December Pickups

[sbfinley]

No one has started one here yet, so here are some minor pickups.








Happy Holidays!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Wow! That '52 Slaughter...

Happy Holidays my friend!


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[tazdmb]

#235 and #236-I got a great deal on a Posey signed Diploma, but the diploma itself is gigantic (at least 16*20) and a rare full name Maranville from Mr. Stinson.

[Scott Garner]

You've gotta love this vintage collector's innovative way of collecting signed 3 x 5's!

In 1949 he sent GPC's to towns in the US that had the first and last names of players he was going to have sign a 3 x 5 and got them postmarked. Once he received them back he individually affixed the corresponding postmarks to a 3 x 5 and then subsequently sent them to the player to be signed.
A huge time commitment and a hobby quirk that I really love. I've seen at least one other collector from the late 1960's that did something similar, but this was 1949.
Pretty cool!
The seller had many signed 3 x 5's from this collection, but I went after all of the no-hit pitchers since that's what I collect. I managed to win all nine.

Check them out...

[sbfinley]

Scott, that's really cool! Great stuff.

[GoCubsGo32]

Whoa Scott! Super unique and special! Love it!

[toyman55]

just picked these two HOF balls up

[RTK]

Today I picked up a 1940 "Who's Who in Baseball" from the estate sale for the late Cub broadcaster Jack Brickhouse. When I picked up the copy amongst a stack of others and paged through it, I noticed the opening page was signed in pencil by a number of players including Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom Dimaggio, Joe Cronin, Ted Lyons(?) and Luke Appling who signed over his stats on the following page. It's in great condition considering it's 75 years old. The sellers apparently did not know of the signatures. Most signed baseball memorabilia was in locked cases. I had two Who's Who in hand and asked the price, they knocked the price down for the two to $15.00.

Sorry for the lack of a scan.

Finally found a Gene Gieselmann on a Cardinals baseball, which completes my goal of every Cardinal involved with an All Star game (player, coach, manager, trainer).

[dscards]

Glad to add a Koufax auto finally, even if it's a low end one.

[stat192]

Just picked up this 1939 R303B Joe Gordon Rookie