really a pickup as I've probably this in my random tickets box for about 10 years, but it never dawned on me until tonight that this was Clemente's final game.

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Wow, that Lombardi bat is amazing. I bet it weighs a ton. I also love that shot of Willard Brown — it's sad he never got another chance to play in the majors.

Here's an early 1950s New York Giants cap I recently acquired. It was the last vintage game cap I needed from the original 16 teams. You would think a St. Louis Browns cap would be the hardest to find, but I located two of them before finding a Giants cap.

Great looking hat Chris! Congrats on completely the that hat set!

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That's an awesome cap and I love that collecting idea. Do you have pics of them together?

Re: Willard Brown. My hope is that over time his career gets more attention. He's obviously already in the Hall, so baseball has recognized his prodigious skill, but most fans have no clue.