Heritage winnings anyone?

[btcarfagno]

Got the 1913/1914 Pittsburgh Pirates official scorekeeper scorebook. Could not believe it went as cheap as it did. 150 games pretty much all with Honus Wagner plus visiting players like Joe Jackson Mathewson maybe Thorpe. Love it. Plus the scorekeeper who recorded the games has a tie in to the T206 Wagner. That is an added bonus.

Tom C

[scooter729]

I got the 1916 White Sox panoramic, with 6 Black Sox on it including Shoeless Joe. I was surprised to be the only bidder on it!

[perezfan]

Here's what I came away with... Heritage didn't picture the original Balfour Artwork that accompanies the 1937 WS Press Pin. As a result, I think it snuck through lots cheaper than it might have otherwise.

I was bitterly disappointed to lose out on the 1914 Braves Pennant. I had already cleared a giant space for it on the wall (in my mind anyway... not physically). It is probably the nicest (and biggest) felt pennant in existence.

But it realized over $10,000.00 and the winning bidder appeared to have no limits. I really hated to bow out... hope it goes to a museum or other public venue in which people can view it

[Runscott]

Very happy to win this catcher's mitt:

"This is the mitt my father used to catch me when I was a kid--13-16 years old--on our farm near Van Meter, Iowa. It was this mitt he was using when I threw a fastball in 1934 that hit him in the chest and broke three ribs, as described in Time magazine April 19, 1937." - Bob Feller

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Very happy to win this catcher's mitt:

"This is the mitt my father used to catch me when I was a kid--13-16 years old--on our farm near Van Meter, Iowa. It was this mitt he was using when I threw a fastball in 1934 that hit him in the chest and broke three ribs, as described in Time magazine April 19, 1937." - Bob Feller

Scott,
That's an awesome glove to own. Definately a museum piece, to say the least. Congrats on your pickup!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Scott,
That's an awesome glove to own. Definately a museum piece, to say the least. Congrats on your pickup!

Thanks Scott. Nice contract pick-up as well. It's interesting to hear the stories behind these pick-ups. Mine was a no-brainer - last weekend my Dad was talking with me about what it was like to catch a 90+ mph fastball when he was catching my brother. I know he still has that mitt.

[mr2686]

Scott, great pickup and story. Your Vandy collection is sizing up to be second to none.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Very happy to win this catcher's mitt:

"This is the mitt my father used to catch me when I was a kid--13-16 years old--on our farm near Van Meter, Iowa. It was this mitt he was using when I threw a fastball in 1934 that hit him in the chest and broke three ribs, as described in Time magazine April 19, 1937." - Bob Feller

Amazing piece with true historical significance! That belongs in a museum. You have the Real Roy Hobbs father's glove. It doesn't have a lightening bolt on it does it?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Amazing piece with true historical significance! That belongs in a museum. You have the Real Roy Hobbs father's glove. It doesn't have a lightening bolt on it does it?

Thanks Mike - I read your above post right after posting a pic of this in the pre-rookie thread. I don't have the room in my place to display anything really, but if I ever get a 'man-cave', this will be one of the centerpieces.

[dcdopson]

pm sent

[margoaepi]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Here's what I came away with... Heritage didn't picture the original Balfour Artwork that accompanies the 1937 WS Press Pin. As a result, I think it snuck through lots cheaper than it might have otherwise.

I was bitterly disappointed to lose out on the 1914 Braves Pennant. I had already cleared a giant space for it on the wall (in my mind anyway... not physically). It is probably the nicest (and biggest) felt pennant in existence.

But it realized over $10,000.00 and the winning bidder appeared to have no limits. I really hated to bow out... hope it goes to a museum or other public venue in which people can view it

I was the under bidder on the tigers piece. Would go great withy my other Jennings items. I ended up winning the very next lot though, the tigers photo supplement.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Got the 1913/1914 Pittsburgh Pirates official scorekeeper scorebook. Could not believe it went as cheap as it did. 150 games pretty much all with Honus Wagner plus visiting players like Joe Jackson Mathewson maybe Thorpe. Love it. Plus the scorekeeper who recorded the games has a tie in to the T206 Wagner. That is an added bonus.

Tom C

Tom, that was a superb deal. I was bidding live today, and was so happy winning the glove shown above, that I forgot to bid again on the score book.

VERY nice pick-up!

[Scott Garner]

I was very happy to pick up Johnny Vander Meer's personal copy of his 1938 Players Contract with the Reds from the Seth Swirsky collection. This was the year Vander Meer threw consecutive back-to-back no-hitters.

An interesting side note is that I actually now own two Vandy 1938 contracts:

It's not widely known that Vandy had TWO contracts in 1938. The one that I purchased early last year was issued in January, 1938 and was a monthly contract for $500 a month. The Reds let Vandy know that if he was still on the roster by the All star break that they would issue him an annual contract. By late May it had become obvious that Vandy was pitching well enough in 1938 to warrant issuing the second contract. As a show of good faith, Warren Giles tore up the monthly contract that Vandy started out the year a month early and issued him the 2nd contract for $4,000 a year. This was the contract that Seth Swirsky owned and I just won. It's pretty neat because it preceded his unprecidented back-to-back no-hitter feat by a couple of weeks and marked the acknowlegement that he was a bona-fide major leaguer and was there to stay...

[dcdopson]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Got the 1913/1914 Pittsburgh Pirates official scorekeeper scorebook. Could not believe it went as cheap as it did. 150 games pretty much all with Honus Wagner plus visiting players like Joe Jackson Mathewson maybe Thorpe. Love it. Plus the scorekeeper who recorded the games has a tie in to the T206 Wagner. That is an added bonus.

Tom C

I just bid on this in the SCP auction and unfortunately lost; in hindsight I should not have backed off. I hope it pops up again soon