Your Best Pickup of 2012

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by lefty147

My favorite pickup this last year is this cardboard Reach sign. It measures a whopping 16" x 20". I haven't located anything that has sold that is this large, nor have I found this exact sign. Guessing it might date to the 1920's. It is framed in plexiglass which I have been afraid to take it out of. Sorry for the glare. Mike

Neat sign! Love the baseball advertising. Although not the same, Hunt sold this one at there last Louisville auction in Nov. It too measured 16" by 20".

[lefty147]

Great sign. Thanks

[Bugsy]

The 1923 Jack Dempsey - Tommy Gibbons fight pennant lot was my biggest pick-up.

I also had some success adding more St. Paul Saints bats to the collection; Russ Van Atta, Larry Rosenthal, Norm McMillan, Braggo Roth, Johnny Neun, Chicken Hawks, and Mark Koenig (store model).

Thanks!

Chris

[MGHPro]

That Hawks bat is awesome!! Koenig is a very rare store bat as I'm sure you know.
Matt

[aquarius31]

Nice pickups everyone. Jeremy, that Baltimore team composite is awesome!

I was very happy with many of my purchases in 2012 but this one is BY FAR my favorite one!!!

[bobfreedman]

It was hard for me to pick just one, so here are my favorites

[jpop43]

Like most, its far too challenging to simply pick out "The One" best pick up of 2012...truth be told, I would have to say its our new baby daughter.

Anyway, like the Academy Awards, we broke down our picks by genre....here are our best in the the vintage gloves and mitts catagory:

1. Circa 1890's webless crescent fielder's glove.
2. Circa 1900 W&D crescent padded fielder's glove.
3. Circa 1900 Reach crescent padded fielder's glove.

Now hang on...there's three more on the way.

www.dugouttreasures.com

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by MGHPro

That Hawks bat is awesome!! Koenig is a very rare store bat as I'm sure you know.
Matt

Thanks Matt! I would love to get a Koenig gamer one day, but I realize how scarce and expensive they are. That would be one of the biggest pickups I could ever make. I guess I will have to make do with a store model for the time being

Here is Koenig playing in the 1924 Junior World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. He filled in when Danny Boone suffered an injury.