Great pickups everyone, looks like all of us had a good year collecting.
Here are several of my favorites. I focus on 3 areas of collecting - the Phila. Eagles and Frankford Yellowjackets, and then to a lesser extend Carlisle Indians pieces. My favorite 2 Eagles pickups were 2 very rare pennants. I had been hunting the brown Eagle 1960 champs variety for about 10 years, while the other is the first example of its type I've ever encountered.
Then my next 3 favorite pickups are 3 early Carlisle Indians cabinet photos, all which include Pop Warner. The first 2, I am still working to narrow down the exact year. The first one below I am fairly certain is a cabinet photo of the 1901 team. In the photo, is college HOFer Carlisle standout Jimmy Johnson, but even neater, sitting next to the Eskimo player in the front row is a young Chief Bender. He played football for Carlisle in 1900 and 1901. The 2nd photo, I believe is 1899. It obviously has a fair amout of damage, but I still love it. Lastly I picked up a massive imperial cabinet photo of the 1909 Carlisle team in its original frame in a large trade with a fellow collector. Time to make some wall space now.
