Your top finds for 2011

[Vintage Yankee]

Although I don't post pickups too often, figured I'd add to the thread. Nothing mind-blowing, but here are some representative pick-ups in a number of areas...

Inspired by Jimmy, a photo and the obligatory companion piece:


My first trophy & buckle:


A couple of bats - Crosetti (thanks to a fellow Forum member) & Jeter:


My earliest Highlanders Program (thanks to a fellow Forum member) and a neat 19c broadside:


A couple of Kreindler candidates - Selkirk & Larsen PG:


A bat rack that works within my space constraints (along with my own modification):


And last but certainly not least - non-vintage but a classic nonetheless - the game used lineup card (Arizona dugout) from Game 4 of the 2001 WS - the "Mr. November" game:

[Bugsy]

Not sure if I posted this pickup on this side of the forum. It's a 1910 Hal Chase Fan for a Fan.

[stone193]

I've got to catch up on some of the stuff I just saw and the focus.

Jimmy - I'm really envious of Beatles collectors! It's just so broad and so much cool stuff. Very cool pickup. I also remember looking at catalogs and "dreaming" as a kid! Superb!

Rich - what can I say - the Dick Tracy premiums are incredible! I've never seen that many. The Flash Gordon LC's are incredible - I do remember the serial on TV when I was a kid.

RJ - I don't collect trophies - your first pick is very nice looking - I think you picked a beauty - congratulations.

Chris - that'a a really nice Chase fan.

Thanx for sharing!

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Vintage Yankee

And last but certainly not least - non-vintage but a classic nonetheless - the game used lineup card (Arizona dugout) from Game 4 of the 2001 WS - the "Mr. November" game:

INCREDIBLE! Where did you land that from? Great addition, Congratulations! Tino's homer will always be at the top of my list in the moments of Glory!

[thetahat]

I collect only pennants - almost exclusively baseball - but this Eagles pennant surfaced at a flea market of all places. Never seen one this color (red/gray) before.

[GKreindler]

RJ, I agree with Matt on that sentiment - a WONDERFUL piece.

Also, you're darn right about that Selkirk image - I'd love to get it to canvas!!

Graig

[Vintage Yankee]

Originally Posted by mschwade

INCREDIBLE! Where did you land that from? Great addition, Congratulations! Tino's homer will always be at the top of my list in the moments of Glory!

Matt,

Thanks. Took me about 3 years of patience to land that from a fellow collector.

I was a Yankees season ticketholder at the time and attended all 3 home games in that Series. From The President and Clemens in Game 3 to Tino and Jeter in Game 4 to the O'Neill farewell and Brosius in Game 5 - that 52-hour stretch of baseball is near impossible to match up against from my perspective, even though the Yanks didn't win in the end.

R.J.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Vintage Yankee

Matt,

Thanks. Took me about 3 years of patience to land that from a fellow collector.

I was a Yankees season ticketholder at the time and attended all 3 home games in that Series. From The President and Clemens in Game 3 to Tino and Jeter in Game 4 to the O'Neill farewell and Brosius in Game 5 - that 52-hour stretch of baseball is near impossible to match up against from my perspective, even though the Yanks didn't win in the end.

R.J.

Good things come to those that wait... Always easier said than done! You're right... The entire series will never be topped.

[vintagesportflips]

Love that Eagles pennant Greg! I collect Eagles pennants (as well as everything else Eagles related), and have seen that color version only once before, and unfortunately I found it after it had already sold. If that is a pennant you ever decide to sell or trade, I would have a strong interest in it.

[theantiquetiger]

My top find of 2011 is also the top piece in my exclusive LSU collection. An original 9"x44" panoramic photograph of the first game in Tiger Stadium, Thanksgiving Day, 1924. I am in the works of getting it licensed with LSU and reproducing it

[z28jd]

Since I really don't collect memorabilia I figured I could stretch the definition of find to include finding out something I've had forever was actually more valuable than I thought. I have a bunch of old glove contracts signed by the players only diehard old fans would know. They were cheap because the players were mostly one year guys so I bought them because they were neat looking(and dont forget,cheap). Well, I hadn't looked at them in years until a month ago and I just happened to notice one of the contracts had a witness signer named Sam Jones. It was a 1928 Grant Gillis contract and everyone knows he was teammates with Sad Sam Jones that year, 229 game winner. The other witness was longtime second baseman Jackie Hayes. All the other contracts have non-player signatures for the witness but this one was pretty cool to find out