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[Robot Man]

Games are fun especially if HOF players are shown

[Robot Man]

Pretty much anything else is usually fair game if cool, unusual or colorful

[PopKulture]

7 hours ago, Robot Man said:

 

An absolutely stunning tintype. Do you know anything about the people pictured? Either from a family album or anything? It's a fantastic piece of sports history.  

[PopKulture]

7 hours ago, Robot Man said:

 

All great stuff, from the Big Train to the Bambino, but I've long held a soft spot for anything by McLoughlin Bros. Books, puzzles, and of course, board games. They made the purdiest for sure. 

[PopKulture]

7 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Pretty much anything else is usually fair game if cool, unusual or colorful

Wow, a Darktown Battery. Is this a Stevens, or another manufacturer? What a truly historic relic.* 

The Little League counter game is great, too. All those counter games have been in demand since I started collecting. I have a Keeney Steeplechase I play every time I walk by it; that is, unless I don't have a nickel on me! 

* This is one of those tricky things to own these days and going forward. You never know when you'll earn yourself a lecture or worse. Thing is, the people who would object to such a thing, to my knowledge, can't read your mind and should consider there are perspectives for owning/curating/preserving they may not have considered. I am mindful when displaying things in my home even because I don't want my kids' friends for instance to take something out of context or infer my intent without so much as a conversation about it.**

** I just wanted to footnote my footnote!    

[Robot Man]

11 hours ago, PopKulture said:

An absolutely stunning tintype. Do you know anything about the people pictured? Either from a family album or anything? It's a fantastic piece of sports history.  

I have no idea who these gentlemen are. Came with no identification. My antique dealer wife bought it as a gift from an estate sale. My guess is it is probably from the mid 1880’s. Earliest photo I’ve ever owned. This was an era of gentlemen players who often wore ties on the field. 

[Robot Man]

10 hours ago, PopKulture said:

Wow, a Darktown Battery. Is this a Stevens, or another manufacturer? What a truly historic relic.* 

The Little League counter game is great, too. All those counter games have been in demand since I started collecting. I have a Keeney Steeplechase I play every time I walk by it; that is, unless I don't have a nickel on me! 

* This is one of those tricky things to own these days and going forward. You never know when you'll earn yourself a lecture or worse. Thing is, the people who would object to such a thing, to my knowledge, can't read your mind and should consider there are perspectives for owning/curating/preserving they may not have considered. I am mindful when displaying things in my home even because I don't want my kids' friends for instance to take something out of context or infer my intent without so much as a conversation about it.**

** I just wanted to footnote my footnote!    

[Robot Man]

11 hours ago, PopKulture said:

Wow, a Darktown Battery. Is this a Stevens, or another manufacturer? What a truly historic relic.* 

The Little League counter game is great, too. All those counter games have been in demand since I started collecting. I have a Keeney Steeplechase I play every time I walk by it; that is, unless I don't have a nickel on me! 

* This is one of those tricky things to own these days and going forward. You never know when you'll earn yourself a lecture or worse. Thing is, the people who would object to such a thing, to my knowledge, can't read your mind and should consider there are perspectives for owning/curating/preserving they may not have considered. I am mindful when displaying things in my home even because I don't want my kids' friends for instance to take something out of context or infer my intent without so much as a conversation about it.**

** I just wanted to footnote my footnote!    

It is a Stevens I believe. Probably from the 1890's and original. I look at it as a historical piece and have no problem owning it or displaying it. It fits in well with my other baseball pieces as the history of the game. I taught my children well and have never had anyone see it in my home that had a problem with it. If I am offending anyone, I apologize as it isn't my intent.

[Robot Man]

[fishbone]

On 12/6/2020 at 2:09 PM, fifties said:

I had forgotten about my own record collection, although it's primarily 45's and LP's.  If you clean the record, you will lower the background noise, and of course it will sound better. A good cleaner is white Vinegar, applied with a toothbrush.

above records already cleaned multiple times with an extra-soft toothbrush, water, and a bit of liquid dish soap - definitely cleaned a lot of sh*t out of the grooves, and music sounds amazing whilst playing, but that cloudy  "smudging" look   to the shellac, under light,  is always there unfortunately

[fishbone]

On 12/6/2020 at 6:20 PM, Robot Man said:

Games are fun especially if HOF players are shown

wow!!!!!

[D84]

I collect the souls of my enemies. 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

52 minutes ago, D84 said:

I collect the souls of my enemies. 

 I just got one of those the other day for $0.33 

I must have bid at the same time on Ebay as the other bidder and when the dust settled  they were out bid by me for 33 cents. Pretty sure that win came with the under bidders soul as obviously we both put in almost the same max bid , but mine was change more.

[Hollywood1892]

57 minutes ago, D84 said:

I collect the souls of my enemies. 

This

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

12 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

This

[batman_fan]

1 hour ago, D84 said:

I collect the souls of my enemies. 

do they have mylar bags to store them in and do you double board ?

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

1 hour ago, batman_fan said:

do they have mylar bags to store them in and do you double board ?

Best to have them graded for better resale.

[Ameri]

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[pemart1966]

On 12/3/2020 at 9:22 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Some cool records on here; while I don't collect them I ran into a stack of Disneyland records at a nursing home sale a few years back and bought the whole stack for $10. In the stack was this classic which should bring back some great memories. For those who grew up watching the Sunday evening Disney show Patrick McGoohan as the Scarecrow was a very frightening figure!

 

Love the record, love the sleeve...love the price...

Edited December 10, 2020 by pemart1966

[Chief1332]

On 12/6/2020 at 5:15 PM, Robot Man said:

Great stuff. 78's like these are tough to find. I have my mom's collection of blues, hillbilly and early rock 'n roll 78's buried in my garage. A few real good ones. My mom was a real hipster in her day. If you collect them, you really need to pick up a copy of "Not for sale at any price". Must have book. Google it. You really need one of these to display your 78's in...

I don't actively collect, but I do have my mother's 45 collection.  She purchased most when first out of high school.. 1955.  Some pretty good music for sure.