ODDBALL items!

[JackW]

Glad he said clock.

[guy3050]

My Rusty Staub Watch

IMG_0218 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by guy3050

My Rusty Staub Watch

IMG_0218 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

Le Grand Orange!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by guy3050

My Rusty Staub Watch

IMG_0218 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

Man, I really like that watch! Any details? I know there was the SuperStar watches from 1968; that’s not part of that series is it...

[sayhey24]

Love those timepieces!
Tough to beat the Mays clock, but here are a few more Mays oddball items, with a Sadaharu Oh belt thrown in.

Greg

[Fredskinz]

I own Schottzie's dog collar...odd enough?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Fredskinz

I own Schottzie's dog collar...odd enough?

That one might take the prize. Must be a very big collar!

[sayhey24]

Schottzie -- good dog!

I will add a First Day Cover owned by Captain Kangaroo (forgive my blackout skills -- didn't want to show his old address) and a Billy Martin calendar display (although I guess anything Billy Martin related could be considered oddball).

Greg

[w7imel]

Originally Posted by Fredskinz

I own Schottzie's dog collar...odd enough?

I own the world series ring Marge gave Schottzies Vetrinarian.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by w7imel

I own the world series ring Marge gave Schottzies Vetrinarian.

That ring is AWESOME. Does it fit and do you wear it? I ask because I am one of those weirdos who would 100% wear it on a semi regular basis.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Love those timepieces!
Tough to beat the Mays clock, but here are a few more Mays oddball items, with a Sadaharu Oh belt thrown in.

Greg

I picked up the same Willie Mays pine tar, just yesterday. Mine, like yours, has a faded label. It was originally a nice orange.

I have the skateboard, too. I was able to find out it was sold only at Northern California Macy's in 1960. Tough to find, these days.

[bnorth]

Not rare or expensive, just an example on how far us player collectors will go.

In the center in the life vest is GI Joe Cutter(Wade Boggs). On the weird note the little guy in the radiation suit on the far left is stamped Occupied Japan.

[Exhibitman]

One of the oddest Joe Louis pieces I have, it is a door hangar presumably hung on newsstands soliciting orders for a special edition related to the Louis-Braddock fight in 1937. I've never seen another.



This is a betting slip (front and back) from the Louis-Schmeling I fight in 1936. Looks almost governmental, which is great since betting was illegal at the time.



Last of all, how about a piece of actual trash: a 1930s candy wrapper for Barney Ross's candy bar. Ross, a HOFer and two-division champ, was awarded America's third highest military honor, the Silver Star, as well as a presidential citation, for heroism on Guadalcanal during WWII.

[guy3050]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Man, I really like that watch! Any details? I know there was the SuperStar watches from 1968; that’s not part of that series is it...

No it is not , it was release in The Montreal area in 1970 , I got it from my godmother for my 1st communion in 1970

[seattlerainiers]

The Seattle Rainiers won three straight PCL pennants , 1939-1941. Team members were awarded championship rings for the 1939 pennant, and were allowed to choose from other commemorative items in 1940 and 1941. After all, who needs more than one gorgeous championship ring?

Here are a few of those alternate awards, a Kodak 8 camera, a Packard Bell floor radio, and a Remington rifle, all with commemorative championship shields. I'll add a picture of another choice, a silverware set, later.