April 2011 Pick Up Thread

[baseball tourist]

Wow. The pick-up regulators are out today! I guess it is a major crime to post an item in a thread that you got a day before, huh? It seems to be something not worth complaining/commenting about.....oh, here I go wasting more time and space.

[mr2686]

I'm sorry, I know I should have submitted this back in the November thread, but I wanted to make sure it got fully authenticated by multiple sources before I made a fool of myself on the board. First off, this is not something I would have normally done, but because everyone makes so much fun of CC, I decided to go over there and pick a few "really bad" examples to discuss. While I was over there, I saw a "very nice" Ruth/Gehrig ball that was too good to be true (and of course, it had a bid of $250 with a few days to go). Knowing it couldn't be good, but wanting to play a prank on my buddy, I bid $400 and won it. When it arrived, I started looking at it and felt that if it was a fake, it was one of the best that I had seen. With PSA being just up the road, I took a full series of pictures of it and drove it up to them myself. The next thing I'm going to tell you just about floored me...it came back as authentic. Now, I know there has been some debate about some of the 3rd party authenticators, and just to play safe, and armed with PSA's authentication, I had my insurance company write it in to my policy and then I submitted it to JSA...and yes, it came back as authentic as well. By now I had now doubts, but I wanted to check with one other person...a person on this board who is VERY respected. I sent him as many pictures as possible...all angles and close ups. He told me that he would have to see the ball in person, but based on the pictures and the info provided that it indeed looked good to him.
My poor buddy doesn't even know what he might have got by mistake.
I'm not sure what to do next. I would love to keep this in my collection but I think I would get too much at auction. I think I'll have to sleep on this awhile

[slidekellyslide]

I'm guessing since Big Dave just registered a few days ago that he's just asking how the pickup thread works.

BTW Chris, nice pickup on that Toronto baseball ticket/envelope...I once found a Nebraska Indians envelope with a nice cache in the stamp section...there was no mention of baseball at all as the owner didn't know what the envelope represented.

[slidekellyslide]

Wow Mike! Can we see pics of the Ruth/Gehrig ball?

[scmavl]

Mike, that's quite a find! Post a picture if you can!

[slidekellyslide]

I'm feeling really stupid right now because I've got a feeling that I've been had here.... April Fools right?

[mr2686]

Sorry, but yes this was an April Fools joke!! Couldn't help it...have had a real bad month of March with work and really needed to have a little fun. What I wanted to do was to follow up with pictures of a really BAD looking ball with LOO Gerrag and Babe ROOTH on it. Happy April Fools Day to everyone.

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I'm feeling really stupid right now because I've got a feeling that I've been had here.... April Fools right?

Oh. Duh.

Good one!

[Lordstan]

Damn Mike!
You had me too.
I was about to message you about you holding out on me.
Good one.

[Scott Garner]

Mike,
I laughed when I read your post knowing that it was April Fools Day.
Reel 'em in, buddy! Happy Friday

[sycks22]

I'm pretty excited about my Walter Johnson auto hand written letter with his own letterhead. I've never seen a letter of his with his letterhead on it.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by sycks22

I'm pretty excited about my Walter Johnson auto hand written letter with his own letterhead. I've never seen a letter of his with his letterhead on it.

Pete,
Great looking Walter Johnson piece! Could we see a closeup shot of the letter & when was it written?
Thanks!

[John V]

Pete,
Very nice. Did you have those framed or is that the way you got it?
JV

[sycks22]

It's the way I got it. Once I figure out how to crop a pic of it I'll post it on here. It's unique being that it's from his own letterhead and he's talking about watching some baseball games in it. I'm actually selling it if anyone wants it.