Archive for the 'Memorabillia' Category

BALL GLOVE WAS BIG ‘CATCH’ AT AUCTION

Babe Ruth glove

(Fox News) – A baseball glove that Babe Ruth used nearly a century
ago while playing for the New York Yankees sold for a record $1.5
million at an auction on Saturday.
 

Ruth gifted the glove, which has light wear and even a "spatter
from tobacco juice," to Jimmy Austin, who played for the St.
Louis Browns.

It remained in Austin’s family until it was sold at the Louisville
Slugger Museum & Factory
auction on Saturday.

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George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr.
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

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(December 8, 1879 – March 6, 1965)

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SPORTS CARD SOLD FOR RECORD AMOUNT

A Mickey Mantle baseball card is now the most expensive piece of sports  memorabilia : NPR

(CBS News) – A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold
for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the
most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has
grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.

The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months
ago — $9.3 million for the
jersey worn by Diego Maradona when
he scored the contentious "Hand of God" goal in soccer’s 1986
World Cup.

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Mickey Charles Mantle "the Commerce Comet"
(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

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MUSEUM FOR PINBALL MACHINES IN JERSEY

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A museum in New Jersey is giving people a fun and interactive experience from the past.

According to Reuters, the Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park,
New Jersey, holds more than 150 working pinball machines that
visitors can play. Some of the machines date back to the 1950’s.

Robert Ilvento (below) and Steve Zuckerman are co-founders of
the museum.

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DO YOU HAVE SOME OF THIS MEMORABILIA?

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The TV series Gunsmoke ran from September 10, 1955, to
March 31, 1975, on CBS, with 635 total episodes. It is the
second
Western television series written for adults.

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FROM THE PDX RETRO MUSIC DEPARTMENT

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Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959),

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