April 2011 Pick Up Thread

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Unbelievable!!

I had the tremendous good fortune to make a GREAT pickup today that I'm really excited about. I unearthed the only known extant ticket stub and scorecard to Chicago White Sox HOF great Ted Lyons' no-hitter that he pitched against the Red Sox at historic Fenway Park on August 21, 1926.

The patron that attended Lyon's big game was a local and he scored this game as well as several others at Fenway during the 1926-1927era. Additionally, there are some Hyde Park (Mass) High School baseball games scored in the scorebook.

What makes this extra special for me is that I'll be able to supply retrosheet.org with a copy of the play by play to the game so they can add it to their great database of scored games. It's always been a goal of mine to try to return the favor to retrosheet. It's been such a wonderful resource and tool that I've used extensively through the years. This is the 1st time that I've ever been able to find a scoresheet to a historic game that they can use.

I'm a happy camper!

Scott...Congrats nice P/U...and I like your giving back/contributing to retrosheet...Can you tell us how it all came about?....were you walking down the street and saw a garage sale sign?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Scott...Congrats nice P/U...and I like your giving back/contributing to retrosheet...Can you tell us how it all came about?....were you walking down the street and saw a garage sale sign?

Hi Carlton, Mike and Dan,
Thanks for the nice words guys. OK, you asked for the back story, so here it is:
Some of you know that I have been a collector of no-hit games for many years (2011 is my 39th year of collecting this theme). To say I have an incredible network of great collector friends would be a gross understatement...

As far as today's discovery goes, the Ted Lyons ticket and scorebook was actually discovered by a friend of a friend based out of Massachusetts. He visited a antique store in a suburb of Boston this morning and spotted the ticket and scorebook in a glass case.

This collector asked the antique dealer if he had any other baseball tickets and memorabilia to which the dealer responded that he did, and only last weekend a gentleman walked into his store with quite a few vintage Red Sox baseball tickets (over 200) that came from one family's collection from over 80 years. My friend Tony Swann (the ultimate Carlton Fisk collector) purchased these as this is something that he collects. If you want to blow your mind, look at his cool website carltonfisk.com!!

Long story short, thanks to the iPhone, the collector visiting the antique store sent the photos over to my friend, who in turn forwarded them to me.
We negotiated a bit on the price and 5 minutes later, there you go, I add the Ted Lyons no-hitter stub and scorebook to my collection. BTW, I now own tickets to over 168 no-hitters dating back to 1910.

Excuse me for the shameless plug, but I am always looking for tickets to vintage no-hitter games that I can add to my personal collection. Please let me know if you have anything that you feel would help another fellow die-hard collector.

Good collecting,
Scott

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Carlton, Mike and Dan,
Thanks for the nice words guys. OK, you asked for the back story, so here it is:
Some of you know that I have been a collector of no-hit games for many years (2011 is my 39th year of collecting this theme). To say I have an incredible network of great collector friends would be a gross understatement...

As far as today's discovery goes, the Ted Lyons ticket and scorebook was actually discovered by a friend of a friend based out of Massachusetts. He visited a antique store in a suburb of Boston this morning and spotted the ticket and scorebook in a glass case.

This collector asked the antique dealer if he had any other baseball tickets and memorabilia to which the dealer responded that he did, and only last weekend a gentleman walked into his store with quite a few vintage Red Sox baseball tickets (over 200) that came from one family's collection from over 80 years. My friend Tony Swann (the ultimate Carlton Fisk collector) purchased these as this is something that he collects. If you want to blow your mind, look at his cool website carltonfisk.com!!

Long story short, thanks to the iPhone, the collector visiting the antique store sent the photos over to my friend, who in turn forwarded them to me.
We negotiated a bit on the price and 5 minutes later, there you go, I add the Ted Lyons no-hitter stub and scorebook to my collection. BTW, I now own tickets to over 168 no-hitters dating back to 1910.

Excuse me for the shameless plug, but I am always looking for tickets to vintage no-hitter games that I can add to my personal collection. Please let me know if you have anything that you feel would help another fellow die-hard collector.

