<< <i>Tim, those photos have awesome clarity. I wish you had some of my old stomping grounds in Bay Ridge! >>
Thanks, David! I purchased a scanner specifically for scanning negatives a few years ago, which works very well with these, even the glass ones.
I may just have a few from Bay Ridge buried somewhere~I will take a look and see what I can find.
Thanks, Paul!
Kirk, I may have some full bottles of soda pop from the era of that machine, but it's probably flat by now.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Here are some of my late 19th, early 20th century stereoviews.
These were popular starting in the 1860s. They are photographs taken with a special camera with two lenses set at the same distance as a persons eyes. Then the two images were pasted onto a cardboard backing to be viewed, in 3D effect, by a special viewer.
Many of the images are really boring today, mostly nature shots, but there are many interesting and historical views also.
The first of the views here is of a G.A.R. (Grand Army Of The Republic) parade. The G.A.R. was an organization made up of Union veterans of the Civil War. By 1906 these guys were getting a bit long in the tooth.
The second view is very curved so it didn't scan well, but it is of the place of John Brown's (abolitionist) last stand.
The third is an unknown family from the 1870s
The fourth is of American actor James Wallack. I believe him to be the older man standing behind the seat, as he died in 1864. That would make the seated man his son Lester.
The fifth view is of President William McKinley (the lowest seated man) who was killed in office in 1901.
The sixth view is of McKinley's wife Ida.
John
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Thanx for sharing guys! This is some really great stuff!
Does anyone remember roastedcat aka Jery. He posted on his Star Wars collection years ago - there's nothing like it! I've posted it before but I'm not sure everyone has seen it?
What an awesome thread!! Everything you guys collect is really cool.
Tim, I could stare at those photos of yours for hours and I probably will. Love that stuff!!
Me, over the last few years, I've really focused on my stamp collection. I've had it since I was about 8. Never got rid of it. Would always dig it out whenever I moved to a new place before I had any friends there and work on it. Change hobbies and pastimes but would always come back. Sometimes 5 years, one time 10 years went by before looking at it again.
About 3 years ago, I stopped at a local yard sale and bought a pretty substantial collection. Turned out the guy who had owned most of it long before was quite well known in the art world in the early 1900s and there was some really nice stuff in the stamp collection. it had been handed down to his daughter and then a maid and the maid's son ended up with it. I actually researched him a bit, found his granddaughter and gave a bunch of the stuff back that appeared to be personal correspondence from the mid to late 1800s. Anyway, what I kept was awesome and dumped me back into the hobby big time.
Been building my collection up mainly by buying lots, breaking them down, upgrading and replacing. haven't begun selling off extras yet but I think that may be coming fairly soon.
I've got my entire US collection scanned and started a showcase website a while back - My Stupid Hobbies
My latest addition was this 1847 Scott #1 that actually arrived today. Took me 40 years to get one but it's finally mine
and a few other recent additions that don't typically come up in box lots:
Still don't have the Zeppelins but someday... Just really happy to get the #1 out of the way.
Here's the world's first stamp ever produced - Great Britain 1841 - It's called the "Penny Black" This copy came in that yard sale collection that got me rolling in stamps again.
<< <i>I've collected Bronze Age comic books since I was a kid. Have tapered off recently because obtaining high grade comics is too dang expensive!
>>
I have always wanted Hulk 181. When I was a kid one of my friends that rode the bus to school with me had 2 copies. One that was prestine (pre-grading days) and one that was very good. He told me that he's sell me the very good for $25 because he wanted a new Nintendo game. I couldn't rustle up the money and decided not to ask my folks for it. Kick myself every time I see one.
That Hulk #181 brings back memories--I briefly collected comics during grammar school, but primarily baseball cards, and there was a card shop around the corner from St. Matthias, where I attended school grades K-8, and one day I bought a very nice copy of Hulk #181 for $20 (IIRC). But after a few days, I had second thoughts about spending that much on one item (I delivered the New York Post back then and $20 was about a full week's pay, lol, so I sold it back to the card shop for $15, which kind of ticked me off, but I bought an EX-MT 1964 Pete Rose with the money (which I still have today), passing on the 1963 RC which was in VG-EX condition and price at $40 (IIRC). Wish I had bought the RC, LOL..
