November Pickups

[71buc]

Although I already own these ticket stubs I could not resist purchasing this lot on eBay yesterday. The lot included a scored Game One Baltimore program, a scorecard, and tickets to all four games played in Baltimore. The tickets are all for same seat. On the back of each ticket the original owner(s?) wrote the line score, pitchers, homers, attendance, and the weather. There are also names written that I don’t recognize: Richard Phillips, Henry Jacobs, and Kenny Benner (games 6 and 7). Perhaps these are the names of the people who used the seat? Thankfully this writing served to keep the price down to an affordable $50.00. Nonetheless, I really love the story these stubs tell. I have never really enjoyed full unused tickets. In my opinion unused tickets document history but failed to witness it. Although much more valuable than a stub, a mint unused ticket to game seven of the 1971 series must be a terribly sad thing to behold