What's in your grandmother's attic?

[nebboy]

Im going through a part of a basement find tonight, that a junk man friend of mine always give me the good stuff. Good freinds to have!
Lots of WWI (300+ RPPC) and WWII items and lots of good odds and ends stuff from 3 generantion.

BUT - Very little pre-war sports stuff. Vintage highlights:

1955 College World Series programs/score card w/guest ticket and more

1949-50 Kights Hockey program (signed by HOF Marcel Pronovost)
his one year in a farm club.

[nebboy]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Im going through a part of a basement find tonight, that a junk man friend of mine always give me the good stuff. Good freinds to have!

Lots of WWI (300+ RPPC) and WWII items and lots of good odds and ends stuff from 3 generantion.

BUT - Very little pre-war sports stuff. Vintage highlights:

1955 College World Series programs/score card w/guest ticket and more

1949-50 Kights Hockey program (signed by HOF Marcel Pronovost)

his one year in a farm club.

Up-Date from this same Estate lots - I just found a Jack Dempsey Knocks out Jesse Willard Restaurant postcards that is signed by Jack Demsey to Laura. I see that there are alot of these around but still pretty cool for free.

[old-baseball]

My first vintage cards came my way as I was working on a set of 1974 Topps (during 1974). My grandmother found my dad's cards as they were cleaning out the garage at the house that they had moved into while my Dad was in the Navy during WWII. It's hard to believe that they lasted as long as they did in a cardboard box in an unheated, detached garage. The box was filled with 1933 through 1935 Goudey's, a few Tattoo Orbits, some Delong's and a bunch of non-sport stuff. I really didn't start collecting these sets until the mid to late 80's, but the cards and his stories of seeing Ruth and Gehrig in Cleveland as a boy sparked my interest. Here's a couple of cards that survived the 30 long years in that garage.

[Republicaninmass]

great items, thanks for sharing. i am always looking and asking, but nothing good yet

[chris6net]

My grandparents lived in an apartment in Queens and my Granfather being originally from the Bronx was a die hard Yankee fan who went to almost every W.S game during their great run in the 1950,s(when you could walk up and buy a ticket for a W.S. game) and had in mint condition every program from 1949 to 1964 that they played in. He passed in 1990 and I traded them for a whole bunch of 50,s cards to a dealer at the National in New Jersey in the 90,s. My grandmother who passed in 2001 had about 200 playbill magazines dating from the 40,s from Broadway also in mint condition which my sister sold as a complete collection for about 115 K to a collector. CN

[D. Bergin]

When I was kid I found an uncut sheet of 1971 Topps in my grandmothers basement. It was pretty battered though. I ended up cutting it up with a pair of scissors.

[IronHorse2130]

I've showed this once or twice before but it is perfect for this thread...

This was found in my grandmother's stuff. Her father was a HUGE Giants fan and wrote this letter home to his wife and baby (my grandmother's brother) after attending Game 1 of the 1923 World Series. Good thing he decided to send home the stub too!

You can read more about it here -

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Trea...the_attic.html

[Ohio_Collectibles]

Originally Posted by IronHorse2130

I've showed this once or twice before but it is perfect for this thread...

Thanks for sharing, I absolutely loved it and the article.

~OC