Your top finds for 2011

[mjkm90]

Those were great finds D...congrats!

[D. Broughman]

Thanks Mike should I repaint them or leave them as they are? I bought the paint but can't seem get myself to paint them. Would like to hear what you would do.

[thekingofclout]

My Lou Gehrig original photos that I picked-up in 2011...

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[perezfan]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

My Lou Gehrig original photos that I picked-up in 2011...

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Jimmy...

I just love the pensive photo of Gehrig selecting his Bat. What a Kreindler Masterpiece that one would make! Very thoughtful and interesting image. In fact, they're all equally amazing. Congrats!

[scmavl]

I guess my favorite piece would be this 1950 Mantle minor league Type I that I picked up here on Net54.



Or this signed Musial RC. Bought the card raw & sent it to Stan's company to have it signed.

[David Atkatz]

I think it might be time for Stan to retire from signing.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I guess my favorite piece would be this 1950 Mantle minor league Type I that I picked up here on Net54.

Damn Jarrod. What a historic and important photo that Mantle image is, and one that would make any photo collector's year! Congratulations!

Please keep me in mind if you ever want to sell/trade it.

[Frozen in Time]

Hi Jarrod.

As far as I know, there were only 4 photos taken of Mickey outside the Joplin ballpark that day - Sept.14, 1950. I have been fortunate enough to obtain all four.

One is the photo you have posted (mine also has the small negative imperfection on his left shoulder/sleeve).

Below is another showing a different pose of Mickey in his Joplin uniform. Both of these were used by the press as he was about to start a 2 week travel run with the Yankees which began on Sept 20. One thing I really like about this photo, is that on the back, in addition to the photographer's original stamping, written in pencil is the phrase "to the Yankees".

Craig

[horzverti]

Oooooohhhhh!? Gehrig selecting a bat....thought it was Gehrig on his cell phone.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by horzverti

Oooooohhhhh!? Gehrig selecting a bat....thought it was Gehrig on his cell phone.

Here's the slug from the back of the photo. Lou's trying to figure out what's wrong with him. He was batting just .074 with only two hits as of April 26th 1938.

At this time, Gehrig had no idea of what was in store for him...

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[Lordstan]

OK. I'll play.
Best pickup..
1920's Paul Thompson Type 1 of Babe Ruth.


Now this pic may look familiar to you from thread post 22 because it now lives, happily I'm sure, along side some other ridiculously good photos in Jimmy's collection.

This pickup turned into some of my best pickups, that will be staying with me for a loooong time. It was painful to trade the Babe, but I did come away very happy.

1927 Gehrig Type 1 with companion pieces

1928 Sporting News handbook. (also from trade)
and 1927 Police Gazette. It's in rough shape, but I haven't seen another copy before and when I can frame them all together, it should clean up nicely. (from eBay)


1927 Yankees Team picture.


Gehrig Family Christmas Card


1927 Yankees infield


1927 Ruth Type 1 portrait matching Gehrig


and my favorite pic of all and, perhaps not the most expensive, but certainly then one pic the deal hinged upon me getting. Perhaps the favorite Gehrig pic I own.
Lou with Christy Walsh Jr 1927.


In other fields of interest.

1939 HOF yearbook.


1954 Sport Magazine signed by Casey Stengel. It came with a cert from PAAS. Some expert named Simon signed it. Anybody heard of him?


Unfortunately, I didn't get to buy any signed 1934 Goudeys this year.
Before the year is out Does anybody have one I need and want to sell or trade it to me?

Great stuff everyone.
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year to everyone. Hopefully next year will be even better.

Best,
Mark

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

My Lou Gehrig original photos that I picked-up in 2011...

I had to give a second take, I thought Lou was ahead of his time and on the cell phone with Eleanor about what to pick up at the grocery on the way home!

[Scott Garner]

2011 has probably been my best year ever for pickups. It's tough to choose which I like best, but here are my favorites starting with early 2011:

1) Nolan Ryan 1973 All Star locker plate. 1973 was the first year that Ryan played in the Mid-Summer Classic, from what I believe was his career year! Purchased here on net54.

2) HOF Ted Lyons 1926 no-hitter ticket and scorebook. The beautifully scored games in the scorebook and ticket all originated from the estate of the original owner, George Tarallo who attended the game at age 15. Discovered in an antique shop in Caimbridge, Mass by a friend of a friend. Transaction completed over a smartphone. Awesome!!!

3) HB Dutch Leonard game used ball from his no-hitter game in 1916 at Fenway. This ball was passed down through one family and appeared in the hobby for the 1st time in 2011 almost 100 years later. The storyline behind the ball, the game, and the way that it displays makes this perhaps one of my favorite items in my collection, period. A great vintage centerpiece to my no-hitter collection. Purchased on eBay from an antique dealer in Rochester, NY.

