Anybody collect vintage tickets?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by vintagechris

So I just recently started collecting vintage sports tickets and I must say I am hooked. I would be interested to see if there are any other collectors of tickets on the boards.

Hi Chris,

Yes, there are a few of us that collect vintage tickets on net54. I have been collecting vintage baseball tickets for over 39 years. Anything in particular you would like to see, PLMK?

BTW, my specialty is no-hitter tickets and tickets related to power pitching. I collect only regular game day tickets, no World Series or All-Star tickets. I do own a lot of older tickets.

Oldtickets Rick is another big collector of tickets. Hopefully he will check in as well.

Good collecting,
Scott

[slidekellyslide]

I collect tickets for the Lincoln minor league teams and the Nebraska Indians

1906 Lincoln Ducklings


A couple of Lincoln Athletics



And a Nebraska Indians - Only one I've ever seen.

[texigator]

I collect World Series and All Star game tickets. I've been collecting them for about 6 years. My prize is a 1907 Game 1 W.S. ticket. I also have a 1923 Game 6, which was the clincher for the first Yankees World Championship. And a 1920 Game 5, which was the game Wamby made his unassisted triple play.

I've really enjoyed collecting the tickets and feeling a link to some of the great baseball games.

[Jay Wolt]

Here's an 1890's Giants ticket

[campyfan39]

I have a ticket that says "I was there the night they honored Campy" from the benefit game played in L.A. I love that thing

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

I have a ticket that says "I was there the night they honored Campy" from the benefit game played in L.A. I love that thing

I love the two I have also!

My Grand parents went to the game and I have them displayed in my office with a couple of stubs from the Dodgers on Sept 2, 1958 that my Mom & Dad went to at the LA Coliseum. My mom wrote (mine) & (Joe's) on them....3 years before I was born.

Now that they are no longer with us, it is comforting to have these tiny little family treasures to look at daily as a reminder, that time marches on pretty darn quickly and appreciate those times when Dodger baseball meant something to me. McCourt has cured me of my love affar with the Dodgers however.

[jphoornstra]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

I love the two I have also!

My Grand parents went to the game and I have them displayed in my office with a couple of stubs from the Dodgers on Sept 2, 1958 that my Mom & Dad went to at the LA Coliseum. My mom wrote (mine) & (Joe's) on them....3 years before I was born.

Now that they are no longer with us, it is comforting to have these tiny little family treasures to look at daily as a reminder, that time marches on pretty darn quickly and appreciate those times when Dodger baseball meant something to me. McCourt has cured me of my love affar with the Dodgers however.

I'm writing a book about the Dodgers. This game is getting a full chapter. I don't suppose either of you have (inherited) a scorecard from this game, do you? Any other artifacts besides the ticket?

[vintagechris]

Originally Posted by texigator

I've really enjoyed collecting the tickets and feeling a link to some of the great baseball games.

This is what I really love about it. You just feel this great connection to the game when you have that ticket in your hand. I think about who might have gone to the game, the excitement they may have felt. The players actually playing in that game!

It just seems like such a great way to really connect to some of the historical moments in sports at an affordable price. I really like buying some inexpensive tickets and then looking at the box score for that game.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a group of tickets from the 60's and they were less than $4 each. I looked up the box scores and they were just very interesting. A Jim Bunning two hit shutout, Jim King hitting three HR's in a double header.

I started because I always wanted a ticket from the first Super Bowl I ever watched(XI). Then I got a Super Bowl I ticket and then got some baseball tickets, including a ticket to a Federal League game.

Just fun stuff!

[ksfarmboy]

Dan, those are awesome tickets. Love all of them. Can you make out the signature on the Ducklings ticket?

I collect pre-1960's tickets from Kansas. These are from what I consider the greatest modern baseball game played in Kansas.

[slidekellyslide]

Clint, the signature I believe is printed on but am not 100% sure...it's "Wm Holmes" <----Ducky Holmes.

[esd10]

the only ticket I have is a 1908-10 Columbus senators ticket

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Chris,

Yes, there are a few of us that collect vintage tickets on net54. I have been collecting vintage baseball tickets for over 39 years. Anything in particular you would like to see, PLMK?

BTW, my specialty is no-hitter tickets and tickets related to power pitching. I collect only regular game day tickets, no World Series or All-Star tickets. I do own a lot of older tickets.

Oldtickets Rick is another big collector of tickets. Hopefully he will check in as well.

Good collecting,
Scott

Chris and net54,

Here is a recent acquistion that I'm real proud to own:

The only known extant season pass/ ticket to Christy Mathewson's first of two career no-hitters. On July 15, 1901 Matty no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 at Robison Field (League Park) in St. Louis.

To put things in perspective, this was only the 2nd no-hitter thrown in the 20th century and the first to be thrown in the Senior League (NL). Reportedly only about 5,000 attended this historic game.

I'd like to mention two other things that make this pass particularly interesting.
1) This pass was issued to a Mr. Bryan Snyder of the Frisco Railway. After doing some research I found that Snyder was the one in charge of transporting the Cardinals by train to other competing cities.
2) The pass was signed in vintage fountain pen by team President Frank deHass Robison which was the early owner of the Cardinals as well as the Cy Young era led Cleveland Spyders.

The unbelievable condition of a season ticket pass that's over 110 years old speaks for itself.

Here are pictures of both sides of the pass and Matty in his prime. Enjoy!

[vintagechris]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Chris and net54,

Here is a recent acquistion that I'm real proud to own:

The only known extant season pass/ ticket to Christy Mathewson's first of two career no-hitters. On July 15, 1901 Matty no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 at Robison Field (League Park) in St. Louis.

To put things in perspective, this was only the 2nd no-hitter thrown in the 20th century and the first to be thrown in the Senior League (NL). Reportedly only about 5,000 attended this historic game.

I'd like to mention two other things that make this pass particularly interesting.
1) This pass was issued to a Mr. Bryan Snyder of the Frisco Railway. After doing some research I found that Snyder was the one in charge of transporting the Cardinals by train to other competing cities.
2) The pass was signed in vintage fountain pen by team President Frank deHass Robison which was the early owner of the Cardinals as well as the Cy Young era led Cleveland Spyders.

The unbelievable condition of a season ticket pass that's over 110 years old speaks for itself.

Here are pictures of both sides of the pass and Matty in his prime. Enjoy!

Awesome Scott! Don't get me wrong, I like cards but this kind of stuff is a real piece of baseball history.

I believe we will see a pretty sizeable increase in ticket collectors over the next ten years. There are just so many reasons to collect them. Wouldn't it be cool to collect a certain season from your favorite team and try to collect all the games?

I became a Dallas Cowboys fan in 1977, maybe I will try to collect all of those games.