May Pick-up Thread...

[perezfan]

Haven't posted any new pickups in a while, so here goes...

1. Comical Italian Baseball Figural Players (idiotic looking but also endearing, and impossible to find in this MINT Condition)

2. Johnny Bench 1970 Lithograph by LeRoy Neiman

3. Baseball Player Original Sculpture by celebrated Mexican artist Manuel Felguerez

4. Golfer Original Sculpture by Felguerez

5. 1940 Cincinnati Reds Jacket worn by either Jimmy Wilson or Hank Gowdy (both wore #2 during that time frame)

[perezfan]

Also wanted to post this beautiful piece from REA. I kept the Athletics Sign for myself, but wanted to post pics of this Giants Sign before having to part with it (it has been sold to a fellow Net54 Member...)

This Giants Ad Sign features some amazing Carl Horner Portraits, including Matty. McGraw, Marquard, Snodgrass, Merkle and Meyers. Great D&M Lucky Dog Mascot and long-forgotten team logos as well...

[BrockJacob]

Great pickups Mark! The Reds jacket is killer and you're not kidding about those Italian figures being impossible to find in that kind of condition. Those things are normally wrecked! I've never seen any near the pristine condition of yours.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

Great pickups Mark! The Reds jacket is killer and you're not kidding about those Italian figures being impossible to find in that kind of condition. Those things are normally wrecked! I've never seen any near the pristine condition of yours.

Yeah... I should have bought more in retrospect. There were about 8-9 of them (all MINT) on ebay recently. I just picked my 3 favorites, but now kinda regret not going after the whole group.

[perezfan]

In the spirit of Jimmy's magnificent tie-in pieces, here is a neat little item I was thrilled to find... a newspaper ad from 1909, featuring this very game. Not many of these survived, but it looks like they did promote it pretty well a century or so ago...

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by perezfan

In the spirit of Jimmy's magnificent tie-in pieces, here is a neat little item I was thrilled to find... a newspaper ad from 1909, featuring this very game. Not many of these survived, but it looks like they did promote it pretty well a century or so ago...

Atta Boy Mark! Now THAT is a killer companion piece! A matching newspaper ad over 100 years ago?! How in the world did you ever find that?

Best, Jimmy

[Lordstan]

Nice small item.
Same front as used for playing cards with varying advertising logos at base.
This cards though is from the cuban league. It is a schedule for the 1951-1952 season. It also appears to be sponsored by Guinness.

[khkco4bls]

just picked this up at an antique store. sterling silver 1953 yankees tray only for teammates and office personnel. great shape. sterling cleaned up real nice.

[Ladder7]

This abused dog is still, a charmer. White tape is a repair by me. I hope to replace all the tape with acid-free.

[mr2686]

This just about completes my busy month and my 1934 Gas House Gang project. Another hard to find autograph...Jim Winford. Would have preferred a nice 3x5 but I'm afraid beggers can't be choosers on this one. May upgrade later but for now I have only one person left out of 34 for this project...Branch Rickey, and he's a fairly easy one.