May Pickups

[mschwade]

My month of hopefully some good pickups was kicked off last night (after Midnight, so it was May!) on a business trip when I met Pedro Martinez in the hotel restaurant! Pays to always have a sharpie and an index card on you As a Yankees fan, hard to like the player, but as a guy he was pretty cool to talk to!

[jgmp123]

Just received this today from a fellow Net54 member...Thanks again David!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mschwade

My month of hopefully some good pickups was kicked off last night (after Midnight, so it was May!) on a business trip when I met Pedro Martinez in the hotel restaurant! Pays to always have a sharpie and an index card on you As a Yankees fan, hard to like the player, but as a guy he was pretty cool to talk to!

Pedro Martinez was awesome!! Nice snag Matt!

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Pedro Martinez was awesome!! Nice snag Matt!

Needless to say, a Future Hall of Famer. Thanks Scott!

[GrayGhost]

Great signature of Petey too. Yankees fan here too, not relevant. Pedro is a GREAT pitcher. Glad he was cool.

That piece from Dave is awesome too. Great guy who has super nice stuff too.

[mr2686]

Way to be prepared Matt. I hope you weren't PM'ng me while talking to him
James, also a nice pickup...I don't think you know how close I was to picking that up as I saw it right when it was posted. Oh well, it went to a good home. Congrats.

[canjond]

Something about this candid shot with the skyscraper in the background spoke to me.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Since the signed Ruth's were questionable, I'm excited to add this to my surprisingly growing collection, from Heritage last night. I believe it may be the earliest quad signed card.

[Scott Garner]

It's been a little while since I have posted anything new.
I just picked up this great vintage steel-tipped fountain pen 3 x 5 index card of Nap Rucker.

Nap Rucker was one of the early turn of the century no-hit pitchers.
On September 5, 1908 moundsman Nap Rucker of Brooklyn no-hit the Boston Beaneaters 6-0 at Brooklyn.

[mr2686]

Nice pickup Scott. At age 74 Nap still had a very nice/strong sig.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Nice pickup Scott. At age 74 Nap still had a very nice/strong sig.

I totally agree Mike. Love those fountain pen sigs, too!
These are ultimately what I like to find for each of these early no-hit pitcher signatures in my personal collection.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I totally agree Mike. Love those fountain pen sigs, too!
These are ultimately what I like to find for each of these early no-hit pitcher signatures in my personal collection.

Scott - Congrats on the pickup! Curious, can we see what your list of needs is still for no-hit pitchers. I was thinking maybe if we see the list, someone will be able to help you out here.

[dapro]

Just got this today.

[kdixon]

Picked up this cover yesterday.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

It's been a little while since I have posted anything new.
I just picked up this great vintage steel-tipped fountain pen 3 x 5 index card of Nap Rucker.

Nap Rucker was one of the early turn of the century no-hit pitchers.
On September 5, 1908 moundsman Nap Rucker of Brooklyn no-hit the Boston Beaneaters 6-0 at Brooklyn.

Scott, do you remember when that no-hitter ball was auctioned around 10-11 years ago? I think it went for $1k

[Runscott]

Won this 1915 Chicago Union Giants letter, signed by WS Peters:

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...emid=25785#pic

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Won this 1915 Chicago Union Giants letter, signed by WS Peters:

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...emid=25785#pic

Scott, the picture isn't loading.

Ken

[Mr. Zipper]

Oops... forgot this one. A little fading, but the price was right.

[mschwade]

Great month continues... Just a Gehrig away from completing my Murderers Row project. Want to thank Jim Stinson for allowing me to add this beautiful piece to my collection!!!

[daves_resale_shop]

Got this one in the mail today. I was going to give it to a friend as a gift, but I think i'll hang on to it for awhile!

GPC is postmarked Sept 26, 1950. Whitey won his 9th straight the day before
(9/25) and posted his only loss of the season the day after (9/27). Whitey was called up in July of 1950 and was virtually unstoppable posting a record of 9-1 in the regular season...

Whitey later sealed the deal for the Yanks over the whiz kids with a 5-2 win in game 4 of the series.

[Mr. Zipper]

I'd want to keep it too!

[mighty bombjack]

I made a deal with fellow member baseballart to purchase this signed copy of Effa Manley's 1976 book, Negro Baseball...Before Innovation. As a HOF auto and signed book collector, a rarity like this is quite a pleasing pickup for me.

This makes the 232nd different HOF auto in my collection.

[RichardSimon]

My favorite comedian of all time, I saw him perform twice at The Beacon Theatre in NYC and he was amazing.
I have a signed photo but just got this piece in an auction.