Good collecting,
Scott

Nice story....I noticed the Iphone assisted...These smart phones are really something....now with the capability to send photos on the spot it opens up possibilties....the other day I was at a fea market in Roseville Ca and saw a Heinie Groh bottle bat for $1,200.00...I took photos and sent them to my friend Chris Galbreath in Tennessee... but it was retail....said he sold one for about that..I just got the phone so it was my first time sending photos on the spot...my old phone's camera and system was too clunky to do mess with.

You can set your phone to send photos right to facebook, photobucket, or someones email address or phone number...I suppose Leon could have an app made that would allow us to upload from our phones straight to
Net54Baseball.com...

[yanks12025]

Do you mean the price was retail or the bat? Cause that's a pro model bat.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Do you mean the price was retail or the bat? Cause that's a pro model bat.

The price was retail...the seller said "he was told" it was a gamer because of what he called the cleat marks on the barrel edge...Please don't shoot the messenger just telling you what the seller told me

[prewarsports]

I think players and friends saved a lot more of Heinie's Bottle bats than other people because it was a novelty. I have owned 2 different (an early reach which was CORKED and a H&B 125). In my opinion there are 20-30 at least known to exist which is A LOT for a 1910's-1920's player. Still should be worth more but Chris is right, these are $800 - $1200 bats but cool for sure!

Rhys

[dwr11]

I picked up this 1970 Minnesota Twins banner. These are pretty tough to come by so I was pleased to add it to my collection.

[perezfan]

Beautiful Twins Banner! Great condition, too.... wonderful pickup

[DixieBaseball]

I'm a Pepper...you're a Pepper... wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too ? (Keep your eye on the ball!)

[dwr11]

Beautiful Twins Banner! Great condition, too.... wonderful pickup

Thank you! I was very excited to get it as this one doesn't show up to often and to have it be in great condition was an added bonus.

[HRBAKER]

[MacDice]

[IMG][/IMG]

Just got in the mail. Definitely not vintage but has a lot of meaning for me. In this game, a kid (Mason Tobin) that I coached in junior college made his MLB debut. The first kid that I coached to reach the show.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by MacDice

[IMG][/IMG]

Just got in the mail. Definitely not vintage but has a lot of meaning for me. In this game, a kid (Mason Tobin) that I coached in junior college made his MLB debut. The first kid that I coached to reach the show.

Very cool Mike- congrats!

[Bobsbats]

No picture yet, but picked up a fantastic Spaulding Model Bat of Roger Breshnahan from MGHPro at the Oaks show !!

[MGHPro]

My pick ups from Oaks.

[prewarsports]

I picked up this gem last week and got it in the mail today. The seller did not know who most of the people were in the book so I took a chance and asked for more scans and was surprised to see how many big names were in here. Mostly non-sports (some really big names though) but a Turkey Mike Donlin and a Lou Gehrig as well as Pop Warner, Barney Oldfield and Duke Kahanomoku as well as others. I LOVE vintage autograph books and this one is cool because the signatures are "tipped in" so they are larger at the top and the glue is on the fold line behind it and not directly below the autographs so no bleed through.

Rhys Yeakley

[prewarsports]

Here are the rest of the pages. I have not looked up any of the State Governors (there are almost 40/48) to see if they are famous yet.

Rhys

[Mr. Zipper]

I was happy to add these to my collection this month...

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Here are the rest of the pages. I have not looked up any of the State Governors (there are almost 40/48) to see if they are famous yet.

Rhys

Wow... that is really great! Kudos!

[Kawika]

Rhys: That is a fantastic book of signatures, a regular Who's Who of the early twentieth century. Bing Crosby, Radio Crooner . . Tom Mix, Screen Star . . Mike Donlin, Giant Tosser . . Franklin Roosevelt, Nominee for President of the U.S., Grantland Rice, Clark Gable, Jack Dempsey, Paul Whiteman etc etc. That will be a fun book to own.

[mr2686]

WOW...what a nice pickup, Rhys...and quite an eclectic grouping....Laurel and Hardy, Howard Hughes, Gehrig, Lawrence Tibbits....wasn't Tibbits the opera singer that sold his house to Bugsy Siegel (at least in the movie)?

[BrockJacob]

Originally Posted by MGHPro

My pick ups from Oaks.

