"The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"

[thekingofclout]

Alright now. It's been 11 months since the last post in this thread and it's now time to bring back the Iron Horse! So let's see your Gehrig pick-ups from 2011. Even if you showed them in other threads. It doesn't matter... show them again!

An extremely scarce, high-grade Advertising Order Form for the 1940 Book "Lou Gehrig - Baseball's Iron Man" by Stan W. Carlson...

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And many thanks to Max (baseballart) for reassuring that it indeed is an original piece and for his tremendous knowledge and scan of the book that I will be on the hunt for in 2012.


BTW... Max was kind enough to send me a link to his remarkable Baseball Book Collection, and I was just floored by the vast amount of Books that have been written on the Grand Old Game over the last 120 or so years. And get this, the link Max sent me had only about 1/3 of his collection scanned for viewing at this time!

I hope Max doesn't mind if I share his link to his amazing Baseball Book Collection. I really had no idea of what was really out there. Take a look.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/basebal...7627662676073/

[kaddyshack]

Signed during the 1934 Season. His Triple Crown year.

[baseballart]

Some more Gehrig stuff, most of which I think I've posted in other threads.

Jennifer's Reflections series of Lou --he is reversed in the image, so you have to look in the mirror to see the correct image



Pride of Japan, Japanese edition

Title from Putnam Sports Shelf series



Large size poster from Graham's book, which doesn't match any dj of the book I've seen

[David Atkatz]

Underbid a while back at Heritage. Meanwhile the new owner slabbed it. Oh, well. Still, happy to get it this time around.

[Lordstan]

Being that Lou is what I collect, it's not a surprise that this would be the thread of Jimmy's that I resurrect.

While rereading some of his posts 3 things strike me.
1) how much stuff of all varieties he collected. It is amazing the variety of things that were in his collection at one time.
2) how much stuff of his that I now own, including one of my favorite photos below. As you can he posted it above and traded it to me the following your I think.

3) Having nothing to do with Jimmy, but I am noticing how much i hate photobucket for screwing everything up with their ridiculous change in policies regarding 3rd party hosting. Now we are stuck with all these dead links.

[Forever Young]

Jimmy and I talked about this one at length when it was in Christies. We both agreed it was a MUST for the collection. Also used for card and all the fixings on the back.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Being that Lou is what I collect, it's not a surprise that this would be the thread of Jimmy's that I resurrect.

While rereading some of his posts 3 things strike me.
1) how much stuff of all varieties he collected. It is amazing the variety of things that were in his collection at one time.
2) how much stuff of his that I now own, including one of my favorite photos below. As you can he posted it above and traded it to me the following your I think.

3) Having nothing to do with Jimmy, but I am noticing how much i hate photobucket for screwing everything up with their ridiculous change in policies regarding 3rd party hosting. Now we are stuck with all these dead links.

Love that Lou and Walsh son right? I remember when he let that go. Great photo and glad you have part of his original collection. Great that many of his pieces went to many of those he helped.
Here is my latest Lou pickup.. 1927 Van Oeyen