My friend Pat's buddy called him about a guy that wanted to sell his sports collection. We went over on a sunday evening to the house and met a 95 year old gentleman who has been collecting for awhile.
Most of his collection was magazines and memorabilia but we struck a deal to take it all and unearthed some gems when we sorted through the mass of items.
Here are a few of the treasures we found.
This is a postcard from Johnny Bench's restaurant in Cincinnati. It's now closed but I did get a chance to eat there a few times.
Quite a few autographs, but this is my favorite.
Among all the paper were ballots from all the All Star games. This is from the 1970 game
Over a hundred decks of old playing cards
Art was a big Reds fan that included this auto of Sam Jethroe
This is one of the oldest cards, 1947 Exhibit
Lots of unusual cards
1975 TCMA
Fro-joy Ice cream TCMA reprint
Baseball Legends
Wait, what? An auto of Ted Williams? That's awesome, and the other stuff is very cool too! Nice pickup!
ReplyDeleteTreasures indeed! Wow, I'm impressed. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteA bonanza, indeed! That Ted Williams auto is obviously fantastic, but I think my favorite of the lot might be that Johnny Bench postcard. Had no idea he owned a restaurant.
ReplyDeleteVery cool stuff. Gotta get excited whenever you add a Ted Williams autograph to your collection.
ReplyDeleteThat Williams is really cool. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great pickup!
ReplyDeleteThis must have been a lot of fun to go to. I have a matchbook from Johnny Bench's Home Plate.
ReplyDeletePretty jealous!! Great finds.
ReplyDeleteA Ted Wiiliams auto is a fantastic find!! That's one of my 'bucket list' items.
ReplyDeleteDid you happen to get a Noodles Hahn card from that Ohio Baseball Hall of Fame set? I've been looking for one for my All-Time Teams set.
Nice ted!
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