August 2011 pickup thread

[Mark]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Mark, not sure how damaged they were but they both were known for those plays for the rest of their lives, as well as to this day. Interesting note, I was unaware the Merkle was also involved in a play that could have taken Snodgrass off the hook. Turns out that Chief Meyers was as much to blame for the loss as Snodgrass but never got the blame:
http://old.thedailystar.com/sports/2...phamilton.html

If you read or listen to the Ritter interview with Snodgrass, you will recognize how hurt Snodgrass was 50 years later by the reputation. He mentions one incident that is telling: Many years after he retired, he was in church with his family when a visiting preacher came to give the sermon. This preacher began by saying that he was from some small town (Ventura?), which he identified as being the home town of Fred Snodgrass. Not knowing that Snodgrass was present, the preacher reminded the congregation that Fred was the goat of the 1912 world series. Snodgrass said that he and his family just stoop up and left. On the tape, you can tell that it still ate him up. I've heard that Merkle had an even tougher time.

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by deebro041

Nice pickup Jeremy!

Thanks Dan ! I was surprised at how many pages were in this record book & schedule. (40+) Compact, but loaded with info, records, and dozens of pictures.

[CarltonHendricks]

Chris, Congrats on the Max McGee...I like the story and your attributes list....especially the two offers of $5,000.00 and $6,000....which sounds about what you'd net after auction fees....but then again, first superbowl touchdown and all....maybe it would catch fire if you auctioned it....Years of stopping at that store really paid off...Reminds me of Mike Hovet at the National this year....pickings were a little slim but he kept combing and found that D&M trophy
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Gary, I like your Morrisiana ribbon...everything about it is very thumbs up...nice condition, great vignette with the two tone high top shoes etc., it's N.Y. baseball which I'd have never known, and the red white and blue stars and stripes letters are incredible...I've never seen letters like that...probably the best ribbon like it I've seen. I speculate you got it from either Terry Knouse/Tic and Tic...or Glen Mechanic. Knouse had the one below at the National, which doesn't come close to yours.....looks like same maker



Speaking of the National....I've got about 500 photos I'll be posting on my site pretty soon Lord willing....have been plucking away at it but so exhausted when get home from work!

Below is one of my National p/u's...a really out there Carlton kind of piece...Doesn't photograph well...looks better in person....The dealer Robert Klevens of Prestige Collectibles, pictured at bottom, specialized in Japanese baseball....said it was only the second Japanese BB related broadside he's ever had...He said he had researched it and If I recall correctly he said it was from 1924 just months after Yankee Stadium opened ...I'll take it in that condition anyday instead of mint...if they're too good of shape you're nervous it's a repro....this one there's no doubt when you hold it. If you know me you know I'm wild for broadsides....that thing stopped me in my tracks...I wasn't leaving without it!

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Great broadside and photos! How about some more National photos for those of us unfortunate enough to have been stuck at home. Anybody!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Chris, Congrats on the Max McGee...I like the story and your attributes list....especially the two offers of $5,000.00 and $6,000....which sounds about what you'd net after auction fees....but then again, first superbowl touchdown and all....maybe it would catch fire if you auctioned it....Years of stopping at that store really paid off...Reminds me of Mike Hovet at the National this year....pickings were a little slim but he kept combing and found that D&M trophy
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Gary, I like your Morrisiana ribbon...everything about it is very thumbs up...nice condition, great vignette with the two tone high top shoes etc., it's N.Y. baseball which I'd have never known, and the red white and blue stars and stripes letters are incredible...I've never seen letters like that...probably the best ribbon like it I've seen. I speculate you got it from either Terry Knouse/Tic and Tic...or Glen Mechanic. Knouse had the one below at the National, which doesn't come close to yours.....looks like same maker



Speaking of the National....I've got about 500 photos I'll be posting on my site pretty soon Lord willing....have been plucking away at it but so exhausted when get home from work!

Below is one of my National p/u's...a really out there Carlton kind of piece...Doesn't photograph well...looks better in person....The dealer Robert Klevens of Prestige Collectibles, pictured at bottom, specialized in Japanese baseball....said it was only the second Japanese BB related broadside he's ever had...He said he had researched it and If I recall correctly he said it was from 1924 just months after Yankee Stadium opened ...I'll take it in that condition anyday instead of mint...if they're too good of shape you're nervous it's a repro....this one there's no doubt when you hold it. If you know me you know I'm wild for broadsides....that thing stopped me in my tracks...I wasn't leaving without it!

