January 2012 Pick-Up Thread...

[Lordstan]

My newest Gehrig.
1938 in California shooting promo shots.

[milkit1]

a couple of upgrades to my signed 1933 Goudey set :

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[Lordstan]

Sean,
Those are beautys!
Congrats.
Mark

[batsballsbases]

Well as Jimmy and I always think alike I was able to work a nice deal on 4 Gehrigs. First from 1928,second from 1936 Thirdfrom 1938 and the fourth from 1935. The 1938 photo has a nice caption but hard to read "Lou Gehrig
veterian new york yankee first baseman who will see action with the american league champions in the coming world series. Dated 9/26/38 This would be Lous last world series as he finished 4 for 14 with 4 singles in the series. A sad time for all yankee fans.

[David Atkatz]

Wow. That 1928 shot is a beauty!

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Wow. That 1928 shot is a beauty!

It is fantastic! GREAT PICKUPS AL!

[batsballsbases]

David, Ben,
Thankyou I also liked the 28 photo. A very powerful look on Lou. Starting to get very hard to find these type of photos. I know Jimmy can concur with me!
Ben + David you both have such great collections I always love seeing them David esp. that Babe Ruth Ball ! You know the one I mean!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Well as Jimmy and I always think alike I was able to work a nice deal on 4 Gehrigs. First from 1928,second from 1936 Thirdfrom 1938 and the fourth from 1935. The 1938 photo has a nice caption but hard to read "Lou Gehrig
veterian new york yankee first baseman who will see action with the american league champions in the coming world series. Dated 9/26/38 This would be Lous last world series as he finished 4 for 14 with 4 singles in the series. A sad time for all yankee fans.

Awesome Gehrig photos!!!!!

[milkit1]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Sean,
Those are beautys!
Congrats.
Mark

thanks mark! finally got lucky

[batsballsbases]

Just a quick question as I was re scaning the 1928 photo for someone I scaned the back also and just noticed that it looked to me that the photo was a 1927 with a 8 put over the 7. Not that it matters to me either way as I love the photo but I was also told that the uniform is from 1927. You can see that the pencil change was done from the original writer. Wanted some input on the uniform being 1927.

[mjkm90]

Picked this up in an antique mall today. I've not seen this style before. The felt feels 50s, but it could be 60s. Pre 1969 for sure (no mlb logo).

[stone193]

One of my main focus areas is baseball board games - and skill games are part of it.

I picked this one up last week - and I'm amazed what the difference a week makes.

I saw one in Yee's auction - saved it - but found it out of my price range almost immediately - game collectors just won't pay big bucks for these.

It's probably from the late 30s - 40s and the one I picked up is in nice shape!







I paid $46 for this one - the one in Yee's auction went for a whopping $186! I'm guessing two guys wanted it really bad - not sure why otherwise - I'm sure the allusion to "Babe" may have been the reason? Sure was a sneaky way to evoke interest in a toy without paying a penny to Ruth? If this game actually said "Babe" on it? Who knows what it would've brought in Yee's auction.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

My newest Gehrig.
1938 in California shooting promo shots.

Another awesome photo!!