May 2011 Pickup Thread

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by leftygrove10

Here are Lefty Grove's two Masonic Rings and a Police Badge from when he was Police Chief in Lonaconing, MD in the 1950's. The middle ring is inscribed, "Robert M Grove, Oct 24, 1929"

Beautiful items Brad- congrats!

[CarltonHendricks]

9 1/2" wide
European made Cigar Tin for Cuban cigar (so it said)

Picked up this tin yesterday on eBay...had a BIN of $249.00 and a make an offer option....hit it at $150.00 and they took it...Worn but never seen it before...title didn't have the word "rowing" otherwise probably wouldn't have lasted

[slidekellyslide]

I completely lucked into this pickup...well, not really..it was an easy pickup (99 cents on ebay), but I didn't realize it had baseball significance until just tonight when I was researching the former mayor of Lincoln. Frank Zehrung was the president of the Western League 1916-17 at which time Lincoln was a member so this autograph fits nicely into my collection.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I completely lucked into this pickup...well, not really..it was an easy pickup (99 cents on ebay), but I didn't realize it had baseball significance until just tonight when I was researching the former mayor of Lincoln. Frank Zehrung was the president of the Western League 1916-17 at which time Lincoln was a member so this autograph fits nicely into my collection.

Nice Dan, very cool! What a deal for 99 cents!!

[Oldtix]

It's been a long time since I had this much luck finding sports items while antiquing!

[slidekellyslide]

Wow! You found 1914 and 15 World Series programs antiquing? Must hear the story behind that!

[carrigansghost]

I'm heading for Central Ohio to do some shopping. All I find is 1991 Donruss cards. Great programs.

Rawn

[Oldtix]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Wow! You found 1914 and 15 World Series programs antiquing? Must hear the story behind that!

Thanks for the compliments, everyone. As for the story - well, chalk it up to my shrewd strategy. First, the show opened to the public at 8 am...so I arrived fashionably late around noon. Second, I cleverly wandered around the show for a couple of hours before getting to that booth. I figured if there was any good sports material at the show, it would be best to assume no one else would be interested, letting sellers get discouraged after thousands of people passed by. Finally, when I did stumble upon the showcase where the two Series programs were prominently displayed, I paid his asking price. Clearly, this was a masterful approach that I would highly recommend to my fellow collectors.

Seriously...as Lefty Gomez said, "I'd rather be lucky than good." I was astounded to see the programs in the booth of a magazine dealer. He told me he had just found them in a large group of magazines and that this was the first time he had taken them to a show. I simply cannot explain my luck; the prices were expensive for magazines...but a bargain for Series programs! Anyone reading this post would have pounced on them; I can't understand why no one else did...it was a no-brainer.

So far this year, it seems there's more quality memorabilia showing up at antique shows, malls and shops. Believe it or not, the Series programs weren't even the best find of the day! This being a sports board, the other stuff wouldn't be of much interest here...but the trend is definite and it's an exciting time to be on the prowl for great stuff!