February Pickups

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Another

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3rd one

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4th

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Not the best photos, but here is my recent pickups, framed, and displayed. Early 19teens hand-written plays by Army Coach Charles Daly, 1899, 1908, and 1910 Army Navy tickets, and a cabinet of Truman Murphy (played in first Army-Navy game).

Niche area, but I like them.

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A postcard of Harley "Pete" Wood (Smoky Joe's brother) at the University of Kansas. Pete's actual postcard that he sent to his cousins back home in Ness City, KS in 1909.

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Just got these in the mail (from separate purchases) yesterday and today.
One is (I think) and 1951-57 Adirondack "DiMaggio Type". It had a crack, but someone obviously spent some love repairing it. Absolutely beautiful bat.

The other one is (I think) a 1946-50 Adirondack "DiMaggio Type". This one is curious. It doesn't have the "Personal Model" above and below the name on the barrel; nor does it have "Flexible Whip Action" to the right of the label. There is also no number (or anything else) on the knob.
However, what it does have is signs of use. There is lots of pine tar on the handle, and some (very minor) grain separation on the barrel. There is a minor crack along the handle (covered by the pine tar), but nothing that detracts from the gorgeous visual display.

I love these bats, and they are now hanging on my wall right next to my prized DiMaggio bat.

[btcarfagno]

So happy to pick this up at the Goldin auction last night. It is the banner that was hanging above the scoreboard at Wrigley Field during the 2013 season. This means that it was hanging there the night that the Pirates clinched their first post season appearance in 21 years.

I am going to try my best to get every Pirate who was in uniform that night sign it for me. It measures 30 by 70 inches. I will treasure this.



Tom C