If You Collect Scorecards or Programs, Show 'em Here!

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Dan Brothers began his Hall of Fame Career in 1879. The earliest scorecard I have with him playing is 1881 when he played with Buffalo. So when I looked at this 1904 NY Giants scorecard in the last REA auction and saw Brothers penciled in I thought it could not be Dan Brothers. I looked it up and Dan Brothers retired from Baseball in 1896. ...But! He came back to pick up a pinch hit at bat during the Tuesday October 4th game for the 1904 NY Giants as they played the St. Louis Cardinals. This was a scorecard from that game! Iron Man McGinnity took the loss finishing the season 35-8. The giants committed 6 errors in the field leading to a 7-3 loss.
And I now own a scorecard from Dan Brothers final at bat.

That is amazing pick up. Congrats!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

That is amazing pick up. Congrats!

Awesome Peter! Great research Congrats!

[bigfanNY]

I won the 1904 Giants program with Dan Brothers final at bat from REA ( Sorry Scott it was me not Peter) Say what you want but when Robert was running the Auctions, I don't think there is any chance in the world that he doesn’t identify the significance of the program in the auction description. If I was the consigner I would be upset. Not that it would have added a significant amount to final price but you never know. All it takes is 2 people who want the same scorecard...

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

All it takes is 2 people who want the same scorecard...

Wow. The timing of that sentence.

I wasn't going to post about this but, after reading that I have to.


Last week on ebay I bought a Koufax no hitter scored program with a newspaper for $43 shipped.

This morning, I set my alarm way earlier than I like to buy a nothing spectacular about it 1964 Koufax scored program. Bidding was at $20.50 with 4 bidders having made 8 bids including my place setter.

I have 286 Koufax scored games, this was a new one for me.

I always bid last second with a number that is more than I want to pay.

At the 20 second mark I typed 157 into the bid box, realized that I would be annoyed to lose it for $160 so changed my number to 304 with 10 seconds left.

Way too much, that's a stupid number for a random game, if somebody bids 300 I'll be pissed off,

4 seconds to go I hit bid.

Lost it by a full bid increment of $309.

Third highest bid was $20.

All it takes is 2 people who want the same scorecard...

[bigfanNY]

Doug good news the program has been resisted and is now at 1 red cent. Good luck I am sure it will cost much less. If I were you I would reach out to seller..

All the Best
Jonathan

[doug.goodman]

The entire situation screams "shill bidder" to me.

If you remove the "winning" bid from the equation in today's auction. I won it for $20.50

But that was a stupid amount to shill...


I sent this to the seller :

"I'm confused as to what happened with this auction, and curious as to why it has been relisted so quickly. Obviously I have an interest, but now I am concerned about shill bidding.

Had the "winning" bid not been placed, I would have won that program for $20.50 + tax and shipping this morning. If you cancel the current auction and relist as a $50 buy it now, with free shipping I will buy it. That seems quite fair.

Doug"

[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Had the "winning" bid not been placed, I would have won that program for $20.50 + tax and shipping this morning. If you cancel the current auction and relist as a $50 buy it now, with free shipping I will buy it. That seems quite fair.Doug"

Now we have to know how this all ends. Doug, I hope you get that program!

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Doug good news the program has been resisted and is now at 1 red cent. Good luck I am sure it will cost much less. If I were you I would reach out to seller..

All the Best
Jonathan

I won the program in the second auction, and I received it today.

I would have won it for about $32 all in the first time, this time I won it for $38 all in, after offering the seller $50 shipped for it, so I'm happy with my purchase.

It puts me at having scored programs for just over 70% of the games that Koufax appeared in during the regular season (397) + post season (8) + all star games (4 games actually played in) = 409 total.

I'm now at 288, so "only" 121 to go... all regular season (38 home games, 83 on the road)

If anybody has any game that Koufax appeared in, I might be interested in buying, and I have lots of duplicates to trade.

[Collectorsince62]

I thought this was an interesting scorecard since it's from Opening Day 1946. With hundreds of players/servicemen returning to the diamonds after the conclusion of World War II, I can only imagine the thunderous ovations that must have taken place during these first opening days after the war. This particular scorecard features the hometown Cardinals hosting the Pirates and is notable for the major league debuts of HOFer Ralph Kiner (single in his first at bat) and Cardinal first baseman Dick (son of George) Sisler, who bashed a two-run double in his first AB but was promptly picked off second. Can't help but think about all those prime years lost to the war. Enos Slaughter, for example, was MVP runner-up in 1942, then lost three years to military service, only to return and lead the league in RBI's, not to mention the Mad Dash that won the World Series. So many others with lost years too. Heroes - one and all.

[doug.goodman]

Picked this up on ebay last week for $25.84 including CA tax and postage.