October Pickup Thread

[Scott Garner]

Last week was a epic pickup week for my no-hit ticket collection.
Two really tough no-hit tickets from the 1960's
I was able to pick up an unimprovable signed ticket stub from HOF Jim Palmer's no-hitter on August 13, 1969.

In May, while visiting Cincinnati on a business trip, I had the pleasure of visiting the newly revamped Cincinnati Reds Museum and Hall of Fame.
It's truly awesome & I would highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance as it is extremely well done.
One of the new mini-exhibits especially caught my eye. They had two tickets and a narrative about Houston Colt .45's pitcher Ken Johnson's no-hit loss 1-0 against the visiting Cincinnati Reds team and opposing pitcher Joe Nuxhall on April 23, 1964.
This was historic in that it was the first time that a pitcher had hurled a 9 inning no-hitter and lost the game.
After contacting Chris Eckes the Curator of the Cincinnati Reds Museum,
I'm very happy to report that I was able to work out a creative trade that benefitted the museum and allowed me to finally add a ticket to Ken Johnson's no-hitter.
It's literally been on my want list for decades, and prior to visiting the Reds Museum I had never even heard of one existing.

Many thanks to Chris Eckes and Brink Van Horn for allowing me to add these tickets to my advanced no-hitter collection.

I now have tickets to 218 different no-hitter games dating back to 1901 (out of 303 total no-hitters since the 1800's).
159 of these tickets are signed by 165 total no-hit pitchers.
129 of these tickets are full tickets
39 are no-hit games pitched by pitchers in the HOF

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Last week was a epic pickup week for my no-hit ticket collection.
Two really tough no-hit tickets from the 1960's
I was able to pick up an unimprovable signed ticket stub from HOF Jim Palmer's no-hitter on August 13, 1969.

In May, while visiting Cincinnati on a business trip, I had the pleasure of visiting the newly revamped Cincinnati Reds Museum and Hall of Fame.
It's truly awesome & I would highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance as it is extremely well done.
One of the new mini-exhibits especially caught my eye. They had two tickets and a narrative about Houston Colt 45's pitcher Ken Johnson's no-hit loss 1-0 against the visiting Cincinnati Reds team and opposing pitcher Joe Nuxhall on April 23, 1964.
This was historic in that it was the first time that a pitcher had hurled a 9 inning no-hitter and lost the game.
After contacting Chris Eckes the Curator of the Cincinnati Reds Museum,
I'm very happy to report that I was able to work out a creative trade that benefitted the museum and allowed me to finally add a ticket to Ken Johnson's no-hitter.
It's literally been on my want list for decades, and prior to visiting the Reds Museum I had never even heard of one existing.

Many thanks to Chris Eckes and Brink Van Horn for allowing me to add these tickets to my advanced no-hitter collection.

I now have tickets to 218 different no-hitter games dating back to 1901 (out of 303 total no-hitters since the 1800's).
159 of these tickets are signed by 165 total no-hit pitchers.
129 of these tickets are full tickets
39 are no-hit games pitched by pitchers in the HOF

Oh man, you're not going to leave us hanging on the creative trade, are you? LOL

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Oh man, you're not going to leave us hanging on the creative trade, are you? LOL

Thanks Mike! Here are the details of the swap:
The Reds Museum received my donation of the Ewell Blackwell trophy ball from his 16th consecutive win in 1947 that I showed on the Cincinnati Reds thread on net54 earlier this month. They allowed me to add one of the two Ken Johnson no-hitter ticket stubs to my collection in the swap.
Both of us did great in this trade and I'm stoked my ball went to their great museum so others can now enjoy it.
They were thrilled & so was I.

Back story: The ticket stubs had apparently been donated to the Reds Museum last year by a major Reds collector. Chris Eckes, the curator went back to the donor to see if he would give the swap his blessing and he graciously did. The Ken Johnson no-hitter exhibit still is in play, sans one of the two tickets.
I can tell you that this was perhaps my only shot of finding one of these bad boys. Colt 45's tickets at HOU are brutal to find to any game & I've never seen or heard of another in 47 years.

[parker1b2]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Mike! Here are the details of the swap:
The Reds Museum received my donation of the Ewell Blackwell trophy ball from his 16th consecutive win in 1947 that I showed on the Cincinnati Reds thread on net54 earlier this month. They allowed me to add one of the two Ken Johnson no-hitter ticket stubs to my collection in the swap.
Both of us did great in this trade and I'm stoked my ball went to their great museum so others can now enjoy it.
They were thrilled & so was I.

Back story: The ticket stubs had apparently been donated to the Reds Museum last year by a major Reds collector. Chris Eckes, the curator went back to the donor to see if he would give the swap his blessing and he graciously did. The Ken Johnson no-hitter exhibit still is in play, sans one of the two tickets.
I can tell you that this was perhaps my only shot of finding one of these bad boys. Colt 45's tickets at HOU are brutal to find to any game & I've never seen or heard of another in 47 years.

Glad it worked out for both parties. Awesome pick ups Scott!!!!

[doug.goodman]

Congrats Scott - your no hitter collection is my favorite collection of all that I know of.

Doug

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Congrats Scott - your no hitter collection is my favorite collection of all that I know of.

Doug

Thanks Doug!
I have to pay you a similar compliment as well. Your tenacity with what you have been able to accomplish with your m113 and m114 Baseball Magazine Supplements is truly epic.

It's definitely been a long slog in the quest to complete both of our collections.
If anyone would get it, it would be you.

BTW, I'm amazed at the incredible diverse collections that regular contributors have in our net54 community. I've learned so much as a collector in the last 10 years on net54. I appreciate everyone's contributions and sharing your own amazing collections.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Mike! Here are the details of the swap:
The Reds Museum received my donation of the Ewell Blackwell trophy ball from his 16th consecutive win in 1947 that I showed on the Cincinnati Reds thread on net54 earlier this month. They allowed me to add one of the two Ken Johnson no-hitter ticket stubs to my collection in the swap.
Both of us did great in this trade and I'm stoked my ball went to their great museum so others can now enjoy it.
They were thrilled & so was I.

Back story: The ticket stubs had apparently been donated to the Reds Museum last year by a major Reds collector. Chris Eckes, the curator went back to the donor to see if he would give the swap his blessing and he graciously did. The Ken Johnson no-hitter exhibit still is in play, sans one of the two tickets.
I can tell you that this was perhaps my only shot of finding one of these bad boys. Colt 45's tickets at HOU are brutal to find to any game & I've never seen or heard of another in 47 years.

Scott, that is such a cool story. Glad it worked out so well for both you and the museum.

[71buc]

Congrats Scott!

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Mike!

[GoCubsGo32]

Congrats Scott! Happy you were able to find it and work it out. Super impressive. Love seeing your collection grow. Cheers to you man!