Show your Odds & Ends...

[Oldtix]

Anyone remember this TV show?

[thekingofclout]

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[perezfan]

Here are a couple worthy of showing...

A mint condition, never-used Lucky Strike straight razor, and a Baseball Anonymous Tie Bar.

I got the Baseball Anonymous piece because it looked really nifty and depicts two rather secretive hands shaking. Almost like a tribute to those of us who admit to being addicted collectors... sort of like gamblers anonymous or alcoholics anonymous.

Does anyone know what "Baseball Anonymous" might really pertain to? The reverse is inscribed to Jersey Schalk (a nickname or possible relative of Ray Schalk?) Please provide any insight you may have, and thanks!

[thekingofclout]

From the DiMaggio estate comes a nifty piece of Yankees luggage that was a gift to Joe DiMaggio from the team for the 1977 Old Timers Game. I don't have a scan of the inside but the lining is pinstriped. It looks really cool. Also comes with the original shipping box with the Clipper's San Francisco address and the Yankee logo on the label.

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[smokelessjoe]

Hey Perezfan,

I found this online biography pertaining to Red Faber with the following quote.
Perhaps your Tie Bar is related??


"In retirement, Faber was among the founders of Baseball Anonymous, an organization created to help former ballplayers (and athletes from other sports) who were down on their luck. Growing to nearly 700 members (at $2 per year) in its first year, Baseball Anonymous performed many good deeds; most were handled quietly, but in 1958, when Faber was the group's general chairman, Baseball Anonymous arranged a Comiskey Park ceremony to honor former White Sox pitching great Ed Walsh, who was 77 years old and struggling physically and financially. The group also staged benefits for other former players who had fallen upon hard times. Faber was a regular at Hot Stove League banquets and old-timers games in Chicago and Milwaukee."

[smokelessjoe]

Perez,

This may help as well...

"It was in these later years that Schalk operated a popular bowling and pool hall establishment in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Ray was also one of the founders of Baseball Anonymous, an organization whose charge was to assist indigent ballplayers. In 1965, after assistant coaching at Purdue University for 18 years, Ray Schalk finally retired from baseball at the age of 72. Interestingly, throughout all his years following the game of baseball, Schalk would never fail to call and congratulate the catcher of a no-hitter. Schalk always remained popular with Chicagoans, and was invited to catch the first ball of the 1959 World Series, thrown out by Red Faber."

[perezfan]

Shawn...

Thanks so much for researching that! That's terrific information and seems to leave little doubt as to what the tie bar represents.

The Schalk tie in confirms it... I really appreciate the info, as now this piece has true meaning (other than just looking really cool).

Thanks again for providing a perfect example of what makes this forum so great!