Player Collections - Show them off

[brian1961]

Chris----I loved the photo you did with your dog "admiring" your 1952 T. Mantle. That was an inspiration.

Jason---Congrats on a wonderful Hank Aaron collection, bro. Don't be surprised if you decide to add another display case. One thing about player collecting; it's hard to limit yourself. I always respected Hank Aaron. I came to almost resent him in the early 70s. It wasn't too hard to "get over" Hank beatin' the Babe's record. Nah, it was because he always seemed to murder my Cubs. Every stinkin' game it seemed. Like Bugs said in his baseball cartoon where he faced the rough Gashouse Gorillas, "Wham--a homer, wham, another homer, wham, wham, wham, wh....."

When Mr. Aaron finally left the National League, the relief never came. Another slugger had already begun to take his place to have the Cubs for lunch---Mike Schmidt. With Ernie retired, Ron Santo aging and traded, and Billy Williams soon to go to the A's, and Fergie Jenkins to Texas in another stupid trade by Cubs management, it was all over for me as a Cubs fan.

Anyway, kudos to your Henry Aaron collection. Long may his record last. We certainly cannot acknowledge Rotten Berry Bogus Bonds.

I know; I'm gettin' mouthy. I gotta eat and head to work anyway.

Take care, guys. ----Brian Powell

[pawpawdiv9]

Great Displays everyone. I posted a display case i had a while back that had some good ones. I love the Hank Aaron display, always like the RC (love mine for sure!). As for the Yogi Berra, i like to see getting one of those tip-top cards one day.
@Chris: I am very happy that we chat alot as good bros and was fortunate for you to grab some Mantle items i sold you. I did notice the 2 micks 52's, but only saw 1 stalh meyer, I thought you got the yellow one, think its the 55 or did i miss it. You sure did a-mass more than i ever could do. I did my run and some other issues, but felt there was more out there to collect. May the qwest for that 60 Venez continue on. Also, please update your need list, if i remember the Meadowgold was still on it and that Holiday Inn pool 3-fold postcard.
BTW- what an adorable dog. You got some balls to put that 52 in its mouth, my dog would of ran and buried it somewhere. Reminds me to take a pic of my dog for fun. Maybe we all can start a dog calandar with our 52 micks and our dogs or our fav players.

I got my collection put on here on the Net54 album section. I sold my Zeenut pre-rookie Dimaggio to another board member. I may be doing a 4 card Ty Cobb run very soon.
And when i do it, i think i will do a custom 4 card display.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Guys, this is a great thread. Mostly I have just bought cards and never even thought of a display like this. I don't want to hijack the thread, but I do have some questions. I am starting to get interested in collecting original vintage pinbacks and making displays out of them. This may be a dumb question, but how do you get the pinbacks to stay in place in the display? Do you put felt or something in the bottom of your display case and run the pins through the felt? Some of these displays really got me thinking about building some similar displays. Also, is there any kind of price guide for pinbacks? Thanks for any advice you can throw my way.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Guys, this is a great thread. Mostly I have just bought cards and never even thought of a display like this. I don't want to hijack the thread, but I do have some questions. I am starting to get interested in collecting original vintage pinbacks and making displays out of them. This may be a dumb question, but how do you get the pinbacks to stay in place in the display? Do you put felt or something in the bottom of your display case and run the pins through the felt? Some of these displays really got me thinking about building some similar displays. Also, is there any kind of price guide for pinbacks? Thanks for any advice you can throw my way.

My approach was a lazy one. I laid the pins and coins flat on a shelf.

A little bit of everything

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Guys, this is a great thread. Mostly I have just bought cards and never even thought of a display like this. I don't want to hijack the thread, but I do have some questions. I am starting to get interested in collecting original vintage pinbacks and making displays out of them. This may be a dumb question, but how do you get the pinbacks to stay in place in the display? Do you put felt or something in the bottom of your display case and run the pins through the felt? Some of these displays really got me thinking about building some similar displays. Also, is there any kind of price guide for pinbacks? Thanks for any advice you can throw my way.

If you take piece of cardboard and cover it with felt or a different heavy material of your choice it would work well. You can stretch it and spray glue it down or just wrap it orotund and pin or tape the edges to the back. If you hav a frame to put it in you won't be able to tell the difference. You can pick the color to help best show off your collection of pin back.
In this Koufax display I made (shown before) this is the method I used.
Drew

[Bestdj777]

Thanks Brian and Chris. Chris, I am down to only a few left. Right now, I am missing the 60 and 68 Venezuelan, a 1969 Country Cooking postcard of Mantle batting, and the Holiday Inn postcard of the pool (not the fountain). After I get those out of the way, I'd love to get the Meadowgold Dairy, the 1954 Stahl Meyer (my 53 and 55 are pictured about two cards away from the 52 Topps in the picture), a couple of postcards (55 Exhibit, another Pittsburgh Exhibit, Dad's Cookies, Lenox Hospital), and a handful of cards I've never even seen pictures of.

For pins, I am lazy myself and just lay them on a shelf. I'd image sticking them to felt would work well though.

Love the displays.