My 5000th Post and A Holy Grail Type Pickup

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

That's fantastic! Congratulations! Do you mind if I ask what it brought relative to what it is worth--no need to give actual values just curious how competition for it at the auction was.

I paid next to nothing for it compared to relative value because the auction was centered around Nebraska Football memorabilia and 99.9% of the crowd was there for football items. The auction had been advertised for nearly a month and I was hoping no one who read the catalog would know the name Sosnak or research it. Luckily for me no one did.

[baseball tourist]

Awesome ball! Congrats.

[ksfarmboy]

Amazing item Dan! Quite a significant piece for guys that collect items like we do. Congrats!

[seattlerainiers]

Holy grail, indeed.

Fantastic. Congrats Dan. Glad it is where it belongs, and that you survived the torturous month waiting for it

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks guys. And it was indeed torturous!

[parker1b2]

Congrats. Awesome Ball!!!

[perezfan]

Beautiful and exquisite piece... Not to mention the Nebraska connection and obvious rarity.

Many congrats, Dan!!

[bnorth]

That is an amazing looking ball, congrats!

[FourStrikes]

outstanding pickup - love it when stuff lands in the hands of someone that *truly* appreciates it.

congrats !

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I paid next to nothing for it compared to relative value because the auction was centered around Nebraska Football memorabilia and 99.9% of the crowd was there for football items. The auction had been advertised for nearly a month and I was hoping no one who read the catalog would know the name Sosnak or research it. Luckily for me no one did.

That's fantastic! So happy that you landed it, and getting it for a great prices makes it that much sweeter.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

WOW !!!! That is quite a treasure. Congrats!

[doug.goodman]

Congrats.

That ball is cool, but the scorebook sounds amazing.

Doug

[RedsFan1941]

Live auctions like that are the best. Congrats!!!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Congrats.

That ball is cool, but the scorebook sounds amazing.

Doug

It is and I got an even better deal on it. Here it is including a look at one of those 66 homers.

[slidekellyslide]

Another very cool item I picked up last night while others were focused on that Husker football memorabilia was this book by Christy Walsh that he drew a Babe Ruth cartoon in on the first page and personalized it to Cy Sherman. Sherman was an early sports writer in Lincoln and is credited with giving Nebraska the nickname "Cornhuskers" after years of calling them the Bug Eaters, Tree Planters, Old Gold Knights and Antelopes. Also the Western League baseball park Sherman Field was named for him.

[bgar3]

Great book. There is a similar one online for 2850 dollars. I imagine you got your for quite a bit less.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

It is and I got an even better deal on it. Here it is including a look at one of those 66 homers.

That is beautiful.