June Pickups Thread

[Brian]

Thanks, Jeff. Awesome postcard!

[mybuddyinc]

Boy oh Boy (as Grandpa Gross used to say), there are some unreal June pick ups .............

Big Thanks to Jay for a nice deal that makes me Happy .......

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Makes No. 37 Cycle 460 ........... ................. Not sure how many more I can get ......

Fun, Fun, Scott

[Cody77]

I was able to pick up this awesome Christy Mathewson “Fadeaway” Gum Ball Box with original gumballs! My Matty collection keeps growing and I love unique items like this!

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Cody77

I was able to pick up this awesome Christy Mathewson “Fadeaway” Gum Ball Box with original gumballs! My Matty collection keeps growing and I love unique items like this!

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Great piece Cody, congrats.
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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Cody77

I was able to pick up this awesome Christy Mathewson “Fadeaway” Gum Ball Box with original gumballs! My Matty collection keeps growing and I love unique items like this!

Impressive. It is amazing that not only did this survive, but many of the gumballs look to be almost mouth ready. What a fun display!

Brian

[ruth-gehrig]

It's a cool box Cody congrats on the pickup! I've been after one but always roll my eyes when it's advertised as original gumballs. I have yet to see one sold that has gum that actually looks like the balls that are on the box

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

It's a cool box Cody congrats on the pickup! I've been after one but always roll my eyes when it's advertised as original gumballs. I have yet to see one sold that has gum that actually looks like the balls that are on the box

? So are them gumballs original ? If they are that’s pretty incredible

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

? So are them gumballs original ? If they are that’s pretty incredible

Considering
1) You can currently buy identical gumballs(google baseball gumballs)
2) So many of these 100+ years old boxes still contain "original gum". Seriously what are the odds??
3) In my opinion the phrases on the contained gumballs just doesn't fit. The phrases lead me to believe they would have originally been in a machine where it would be a suprise of which ball you would get. If you get "fly out" or "strike out" out of a machine you will keep putting coins in until you get a "home run" ball! Who in their right mind is going to choose anything other than "home run" when you can choose your own gumball?

......I vote not original