Dec 2007
Back from SGC.
12/19/07 23:36 PersonalInformationPersonalPermalink
This is the kind of stuff I love.
This is an Eddie Collins cabinet that I picked up in a recent auction over the summer. After posting it on a few hobby message boards, someone suggested that it might have once been owned by Collins himself.
After a little more research (with help from my friend Wes), we discovered the original auction where this cabinet was actually traced back to Eddie Collins' personal collection. The card was initially auctioned off in a lot with some other memorabilia owned by Collins, and somehow made it back to the same auction company - only this time they neglected to mention the item's provenance in their auction description. Essentially, the house did a bad job when lotting the item up a second time.
After providing SGC with the relevant documentation, they agreed to slab the card (which is clearly trimmed) with the "Authentic" designation, and assign it the provenance of the "Eddie Collins Collection." Way cool.
And again, special thanks go to my friend Tom - one of the nicest guys in the hobby and a good hobby friend - for yielding and waving me past on this one. The hobby is filled with cool people, but once in a while you meet one that's ESPECIALLY cool.
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And they're in.
12/11/07 22:23 PersonalNew PickupPersonalPermalink
Here's the Henry Johnson Confectioners Ruth, a card I
never thought I'd ever get to meet in person.
This one has me thrilled to own it. So thrilled, in fact, that I was able to overlook the lateness with which I received these three Mayo Hall of Famers - quick additions to the Nifty Fifty, as they were once owned by Casey Stengel.
For those of you who don't know, I am the proud owner of about 500 pieces of correspondence that various people had with Casey Stengel over the course of his lifetime, from the early 1900s right through to his death in 1975. The correspondence includes fan letters, letters from family, telegrams, and communications with various celebrities. I keep them organized chronologically, in a 5" binder, and reading the binder cover-to-cover is the best Casey Stengel biography you'll ever find (with apologies to "Forging Genius").
As a result of owning that correspondence, I'm proud to own these three cards:
These pickups also nearly double the size of my 19th Century collection, which now numbers eight cards.
This one has me thrilled to own it. So thrilled, in fact, that I was able to overlook the lateness with which I received these three Mayo Hall of Famers - quick additions to the Nifty Fifty, as they were once owned by Casey Stengel.
For those of you who don't know, I am the proud owner of about 500 pieces of correspondence that various people had with Casey Stengel over the course of his lifetime, from the early 1900s right through to his death in 1975. The correspondence includes fan letters, letters from family, telegrams, and communications with various celebrities. I keep them organized chronologically, in a 5" binder, and reading the binder cover-to-cover is the best Casey Stengel biography you'll ever find (with apologies to "Forging Genius").
As a result of owning that correspondence, I'm proud to own these three cards:
These pickups also nearly double the size of my 19th Century collection, which now numbers eight cards.