Your Favorite Memorabilia Pick Up of 2016

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

But this is mine:

Outstanding choice!, Bob.

[JoeDfan]

While not technically a gamer, this jersey was given to Whitey from Joe D.; who wore it at the Yankees fantasy camp in the mid 1980s.
For me, pretty much the ultimate capstone of my Joe collection (mostly because a real gamer is waaaaaaaayyyy out of my price range! Lol.)

[Dave Grob]

For my Vander Meer collection:
The showcase that I purchased for $65 that allows me to properly display my Vandy 1938 collection and the 1938 vintage signed Goldsmith ball with provenance.

Scott,

That Vandy glove and box have to be one of the most striking display combinations I have seen in a very long time.

Dave Grob

[3-2-count]

Great items guys. Probably this big ole' thing!

[mcgwirecom]

As a ticket collector I knocked off two TOUGH 500 HR Club stubs. Hank Aaron and Mel Ott (Thanks Scott)

And also was able to finally make a deal on Bob Feller's High School ring. (thanks Charlie) I had been the under bidder in the auction it was in but managed to get it a few years later.

[Kzoo]

I was happy to pick up this late 1950s Roger Maris game model O16 bat over the past summer. It matches factory records, but I still want to have one of the experts take a look at it.

[John V]

This bat.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Dave Grob

For my Vander Meer collection:
The showcase that I purchased for $65 that allows me to properly display my Vandy 1938 collection and the 1938 vintage signed Goldsmith ball with provenance.

Scott,

That Vandy glove and box have to be one of the most striking display combinations I have seen in a very long time.

Dave Grob

Thanks Matt & Dave!

[ramram]

Baseball - c. 1866 CDV - Lon Kinch (1).jpg

Lon Kinch, catcher, Columbia BBC (NJ) c. 1866

Rob M

[Buckeye2015]

1903 Ohio State vs Indiana Thanksgiving Day Football Program

1903 OSU vs Indiana.jpg

[Ulidia]

I did not purchase an item of any note baseball-wise this year. However, more generally, it was my best year of collecting sports memorabilia ever - and my main collecting habit is soccer.

Although not my favourite pick-up of the year, the below is my favourite American-related memorabilia. All 4 items pictured relate to the same soccer game - an exhibition game between the New York Cosmos and a World All-Stars XI in 1978 which was Johan Cruyff's first game for the Cosmos.

The ball is the match ball autographed by the World All-Stars XI side. The jerseys are (orange) match-worn goalkeeper shirt by Bailey for World All-Stars, match-worn number 10 shirt by Rivelino who scored one of the World All-Stars goals in a 2-2 result and, finally, the green "second" shirt, number 30, for Johan Cruyff. He, and the Cosmos, wore white so this ended up being unworn.