Two Major Additions To My Nebraska Indians Collection

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks guys....I find most of it on ebay. They actually rarely played games in Nebraska during the postcard era. Most of their travel was in the Northeast and Central parts of the US...When Guy Green sold the team they started playing most of their games around Nebraska, but the new owners were not as good at marketing the team as Green was so they didn't sell many postcards or other items. These photos originated in Wisconsin...one of them has the name P. Hardeson on the back, but I've never found that name associated with the team.

Ricky, I used to bid on all Nebraska Indians items even if I already had it and since I stopped doing that the prices have come down. Postcards that used to sell for $75-$100 now sell for less than $50. I will only bid now if it's a significant upgrade or it's something I don't have. I still think it's an underrated and virtually unexplored era of baseball collecting...the Nebraska Indians were a big attraction during their era, but have been almost forgotten today. Nobody I ever talk to about them locally had ever heard of them before I told them.

I have my NI collection online here: http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...seball%20Team/

[19cbb]

Congrats Dan.
I'm thinking of pre-ordering the McFarland reprint of Guy Green's books.

http://www.amazon.com/Nebraska-India...9575405&sr=1-2

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Jimmy, yep....I'm pretty sure this edition includes both of Guy Green's books. I have the originals, and I have the 1991? edition of the McFarland reprint of the Fun and Frolic book...this will be the first time that "The Nebraska Indians: A Complete History" will be reprinted.

I'm still looking for a copy of "Fun and Frolic..." that is NOT a 4th edition.

[Jim VB]

Great stuff, Dan!


By the way, did anyone mention that O'Keefe was asking for you at the Net 54 dinner? He even offered to buy you a beer sometime.

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Cool. I've got no problem with O'Keeffe...I think he's doing a good job helping to expose fraud in our hobby. Wish I could have been there...maybe next year, but for sure in Chicago in 2011.

[rickybulldog50]

Dan,
That's pretty dang impressive. I liked how you added other things to your display (ball, glove, etc.), it looks really great! I did check your photos, do you own the broadside as well? You mentioned that you stopped bidding on dupes for your collection, are there other collectors/competition in this area of collecting? If so, do they have similar pieces as you? Also, are there pieces that you know exist, but currently don't have?

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Originally Posted by rickybulldog50

Dan,
That's pretty dang impressive. I liked how you added other things to your display (ball, glove, etc.), it looks really great! I did check your photos, do you own the broadside as well? You mentioned that you stopped bidding on dupes for your collection, are there other collectors/competition in this area of collecting? If so, do they have similar pieces as you? Also, are there pieces that you know exist, but currently don't have?

Ricky, I do not own the broadside...I do not know anyone that collects the Nebraska Indians stuff...there never seemed to be any pattern in ebay bids where I could figure out my main competition. Lots of times my competition came from Native American collectors and not baseball collectors.

There are currently four items that I know exist but do not own.
-This postcard - a variation on one I already own, but I want all the variations.


This cabinet photo


This RPPC


And this broadside that was sold in an Oregon Trails auction in the mid 1990s.


There was also a letterhead that I lost out on about 5-6 years ago on ebay..I bid it up to $600 and still came in second. I lost out to someone that collects letterheads, not just baseball related either. The letter's content was about a Japanese team that Guy Green was intending to put together, but it was on NI stationary. I did win an identical envelope just recently though.