Thanks for all the comments about the photos guys, too! I enjoy sharing the images here!
Zep, I have picked up a few booklets of vintage stamps over the years, and am glad to have a chance to post any of them. I know I have more--a booklet of 1c Washington stamps, among others.
Also collect colonial currency--here's a certified (by PCGS) 1773 20 shilling note in decent shape~I love thinking about who may have handled this note almost 250 years ago! Also love the warning on back of the note--"To Counterfeit is Death!".
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Does anyone remember roastedcat aka Jery. He posted on his Star Wars collection years ago - there's nothing like it! I've posted it before but I'm not sure everyone has seen it? >>
Is that his home? It looks like Amok Time in Long Island.
"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
This first item was gotten for me from a women I dated who lived in Dunedin whose step brother worked for the Yankees in Tampa. It was in 2001. He also got me a Clemens auto from when he played with the Blue Jays when they were playing in Dunedin.
The item up top was a crazy story. We read in a Beckett Basketball Monthly that you could mail items away to get signed. My brother and I sent items to Michael Jordan and they came back.
They were months apart and total surprises in the mail box. Both came with this white piece of paper that said Compliments of Michael Jordan in black.
It might have been someone else who signed them but when you are 13 years old you are beside yourself.
The ball you see at the bottom is my only home run ever. I used to hit the warning track or mid way off the fence but never could hit them out. It was a hell of a feeling getting to trot the bases.
The other items you see are some of the WWF LJN Wrestling figures and the AWA Remco figures. I can remember going to Zayre with my grandmother and getting to pick out only one figure. I wanted them all so bad.
In 1989 I traded some 1988 Fleer Basketball cards for a ring and a bunch of loose figures. A few years later they got sold at a garage sale. What you see here are mostly mint on the card figures cracked out.
The ring is fresh out of the box and I built it myself.
Of all of the figures you see the one that was the most coveted ever when I was growing up was the Ultimate Warrior. It was rare. Only one kid in my school had one and it was Bill Simmons. He had them all.
Jerseys - primarily soccer jerseys with three main focuses (focii?) - Chelsea FC, MLS and "Americans in Europe." I have a fourth group of "other soccer jerseys."
Like any good collector, I have all manner of other jerseys. An LSU football, baseball and basketball game used jersey, some All-Star BP jerseys (not used) from AS games where my buddy pitched, a couple Ebbets Field Flannels jerseys, a couple of Arena league "game" jerseys (I believe them to be salesman samples) that I got at Goodwill for $2 each. At the front of the pic you see a black (Jimmy Graham), white (Jonathan Goodwin), throwback (John Kasay and Olin Kreutz) and unused gold (Reggie Bush). I walked into the Saints team store at the Superdome one day last summer and they had JUST put out ALL of the Reebok game worn and issued jerseys (everybody except Drew Brees, essentially) as the NFL had switched over to Nike last year. The manager told me that the Saints basically told him to come down to the locker room, drag them up to the team store and sell them.
This picture below is from the day we were at the team store. There was an "L" of jerseys, I'm standing in the middle of the "L" in this picture - there's as much behind me as in front.
The best part of the story - total outlay for the 5 jerseys? $275. ($50 for former players, $75 for current players.) Part of me said to buy as many as I could fit in my car - but I decided to buy just what I needed/wanted for myself and leave the rest for other fans.
I also collect Pearl Jam stuff - I have books, posters, tickets, stickers. Here is my Pearl Jam CD collection - studio albums, plus live shows. I have another 300GB in live shows on a hard drive.
I collect tons of stuff. Coins, bullion and guns have been insane for the last couple of years. They have kept me busy enough that I haven't been able to be here much. The coke machine is incredible, and the Tucker stuff made my jaw drop.
I dig old slot machines as well. High Tops are pretty common
This is an extraordinary vendor. I'm pretty sure most were made for the 1933 Wolrd's Fair in Chicago
This is the Coke machine in my kitchen. We load it up when people come over.
