January Pick Ups

[JimStinson]

The year is young but my best autograph acqusition "so far" is this fellow right here ...PEBBLY JACK GLASSCOCK !

Along with having a funny name he was considered to be at the time of his retirement from the game in 1896 one of if not THE best defensive infielder prior to 1900. He's been mentioned a time or two as a possible future Hall of Famer.

Didn't hit too bad either as he won the batting title in 1890. Glasscock's autograph is pretty darn RARE he died in 1947.
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[bender07]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

The year is young but my best autograph acqusition "so far" is this fellow right here ...PEBBLY JACK GLASSCOCK !

Along with having a funny name he was considered to be at the time of his retirement from the game in 1896 one of if not THE best defensive infielder prior to 1900. He's been mentioned a time or two as a possible future Hall of Famer.

Didn't hit too bad either as he won the batting title in 1890. Glasscock's autograph is pretty darn RARE he died in 1947.
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Wow Jim, very nice!!! If you ever look to move it, let me know

[jgmp123]

Courtesy of Jim Stinson....Can't wait to have them in my hands!!

Cy Young & Satchel Paige....

[Runscott]

Wow - some really cool autographs. I love the Billy Martin note. Back in the late '80s I used to go to a strip club that he got thrown out of.

Great...now I can never run for public office

[markf31]

Difficult pickup for my 1925 Pirates - World Series set

[JimStinson]

Love the Billy Martin letter ! I got to watch him manage the Yanks day in and day out and have to say he was the BEST manager I ever saw. Just raw genius and he got it from Stengel.

Funny story ..but true , Back when Billy was managing the Yanks and had just gotten canned

I was living in Ocala Florida (where George Steinbrenner owned a hotel and had a house). Well a car pulled in and there were two young girls driving and their tag said "YANKS 2" and I asked them if they were Yankees fans and they said "Oh yes our whole family are Yankees fans"

So I said "The Yanks would be alot better off if that idiot Steinbrenner would just let Billy manage instead of firing him all of the time !!!"
They both looked at me, one of them said something unpleasent ... , they got in their car and drove off. A friend of mine said "There you go pissing people off again"....lol, and he asked what I said and I told him and he told me that was George Steinbrenner's DAUGHTER !!!!!
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[r2678]

I picked up a couple of things from the frame shop I'll post later but Jim's story reminds me of what happened to me at a Charlotte card show.

Leo Durocher had recently passed away. A young lady and another girl came to my table and said, "I'm looking for Leo Durocher." Being the smart alec I can sometmes be, I replied, "He's dead." The girl got a strange look on her face and said, "I know. I'm his grand daughter."

[mr2686]

I decided to start this year off by finishing my 1934 Cardinals project, so of course my first pick up is 3 1969 signed Topps Cubs cards of Don Nottebart, Willie Smith and Randy Hundley. Yep, different year, same 'ol me.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

The year is young but my best autograph acqusition "so far" is this fellow right here ...PEBBLY JACK GLASSCOCK !

Along with having a funny name he was considered to be at the time of his retirement from the game in 1896 one of if not THE best defensive infielder prior to 1900. He's been mentioned a time or two as a possible future Hall of Famer.

Didn't hit too bad either as he won the batting title in 1890. Glasscock's autograph is pretty darn RARE he died in 1947.
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How much does a 'cock like that cost

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Crossed two more off my HOF Auto "Rookie" collection with Billy Herman and Rick Ferrell. Picked up dupes of Hubbell and Hoyte along the way.

[ullmandds]

Great stuff guys...that Young and Glasscock are awesome!!!!! I typically don't buy autographs...and I guess I still dont...as I traded a chair for this and some other stuff!!!!!

[scmavl]

These are about as far from pre-war as possible, but...


I got two game used/signed bats via the Pay It Forward thread on Collector's Universe. One is a Pudge Rodriguez bat signed to Gary Sheffield (very light use) and the other is a Miguel Tejada model bat used and signed by Melky Cabrera in his rookie season (heavy use). Sorry, I don't have any pictures right now.

If any of you visit the CU forum, the Pay It Forward thread has been fun. You take an item that is offered and then offer up one yourself of similar value. I took the Pudge bat and when I received it in the mail, the Cabrera bat was in there "to help me start my GU bat collection"! I offered up a signed Koufax card in return. It's something I started on CU last year and aside from a few tiffs, has been a really fun thread and I've gotten a lot of cool items. While CU isn't usually as mature in attitude as Net54, there are some really good guys over there, if you can get over the lack of T206.