December pickups

[Runscott]

Wow, Tom - looks like you made a clean sweep!

I didn't get any of the autographs, but did pick up a nice photo last night.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Wow, Tom - looks like you made a clean sweep!

I didn't get any of the autographs, but did pick up a nice photo last night.

Indeed!!

Also picked up a few other items from there, including the Rochester minor league team signed ball lot, one of which has a nice sweet spot Ken Boyer and another has a super rare pre-rookie Mike Marshall.

My favorite is still the Drysdale though. I mean...wow.

Tom C

[btcarfagno]

One more recent pickup...1952 Campanella All Stars Photo signed by 14 including Campy and Hank Thompson, plus several others.



Tom C

[yanks12025]

Maris signed index card.

[tazdmb]

#200 Big goal was to get to 200 before the Veterans vote.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

#200 Big goal was to get to 200 before the Veterans vote.

SWEEEEEET! Congrats, man, 200 is huge number for HOF collectors. To boot, you have a handwritten letter as 200? Well done.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

#200 Big goal was to get to 200 before the Veterans vote.

Very nice, Taz! Congrats on # 200!

[Scott Garner]

Collector David Smith from Maine worked on a project in 1989 that ultimately made its way into my no-hitter collection. Definitely a collector after my own heart!

He had 9 pitchers of no-hit games ranging from 1938-1981 sign this 8 x 11 sheet and add the dates of their corresponding no-hitter games.

Sadly, 7 of these gentlemen are now deceased.

Pitchers that signed the sheet are:

Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer (D)
Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell (Vander Meer's teammate on the Reds during the 1940's) (D)
Allie "Super Chief" Reynolds (D)
Carl "Oisk" Erskine
Bob Lemon (D)
Rex Barney (D)
Bob "Smiley" Keegan (D)
Harvey "The Kitten" Haddix (D) 12+ innings of perfection!
Len Barker- Perfect game

Cool pickup for under $5 per autograph. Think you could get that done today?

[markf31]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

#200 Big goal was to get to 200 before the Veterans vote.

Love the piece. Congrats on the pickup, I was an under bidder but had to abandon it for other pursuits in that auction.

[tazdmb]

Originally Posted by markf31

Love the piece. Congrats on the pickup, I was an under bidder but had to abandon it for other pursuits in that auction.

Thanks, yeah had my eye on at least 5 pieces in auction that all skyrocketed in the last moments of the auction. Was able to get this in just within my budget. #201 is already on its way, but I think I (and my wallet) are done bidding for a while.

[Shoeless Moe]

picked this up.....signatures include:

Heinie Manush - OF - Sweet Spot
Ray Prim - RP - Sweet Spot - appeared in only 2 games in 1933
Joe Cronin - SS/Manager - Age 26 (26 year old rookie manager bests McCarthy, Ruth, Gehrig and the World Champ Yankees by 7 games to win the pennant, not bad)
Bob Boken - INF
Walter "Lefty" Stewart - SP
Alex McColl - RP
Cecil Travis - INF
Joe Kuhel - 1B
Ossie Bluege - 3B
General Crowder - SP - 24-15 record
Earl Whitehill - SP - 22-8 record
Moe Berg - C
Buddy Meyer - 2B
Dave Harris - OF
Ed Chapman - RP - only played 1 year 1933 - appeared in 6 career games
Luke Sewell - C

There are 4 others sigs I'm having a hard time making out.

The Chapman/Prim connection lead me to conclude this ball is from a game on either September 24 or October 1, 1933 as those were the only 2 games they both appeared on the roster at the same time. It might be nailed down to which of those 2 games by further examining the remaining signatures on this baseball and the rosters/boxscores of those 2 games.

On both of those dates the Senators played Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx and the Philadelphia Athletics.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

One more recent pickup...1952 Campanella All Stars Photo signed by 14 including Campy and Hank Thompson, plus several others.



Tom C

Wait, does that have an Alex Pompez auto on it?

[thetruthisoutthere]

Just picked this up.

Mickey Mantle, Schmidt, Bench, Ernie Banks and Rollie Fingers.

All penned in black ink.


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