September Pickups Thread

[GKreindler]

Definitely my last buys for the month. I'm starting to think that at some point, Legendary will exhaust their supply of Detroit stuff...maybe...probably not.

Anywho, Schoolboy Rowe, Cochrane and Greenberg!

[Scott Garner]

I truly had an awesome pickup today!

Perhaps a few of you recall that a few months ago, on a thread related to baseball tickets, I posted photos of the only known full ticket from 5/2/1917 to the famous "double no-hit" game between Chicago's James Hippo Vaughn and the Cincinnati Reds' Fred Toney. Only an estimated 3,000 fans attended this game at Chicago's Weeghman Park. Many baseball pundits have called this game one of the greatest pitching duels of all time. In this game both Vaughn and Toney successfully pitched 9 innings of no-hit ball. The game ended in the 10th inning when the Red's shortstop Larry Kopf singled off of Vaughn. An error occured, and Vaughn threw home late on Jim Thorpe's swinging bunt allowing the only run of the game. Toney pitched in the bottom of the 10th and didn't allow a base runner, completing a 10 inning no-hitter.

Today I found an outstanding compliment piece. It is a vintage "photo/snapshot" (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") of "Big" Fred Toney that has been signed TWICE (both on the front and on the back!) by Toney in steel tipped fountain pen. Toney's signature alone is insanely tough to find, let alone one that is a vintage signed photo. BTW, Toney's death date was 1953. The name Toney appears at the bottom right corner of this "photo", leading me to believe that it might have been part of a team set of some sort, but I could really use some help from anyone that may be able to let me know of the photos origin.
Thanks in advance for any clues that you can provide!

Needless to say, I am one happy camper!

[mjkm90]

I've been after this beauty for quite a while

[perezfan]

Magnificent late '20s example... congrats, Mike!

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

I've been after this beauty for quite a while

Mike, Impressive, looks great, congrats!..never seen that one before.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I truly had an awesome pickup today!

Perhaps a few of you recall that a few months ago, on a thread related to baseball tickets, I posted photos of the only known full ticket from 5/2/1917 to the famous "double no-hit" game between Chicago's James Hippo Vaughn and the Cincinnati Reds' Fred Toney. Only an estimated 3,000 fans attended this game at Chicago's Weeghman Park. Many baseball pundits have called this game one of the greatest pitching duels of all time. In this game both Vaughn and Toney successfully pitched 9 innings of no-hit ball. The game ended in the 10th inning when the Red's shortstop Larry Kopf singled off of Vaughn. An error occured, and Vaughn threw home late on Jim Thorpe's swinging bunt allowing the only run of the game. Toney pitched in the bottom of the 10th and didn't allow a base runner, completing a 10 inning no-hitter.

Today I found an outstanding compliment piece. It is a vintage "photo/snapshot" (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") of "Big" Fred Toney that has been signed TWICE (both on the front and on the back!) by Toney in steel tipped fountain pen. Toney's signature alone is insanely tough to find, let alone one that is a vintage signed photo. BTW, Toney's death date was 1953. The name Toney appears at the bottom right corner of this "photo", leading me to believe that it might have been part of a team set of some sort, but I could really use some help from anyone that may be able to let me know of the photos origin.
Thanks in advance for any clues that you can provide!

Needless to say, I am one happy camper!

Congrats Scott! That is a tremendous companion piece and the ticket is also top-notch. Best, Jimmy

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

Congrats Scott! That is a tremendous companion piece and the ticket is also top-notch. Best, Jimmy

Thanks Jimmy!

[matty39]

Mike, I saw your cubs pennant post and had to reply. About 10 years ago I won in auction a similar pennant, had it framed and is currently on my wall. Last week I saw another with an identical smaller pennant. I threw in, what I thought was a very low bid and won the lot. I am posting both pictures and asking if the small pennant is from the same time period.

[mjkm90]

I saw that auction on ebay. Congrats on your purchase! I believe the smaller pennant to be from the same time frame.

[perezfan]

It's a great time to buy pennants like this on Ebay. I was closely watching those auctions too. If that Cubbie is a duplicate, you could probably stick it in Hunt's next auction and triple your investment.

As a seller, I would avoid ebay right now... like the plague