June 2011 pick up thread

[Scott Garner]

I had the unbelievable opportunity to pick up some high quality wire photos of all four of HOF great Sandy Koufax's no-hitters from 1962-1965.

Many of you may know that Sandy's 4th no-hitter (1965) was also a perfect game. The tough luck loser in this game was Cubs pitcher Bob Hendley which only allowed ONE hit! Yowzer!! All in all, this game has to be counted as one of the greatest games ever pitched in the history of baseball.

[Scott Garner]

One more photo. Sandy and his teammates celebrating on the field after his perfect game in 1965. Enjoy!

[WillowGrove]

I'm proud to add this one to my collection...

[vintagesportflips]

My dad and I picked up this early Spalding Uniform recently. It has a pink or faded Red W on the chest, and its tagging dates it to the 1911 to 1913 range.

[Lordstan]

So the hits keep coming.

Babe Ruth Paul Thompson Type 1 photo.

[perezfan]

WOW!!! The best-ever image of the Babe. That Thompson is simply iconic.... a masterpice. Mark, where on earth are you finding all of these?

You're on the ultimate roll

[slidekellyslide]

This is a major score for me..I was able to complete my 1947-61 run of Lincoln programs, and also in the lot were two 1925 Lincoln Links (Western League) programs. I lucked into the collection too...Someone had listed a 1957 KC Athletics yearbook that showed up in my "Lincoln baseball" ebay search...curious as to why it would have the word Lincoln in the description I clicked on it and the description said that the sellers grandfather lived in Lincoln and would travel to KC for games...so I emailed the seller and asked if the collection had any Lincoln minor league items and he got back to me right away and said he believed it did, but I'd have to email his father..his father got back to me right away too...the collection had 19 programs, 4 photos and 1 handy book..he sold me the whole lot. At the rate of only 1 or 2 programs showing up on ebay in a given year, and usually it's one I already owned I wasn't sure I'd ever complete the run. I know I'll never be able to put together a pre 1947 run of programs - the two 1925's I got in the mail today are the first pre-47 I've ever seen.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by perezfan

WOW!!! The best-ever image of the Babe. That Thompson is simply iconic.... a masterpice. Mark, where on earth are you finding all of these?

You're on the ultimate roll

Mark,
Thanks for the compliments. I agree with your description of this pic. It is Iconic.
Sometimes it just falls in your lap.
All these pics came from 2 sources. I just happen to come in contact with people who had it lying around their homes from their relatives.
Color me lucky.
I think I need to play the powerball now.
Best,
Mark