December Pickups

[3-2-count]

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

[jbhofmann]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

That's amazing.

[btcarfagno]

I love that the Ruth is on an original period photo, as well as how crisp and bold it is. Just tremendous.

Tom C

[jason.1969]

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[tazdmb]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

And now for a Ruth not nearly as impressive...but still my first one that's within even a decade of his lifetime. This is from the 1952 Topps "Look n See" set, in which Ruth is the only ballplayer. Other notables I already had included Galileo, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein.

It was an eBay BIN that turned up in my search results at what seemed like a very good price for its condition.

Not to hate, but this forum is mainly for Autograph pickups, there is another December pickups in the Vintage Memorabilia Forum.

Think your pickups would be more appreciated there.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

Tony,
That Ruth signed photo is awesome. Congrats!

[Scott Garner]

I was able to recently scratch off one of the genuine toughees on my want list of early vintage no-hit pitcher signatures:

Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" or "HUB" Leonard (D-1952) pitched for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers during his 13 year ML career. Dutch Leonard has the distinction of holding the lowest single season ERA in the modern era of baseball (post 1900). "HUB" had a microscopic ERA of 0.96 during his 1914 season with the Boston Red Sox.

Additionally, Leonard hurled the second ever no-hitter at historic Fenway Park on August 30, 1916. In his career, Leonard actually pitched two no-hitters, the second one on June 3, 1918 also with Boston.

Here is a picture of my HB "Dutch" Leonard 1948 GPC, a photo of Dutch from 1916 and an actual game ball that I own from Leonard's 1st no-hitter in 1916:

[3-2-count]

Thanks Joel, Tom & Scott. Decemeber is off to a grand start.
Keep em' comin guys.....

[Klrdds]

Scott,
The Dutch Leonard autograph is great addition to your collection but the baseball is really impressive!!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Scott,
The Dutch Leonard autograph is great addition to your collection but the baseball is really impressive!!

Thanks Kevin! It's one of my favorite items in my collection. I suspect that the darkness of the ball is partially due to the fact that "Dutch" was a sometimes spitballer. It's amazing how much use balls got during the deadball era...

[btcarfagno]

Wasn't it Dutch Leonard who almost got Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb thrown out of baseball due to game fixing allegations? At a minimum, it led to Cobb losing his job as player/manager with Detroit and sent him packing to the A's to play out the string.

Tom C

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Scott,
The Dutch Leonard autograph is great addition to your collection but the baseball is really impressive!!

+1

[Sophiedog]

Tony: Congratulations on the Ruth! It's a Beauty!

[3-2-count]

Thanks again everyone. Much appreciated.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

Wow - Tony that is really awesome!

Cheers,
Blair

[3-2-count]

Thanks Blair........

[stat192]

1977 Chong Modesto A's, Ricky Henderson

[jbhofmann]

Originally Posted by stat192

1977 Chong Modesto A's, Ricky Henderson

This is a monster....about the same rarity as Charlotte Ripken??

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by jbhofmann

This is a monster....about the same rarity as Charlotte Ripken??

Depends on which Charlotte Ripken. The blue version is a pretty close comparison. The orange version is still much rarer, IMHO.

BTW, Great pick up Giovanni.

[Bestdj777]

I love this forum. I've had this auto for a while. I was fortunate enough to pick up an upgrade--a signed ball from Scott (thanks Scott!)--so I threw this up on the BST. David (Daves_Resale_Shop) messaged me regarding the price. He then messages me and tells me he thinks I can do a lot better on the piece if I frame it and put it on eBay. The kicker, he decides to mail me a mat for free that he thinks will compliment it well.

It is now resting comfortably in my display case and not sure if I'll be able to remove it to sell it as I love the look (thanks David!).

[daves_resale_shop]

Tony, that Ruth is exquisite! and Chris, the Mantle looks great!

As some of you may know, for the last year and a half (maybe two), I have been transforming my three year old son's room into a Man Cave of sorts...The focus has been on my favorite player: Ted Williams... I prefer flats over other mediums as i feel they make for great displays...

Now to the point: I have been looking for a Pre-Rookie Williams signature for quite some time, and I can never seem to find the fish hook "T" variation on anything but a ball.

This one recently came to market & I had to grab it...

First off, its a monster (rougly 5x7"), has the graphs of 4 other Hall of Famers

My research leads me to believe it was signed some time during Ted's first spring training with the Sox in 1938. Hall of famers aside, I think the Bob Daughters signature is very interesting...

Bob played in one major league game (april 24, 1937-Boston's home opener), versus the Yankees. Daughters pinch ran for Rick Ferrell in the 10th, managed to score a run... he never got to bat and his big league career was over...

Very Happy to add this one to our collection, not sure how I'm going to display it, If anyone has suggestions please pm me...

Many Thanks & Happy Holidays to all of the great members that make this board what it is...

Dave

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by stat192

1977 Chong Modesto A's, Ricky Henderson

Giovanni - is that my old BVG Rickey that you cracked out and got signed? Pretty cool!

And to answer some subsequent questions about the '77 Chong set, purportedly only 400 sets were created and most (250-300) were destroyed in a Chicago fire. I can't seem to find any reference to this online, although I certainly recall reading about this somewhere. This card is on the want list for almost every Rickey Henderson player checklist. But the price tag makes it tough to fill. That said, it deserves a lot more respect and should be valued higher than the 1980 Ripken (Blue), although recent price xp suggests otherwise.

[packs]

Picked up this nice Ernie off the Bay last night. Always loved this card: