December Pickups

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

That seller had some great tickets last week. Glad they went to good home Jeff.

Thanks! Definitely not the kinds of items I expect to stumble across on eBay, especially all from one seller without much activity, but the items looked good, and interactions with the seller all felt comfortable.

I would have loved to have won a few more, but very happy with these.

[Ulidia]

I don’t post often as my collection is focused on vintage soccer more so than baseball. However, I thought I would share this item purchased at auction in Turin, Italy earlier this month.

It is a postcard sent from Lisbon, Portugal to Turin, Italy on May 03 1949. It is autographed by the Torino soccer club who were in Portugal to play an exhibition match against Benfica on that May 03 1949 date.

Torino were one of the leading clubs of this era and were on the verge of winning the Italian national soccer championship for a fifth successive season. They were commonly known as ‘Il Grande Torino’.

The importance of this item is that on 04 May 1949, the day after the game and the day after this postcard was sent, the plane carrying the squad back from Lisbon crashed into the hills of Superga as the aircraft was approaching Turin. All on board, including the entire Torino squad, died instantly. Everyone who signed this postcard died a day after it was sent.

The Superga disaster remains a pivotal and sad moment in Italian sporting and cultural history and is commemorated each year. This year was the 75th anniversary of the tragedy.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Ulidia

Everyone who signed this postcard died a day after it was sent.

Jeez, I hope everybody has a better Christmas than that.

[vintagesportscollector]

Two 1903 snapshots of the Cornell baseball team on their Southern Trip to NC and VA, with Hughie Jennings, and Phil Lewis.

1903 Southern Trip, Hughie Jennings:

https://www.iyellcornell.com/copy-of...#comp-m2dnpuwc