February Pickup Thread-

[yanks12025]

Mark,
I just looked and it's already up.

[whitey19thcentury]

The Anson lock is off of the online catalog at Hunt. The auction went up on the Internet sometime late this morning, and the lock was on the site.

[CarltonHendricks]

9" tall
I picked up a soccer trophy tonight on eBay...Don't usually collect soccer stuff but this pushed my button...looks 19th century...the base is 3" tall the figure 6"....hope it looks as good in person. The quality of the modeling looks almost fine art to me. Looks Euro but what the hay.

This kind of stance always makes me nervous because of the ankle....I always send the seller the photo below along with a plea the support each end equally...it's a jungle out there!

[thekingofclout]

Work and some other issues have been taking up way too much of my time!

I finally got on the board and added a snapshot of a Mr. Henry Aaron to my collection.

aaronsnapshot.jpg

[GKreindler]

Alright, I don't usually have anything to offer in these threads, as I find myself being more of an admirer than a collector. But, I was able to pick something up a couple of days ago that I'm pretty stoked about, as it's going to make a killer painting.



The image is of Ripper Collins coming home after one of his home runs during the 1934 season. He pretty much faded into obscurity, as his career numbers ended up being pretty pedestrian. But, in that championship season, he broke out with 35 round trippers, 128 RBIs and a .333 average. It's fair to say that he was pretty integral in the Cardinals' quest for the flag.

I absolutely adore the aesthetics of this photo, which is why I was interested in it. I seem to remember seeing a cropped version of it in one of Donald Honig's books form the late 70s/early 80s. Anywho, if nothing else, it provides a great view of Sportsman's Park from that year (certainly something that's very appealing to me), and the light patterns are just KILLER. So many dynamic diagonals going through the picture plane, and I can just see the left side of the field being enveloped by those cool shadows of the double-deck stadium, and then having those beautiful warm, bright colors where the sunlight hits the field and scoreboard. Breathtaking.

Alright, I'm done sounding like a loser. I'll definitely be painting this badboy someday...

[MGHPro]

Probably the rarest of all post war Hall of famers. I've seen block letter models, but never signature model.
Matt

[JLange]

Really cool catalog, with fantastic player drawings inside. Thanks Craig!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

This kind of stance always makes me nervous because of the ankle....I always send the seller the photo below along with a plea the support each end equally...it's a jungle out there!

I always find myself pleading with the seller to "please secure the photo with very rigid cardboard or my delivery man will make every effort to destroy the package."

From now on, I think I'll include a scan of one of my photos that looks like some one folded it a few times and stuffed it in his back pocket on a scorching hot summer day here in Pasadena.

[Chris-Counts]

Here's my latest arrival, a 1938 signed snapshot of Willard Hershberger. Amazingly, I have in my collection quite a few snapshots taken by the very same photographer who captured the Hershberger image, a Forbes Field usher. Does anybody know his name? I've seen his images posted before by at least two other board members. I acquired a collecton of his Boston Bees/Braves, I've seen a number of Cardinals, and I suspect he photographed the other National League teams as well ...

[whitey19thcentury]

I am not sure of the usher's name, but I believe I got most of the Pirates snapshots he took. If anybody on here has similar pirates signed snapshots, let me know.

THANKS!