Inexpensive pieces in your collection that you like

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by packs

This exhibit is one of my favorite pieces. I think I paid $60 for it:

Love this one of Smoky Joe!

[HexsHeroes]

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Not an autographed item, but one of the ballplayers listed within (Norman Glaser) has a story of particular interest to vintage Detroit Tigers ballplayer autograph collectors, such as myself.

I am hoping either Rhys, Jodi, Jim Stinson, or whomever may weigh in as I am sure I will get the details wrong, but it is my understanding that Glaser had gone long unrecognized as being a former member of the Detroit Tigers. That it has only been within the past 10 year or so that his participation with the Tigers was finally recognized. I believe Dr. Ed Fisher is another similarly "recent" discovery too.

The important of a discovery like this is that for collectors like me, one name is added to the want list (instead of off of it), and that prior opportunities to acquire an example of their autograph may have been missed. Just because we did not know of that ballplayers existance, and/or affiliation with the team we collect.

I would certainly love to hear more of what others know and can share about Norman Glaser. And as I do not have an example of his autograph, I certainly would in interested in obtaining one.

Thanks.
Vincent

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[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I did a fair amount of research on Glaser many years ago and was very fortunate to make the acquaintance of his daughter who was just a wonderful lady. We exchanged all the clippings we each had regarding his baseball career and she even sent me a lovely original snapshot of Glaser in later life which I'll hang onto forever. Unfortunately, no autographs. He must have been a great man to raise such a woman as his daughter turned out to be!

Somewhere along the way in his baseball days, Glaser formed a friendship with Charlie Gehringer which lasted both their lives. You'd think that perhaps the fastidious Mechanical Man might have noticed his friend's omission in the various baseball encyclopedias! Whenever Charlie was in town with the Tigers, he'd always call Glaser up and arrange to meet at the team hotel. A wonderful family man, Glaser would have his girls in tow. They would always eat at the hotel restaurant with Gehringer and the rest of the Tigers. "You have to remember that we were girls! It would have been much more exciting for a boy!" Breaking bread with the 1935 Tigers? Yeah, kind of exciting.

As to Ed Fisher, I'm confident Karl Wingler already had the right answer as far back as the 1940's or early 50's.

[HexsHeroes]

Thanks Jodi.
Fun info.

[bnorth]

Awesome thread idea with some great stuff already posted.

Been camping for the last week so couldn't post any of mine and leaving tomorrow to go camping in a remote area hoping for clear skies to watch the Perseid Meteor shower.

Anyway here is my contribution till I get back.

This one is awesome to me in so many ways.

An amazing member who I sadly can't remember their name PMed me out of the blue and offered to have Billy sign a card for me. I tried to offer them something for doing it and they would not take anything. The awesome member was attending some event with Billy and got him to sign the card for me after the event. To top it off the member could only get one card signed and used it to get my card signed instead of one for themselves.

I have been a huge fan of the 89 Fleer Bill Ripken error card for a long time and have a pretty decent collection of all the errors/variations. It is my only Billy Ripken Auto. It is personalized to me. It was free. A great example of how hobby members help others.