February 2014 Pickups

[Lordstan]

Wow. Some great pickups so far.

Scott,
Congrats. Those are some special items. I can only image a personal relic, like glove, uni, hat, or trophy ball, from one of his two no hitters as being a more ultimate VDM pickup than his birth cert or Navy discharge paperwork.

Michael,
I really hope you decide to restore that poster. That blue color looks fantastic and should really pop once done.


My new ones.

1929 type 1 of Lou Gehrig at his home in Larchmont, NY with Benny Bengough showing off some fishing equipment. Very excited to get this one. I already had another picture of the same scene, but it has no slug on it. I thought it was Lou and Bengough at Lou's home, but wasn't sure as their faces are partially obscured. I also didn't know the date. It's nice to be able to confirm the second photo's contents.









1932 type 1 of Gehrig with Bobby Lowe. It goes with the other, more well known, version that I picked up a few years ago.
They were photographed together after Gehrig hit 4 HR in a game, on June 3, 1932. Lowe was the first player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game, a feat which he accomplished in May 1894.
From Wikipedia
"After Lou Gehrig hit four home runs in a game in 1932, Lowe, wearing his old Beaneaters uniform, posed with Gehrig. Lowe said, "I feel complimented to share the record with so grand a boy."[4] He was 38 years older than Gehrig, but outlived him by 10 years."

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Mark!
Let me return the favor and compliment you on the Lou Gehrig photos. Great pickups, especially the first one. That's an awesome image!

[UnVme7]

"Soup" Campbell game used bat-- don't see these everyday!
2001 Adrian Beltre game used bat
2001 Adrian Beltre game used bat

[UnVme7]

Pic 2

[JoeyF1981]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Wow. Some great pickups so far.

Scott,
Congrats. Those are some special items. I can only image a personal relic, like glove, uni, hat, or trophy ball, from one of his two no hitters as being a more ultimate VDM pickup than his birth cert or Navy discharge paperwork.

Michael,
I really hope you decide to restore that poster. That blue color looks fantastic and should really pop once done.


My new ones.

1929 type 1 of Lou Gehrig at his home in Larchmont, NY with Benny Bengough showing off some fishing equipment. Very excited to get this one. I already had another picture of the same scene, but it has no slug on it. I thought it was Lou and Bengough at Lou's home, but wasn't sure as their faces are partially obscured. I also didn't know the date. It's nice to be able to confirm the second photo's contents.









1932 type 1 of Gehrig with Bobby Lowe. It goes with the other, more well known, version that I picked up a few years ago.
They were photographed together after Gehrig hit 4 HR in a game, on June 3, 1932. Lowe was the first player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game, a feat which he accomplished in May 1894.
From Wikipedia
"After Lou Gehrig hit four home runs in a game in 1932, Lowe, wearing his old Beaneaters uniform, posed with Gehrig. Lowe said, "I feel complimented to share the record with so grand a boy."[4] He was 38 years older than Gehrig, but outlived him by 10 years."

Mark awesome photos as always! congrats

[Lordstan]

Thanks Guys.

Also, I forgot to give a shout out to Scott Forrest(Runscott). I got the photo with Lowe from his new web store, Belltown Vintage Cards . If anyone's thinking about it, he was great to deal with. Thanks Scott.

[JoeyF1981]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Thanks Guys.

Also, I forgot to give a shout out to Scott Forrest(Runscott). I got the photo with Lowe from his new web store, Belltown Vintage Cards . If anyone's thinking about it, he was great to deal with. Thanks Scott.

Mark just checked out that website and its literally 20 mins away. I just ordered this one of their website. He has some great stuff

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Thanks Guys.

Also, I forgot to give a shout out to Scott Forrest(Runscott). I got the photo with Lowe from his new web store, Belltown Vintage Cards . If anyone's thinking about it, he was great to deal with. Thanks Scott.

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Very nice Joey. Congrats.
Glad I could hook both you and Scott up tonight.

Thanks Mark and Joey! Joey, you will love that photo - it has great clarity and I'm surprised it lasted this long.

