May pickups

[MVSNYC]

Acquired from JT Sports (John Taube).

Chuck Miller game used bat (tons of use, plethora of nails on the back barrel). Bat is a Spalding gold medal bat, circa 1909, dead ball era. He played several years in the bigs & minors...side written, returned to the factory in the 20's.

[sayheykid54]

Jim Bliss Ty Cobb pastel and pencil painting. Looks fantastic in person and will look great displayed in my Detroit Tigers room.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by sayheykid54

Jim Bliss Ty Cobb pastel and pencil painting. Looks fantastic in person and will look great displayed in my Detroit Tigers room.

Wow. Looks like you'd get sprayed by infield dirt just by standing next to it. What size is it?

[sayheykid54]

Framed it measures 22" x 27". The flying dirt does look pretty cool.

[71buc]

In full disclosure I picked up this 11X14 Les Banos photo of Clemente last month and forgot to share it.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by 71buc

In full disclosure I picked up this 11X14 Les Banos photo of Clemente last month and forgot to share it.

Wow. Beautiful

[71buc]

Thanks Ben, Banos took some beautiful photos. I was torn about this one. Banos, who served as the Pirates team photographer for many years died 5 years ago. For obvious reasons I love his work. This photo originates from negatives owned by the Roberto Clemente museum. I was told that only a handful of this image were printed from the original Banos negative. I have other signed Banos images. This one lacks that distinction. Nonetheless, it is a large photo printed on museum quality archival photo paper. Prior to purchasing it I communicated with a photo expert I respect. He said that this was more of an art purchase than a collectible news photo. I love the beauty of the image and decided to pull the trigger based on my love of the image's subject and the quality/beauty of the image. Nonetheless, this serves as a reminder to buy what I love not what is necessarily considered as an investment.

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by 71buc

In full disclosure I picked up this 11X14 Les Banos photo of Clemente last month and forgot to share it.

Congrats Mike! That is a great photo! Best Clemente I've seen!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 71buc

In full disclosure I picked up this 11X14 Les Banos photo of Clemente last month and forgot to share it.

Mike,
That's incredible!

[71buc]

Thanks everyone.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by 71buc

In full disclosure I picked up this 11X14 Les Banos photo of Clemente last month and forgot to share it.

Man, that Clemente photo is awesome! You definitely made the correct decision
to pick it up.

By the way where's the 1971 WS thread? I can't tell when that photo was taken, but probably '71, so put it in the thread...😃

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Man, that Clemente photo is awesome! You definitely made the correct decision
to pick it up.

By the way where's the 1971 WS thread? I can't tell when that photo was taken, but probably '71, so put it in the thread...😃

The Bucs stopped using black batting helmets after the 1970 season. Great photo, though.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Acquired from JT Sports (John Taube).

Chuck Miller game used bat (tons of use, plethora of nails on the back barrel). Bat is a Spalding gold medal bat, circa 1909, dead ball era. He played several years in the bigs & minors...side written, returned to the factory in the 20's.

That's a very, very cool bat.
I just wanted to mention that I thought the Spalding Gold Medal series decal bats first appeared circa 1905, discontinued by 1908, with the Gold Medal Autograph series beginning in 1909. This could make your bat a little earlier. If the bat though came from John Taube and he calls it 1909, I'm sure he knows best. That's a great pick up, congrats!