November Pickups

[eastonfalcon19]

Picked up a monster Babe Ruth bat this morning. I always wanted one of these to display in my collection.

[cincicards]

A few recent pickups:

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[jim]

1915 Baseball Magazine Premium insert; not available through the mail like the others.
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[sayhey24]

Jim --

That insert is stunning -- love the color!

Greg

[slidekellyslide]

Went to the auction of a Nebraska football "booster of substance" today. Game used jerseys and team signed footballs! (Lawrence Phillips including his locker room placard from the 1995 National Title game, Broderick Thomas, Johnny Mitchell, and Steve Taylor shown) got a couple of other jerseys and lots of signed stuff too.

[bbpostcards]

A scorecard for a February 20, 1927 California Winter League contest at the integrated ball grounds of White Sox Park in Los Angeles in which the Philadelphia Royal Giants, an African American team with six Negro League Hall of Famers -- Turkey Stearnes, Bullet Rogan, Willie Wells, Andy Cooper, Biz Mackey, Bill Foster -- beat Hall of Famer Kiki Cuyler and his Shell Oil team by a score of 3-1. See the website below for more Negro League material.

[slidekellyslide]

I got this billhead in the mail Friday from a very nice Net54 member who sent it out of the blue to me. (Thanks Dave!) It goes well with the other Lawlor's stuff I've been collecting over the years.

[ksfarmboy]

Nice haul Dan. Used to root for Nebraska during Osborne's years. Glad he got himself a couple if championships.

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks, Clint!

[bobfreedman]

Smokey Joe Woods by Conlon, I have a real liking for Conlon's Portraits.

[GKreindler]

Nice job, Bob! That Smoky Joe's a real winner.

[sporteq]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Smokey Joe Woods by Conlon, I have a real liking for Conlon's Portraits.

I saw the bidding frenzy on this gem. Congrats!!

[Scott Garner]

Absolutely a stunning photo of Smoky Joe. Graig needs to paint this one!
Great pickup!

[Scott Garner]

Seldom seen Johnny Vander Meer 1940 Diamond Dust uncatalogued punchcard.
According to net54's own, seller Keith Javic:

"Here is some information on this set: These colorful ribbed paper cards were the consolation prize from a punchboard, a popular gambling device of the Depression era. For 5 cents the customer would choose one of 624 holes and punch it out sometimes receiving these paper cards. The Diamond Dust cards are sometimes poorly cut and are roughly 1" by 1.75" in size. Backs have 2-5 printed numbers in red and black. It is said 15 of the players were $1 winners and likely made in shorter numbers. Any card redeemed would have been likely destroyed. To date there are 33 different players known"

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Seldom seen Johnny Vander Meer 1940 Diamond Dust uncatalogued punchcard.
According to net54's own, seller Keith Javic:

"Here is some information on this set: These colorful ribbed paper cards were the consolation prize from a punchboard, a popular gambling device of the Depression era. For 5 cents the customer would choose one of 624 holes and punch it out sometimes receiving these paper cards. The Diamond Dust cards are sometimes poorly cut and are roughly 1" by 1.75" in size. Backs have 2-5 printed numbers in red and black. It is said 15 of the players were $1 winners and likely made in shorter numbers. Any card redeemed would have been likely destroyed. To date there are 33 different players known"

Oh, I love those! I have a Joe D. and a few other players whose names I can't remember right now.
Cool pickup!

[Augy44]

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[UnVme7]

1991 Wally Joyner All Star bat
1990 Roberto Alomar game used bat. He ordered 12 of these on 11/20/90 and he used it when he arrived in Toronto, which explains the blue AL ink transfers.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by UnVme7

1991 Wally Joyner All Star bat
1990 Roberto Alomar game used bat. He ordered 12 of these on 11/20/90 and he used it when he arrived in Toronto, which explains the blue AL ink transfers.

"Wally World".....that's why maybe we should not be so fast to induct Trout into the HOF.....even though I do think he'll get there.

[Kzoo]

Picked this up recently out in PA. This is a smaller photo measuring 4 3/4 x 5 3/4, but I liked the contrast and subject matter. I really wish that 'back in the day', someone had written more info on the back.....it's blank.

[bobfreedman]

I picked these up in Heritage last night

[jsage]

Originally Posted by UnVme7

1991 Wally Joyner All Star bat
1990 Roberto Alomar game used bat. He ordered 12 of these on 11/20/90 and he used it when he arrived in Toronto, which explains the blue AL ink transfers.

Wally Joyner - He was not on the 1991 All Star Team.
Only All Star appearance was 1986.
Jerry Sage

[jim]

now i have the bookends complete!
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[UnVme7]

Originally Posted by jsage

Wally Joyner - He was not on the 1991 All Star Team.
Only All Star appearance was 1986.
Jerry Sage

I know, right? Surely there isn't anymore than 1 out there besides mine.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I picked these up in Heritage last night

Wow... beautiful items congrats on those two pick ups!

[kdixon]

Picked up this Double Header unused ball and box. This is the 1935 style ball.

