February Pick-Ups

[Tigerden]

Originally Posted by John V

Great bookend, Adam. Don't you think that's Ty Cobb? There's another one out there somewhere!

Thanks John. Probably not Cobb, the batting stance may have been influenced by the Cobb style. Yes, there is another out there and even though it is just one bookend, I appreciate it for it's wonderful detail of an early baseball figure. If I never own it as a pair, I'm okay with that. In fact, just discovered that fellow Net54 member Max W. posted a single bookend a few months back.

[Oldtix]

Wonderful stuff as usual, gentlemen. I picked up this nice-looking 1949 Topps Changemaker cardstock sign at the antique show today.

[Scott Garner]

This is actually a duplicate post, but I thought it also should be added to the Pinback Bonanza thread as well.

It seems like as 2012 is unwinding, some of my favorite pickups have come from other net54 members.

Pinback expert Al offered me this scarce 1948 Bob Feller "How to Pitch" pinback that was undoubtedly given out as a promotion during the launch of his book by the same title. Love that vintage Feller oddball stuff!

Jason offered up this 1930's Grover Cleveland Alexander leader pin commemorating his record 16 shutouts in one ML season. That's a record that surely will never be broken. Yikes!

Many thanks to both of you guys! I love both of these pins and they have found a good home.

[batsballsbases]

Scott,
Your very welcome. I would date the pin to 1948 when the book was released. Enjoy it.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Scott,
Your very welcome. I would date the pin to 1948 when the book was released. Enjoy it.

Thanks for the info Al. Duly noted, and I'll change the description in the post above!

[WillowGrove]

Always a fun thread....I'm not a Pennant collector nor a Browns fan but when I saw it I just loved the art deco look of the font and the lines and the bats and ball on the left side. I figured, how many Browns fans, from the few they even drew, had the money during a depression to buy this pennant? I figured not too many. It also drove me to purchase Mike E's pennant book. The seller stated 1930's, his book says 1940's. Either way - I just love it.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

Always a fun thread....I'm not a Pennant collector nor a Browns fan but when I saw it I just loved the art deco look of the font and the lines and the bats and ball on the left side. I figured, how many Browns fans, from the few they even drew, had the money during a depression to buy this pennant? I figured not too many. It also drove me to purchase Mike E's pennant book. The seller stated 1930's, his book says 1940's. Either way - I just love it.

Yeah that's a good one....like you say art deco...and good think thru on the depression vs cost