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What's new in your collection?

How about an ongoing thread to highlight the new additions to your collection?

Whether it's a through-the-mail freebie or a big buck acquisition... it's all good. Show us what you got!

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Permalink Reply by Maximiliano Sosa on March 17, 2014 at 10:40am

the only new thing in my collection is not an autograph, is jut a new sharpie to get autographs jajaj. Metallica will play here in argentina 29 and 30 of this month. maybe I can get an autograph (complicated). I think that they will arrive the day before and make the soundcheck that night. Only posibilities watching the calendar. and I wanna get some football players autograph.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on March 17, 2014 at 11:15am

I picked up this signed Reo Speedwagon In Hifidelity LP at a Sacramento flea market last weekend for $0.99. :D

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on March 17, 2014 at 6:23pm

Newest pieces to the Family come from Spring Training

Joey Votto

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on March 21, 2014 at 12:13pm

Newest Pick up...Albert Pujols Full sig

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on March 17, 2014 at 6:50pm

Got a few great additions!

Walt Disney courtesy of Phil Sears:

FDR Document via eBay:

And finally a TTM success from Will "the Thrill" Clark. Photo was taken in the clubhouse the night the Giants won the World Series in 2010.

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Permalink Reply by posterguy on March 19, 2014 at 12:26am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGbIDIMkNfM&list=UUReABscl9mYkID... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpoO8VNYCxs&list=UUReABscl9mYkID... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nN7wryR-5A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF9zRGL507o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0382CeY9A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PhcYK4RM7Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OfpHL5UY3Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTmsawufrwg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcDm5gRl23w

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on March 21, 2014 at 11:24am

Picked up this cool Mantle from what I believe is his rookie year? Gonna display it over my Mantle baseball.

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Permalink Reply by Dane on March 25, 2014 at 12:42pm

It'd be hard to prove (without specific knowledge of the advertisers/billboards) that the photo was from his rookie year, since the AL 50th Anniversary logo doesn't appear to be present on the sleeve. It's kind of a large logo, so I think you'd be able to see some evidence of it, it present. However, if you believe it's from 1951, that's all that matters, since it's really for display. :)

Here's a photo with the logo:

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on March 25, 2014 at 1:31pm

The photo Mike Kam posted appears to be a spring training pose. Would they have had the patch in spring training?

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Permalink Reply by Dane on March 25, 2014 at 10:23pm

I have no clue, since I don't really collect vintage uniforms, but based upon the modern usage of patches, yes.

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Permalink Reply by David S on March 26, 2014 at 4:37am

That photo that Mike Kam posted is absolutely from Mantle's rookie year (1951). The stadium (based on billboard advertising) is Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Where you can see "elevator company" is actually Phoenix Elevator Company. Why is this relevant? Because the Yankees only spent one spring in Phoenix, 1951.

The Yankees actually set up an instructional school for rookies prior to regular spring training starting in February...camp was set up in November of 1950, I believe, though i'm not sure when it started. Mantle was there.

I believe the patch that Dane describes is just not visible in this picture (as there are some photos from spring training 1951 that have the patch, most notably on the pinstripe uniform - see below photo with same background, most likely from same photo shoot).

here is a photo from the instructional camp (notice same advertising in background)...not a great photo, but it looks like NO patches.

Here are some more photos...first of Mantle from Spring Training, then a few others from the same facility (different years, same advertising)...

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Permalink Reply by Dane on April 1, 2014 at 2:34am

Excellent research, David, and thank you for the information. I figured there must be a way to use the advertising the pinpoint the year, but I didn't know where to start looking.