Collection Center piece

[mr2686]

The great thing about center pieces is that, somewhere down the road, it will be replaced by some other acquisition that is the new center piece...except in the case of that Forbes Field window...that can't be beat.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

The great thing about center pieces is that, somewhere down the road, it will be replaced by some other acquisition that is the new center piece...except in the case of that Forbes Field window...that can't be beat.

Word!
That Forbes window is badass!

[stone193]

Since others have posted theirs - I thought what the heck.

Background - I was only collecting a few years when I went to the National in Atlanta - 1992.

Since the only thing I'd seen prior were the "Holiday Inn" events in Augusta, this was an eye opener!

A table where someone was specializing in WS press pins, jersey tables, an 8 pack 52T cello, the PSA 8 Wagner and then shiny and incredible - a WS trophy.

Last year, Goldin had an auction where no one was bidding on this non-player trophy since it was really dirty and looked pretty bad. I was the only bidder.
And it cleaned up really nice! (Dave Stewart was the MVP that year BTW)

So, here is the "focal" of my collection:

[mrozie21]

Great trophy!!

[todeen]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Great trophy!!

+1

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[71buc]

Beautiful trophy

[68Hawk]

My focus has wandered some over the years, but I married a girl from Kansas who went to KU and was there for the 88' Championship.
We moved to Lawrence KS from Chicago to raise our kids and I fell in love with the Jayhawks.
When this came up for auction many years back it was relatively uninteresting to the larger collecting community, so I happily (and affordably) bought it.
Don't know that it has significant monetary value but it's significant to us in the story it tells.

From the man who created the game of basketball, his personal copy of the 1920 Rule book.