Carlton,
Great pickup- congrats!!

[HRBAKER]

Not sure of the year, pennant is in great shape.

[GKreindler]

Scott,

LOVE that Koufax photo - simply stunning. Bravo!

Graig

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Scott,

LOVE that Koufax photo - simply stunning. Bravo!

Graig

Thanks Graig! Any time you want to borrow it for a painting, let me know.
Best,
Scott

[GKreindler]

Scott,

Thank you for the offer! Anytime you want to send over a high-res scan of it, I'd be happy to receive one.

Graig

[GaryPassamonte]

Carlton,
You're right on about the baseball ribbon. I spent quite a bit of time with both Glen and Terry and they are two of the hobby's best. I got the ribbon from Terry. He has the most incredible group in the hobby.

[matty39]

Picked up six extremely rare 1936-38 bf3s. Note the Dimaggio spelling.

[slidekellyslide]

Not baseball, but a very cool Civil War era scrapbook that has a handwritten Confederate General Order, a piece of a rebel flag and flower picked up from the battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), a piece of the curtain from the Marshall House where Col. Ellsworth was murdered, and lots of Confederate notes. For those that don't know Ellsworth is the first officer of the North to be killed in the war..he was a very good friend of Abraham Lincoln. Union Soldiers in the weeks after Ellsworth's death collected souvenirs at the Marshall House where he was killed. Anyone know what something like this might be worth?

[vintagesportflips]

Very cool scrapbook Dan. I have read alot about the civil war, and am familiar with the story of Ellsworth - If I recall correctly, he went into a hotel in Virginia that was hanging a Confederate flag, and cut it down, but was shot by one of its inhabitants on the way out.
Is your scrapbook attributed to anyone specific?

[packs]

That scrapbook is incredible.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by kjjavic

Very cool scrapbook Dan. I have read alot about the civil war, and am familiar with the story of Ellsworth - If I recall correctly, he went into a hotel in Virginia that was hanging a Confederate flag, and cut it down, but was shot by one of its inhabitants on the way out.
Is your scrapbook attributed to anyone specific?

There is a bit of grass that has a small story about where it was picked and is signed "L.S. Bishop"..another name that pops up is under the flower it says it was picked after the battle by "Mrs Kent". I wonder if Shiloh was one of those battles that had spectators?

[Scott Garner]

[QUOTE=slidekellyslide;916740]Not baseball, but a very cool Civil War era scrapbook that has a handwritten Confederate General Order, a piece of a rebel flag and flower picked up from the battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), a piece of the curtain from the Marshall House where Col. Ellsworth was murdered, and lots of Confederate notes. For those that don't know Ellsworth is the first officer of the North to be killed in the war..he was a very good friend of Abraham Lincoln. Union Soldiers in the weeks after Ellsworth's death collected souvenirs at the Marshall House where he was killed. Anyone know what something like this might be worth?

Wow Dan!! What an incredible scrapbook! I don't collect stuff like this, but I can appreciate something so historic. Congrats!

[oriolesbb6]

I think a conservative estimate would be 1-3k in an average estate auction.

[Mark]

The letter from Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner alone has some value.

[herkyhawkeye]

I would guess you could get quite a bit of value for that book.

I have that same Ellswoth CDV picture and I would guess that alone is in the $125-$150 range. I would have no idea what the dried flower or the swatch of the Confed flag would be worth but both would command some decent money and dont even get me started on a original Confederate General Order. did pretty well.

[GrayGhost]

My late Father LOVED the Civil war and instilled it in me. Tho I don't study it, its a tragic and fascinating time. the scrapbook is INCREDIBLE. What a find.

On topic, I love those pennants also.

[Vintage Yankee]

1952 WS Game 3 piece (DiMag throws out 1st pitch) signed by 9


Pair of Yankee-related stock certs


And my personal favorite, an original snapshot of the Babe and a couple of young autograph seekers.

