September Pickups

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Dave Grob

My Cincinnati Reds collecting interest (with few exceptions) ends with the 1970season. Thought this was a nice contextual piece for Riverfront Stadium. I have a few bats like this (first player to bat at a new stadium). There are any number of team/ball park collectors, but what seems to escape them until pointed out (CPT Obvious here), is that the first player to bat in a new ball park is going to be from the visiting team.

Dave Grob

Cool bat -- particularly in context. And the accompanying photo and text are also very cool. What program are you using to put that together?

[Dave Grob]

Originally Posted by icollectDCsports

Cool bat -- particularly in context. And the accompanying photo and text are also very cool. What program are you using to put that together?

Thanks. I do these in PowerPoint. For may of these I end up saving them as a .pdf file and then take them to a local FEDEX Office Center where I have them printed and mounted/laminated on museum quality foam board. Size is around 8x10 and they look great with the item. Very affordable if you can do the design/graphic work yourself.

Dave Grob

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Dave Grob

Thanks. I do these in PowerPoint. For may of these I end up saving them as a .pdf file and then take them to a local FEDEX Office Center where I have them printed and mounted/laminated on museum quality foam board. Size is around 8x10 and they look great with the item. Very affordable if you can do the design/graphic work yourself.

Dave Grob

Thanks for the info. Looks great.

[Dave Grob]

My pleasure. Drop me a line at davegrob1@aol if you'd like some help.

[Scott Garner]

I just added really nice scored programs to HOF Sandy Koufax's 1st and 3rd career no-hit games from 1962 and 1964, respectively. The patron's scoring job on both of these is exceptional, IMHO.
It should be noted that the 3rd no-hitter scorecard in 1964 is extremely challenging to find in any condition from what I hear.
Many thanks to Phil Paul for passing the baton and allowing me to add these to my collection...

The 3rd no-hitter scored program pairs up nicely with the 3rd no-hitter ticket that I picked up in September as well.
I guess September is Sandy Koufax pickup month for me.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I just added really nice scored programs to HOF Sandy Koufax's 1st and 3rd career no-hit games from 1962 and 1964 respectively. The patron's scoring job on both of these is exceptional, IMHO.
Many thanks to Phil Paul for allowing me to add these to my collection...

The 3rd no-hitter scored program pairs up nicely with the 3rd no-hitter ticket that I recently picked up in September as well.
I guess September is Sandy Koufax pickup month for me.

Great finds. Well and neatly scored programs are fantastic, first-hand records of the game. That these relate to such historic games just makes them that much cooler. Congratulations.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I just added really nice scored programs to HOF Sandy Koufax's 1st and 3rd career no-hit games from 1962 and 1964 respectively. The patron's scoring job on both of these is exceptional, IMHO.
Many thanks to Phil Paul for allowing me to add these to my collection...

The 3rd no-hitter scored program pairs up nicely with the 3rd no-hitter ticket that I recently picked up in September as well.
I guess September is Sandy Koufax pickup month for me.

Those are absolutely gorgeous!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

Those are absolutely gorgeous!

Thanks Jeff and IcollectDCsports!

[yankeesjetsfan]

Love that Dodgers program.

Mike

[Topnotchsy]

WWII signed baseball with signatures of Vince DiMaggio, Red Ruffing and some others. Was torn on pursuing this because the price tag was bumped significantly by the presence of "Wimpy" Quinn's signature. Quinn was not a particularly memorable player, (pitched 5 innings total) but due to his untimely passing in 1954, he is one of the rarest signatures of the 40's.

Given that he played ball while in the Military, WWII signed balls may be the most common source of his autograph. It is actually the second one I own. The other is a GU ball from the 1945 Navy All-Star Game.