April Pickups

[gregr2]

Really happy to pick up this Nolan Ryan 5000K signed ticket. Thanks Scott!

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[slidekellyslide]

Got this at a local auction last week. Not sure of date..it is signed by 9 players. Hard to see, but Preacher Roe signed on the front under the word "program".

[HexsHeroes]

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For the past several years my new year’s resolution has been to try limiting my acquisitions only to autographs of vintage Detroit Tigers ballplayers on my want list. Or, for extraordinary autograph items (authentic) offered at too-good-to-pass-on prices. Needless to say, both of those scenarios have generated very few purchases. And so, each year, my resolve is tested, and I give in; but just alittle. As it did Wednesday night (4/05/2017) with the latest Clean Sweep on-line auction. I did not need either of these two items. And the quality of both is, in my eyes, marginal given the tight cuts. But the price on the Bob Fothergill lined cut was acceptable, and the typed note by Bobby Veach on the back of the 3x5 with his signed document cut was just “the gravy” to entice me to bid. Neither are world moving, or earth shaking in nature, but do represent the first two autographs I have purchased this year. Now to get back on the straight and narrow path of staying true to that new year’s resolution.

[btcarfagno]

Wonderful item for my women in baseball collection. The National Girls Baseball League was very similar to the early incarnation of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (A League Of Their Own). The NGBL lasted 11 seasons and was based in the upper midwest at the same time as the AAGPBL. Both leagues were really softball leagues, with the AAGPBL eventually transitioning towards more of an overhand baseball format by the end of its existence and the NGBL maintaining underhand throughout. The two leagues shared many many players through their decades plus of existences.

This is an autograph book which features signatures of the entire NGBL for the 1949 season. All six teams are featured. Just a wonderful wonderful piece of history. I will only post two for the sake of brevity. 71 (or more) NGBL signatres in all.





Tom C

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up this early career (circa 1954-1955) signed example of HOF Sandy Koufax's signature on an A/P. Many thanks to net54's David Linardy for selling this to me.

Within the last month I also added this other circa 1962 A/P exemplar of Sandy's scribe that was acquired at the Hotel Roosevelt, likely on the Dodgers' 1st return to NY since their sad departure to the Left Coast in 1957. With the introduction of the expansion NY Mets in 1962, the LA Dodgers returned once again. It is known that the Dodgers stayed at Hotel Roosevelt when in NY in this era.
This 1962 signed A/P came from the collection of Sandy Koufax specialist and long-time good friend Phil Paul, also another net54 board member.

[GrayGhost]

Sold a piece to help and a bit of cash for this Gil that I have coming soon. I will be reselling it ini the not too distant future, but couldn't pass the price up. Has pencil, I know,and not the greatest medium that it is signed on, but w the JSA and strength, I had to make the deal.

[GrayGhost]

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[canjond]

Got this off the BST. I'm not much of a modern signature guy, but I thought the inscription was pretty cool, so I couldn't pass it up.

[Sladge34]

Al Oliver ($40), Ralph Terry ($31), Tyler Austin ($40), and Clete Boyer ($50)