Last to go

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Scott

That bat sounds awesome, did you get it from a family member or something? I would love to see it someday!

For me it would be a few of my early Roy Castleton items and Louis Sockalexis pieces. I hope to have one premium Sockalexis item to give to each of my kids someday. Now if my wife would stop adopting children (we have 6 kids under the age of 11!) I could have already done this by now!

Rhys

Rhys, about eight years ago I bought some items saved by an old town ball player who managed a team and also saved their scorebook. I recently wrote an article about the player and the summer of 1911 when his team played KC, Chicago and several other interesting teams - waiting for the article to work its way through the editors. The town's unofficial baseball historian is now a friend of mine, and at some point all the stuff will end up back in his town.

[packs]

I have an N28 Jack Glasscock that I could never sell. It was my first 19th century card and my dad bought it for me as a birthday present when I was 12 or 13. My dad won't be around forever but that card will and I'll remember the day every time I look at it.

I could also never sell my Miller Huggins T206. It was the first pre-war card I ever bought at a Gloria Rothstein White Plains show when I was 10 or 11. I remember hanging out with Little Ray Kelly, who lived in my town and was a friend of my grandmother's, and him telling me stories about sitting next to Huggins in the dugout. One day my grandmother mentioned to him that I collected old cards and he told me to bring them with me next time. I'll never forget the look on his face when I pulled out that Huggins. I was sure he was expecting to see some Griffey rookies.

[martindl]

While I own a ton of cool stuff and some of it rare, i'm getting close to systematically letting it all go. It'll take a few years to move it all, right venue and timing and all that, with a goal of my heirs not having to deal with any of it when my time comes.
My wife and I own and run an antiques mall and when you're in this type business you tend to lose your emotional attachment to things. We have some family items that will get handed down, but nothing sports related, so I don't have a designated 'last to go'.

[GKreindler]

Packs,

Did you live in Valley Cottage?

Graig

[packs]

Yup. My grandmother used to live in Congers. Small world.

[springpin]

Rhys,

You maybe interested to know that in the upcoming Robert Edwards Auction there will be a previously unlisted pin of Sockalexis.

Paul