My apologies for not adding to the store in the last two weeks, but I still have over 300 items to scan and add. I have spent all of my free time watching football, then discovered that my girlfriend bought us the cable sports package, and we now have the MLB channel! Between that and the Olympics, doubt I'll be moving from my couch for another week.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Wow. Some great pickups so far.

Scott,
Congrats. Those are some special items. I can only image a personal relic, like glove, uni, hat, or trophy ball, from one of his two no hitters as being a more ultimate VDM pickup than his birth cert or Navy discharge paperwork.

Michael,
I really hope you decide to restore that poster. That blue color looks fantastic and should really pop once done.


My new ones.

1929 type 1 of Lou Gehrig at his home in Larchmont, NY with Benny Bengough showing off some fishing equipment. Very excited to get this one. I already had another picture of the same scene, but it has no slug on it. I thought it was Lou and Bengough at Lou's home, but wasn't sure as their faces are partially obscured. I also didn't know the date. It's nice to be able to confirm the second photo's contents.

I love those!! My collection is much more modern but I always love going back in time....seeing the clothes.....the dogs.....the "normal guy" activites

oh, yeah....and the milk bottle on the porch.

[matty39]

Just picked up a couple more of these 1936-7 felts. Some say they are remnants of felt beanies but I have my doubts. No smoking gun. No stitch marks or any signs other than fraying that they were ever attached to one another. All opinions and ideas welcome.

[sicollector1954]

Some amazing pickups by people here this month! I like mine although it set me back a few dollars. This is probably next months pickup as well!

If you can't read the center of the trophy because of the reflection from the camera-- it says---Rockwell Silver Company Trophy Annual Baseball Game Peacock Vs Hyman and Co. 1913 Won by Peacock's 18-6 L.Perlman Mgr.

The interesting this is that surviving on the backside are pieces of an article about this game/trophy as well as a picture. The trophy has never been removed from its case as far as I can tell.

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by sicollector1954

Some amazing pickups by people here this month! I like mine although it set me back a few dollars. This is probably next months pickup as well!

If you can't read the center of the trophy because of the reflection from the camera-- it says---Rockwell Silver Company Trophy Annual Baseball Game Peacock Vs Hyman and Co. 1913 Won by Peacock's 18-6 L.Perlman Mgr.

The interesting this is that surviving on the backside are pieces of an article about this game/trophy as well as a picture. The trophy has never been removed from its case as far as I can tell.

Now that's cool! The attached pic of the guy looking at the trophy really makes this piece sweet!

[sicollector1954]

Thanks. This piece comes from the estate of C.D. Peacock........Charles Daniel Peacock....whose father started a jewelry company in the early 1800's in Chicago Illinois and I think are still in business to this day. The Rockwell Silver Co. started in business in Meriden, Ct. in 1905 and was founded by Lucien Rockwell and James W. Mackay.

[perezfan]

That's a beautiful and very unique style of Trophy... I agree that the newspaper photo makes for a tremendous complimentary component.

Congrats!

[aquarius31]

I picked up both of these items at separate times but wanted to combine modern with vintage for display purposes (the drawing was created by Scott Silvers). I just got the piece back from the frame shop yesterday and it looks great now that I have it hanging up Overall dimensions are 45" x 30".

[jimm]

Great pickups, my favorite being the Captain Sal Bando jacket...

[wolterse]

Fred Tenney was born in Georgetown, MA, where I currently reside. There is a street named after him in town here.

[GKreindler]

AWESOME Tenney image. It's hard to compete with the beauty of those Horner cabinets.

Graig

[wolterse]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

AWESOME Tenney image. It's hard to compete with the beauty of those Horner cabinets.

Graig

Thx Graig, and your paintings are simply incredible

[UnVme7]

1999 Tim Raines game used and autographed bat
1996 Jeff Kent game used and autographed bat-- #32 for the collection I believe and this particular bat is extremely rare of his. You won't see another one.

[UnVme7]

Pic 2...

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

It's hard to compete with the beauty of those Horner cabinets.

Graig, just promise you won't ever stop trying

[gnaz01]

Sorry for the poor photo, decal is probably 90%-94% intact.

[Bumpus Jones]

Looks like 94% to me