Nice pick-ups Matt. The Testi piece is really cool. What does it say?

[slidekellyslide]

Holy crap Rhys!!! That's a great pickup...so what is the best (ie. most expensive) autograph in the book?

[prewarsports]

Thanks Dan.

I think the Howard Hughes and the Gehrig are probably both similar in prices. There are a bunch of other nice ones, but not as valuable. There are a bunch of second tier guys that are in the $300-$1000 range, but those are the two best.

I have owned several other Watermans autograph books and there seem to be a bunch of Ruth signatures in them but this is the first Gehrig I have seen in one of these albums.

The girl who put it together wrote letters to the people inside so many have salutations under the glued part of the signature.

The Charlie Chaplin is a stamp.

Rhys

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

Nice pick-ups Matt. The Testi piece is really cool. What does it say?

Yes- great pickup Matt! I'm also curious what the writing says, as well as the composition of the statue. Is it heavy (bronze) or light (galvano)?

Great looking figural... congrats!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Here are the rest of the pages. I have not looked up any of the State Governors (there are almost 40/48) to see if they are famous yet.

Rhys

Spectacular autograph book Rhys. Congrats on what has to be one of the best April pickups for sure!!

[GrayGhost]

Amazing book ..wow..

Anyways, my little contribution is something not valuable but cool. I found these two scorebooks at a flea market. Spalding and Statis score. someone LOVINGLY filled in games, w great detail, esp the 67 one (see part of Red Sox/KC A's game) Sportswriter, whatever, or a guy who just watched tv, lots of games in NY/Bos, but other cities too.

I don't know, but great history recorded here. at least 20-25 games or more per book, plus he even listed HR's for the games he scored, etc. May sell them, but regardless, this stuff just is so cool IMO. Games w Mantle Maris HR's so much more included, incl Mantle HR off Barney Schultz

[MGHPro]

Here's a close up of the writing. The figure is a bronze. Its a heavy piece.
Matt

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by MGHPro

Here's a close up of the writing. The figure is a bronze. Its a heavy piece.
Matt

Fred Sanford.....too funny.....I always wondered what he did before he became a junkman in El Segundo!

[JLange]

Another neat Black's Annual Baseball Guide, this one from 1949 with Lou Boudreau on the cover. From the Oaks show this past weekend. Same dealer who had the Feller version in March!

[jpop43]

Although not all from April, as I've been a bit swamped with cataloging, here are some of our most recent acquisitions....I'll have them up on my site before too long, but here are the pics...
www.dugouttreasures.com

[jpop43]

A few more from www.dugouttreasures.com ...

[jpop43]

The last of 'em from www.dugouttreasures.com ...

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Amazing book ..wow..

Anyways, my little contribution is something not valuable but cool. I found these two scorebooks at a flea market. Spalding and Statis score. someone LOVINGLY filled in games, w great detail, esp the 67 one (see part of Red Sox/KC A's game) Sportswriter, whatever, or a guy who just watched tv, lots of games in NY/Bos, but other cities too.

I don't know, but great history recorded here. at least 20-25 games or more per book, plus he even listed HR's for the games he scored, etc. May sell them, but regardless, this stuff just is so cool IMO. Games w Mantle Maris HR's so much more included, incl Mantle HR off Barney Schultz

Scott,

Really cool pickup. Whoever it was sure was detailed.

[MGHPro]

Jonathan
Awsome stuff! Thats a good year of pick ups, let alone a month or two!
Matt

[Bugsy]

Two more St. Paul Saints bats; a Lute Danny Boone game used bat from 1929 with three name stampings and a Charlie Dressen fungo bat.

Chris

[Chris Counts]

Here's a 1949 San Diego Padres (PCL) signed ball I recently acquired. The eBay seller listed most of the signatures, but somehow he missed both Minnie Minoso and Luke Easter in the description, so I got it for a song. Bucky Harris, Max West and Jimmy Reese also signed it. Since I'm a Minoso collector, I was thrilled to pick this up ...

http://imageevent.com/ccmcnutt

http://minnieminoso.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Minnie...36821566381801

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Unbelievable!!