[mr2686]

Not very old, but I just picked up Holtzman Signed Sports Classics series copies of "The Long Season" by Jim Brosnan and "The Boys of Summer" by Roger Kahn. I have not read Boys of Summer and now that I've really dived in to those great Dodger teams, I'm really looking forward to it. I read The Long Season back in the 70's, and remember it as being one of the best baseball books I had read at that time. I think it will be worth re-reading.

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up two high quality fountain pen signed 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" cards of HOF'er Carl Hubbell and Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer from 1938.

These both originally came from a New Jersey collector that put together a beautiful 1938 scrapbook of top stars and personalities from the period. They will make nice additions to my personal collection of no-hit pitcher signatures.

BTW, my collection includes the signatures of over 250 different no-hit pitchers dating back to the 19th century.

[GKreindler]

GREAT pick-ups, Scott. Gotta love that Hubbell signature...

[mr2686]

Nice pickups Scott. I love the old style Hubbell. By the way, do you know how many different pitchers have thrown no hitters? How many more do you need?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Nice pickups Scott. I love the old style Hubbell. By the way, do you know how many different pitchers have thrown no hitters? How many more do you need?

Mike,

Thanks for asking!

According to Wikipidia there have been 272 "official" no-hitters that have been thrown since 1875. In addition to that there are other "unofficial" no-hitter games that have been thrown in the major leagues that no longer make the cut since the rules defining a no-hitter changed in 1991.

I have been collecting much longer than 1991 so I continue to collect tickets and signatures of all major leaguers that have thrown either an official or unofficial no-hitter in the major leagues dating back to 1893. For those of you that don't know, 1893 was the year that the mound distance changed to the modern standard of 60' 6".

A few of the names that I need are either completely out of my price range or virtually not available in the hobby. (Vic Willis, Addie Joss are two for example). At present, I need 21 signatures to complete my collection.
Not too bad as I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

GREAT pick-ups, Scott. Gotta love that Hubbell signature...

Thanks Graig & Mike! This is a nice example of his early autograph, way before he had the unfortunate stroke later in life.

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Mike,


A few of the names that I need are either completely out of my price range or virtually not available in the hobby. (Vic Willis, Addie Joss are two for example). .

I just got about 10 cuts of each of those. I will be printing certs from the "print a cert factory" tonight and I can make you a great deal on them

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by murphusa

I just got about 10 cuts of each of those. I will be printing certs from the "print a cert factory" tonight and I can make you a great deal on them

Jim,
I guess I haven't looked in Pennsylvania hard enough. I'm sure that these cuts are falling out of trees like other (supposedly impossible) ones are.

[murphusa]

well ohio has the display peices

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by murphusa

well ohio has the display peices

What's that in reference to?

[murphusa]

A lot of fake and or reproduction advertisements come out of a source in Ohio

[matty39]

Four more bf3s I picked up from a dealer I met at the national.

[Lordstan]

1939 Baseball Hall of Fame Program. Nice condition.



1938 Movie promo still for Gehrig's only Movie "Rawhide"



Also re did my photobucket site a bit to put all my Gehrig stuff in one folder.
Please enjoy!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ehrig%20stuff/

[Oldtix]

As a big fan of radio broadcasting history, I'm really happy to have picked up this windowcard promoting the 1935 Kentucky Derby...1934 winner Cavalcade is pictured on the sign. Gotta love Willie, the Kool penguin...who says you can't smoke and race at the same time?

[Mark]

Very, very kool.

[packs]

I bought this Grover Cleveland Alexander ball on eBay a few weeks ago and waited to submit it for authentication at the East Coast National. It passed and received a full cert from JSA. Also on the baseball is Babe Didrickson.

Very happy about this one.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by packs

I bought this Grover Cleveland Alexander ball on eBay a few weeks ago and waited to submit it for authentication at the East Coast National. It passed and received a full cert from JSA. Also on the baseball is Babe Didrickson.

Very happy about this one.

Congrats!!

[Shoeless Moe]

was thrilled to pick this up, would love to find a frame with a clear back to show off the Paul Thompson stamp.

[Shoeless Moe]

hoping this 2nd pix is more clear.......(took it out of the plastic sleeve this time...doh!)

also anyone out there know if they wore these uniforms all season or they were made specifically for the World Series, seeing they have some long sleeve clothing underneath leads me to believe it was the fall.

