April has really been an exceptional month for outstanding pickups for me!Many thanks to Jimmy (The King of Clout) for allowing me to add the great vintage signed color snapshot of Ryan outside of Shea in 1968! Jimmie is the true epitome of an an unselfish collector. For those of you that don't know me, I am an advanced Ryan collector of over 38 years. When he posted this picture last year I started drooling like Pavlov's dog!!
I also have been fortunate to pick up 2 great no-hitter tickets: 1) A great vintage stub to Carl Erskine's 1st no-hitter on 6/19/52 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn- only 7,732 in attendance! 2) A perfect full, unused ticket to Jim Wilson's no hitter on 6/12/54 at Milwaukee.
I also picked up two great vintage wire photo's from Johnny Vander Meer's 2nd consecutive no-hitter in 1938 on 6/15/38 (also the 1st night game at Ebbets Field). The 1st photo is an action shot and the 2nd is Mom giving Vandy a congratulatory kiss afterwords. These are great complimentary pieces to my tickets from his 2nd no-hitter. Very cool!!