October 2011 Pick-Up Thread

[CharleyBrown]

Wow! Incredible photos!

[GKreindler]

Holy canoli!!! Does this mean that Jimmy's officially back??

[gnaz01]

Love this card

[CarltonHendricks]

Jimmy, Those are some photos, Congratulations!!...and I'm not even a photo guy...any images of a youthful Ruth in a RS uniform always get my attention though. Since they're not wire photos I'm assuming some civilian took them with their own personal camera? How often does something like this surface? How about the pursuit?....Can you share how you found them?....Since it was a trade I can deduct you didn't find them at the Goodwill!...Can you say what you gave up?...lets hear the gory details!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Jimmy, Those are some photos, Congratulations!!...and I'm not even a photo guy...any images of a youthful Ruth in a RS uniform always get my attention though. Since they're not wire photos I'm assuming some civilian took them with their own personal camera? How often does something like this surface? How about the pursuit?....Can you share how you found them?....Since it was a trade I can deduct you didn't find them at the Goodwill!...Can you say what you gave up?...lets hear the gory details!

Thanks Carlton. I made a cash offer for these two photos last Nov once I saw them in person, but was denied. So for the last several months we stayed in touch but made no real progress until we opened up negotiations last month.

Not every collector are like you and I Carlton as we love to share our finds and the sometimes terrific stories of how we found them. But, I agreed to keep our details private as per a condition of our agreement.

And for as what I gave up for them, let's just say it was substantial and even included some non Baseball items.

I started collecting photos just over ten years ago as I couldn't afford the Ruth, Gehrig, DiMag, & Mantle Baseball Cards that I wanted, so I looked for an alternative and found vintage photos at a fraction of the cost. And since I was able to acquire multiple significant images over the years, I was armed with something that many fellow photo collectors considered better than money... the goods!

On another issue you mentioned on a post a few weeks ago... "where do I find all this stuff?" For many years I dreamed about hitting the road like you do Carlton, but I had chosen a different path and between an upside-down work schedule and a huge family commitment, my desire to travel and hunt for hidden gems remained just that, a dream.

The Internet and specialty auction houses changed my life forever. When I came home from work in the middle of the night, I found nothing to do except, eat, watch infomercials and/or rerun after rerun of Sports Center, or read.

Until 1999. when I bought a WebTV and discovered eBay. No need to go on from here. But I'll close with something that merits repeating. At least 80% of my collection was acquired via the Internet. Maybe even closer to 90%.

I just wanted stuff bad enough that I found away to get it!

Happy hunting to all my fellow collectors and always keep your nose on the trail. My best to all, Jimmy

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Love this card

I LOVE IT TOO! Congrats on a great pickup!

[perezfan]

Terrific.... Now, nobody will want to post anything else on this October thread (which is a shame, because the month just started!) I was gonna post something, but it would be embarrassingly bland, after seeing those first two.

Tough to imagine anything else as cool as Jimmy's Ruth photos and Greg's Matty Die-cut. Thanks a lot guys... now I have to wait until November to post!

Serously, incredible pickups, and what an amazing start to the October Pickups Thread!

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Terrific.... Now, nobody will want to post anything else on this October thread (which is a shame, because the month just started!) I was gonna post something, but it would be embarrassingly bland, after seeing those first two.

Tough to imagine anything else as cool as Jimmy's Ruth photos and Greg's Matty Die-cut. Thanks a lot guys... now I have to wait until November to post!

Serously, incredible pickups, and what an amazing start to the October Pickups Thread!

Isn't it a violation as he said he picked them up last night which was September 30th. So does it really count for October

[WillowGrove]

Great Ruth photo. Wow. My October began with this just arriving in the mail... Now to do some research on the uniform. Wow. (again, for that Ruth photo)

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Terrific.... Now, nobody will want to post anything else on this October thread (which is a shame, because the month just started!) I was gonna post something, but it would be embarrassingly bland, after seeing those first two.

Tough to imagine anything else as cool as Jimmy's Ruth photos and Greg's Matty Die-cut. Thanks a lot guys... now I have to wait until November to post!

First off. Mark is a dear friend and his remarks were made in jest.

I'd like to thank each and every one of you who took the time to comment, you're all very kind. I've found that photographs provoke a certain emotion in me that is rarely found in other collectibles.

Each photo has captured a moment in the daily lives of the generations that proceeded us, and that transcends into any walk of life, be it Ball Players, Movie Stars, Politicians, and even fascinating folks from all walks of life.

I'm happy that my newest addition has provoked such emotions in all of you too. With best regards, Jimmy

And Greg. That E125 Matty is to die for! A keeper for sure. Congrats!

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

And Greg. That E125 Matty is to die for! A keeper for sure. Congrats!

Thanks Jimmy, definitely a keeper for sure, he will sit right next to my E125 Wagner throwing, and I cherish them both!!

Also, VERY awesome pics of Ruth, that throwing pose is JAW DROPPING!!

[MVSNYC]

Jimmy- amazing photographs! how will you present them? matted & framed together, or some other way?

[chaddurbin]

a few recent pickups but just had time to scan it now.

teddy ballgame and the sisler fleer make me really happy! two of my all-time favorite players.

the mantle i showed in the mantle thread but just wanna throw it up here also, from last month's hunt auction.

[scmavl]

I picked this up for $4 at a local antique mall. It was marked "unknown baseball player" but his name was written on the back. It is Lyman Linde who pitched a whopping 10 innings for the Indians in '47-48. Not much of a player but a great photo.



(the photo isn't crooked/trimmed, just a bad angle)

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by mr2686

I am always amazed at the stuff that both Scott and Jimmy find and purchase. It has left me with only one conclusion...they both invented the internet and have a downloaded file that comes to them a few days before the rest of us.
Great pickups guys...both the Ruth pitching photo and his last pitched game ticket are top notch!!

That's too funny Mike. Yep, Scott, Me, and Al Gore!

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Jimmy- amazing photographs! how will you present them? matted & framed together, or some other way?

That's a good question Mike. One of the best things about collecting photos is they hardly take up any room at all. Which is good for me as I live in an 830 sq ft loft, with one wall almost all glass, and another all brick. So I really have only one place for them... a cool, dry, pitch black vault. A perfect place to store and preserve a couple hundred photos.

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

a few recent pickups but just had time to scan it now.

teddy ballgame and the sisler fleer make me really happy! two of my all-time favorite players.

the mantle i showed in the mantle thread but just wanna throw it up here also, from last month's hunt auction.

And Chad, those are some terrific signed cards there. I've always loved vintage signed cards... especially Hall of Famers! Congrats to you Chad.