August pickups

[sayhey24]

A far cry from some of the stunning National pickups posted here, but these are some of the finds from my week of estate sales and flea markets. The panorama is a 1920 Saratoga Race Course. I picked up the 1960s drink cart to display baseball glasses.

Greg

[Scott Garner]

Congrats on your pickups this month guys! Some really great ones.

I managed to scratch off another very difficult ticket that I have had on my want list forever:

Montreal Expos pitcher David Palmer hurled a 5 inning abbreviated Perfect Game in the second game of a DH on April 21, 1984 @ ST. LOUIS.
This is only the 1st ticket to Palmer's gem that I have ever seen. It came from a huge ST.L. ticket collection that was acquired at The National by a dealer friend of mine.
I'm really happy to own it, and the fact that it is a full ticket is a bonus.
David Palmer's Perfect Game was recognized as such until 1991 when MLB changed the rules about what defined a "Perfect Game"

I also added this beautiful Season Super Suite ticket to HOF pitcher Jack Morris's
no-hitter against the hometown White Sox on April 7, 1984.

I now need tickets to only 13 more no-hitter games dating back to 1930...


BTW, out of this ST.L ticket collection that I mentioned previously, I also picked up tickets to two new Nolan Ryan pitching appearances.
I now need only 43 ticket dates to have a ticket to every one of Nolan's 807 career regular season games.


Christmas arrived early in August!

[JackW]

sayhey, what a great idea on the drink cart. Love that display. Very clever!

[ooo-ribay]

Hey, sayhey - what's the plastic Senators item?

[sayhey24]

Nice tickets Scott -- never liked that change to the no hitter rules.

Thanks for the comment on the drink cart Jack -- always fun to find a unique way to display baseball collectibles!

The Senators piece is basically a folder for papers -- it's dated 1968 and was produced by Major League Promotion Corp -- I've never seen one before.

Greg

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Hey, sayhey - what's the plastic Senators item?

+1 Never seen that one before, either. What's the copyright info say?

[pherbener]

Just got this in last week to add to my Matty collection. This is the first photo I've seen of the three Mathewson Brothers Christy, Henry and Nicholas...I'm guessing c.1907. Sadly all three passed away far too early. Most of you know that Matty passed away in 1925 after a long bout following his exposure to mustard gas in WW1. His brother Henry died of Tuberculosis at 31 in 1917. Nicholas committed suicide at the age of 18 in 1909. Here's a little piece I found about him

"Nicholas was the youngest Mathewson sibling, and at one time had been considered a more promising pitcher than both older brothers. Nicholas was a favorite of John McGraw, who would send used uniforms and equipment to Nick. Being able to distribute these items around Factoryville made Nick a popular fellow with Factoryville’s youngsters. Nicholas was also a right-handed pitcher and the star of the team at Keystone Academy, but after that his path diverged from that of his brothers. The Detroit Tigers, under McGraw’s friend Hughie Jennings, were interested in obtaining the youngest Mathewson pitcher with an offer of $3,000, but Gilbert Mathewson turned down the offer, thinking that his son was too young. Instead of attending college at Bucknell, Nick went off to Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. During his first fall at Lafayette, Nicholas became ill and returned home before the semester ended. While recuperating at home, he became anxious that he was falling behind in his work at school. His family did not realize how much he was suffering mentally. One afternoon shortly after the turn of the New Year, Nick headed out of the family home. He climbed into the loft of the barn, wrote a cryptic note, and raised a pistol to his head. As the day became late, his concerned family began to search for him. Gilbert discovered his son’s body in the loft. Nicholas was rushed to a hospital in Scranton, but too much damage had been done and his life could not be spared. News papers confused the Mathewson brothers; some papers had reported that it was Henry who had committed suicide."

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Just got this in last week to add to my Matty collection. This is the first photo I've seen of the three Mathewson Brothers Christy, Henry and Nicholas...I'm guessing c.1907. Sadly all three passed away far too early. Most of you know that Matty passed away in 1925 after a long bout following his exposure to mustard gas in WW1. His brother Henry died of Tuberculosis at 31 in 1917. Nicholas committed suicide at the age of 18 in 1909.

Awesome!!!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Just got this in last week to add to my Matty collection. This is the first photo I've seen of the three Mathewson Brothers Christy, Henry and Nicholas...I'm guessing c.1907. Sadly all three passed away far too early. Most of you know that Matty passed away in 1925 after a long bout following his exposure to mustard gas in WW1. His brother Henry died of Tuberculosis at 31 in 1917. Nicholas committed suicide at the age of 18 in 1909. Here's a little piece I found about him

"Nicholas was the youngest Mathewson sibling, and at one time had been considered a more promising pitcher than both older brothers. Nicholas was a favorite of John McGraw, who would send used uniforms and equipment to Nick. Being able to distribute these items around Factoryville made Nick a popular fellow with Factoryville’s youngsters. Nicholas was also a right-handed pitcher and the star of the team at Keystone Academy, but after that his path diverged from that of his brothers. The Detroit Tigers, under McGraw’s friend Hughie Jennings, were interested in obtaining the youngest Mathewson pitcher with an offer of $3,000, but Gilbert Mathewson turned down the offer, thinking that his son was too young. Instead of attending college at Bucknell, Nick went off to Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. During his first fall at Lafayette, Nicholas became ill and returned home before the semester ended. While recuperating at home, he became anxious that he was falling behind in his work at school. His family did not realize how much he was suffering mentally. One afternoon shortly after the turn of the New Year, Nick headed out of the family home. He climbed into the loft of the barn, wrote a cryptic note, and raised a pistol to his head. As the day became late, his concerned family began to search for him. Gilbert discovered his son’s body in the loft. Nicholas was rushed to a hospital in Scranton, but too much damage had been done and his life could not be spared. News papers confused the Mathewson brothers; some papers had reported that it was Henry who had committed suicide."

Amazing photo & write up!