August pickup thread

[sphere and ash]

I love the Beneker studies. Congratulations on the purchases. It’s amazing the talent Baseball Magazine had working for it—in addition to Beneker, they had Kernan for cover illustrations and Conlon as staff photographer.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by sphere and ash

I love the Beneker studies. Congratulations on the purchases. It’s amazing the talent Baseball Magazine had working for it—in addition to Beneker, they had Kernan for cover illustrations and Conlon as staff photographer.

Thanks. I wish I could have afforded more of them, but several that I was interested in went much higher than expected.

[bobfreedman]

Picked this up and now only need the Cobb to complete my set (not counting the Baker as only one is known).

Jeff, the Wood photo is remarkable! I love the look on his face and is one of my favorite photos. Congrats.

Scott, I had a feeling you would be after those. Nice pickups

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Jeff, the Wood photo is remarkable! I love the look on his face and is one of my favorite photos. Congrats.

Agreed! A special photo. And that fan is great too. Some great pickups this month.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Dewey

Some great pickups this month.

Not for all of us!

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Not for all of us!

I hear ya. Got skunked in RMY.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Picked this up and now only need the Cobb to complete my set (not counting the Baker as only one is known).

Jeff, the Wood photo is remarkable! I love the look on his face and is one of my favorite photos. Congrats.

Scott, I had a feeling you would be after those. Nice pickups

Thanks - good luck with the search for Cobb.

[mrozie21]

Picked up a 1979 World Series Pittsburgh Pirates banner which would have been used during the World Series.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Picked up a 1979 World Series Pittsburgh Pirates banner which would have been used during the World Series.

Nice! How big is that bad boy?

[mrozie21]

44” x 44”

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Picked up a 1979 World Series Pittsburgh Pirates banner which would have been used during the World Series.

VERY nice banner!

[bocca001]

Thought these were cool, given my interest in California baseball and my son's interest in trains. They are very colorful and will display well. I'd never seen them before.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

picked up a 1979 world series pittsburgh pirates banner which would have been used during the world series.

awesome!!!

[sphere and ash]

Picked up this image of the 1905 Harvard team, featuring William Clarence Matthews, in Leland’s. I’ve been looking for an image of Matthews for about five years to fill I hole in a collection of images related to baseball’s color line.

Matthews went on to play for an integrated team in Vermont before leaving baseball. Boston’s Traveler newspaper wrote at the time:

“Because his skin is black he can never play on any but itinerant colored nines that at best eke out a hand to mouth existence.

With all its insurmountable handicaps, baseball is not the place for Matthews.

He should begin the battle for life somewhere else.”

And so he did.