4) Season pass to 1901 St. Louis Cardinals. The only known example of a pass or ticket to HOF Christy Mathewson's 1st no-hitter. This came to me as a gift. What a gift! Thanks Tony!

5) Season tickets to Gaylord Perry's and Ray Washburn's back-to-back no-hitters that they threw on Sept. 17th and 18th, 1968. Also see the complimentary wire photo that I just purchased from Perry congratulating Washburn in the locker after his historic encore. The newspaper caption on the back of the photo reads "Lightning Strikes Twice!". Indeed!

Happy Holidays to everyone on net54! I hope you all had a great year as well!

[vintagesportflips]

Great pickups everyone, looks like all of us had a good year collecting.
Here are several of my favorites. I focus on 3 areas of collecting - the Phila. Eagles and Frankford Yellowjackets, and then to a lesser extend Carlisle Indians pieces. My favorite 2 Eagles pickups were 2 very rare pennants. I had been hunting the brown Eagle 1960 champs variety for about 10 years, while the other is the first example of its type I've ever encountered.
Then my next 3 favorite pickups are 3 early Carlisle Indians cabinet photos, all which include Pop Warner. The first 2, I am still working to narrow down the exact year. The first one below I am fairly certain is a cabinet photo of the 1901 team. In the photo, is college HOFer Carlisle standout Jimmy Johnson, but even neater, sitting next to the Eskimo player in the front row is a young Chief Bender. He played football for Carlisle in 1900 and 1901. The 2nd photo, I believe is 1899. It obviously has a fair amout of damage, but I still love it. Lastly I picked up a massive imperial cabinet photo of the 1909 Carlisle team in its original frame in a large trade with a fellow collector. Time to make some wall space now.

[baseballart]

Surprisingly, not a book (still looking though), but one real photo postcard

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

2011 has probably been my best year ever for pickups. It's tough to choose which I like best, but here are my favorites starting with early 2011:

1) Nolan Ryan 1973 All Star locker plate. 1973 was the first year that Ryan played in the Mid-Summer Classic, from what I believe was his career year! Purchased here on net54.

2) HOF Ted Lyons 1926 no-hitter ticket and scorebook. The beautifully scored games in the scorebook and ticket all originated from the estate of the original owner, George Tarallo who attended the game at age 15. Discovered in an antique shop in Caimbridge, Mass by a friend of a friend. Transaction completed over a smartphone. Awesome!!!

3) HB Dutch Leonard game used ball from his no-hitter game in 1916 at Fenway. This ball was passed down through one family and appeared in the hobby for the 1st time in 2011 almost 100 years later. The storyline behind the ball, the game, and the way that it displays makes this perhaps one of my favorite items in my collection, period. A great vintage centerpiece to my no-hitter collection. Purchased on eBay from an antique dealer in Rochester, NY.

4) Season pass to 1901 St. Louis Cardinals. The only known example of a pass or ticket to HOF Christy Mathewson's 1st no-hitter. This came to me as a gift. What a gift! Thanks Tony!

5) Season tickets to Gaylord Perry's and Ray Washburn's back-to-back no-hitters that they threw on Sept. 17th and 18th, 1968. Also see the complimentary wire photo that I just purchased from Perry congratulating Washburn in the locker after his historic encore. The newspaper caption on the back of the photo reads "Lightning Strikes Twice!". Indeed!

Happy Holidays to everyone on net54! I hope you all had a great year as well!

Hey Scott. You didn't have a great year, you had a 1927 Yanks Year!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

Hey Scott. You didn't have a great year, you had a 1927 Yanks Year!

Hey Jimmy,
That's pretty lofty company, but I appreciate your compliment. Your photo pickups this year have also been unhinged and off the charts!!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by D. Broughman

Thanks Mike should I repaint them or leave them as they are? I bought the paint but can't seem get myself to paint them. Would like to hear what you would do.

DON'T PAINT!!! Leave them as-is. They will no longer be original and you could forever regret that move. It's something you cannot re-do. So what if they show some wear! That is part of their "story" (and what makes them interesting). Plus, they don't even look that bad... still very attractive, IMHO.

Hope you consider this before you break out the paint. In fact, you'd better return that paint to the store, until the temptation subsides!

[mjkm90]

D...do not under ANY circumstances paint those seats. I am in complete agreement with Mark on this point. I've never understood the refinishing of seats of historical significance. I would never purchase refinished seats. If I wanted them to look new, I would buy new seats or refinished highschool or college seating.

Yours look GREAT.

[slidekellyslide]

My best pickups of the year







And my best non-baseball pickup this year was my fruit hat Freakie figure that was a premium inside boxes of Fruity Freakies...it's the T206 Wagner of cereal premiums.