Also of note McMullin replaced Risberg for the 1917 WS because Risberg wasn't hitting late in the season so Buck moved over to SS and McMullin to 3b. Thus McMulllin started all the games and had 24 abs to Risberg's 2 abs. Just interesting because people always dismiss Fred M as that he overheard the plot and that he was insignificant because he wasn't a starter, but he was 2 years before in the '17 WS.

I also like how big Gandil is compared to the others, not sure I'd of said no to him.

[mr2686]

Packs, glad that one worked out for you. Nice pickup.

[packs]

Thanks a lot guys. It's a great ball. I bought it from the woman who got it signed herself nearly 80 years ago.

[Lordstan]

Paul,
The person who sold that is a friend of mine.
I was the one who advised him of the dating.
Those uniforms were worn only in the 1917 World Series. That is why you definitively date it to that time. The Thompson stamp is one that dates to the 1910-1920 decade. Because of these two facts, you can date it pretty accurately.
It is a type 1.

Congrats, I think you paid a fair price for a really nice picture.
Enjoy,
Mark

BTW, you could use a clear piece of glass for the reverse to let the back show through. I'm sure a professional framer who have some other options. Another neat idea would be to make a copy of the back and have the front and back matted together.

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

hoping this 2nd pix is more clear.......(took it out of the plastic sleeve this time...doh!)

also anyone out there know if they wore these uniforms all season or they were made specifically for the World Series, seeing they have some long sleeve clothing underneath leads me to believe it was the fall.

Also of note McMullin replaced Risberg for the 1917 WS because Risberg wasn't hitting late in the season so Buck moved over to SS and McMullin to 3b. Thus McMulllin started all the games and had 24 abs to Risberg's 2 abs. Just interesting because people always dismiss Fred M as that he overheard the plot and that he was insignificant because he wasn't a starter, but he was 2 years before in the '17 WS.

I also like how big Gandil is compared to the others, not sure I'd of said no to him.

[Shoeless Moe]

Mark -thanks for the reply and info. Neat idea on the copy of the back and frame/matte together, would never have thought of that. I love this board.

[Lordstan]

Paul,
Your welcome.
A few more tidbits.
The uniforms would've been red, white, and blue. They were designed as a tribute to the effort in WWI.

Best,
Mark

[HRBAKER]

Beautiful photo, congrats!

[Exhibitman]

[Scott Garner]

I'm very happy with a new pickup that I just made. I managed to finally find one of the early no-hit pitcher signatures that has eluded me: RHP George Mogridge. On April 24, 1917 Mogridge pitched a no-hitter against the World Champion Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park while he was a member of the NY Yankees.

The photo that I just acquired is an original Type I sepia toned picture of Mogridge while he was a member of the 1924 World Champion Washington Senators. Mogridge was the winning pitcher in Game 4, defeating the NY Giants 7-4. Dimensions of the photo are 7" x 10". Condition of the photo is truly fantastic considering it's age. It's unkown who actually took this photo. BTW, if anyone on this board recognizes this photo or can speculate on who might have taken it, I would really appreciate the assist.

The photo is signed in vintage fountain pen. Mogridge's autograph on any medium is extremely scarce. For having a death date of 1962 it's unknown why his signature is so difficult to find. It's speculated that he literally was "off the grid" and his whereabouts were unknown by the early autograph collectors from the 1950's and 1960's, or he seemingly never answered mail requests.

In any case, I'm thrilled to add this Mogridge signed photo to my collection. It's certainly been a long, difficult search. 20 more early no-hitter pitcher signatures to go....

[Hankphenom]

Judging by the crowd, I'd guess he's warming up at Griffith Stadium during the world series, perhaps before game seven in which he played such a key role, holding the Giants for 5 innings and serving as the linchpin to Bucky Harris's outmaneuvering of John McGraw to get Bill Terry out of the game so the Nats righthanders Fred Marberry and (if needed) Walter Johnson wouldn't have to face the Giants rookie who had been tearing them up all series. What's on the back, Scott? And did this come from Keating, whom I saw pick up a great collection of vintage Senators signed photos at the National?
Hank Thomas

[doug.goodman]

Congrats on that one Scott.
Doug