January 2012 Pick-Up Thread...

[batsballsbases]

Just a quick question as I was re scaning the 1928 photo for someone I scaned the back also and just noticed that it looked to me that the photo was a 1927 with a 8 put over the 7. Not that it matters to me either way as I love the photo but I was also told that the uniform is from 1927. You can see that the pencil change was done from the original writer. Wanted some input on the uniform being 1927.

[mjkm90]

Picked this up in an antique mall today. I've not seen this style before. The felt feels 50s, but it could be 60s. Pre 1969 for sure (no mlb logo).

[stone193]

One of my main focus areas is baseball board games - and skill games are part of it.

I picked this one up last week - and I'm amazed what the difference a week makes.

I saw one in Yee's auction - saved it - but found it out of my price range almost immediately - game collectors just won't pay big bucks for these.

It's probably from the late 30s - 40s and the one I picked up is in nice shape!







I paid $46 for this one - the one in Yee's auction went for a whopping $186! I'm guessing two guys wanted it really bad - not sure why otherwise - I'm sure the allusion to "Babe" may have been the reason? Sure was a sneaky way to evoke interest in a toy without paying a penny to Ruth? If this game actually said "Babe" on it? Who knows what it would've brought in Yee's auction.

[Ronnoco]

It hardly seems worth posting after the tremendous items thus far, but I picked up this small Adirondack Bat Factory piece when I stopped for a little rest this afternoon. I love that Larry Doby was already part of their signature group by this point and that Bobby Thomson is also on the cover (didn't he do something important with a bat in 1951?) I wonder if I can still get a dozen Larry Doby bats for $18.90? And I'll take one of the Joe Garagiola sticks as long as it doesn't tell Me and Yogi stories.

[doug.goodman]

The Standard Catalog lists this as a 1914 issue, but based on the players listed on the supplement, I believe the photo was taken in March of 1915.

Doug

[bcbgcbrcb]

Is Roush on there, Doug?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Is Roush on there, Doug?

No. Roush doesn't get to Cincy until better than a year later.

In order from left to right, starting with the top row :

Rapp
Trombley
Wagner
Killifer
Wingo
Dooin
Brown
Benton
Gonzales
Ames
Clark
Olson
Herzog
Douglas
Mollwitz
Dale
Schneider
Lear
Von Kolwitz
Griffith
Groh
Fittery
Leach