[jsage]

Originally Posted by UnVme7

I know, right? Surely there isn't anymore than 1 out there besides mine.

This is the only 1986 GU All Star Bat out there.
Jerry Sage

[bobfreedman]

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[mjkm90]

It's been a while since I've added to my Tigers pin collection. I found this honey on eBay last night

[eastonfalcon19]

Negro League ticket...anybody know any history of this team and what year this ticket might be from?

[vansaad]

Picked up this Cobb check to his mother in the Heritage auction.

[btcarfagno]

Does this qualify as one of the stranger (but very cool) items posted in the pickup thread in a long time?



Billy Martin's jacket from some of the most famous commercials of all time.

Tom C

[Tigerden]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

It's been a while since I've added to my Tigers pin collection. I found this honey on eBay last night

Congrats Mike��. Real beauty. I'm glad you won it! I was watching it and thought of placing a bid (I have the Schoolboy Rowe) but decided not to put my hat in the ring at the last minute . Its going into a great Tiger pin-back collection! Adam

[earlywynnfan]

Picked up a couple of bats recently, the Miggy shows medium use. The Bench is from 1977 with nice use. The fact that the stampings are light meant I got it for less than half what others would cost.

[slidekellyslide]

Picked up this Walter Johnson game top and tokens at a local auction today. Nobody bid against me so I'm fairly certain I'm the only one there that knew what it was and that there were tokens inside the top.

[Scott Garner]

Ever since I first saw one of these circa 1939 Johnny Vander Meer Goldsmith glove boxes in Carlton's epic pictorial of The National a few years ago, I've wanted one for my personal collection. The graphics and color really pop...

I finally pulled the trigger in today's Hunt Louisville Slugger Auction.
The box also comes with a very nice AG65 Vander Meer endorsed glove (correct right handed mitt for a lefty hurler) and custom acrylic case for display.

This will look great with my Vander Meer endorsed balls and 1939 Goldsmith catalogue featuring Vandy.
I'm a happy camper today. Another neat item off my holy grail list!

[71buc]

Awesome addition Scott! I love the graphics on that box.

[vintagesportscollector]

Congrats Scott!! That box was destined for your collection. Can't imagine a better place for it to end up.

[bobfreedman]

Scott, fantastic pick up, congrats!

I picked up two small things and missed out on the Pittsburgh Pirates bat fan.

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Mike, Joe & Bob!

Bob. I saw the 5th night game light bulb ticket in the auction. I'm glad you won it!
I really love the look of these die cut tickets from this era.
Here's my ticket from night game #1; Vandy's famous 2nd consecutive no-hitter.

[ooo-ribay]

Great pin, Mike!

Ken - I had completely forgotten that Miggy played for, and won a WS with, the Marlins. Does anyone know why "Wilson" is on a SAM Bat?

Dan - love the game. How is it played?

and Scott - yet another great pickup for the #1 Vander Meer collector.

[bat_master]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great pin, Mike!

Ken - I had completely forgotten that Miggy played for, and won a WS with, the Marlins. Does anyone know why "Wilson" is on a SAM Bat?

From A Wikipedia page:

Sam Bat is not owned by Wilson. It was founded by Sam Holman in 1997 and was owned independently by him until 2007 when it became owned by four individuals, none of which have any association with Wilson. The confusion probably derives from a distribution deal Sam Bat had with Wilson some time ago, in which Wilson had their logo added to the bat, although Wilson never played any part in the ownership or manufacturing of the product.

[JoeyFarino]

[GaryPassamonte]

I'm not a boxing collector, but saw this and picked it up.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Picked up this Walter Johnson game top and tokens at a local auction today. Nobody bid against me so I'm fairly certain I'm the only one there that knew what it was and that there were tokens inside the top.

Dan,
Love the WaJo top game & tokens. Not having a second bidder is extra cool!
Congrats. When was this game produced? Just curious...

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by bat_master

From A Wikipedia page:

Sam Bat is not owned by Wilson. It was founded by Sam Holman in 1997 and was owned independently by him until 2007 when it became owned by four individuals, none of which have any association with Wilson. The confusion probably derives from a distribution deal Sam Bat had with Wilson some time ago, in which Wilson had their logo added to the bat, although Wilson never played any part in the ownership or manufacturing of the product.

Thanks, I never knew this!
Ken

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Dan,
Love the WaJo top game & tokens. Not having a second bidder is extra cool!
Congrats. When was this game produced? Just curious...

1930. RMY had a neat photo of Walter showing his new game off.

http://www.rmyauctions.com/lot-593.aspx

[bobfreedman]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Mike, Joe & Bob!

Bob. I saw the 5th night game light bulb ticket in the auction. I'm glad you won it!
I really love the look of these die cut tickets from this era.
Here's my ticket from night game #1; Vandy's famous 2nd consecutive no-hitter.

Thanks Scott, here is the other one

[71buc]

Nice Foxx Joey

[Butch7999]

Scott, the WaJo game was first advertised in late 1929 and was on the market through about 1940.

[murphusa]

10 cents at a church sale