April pickups

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Here are a couple of great photos that I just picked up from net54's Lance Fittro:

1) HOF Satchel Paige pitching in relief of HOF Bob Feller 1948.
Sweet image of Satch!

2) Type II photo of Johnny Vander Meer and Babe Ruth on the bench prior to Vandy's 2nd consecutive no-hitter on 6/15/38.

BTW, in addition to being a cool image, this photo provided a photo match to the dugout featured in the William C. Greene Type I photo that net54's Graig Kreindler painted for me in 2012. The splintered board pictured just to the right of Vandy's head in the Vandy/ Babe photo is an exact photo match to the board to the left of Vandy in the William C. Green photo. Mystery solved, my painting is of Vandy in the Ebbets Field visitor dugout.

I'm pretty certain now that this photo was taken on 6/17/38, two days after the second no-hitter. I believe that Greene actually shot the photo of Vandy w/ Babe as well.

Dang it, if I had known that photo closed the loop on your Kreindler painting locale mystery, I could have squeezed you for a few more bucks!

Just kidding! Glad to have found an appreciative new home for those guys, and especially now knowing you're feeling the gratification of a solved mystery. I know you'll take good care of them

[jester]

Not sports, but a nice pennant.

[repsher]

A couple of new photos:

Bob Feller with his father as an 18yr old in training camp 1937

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Ban Johnson - 1923. I'm showing the back not just because I like the saying written on the back, but it also looks like the photographer signed it. Does anyone recognize who the photographer might be?

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[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by repsher

Does anyone recognize who the photographer might be?

Looks like "Sparrow?" Unfortunately, that doesn't ring a bell with me.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Ed Barrow?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by repsher

A couple of new photos:

Bob Feller with his father as an 18yr old in training camp 1937

I would love to have a hi-res scan of the Feller pic. I own the catcher's mitt that Feller's Dad used when Bob Feller was 13-16 (according to Bob Feller), so while this probably isn't a pic of my glove, it would still be cool to have a good copy for the display.

[Exhibitman]

1952 Brooklyn Dodgers plate. The Dodgers made commemorative china for presentation to team and staffers. This is one of the dinner plates:

[scooter729]

Just arrived today - the 1889 Chicago banquet program in honor of Al Spalding and the baseball team that just returned from their world tour!

There is a silk overlay on the cover with the ship design, and then a cool map underneath the silk, detailing all the stops on the trip. I especially like the baseball field at the foot of the sphinx, as it really happened! The inside of the program features speeches and toasts planned (Al Spalding, John Montgomery Ward among others!), and a heck of a big food spread.

Anyone else planning on pointing their time machine back to April 19, 1889 in Chicago??

[edtiques]

Here's a couple of things I recently picked up.The straw cap is in great condition.The painting is of Bronko Nagurski and was painted by a sports artist named Larry Johnson