Collector of 1976 Topps baseball for some stupid reason. Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason. My Pirates Collection
Here's a sampling of where the rest of my money goes. Highlights in this picture include a 1937 Gibson L-7, 1912 Martin Style 0, 2003 Martin OM-35, 1992 Gibson '67 LP Reissue, 1986 Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster, 1972 Harmony Rebel, 1964 Danelectro Centurion, and a 1966 Fender Princeton. I'm also finishing up a restore of a 1966 Fender Mustang.
"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
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<< <i>Tim, those photos have awesome clarity. I wish you had some of my old stomping grounds in Bay Ridge! >>
Thanks, David! I purchased a scanner specifically for scanning negatives a few years ago, which works very well with these, even the glass ones.
I may just have a few from Bay Ridge buried somewhere~I will take a look and see what I can find.
Thanks, Paul!
Kirk, I may have some full bottles of soda pop from the era of that machine, but it's probably flat by now.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Tim, those photos have awesome clarity. I wish you had some of my old stomping grounds in Bay Ridge! >>
Bay Ridge in the house.
Born and raised.
Instagram: mattyc_collection
Here are some of my late 19th, early 20th century stereoviews.
These were popular starting in the 1860s. They are photographs
taken with a special camera with two lenses set at the same
distance as a persons eyes. Then the two images were pasted onto
a cardboard backing to be viewed, in 3D effect, by a special viewer.
Many of the images are really boring today, mostly nature shots,
but there are many interesting and historical views also.
The first of the views here is of a G.A.R. (Grand Army Of The
Republic) parade. The G.A.R. was an organization made up
of Union veterans of the Civil War. By 1906 these guys were
getting a bit long in the tooth.
The second view is very curved so it didn't scan well, but it
is of the place of John Brown's (abolitionist) last stand.
The third is an unknown family from the 1870s
The fourth is of American actor James Wallack. I believe
him to be the older man standing behind the seat, as
he died in 1864. That would make the seated man his
son Lester.
The fifth view is of President William McKinley (the
lowest seated man) who was killed in office in 1901.
The sixth view is of McKinley's wife Ida.
John
~
"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
I don't have a lot of it, but I do like Flow Blue.
Actually the sugar on the left is older than Flow.
It's called Historical Blue and dates from about
1820.
The back left and front right pieces are from
the 1840s. The small bowl and the plate at
the right rear date from around 1890.
John
~
"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Does anyone remember roastedcat aka Jery. He posted on his Star Wars collection years ago - there's nothing like it! I've posted it before but I'm not sure everyone has seen it?
Tim, I could stare at those photos of yours for hours and I probably will. Love that stuff!!
Me, over the last few years, I've really focused on my stamp collection. I've had it since I was about 8. Never got rid of it. Would always dig it out whenever I moved to a new place before I had any friends there and work on it. Change hobbies and pastimes but would always come back. Sometimes 5 years, one time 10 years went by before looking at it again.
About 3 years ago, I stopped at a local yard sale and bought a pretty substantial collection. Turned out the guy who had owned most of it long before was quite well known in the art world in the early 1900s and there was some really nice stuff in the stamp collection. it had been handed down to his daughter and then a maid and the maid's son ended up with it. I actually researched him a bit, found his granddaughter and gave a bunch of the stuff back that appeared to be personal correspondence from the mid to late 1800s. Anyway, what I kept was awesome and dumped me back into the hobby big time.
Been building my collection up mainly by buying lots, breaking them down, upgrading and replacing. haven't begun selling off extras yet but I think that may be coming fairly soon.
I've got my entire US collection scanned and started a showcase website a while back - My Stupid Hobbies
My latest addition was this 1847 Scott #1 that actually arrived today. Took me 40 years to get one but it's finally mine
and a few other recent additions that don't typically come up in box lots:
Still don't have the Zeppelins but someday... Just really happy to get the #1 out of the way.
Here's the world's first stamp ever produced - Great Britain 1841 - It's called the "Penny Black" This copy came in that yard sale collection that got me rolling in stamps again.
Jmaciu's Collection
<< <i>I've collected Bronze Age comic books since I was a kid. Have tapered off recently because obtaining high grade comics is too dang expensive!
I have always wanted Hulk 181. When I was a kid one of my friends that rode the bus to school with me had 2 copies. One that was prestine (pre-grading days) and one that was very good. He told me that he's sell me the very good for $25 because he wanted a new Nintendo game. I couldn't rustle up the money and decided not to ask my folks for it. Kick myself every time I see one.