I had the tremendous good fortune to make a GREAT pickup today that I'm really excited about. I unearthed the only known extant ticket stub and scorecard to Chicago White Sox HOF great Ted Lyons' no-hitter that he pitched against the Red Sox at historic Fenway Park on August 21, 1926.

The patron that attended Lyon's big game was a local and he scored this game as well as several others at Fenway during the 1926-1927era. Additionally, there are some Hyde Park (Mass) High School baseball games scored in the scorebook.

What makes this extra special for me is that I'll be able to supply retrosheet.org with a copy of the play by play to the game so they can add it to their great database of scored games. It's always been a goal of mine to try to return the favor to retrosheet. It's been such a wonderful resource and tool that I've used extensively through the years. This is the 1st time that I've ever been able to find a scoresheet to a historic game that they can use.

I'm a happy camper!

As a follow up to my earlier post, I just received the Ted Lyons no-hitter and scorebook in today's mail. The scorebook itself is truly remarkable piece. It is a hardbound Spalding Official Base Ball Score Book which is beautifully scored in fountain pen and pencil. For 85 years old the scorebook is in exceptional condition!!

To my surprise, in addition to the Lyons no-hitter, there are some other really neat games in the Score Book. The 15 year old patron scored the 1926 Fenway Opening Day game that was played on 4/13/26. The Red Sox hosted the Ruth/Gehrig led 1926 Bronx Bombers. In this game, Yanks HOF'er Tony Lazzeri makes his major league debut and also records his first hit and scores his first run.

Other games that were scored included a game vs. the Philadelphia A's in which HOF greats Ty Cobb, Jimmy Foxx and Eddie Collins all appear. Way too cool! Prior to this find, no play by play existed for ANY of the games scored in this book. Retrosheet.org can now knock off 10 new games from 1926 and 1927.

What a fun pickup!!

[mjkm90]

A big thank you to Matt for allowing me to purchase his Hartford batter figural that had been painted by what appears to be the same little artist who painted my Chicago pitcher. It cleaned up very nicely and completes my set. As you can see in this photo, the pitcher has already begun to darken and I expect the same with the batter.

[MGHPro]

Mike.
Looks great. Enjoy it.
Matt

[vintagesportflips]

I picked up a this group of bats at an auction earlier today. I am more of a football guy, but I really love the look and feel of the spalding ring bat. The others in the group are a Spalding P3 bat, a Goldsmith bat with ring on the end (is it proper to still call this a ring bat or does it post-date that term?), a Reach Burley decal bat, and a thick handled bat with no visible maker mark but does have something marked/written on the barrel. I posted a closeup of the writing; Can anyone make it out? I am guessing its the original bat owner's last name. I am posting a seperate post about the Spalding ring bat, with some closeups, questions.

[baseballart]

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up two cool Johnny Vander Meer Type I photo sequences on eBay this week. Both of these were taken shortly after Vandy had thrown the second of his back to back no-hitters in 1938.

[yanks12025]

Antique baseball German Bisque Statue, rare fielder version.. It is available if interested. Photos not the greatest, cause their from my Iphone. boblee89@yahoo.com

[murphusa]

You gotta love springtime

1943 Yankees Autographed ball that is in Richards hands to get the best certificate in the land
UDA Mantle ball with pouch etc (at a garage sale)
1956 Yankees stadium ball
3 Harriage Balls in box
36"Spalding City League Bat

and then this stuff.

picked this up and from the first photo I was expecting a few cracks and nails/screws but to my surprize not even a nic when I removed the tape on this 35" Tris Speaker Decal Bat







also a nice 35" mushroom knob






nice photo



pennants

[vintagesportflips]

I picked up this group of items at an antique show today. First is a Draper & Maynard - Converse shoes bat. Then a group of 4 early baseballs; the first one is a two tone red and tan figure 8, the next is a possible 1890's figure 8 ball which is not completely round, and then 2 other balls I don't know what to make of yet. Lastly is a 1927 Golf Tournament trophy Reed & Barton Cocktail pourer.

[jpop43]

Just got this bat that has become an instant favorite...35", heavy as heck, original taped handle, and no flaws whatsoever.
www.dugouttreasures.com