June Pick up Thread

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by joejo20

These were recently discovered inside a book where they were forgotten about for many years. I am glad they found their way to me! The Criger is an upgrade

Congrats Joe on a beautiful Criger! All three are wonderful, what a great pickup.

[joejo20]

Originally Posted by chadeast

Congrats Joe on a beautiful Criger! All three are wonderful, what a great pickup.

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Ryan, your W600 of Plank ain't too shabby!

Joe, when I see gorgeous T204s like the three you acquired, I am reminded that IMHO the T204s are the best-looking pre-War cards (because I am a fan of real-photo cards).

Originally Posted by mrreality68

+1 Agree that Plank is over the Top. Congrats Ryan

and those T204's have great eye appeal Congrats Joe

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

Ryan that Plank is "majestic". Congratulations.

Joe, stellar T204's. I love stories like this.

Thanks Everyone!!!

Originally Posted by LincolnVT

WOW! And the other two aren’t an upgrade? Some of the nicest I’ve seen. Congrats!

Thanks I only collect Criger for this particular set so this one is an upgrade. The other two cards I have never owned previously.

[cgjackson222]

Love having Mathewson and Meyers on one card. They have an interesting/bizarre history together. Per Jack Meyers' SABR page: "After only two years in the majors, Meyers was popular enough for the vaudeville circuit. At Hammerstein’s Victoria Theatre on October 23, 1910, Meyers teamed up with Christy Mathewson in a vaudeville sketch entitled “Curves.” Written by Bulger and produced by actress May Tully, the half-hour sketch featured the battery in a scene set at the Polo Grounds, with Tully playing an ardent spectator. The players, in their home uniforms, demonstrated for Tully and the audience how to throw various pitches, and Meyers explained the workings of the catcher. Tully then returned the favor by convincing Mathewson and Meyers to join her in vaudeville and by teaching them to act, which, according to Variety, “brings out a travesty drama with Meyers as the ‘bad Indian.’ Mathewson is the cowboy who comes to the rescue of the forlorn maiden and overcomes the ‘bad Indian’ by hitting him in the head with a baseball.” Today it sounds as improper as a blackface minstrel show, but at the time Variety called it a “most satisfactory vehicle.” The act toured the vaudeville circuit for several weeks."
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jack-meyers/