Thanks for all the comments about the photos guys, too! I enjoy sharing the images here!
Zep, I have picked up a few booklets of vintage stamps over the years, and am glad to have a chance to post any of them. I know I have more--a booklet of 1c Washington stamps, among others.
Also collect colonial currency--here's a certified (by PCGS) 1773 20 shilling note in decent shape~I love thinking about who may have handled this note almost 250 years ago! Also love the warning on back of the note--"To Counterfeit is Death!".
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Does anyone remember roastedcat aka Jery. He posted on his Star Wars collection years ago - there's nothing like it! I've posted it before but I'm not sure everyone has seen it? >>
Is that his home? It looks like Amok Time in Long Island.
Amok Time
Another thing I collect is vending machines - this is the latest one I picked up last year - it's considered NOS - new old stock - was never used.
Old 3 slot Payphone...restored and works great - have it in my kitchen
1948 Tucker memorabilia...
Stock cert
Original Tucker Steering Wheel Sketch
Tucker Letter
66' Schwinn Stingray Deluxe 3spd
This first item was gotten for me from a women I dated who lived in Dunedin whose step brother worked for the Yankees in Tampa. It was in 2001. He also got me a Clemens auto from when he played with the Blue Jays when they were playing in Dunedin.
The item up top was a crazy story. We read in a Beckett Basketball Monthly that you could mail items away to get signed. My brother and I sent items to Michael Jordan and they came back.
They were months apart and total surprises in the mail box. Both came with this white piece of paper that said Compliments of Michael Jordan in black.
It might have been someone else who signed them but when you are 13 years old you are beside yourself.
The ball you see at the bottom is my only home run ever. I used to hit the warning track or mid way off the fence but never could hit them out. It was a hell of a feeling getting to trot the bases.
The other items you see are some of the WWF LJN Wrestling figures and the AWA Remco figures. I can remember going to Zayre with my grandmother and getting to pick out only one figure. I wanted them all so bad.
In 1989 I traded some 1988 Fleer Basketball cards for a ring and a bunch of loose figures. A few years later they got sold at a garage sale. What you see here are mostly mint on the card figures cracked out.
The ring is fresh out of the box and I built it myself.
Of all of the figures you see the one that was the most coveted ever when I was growing up was the Ultimate Warrior. It was rare. Only one kid in my school had one and it was Bill Simmons. He had them all.
Like any good collector, I have all manner of other jerseys. An LSU football, baseball and basketball game used jersey, some All-Star BP jerseys (not used) from AS games where my buddy pitched, a couple Ebbets Field Flannels jerseys, a couple of Arena league "game" jerseys (I believe them to be salesman samples) that I got at Goodwill for $2 each. At the front of the pic you see a black (Jimmy Graham), white (Jonathan Goodwin), throwback (John Kasay and Olin Kreutz) and unused gold (Reggie Bush). I walked into the Saints team store at the Superdome one day last summer and they had JUST put out ALL of the Reebok game worn and issued jerseys (everybody except Drew Brees, essentially) as the NFL had switched over to Nike last year. The manager told me that the Saints basically told him to come down to the locker room, drag them up to the team store and sell them.
This picture below is from the day we were at the team store. There was an "L" of jerseys, I'm standing in the middle of the "L" in this picture - there's as much behind me as in front.
The best part of the story - total outlay for the 5 jerseys? $275. ($50 for former players, $75 for current players.) Part of me said to buy as many as I could fit in my car - but I decided to buy just what I needed/wanted for myself and leave the rest for other fans.
I also collect Pearl Jam stuff - I have books, posters, tickets, stickers. Here is my Pearl Jam CD collection - studio albums, plus live shows. I have another 300GB in live shows on a hard drive.
Only an idiot would have a message board signature.
I dig old slot machines as well.
High Tops are pretty common
This is an extraordinary vendor. I'm pretty sure most were made for the 1933 Wolrd's Fair in Chicago
This is the Coke machine in my kitchen. We load it up when people come over.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
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<< <i>1948 Tucker memorabilia...
Stock cert
fmclaug11, what got you into the Tucker collection?
Snorto~