Anyone Have Memorabilia Room Pictures to Share?

[MVSNYC]

Hi Hank, understood, and agree! thanks for sharing.

Love the framed pieces on your walls.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Hi Hank, understood, and agree! thanks for sharing.

Love the framed pieces on your walls.

Thanks. Me, too!

[perezfan]

Nice Dunbar Statue!

My favorite-ever piece depicting your Grandpa. Beautiful displays!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Nice Dunbar Statue!

My favorite-ever piece depicting your Grandpa. Beautiful displays!

Thanks, Mark. That's the bronze edition, a handful of which were made by Doug Allen of Legendary Auctions and sold several years ago by his wife on eBay when Doug was in prison. He did a beautiful job on them from one of the plaster originals, and I was lucky enough to snag one.

[mr2686]

Outstanding Hank!...and by the way, that indeed is a memorabilia room.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Hank I consider your book on your grandfather one of my favorite bios on a player! I have the traditional copy but what is the thicker white edition on the left.

By the way the Beale Senators copy with dust jacket is a real toughie as I'm sure you know!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Hank I consider your book on your grandfather one of my favorite bios on a player! I have the traditional copy but what is the thicker white edition on the left.

By the way the Beale Senators copy with dust jacket is a real toughie as I'm sure you know!

Thanks, Mike, much appreciated! That's the first audio book c. 1995 on 18 cassette tapes! The small black package on the right is the CD edition. Now it's in the cloud. Yes, the Beale book is very tough with a nice dust jacket, only seen several over the years. Never seen a signed copy, curiously, even though he was a prolific author. I'd love to have one of those. My Povich copy is in mint condition with a beautiful inscription to me from Shirley--one of my favorite pieces as I learned to read from growing up with his daily columns in the Post. Did you notice the many Roger Treat WaJo biographies? There were nine editions of that book, and I have SEVEN different covers. I can't understand why they would go to the expense of doing a different cover for so many editions, especially when the later editions won't sell as well. Several of mine have a beautiful "Special Capitol Edition" page signed by Treat. I loved that book as a kid, it really captures the essence--if not the detail--if the Walter Johnson story.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I too have always loved the Treat book though I only own the edition with the orange jacket. I have all of the Putnam books with jackets and only have three signed, two by Lieb and the Indians by Lewis. I wrote Mr. Povich in the late 80's and complimented him on his writing. He wrote back very quickly and asked for copies of some of my writing. We exchanged correspondence for several years. Did the same with Sam Lacy in Pittsburgh before his passing. Looking back I wish I could have asked him about a story that I have absolutely no proof of so far. There is a story flirting about that Josh Gibson hitched on some trains to come to Hot Springs, Arkansas when he was 17. He had heard the Crawfords were training here and perhaps this is where he was signed??? We have several photos of him here that year but I have no clue where he was discovered. Mr. Lacy was here then too but sadly the story popped up years after his death.

As a side note I wrote James Bready many years ago about his Orioles book which has been printed many times in both hard and soft cover. I received a huge package from him with all of his notes inclduing a first edition with many hand written changes inside. He said he was getting old and wanted it to fall into someone's that would appreciate it. I was very touched and really didn't know how to react.

BTW I have Beale's Redskins book and his two college books on Navy and Georgetown. The Redskins book is as tough as or tougher than the Senators. Sorry to ramble.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

I too have always loved the Treat book though I only own the edition with the orange jacket. I have all of the Putnam books with jackets and only have three signed, two by Lieb and the Indians by Lewis. I wrote Mr. Povich in the late 80's and complimented him on his writing. He wrote back very quickly and asked for copies of some of my writing. We exchanged correspondence for several years. Did the same with Sam Lacy in Pittsburgh before his passing. Looking back I wish I could have asked him about a story that I have absolutely no proof of so far. There is a story flirting about that Josh Gibson hitched on some trains to come to Hot Springs, Arkansas when he was 17. He had heard the Crawfords were training here and perhaps this is where he was signed??? We have several photos of him here that year but I have no clue where he was discovered. Mr. Lacy was here then too but sadly the story popped up years after his death.

As a side note I wrote James Bready many years ago about his Orioles book which has been printed many times in both hard and soft cover. I received a huge package from him with all of his notes inclduing a first edition with many hand written changes inside. He said he was getting old and wanted it to fall into someone's that would appreciate it. I was very touched and really didn't know how to react.

BTW I have Beale's Redskins book and his two college books on Navy and Georgetown. The Redskins book is as tough as or tougher than the Senators. Sorry to ramble.

Great "ramblings!" I feel so privileged to have known both Shirley and Sam a little. Sam gave me a letter he got from Walter! He also told me some great stories from his time as a kid vendor at the Washington ballpark in the teens, where he got to see all the ballplayers up close. Have you ever seen a Bealle book signed by him? I know they are all tough to find, but they're not impossible, and I've never seen any of them signed by him. How is that possible? And your complete Putnam set with dust jackets is fabulous, that's a real prize.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Outstanding Hank!...and by the way, that indeed is a memorabilia room.

Thanks, Mike, I guess you're right! I love it when you can get things up on the wall and look at them every day. The closet's full of stuff I love, too, but don't see very often.