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Posted By: Jeff Obermeyer

Mine is a non-baseball related find - it's hockey.

When I started up my Seattle hockey website (http://www.seattlehockey.net) it caught the attention of one of the account managers for our local hockey team, the Seattle Thunderbirds. He came up to me one day to let me know that he gave my name to another season ticket holder who said he had some old programs and such.

I got a hold of the guy and we arranged to meet at lunch so he could show me what he had. There were about 20-25 programs from the mid 1950's to early 1960's, which was very cool, but the capper was the long lost 1944-45 Pacific Coast Hockey League championship trophy presented to the Seattle Ironmen.

Tunrs out his family purchased it at a garage sale in the early 1970's, and the thing had been holding up the ironing board in the laundry room for some time. The skater was broken off the top, but after 2-3 hours of cleaning and soldering it looks great!

The best part was the price... I paid about $250 for the whole collection... which is what I would have been willing to pay for the programs alone.

As for baseball, my father and I found a 1955 World Series program signed by every member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, including all of the front office staff. It's a beauty!

Jeff Obermeyer