New Clemente 3000 hit photo?

[71buc]

After a year of negotiating I managed to complete the purchase of this small collection from the original seller. The collection included the 3000 hit photo that I used to initiate this thread, all of the previously displayed slides, a set of 1971 Arco Pirate photos, a 1971 World Series Three Rivers Stadium model purchased at the World Series, a Clemente Family thank you card, and a Clemente postcard. I also obtained his two Dapper Dan tickets. He attended the event with his father and subsequently kept newspaper clippings related to that event. They were a fun read so I included them here. I hope they are legible. My favorite item in the collection was a signed Dapper Dan program. The original owner explained that his father got the Clemente autograph for him at the dinner. The seller said that he thinks he has an autograph book in which he collected the autographs of all the celebrities who attended the dinner that night. He said that if he locates it he will sell it to me as well.

[Mark70Z]

That grouping is AWESOME!

[Scott Garner]

Congrats Mike! Epic pickup for your terrific Pirates collection.

[almostdone]

Mike, again that's awesome. Quite a grouping and fits in perfectly with your collecting tastes. Are you going to post comments and choose what to display or perhaps figure out a scrapbook type display to sit down and flip through from time to time? Always interested in how different collectors enjoys their prized items.
Drew

[Den*nis O*Brien]

....for a collector, who is as focused as you are, this is a monumental find and pick up!!! This will be hard to equal going forward. Again...congrats and this material is where it belongs.
Sincerely, Dennis

[71buc]

Thanks everyone I really wish I had the focus you attribute to me. This was indeed a fun pick up. As for displaying my collection...I have a wife and three daughters. My sister in law and her girlfriend just moved in with us. A collection 45 years in the making has been relegated to a large walk in closet. Me and the 71 Bucs are drowning in the deep end of the estrogen pool.

[Mark70Z]

Mike,

I'm going to go ahead and help you out. Just send me a PM and I'll give you my address and you can ship, at my expense, the Brooks/Clemente glove and box; I'll go ahead, take up my personal space, and display it for YOU.

Your welcome!