1953 world series tickets

sparky64 · February 12, 2008 10:58AM

Hi guys.
I'm from the coin side of this forum but I thought I'd wander over here and show you my tickets.
My grandfather attended these games and gave them to me.
Any comments and info will be appreciated.
-Mark

gosteelers · February 12, 2008 11:06AM

I can only add that these are awesome! I love old tickets like these...

Stone193 · February 12, 2008 1:00PM

Hi Mark

Very nice stubs

The condition is rough and they're standing room only - rather than assigned seats - and from what I understand not as desirable.

Here's an Ebbets Field stub of mine - notice it's been torn neatly and has assigned seating.

Another thing - sometimes it's good to review the game number of the ticket so see if anything historically significant happened?

Having said that? I think you've got a great piece of baseball history - and especially nice since it belonged to your grandfather!

I hope you keep it in your family/collection - very nice and thanx for sharing.
mike

sparky64 · February 13, 2008 8:44AM

Thanks gosteelers.

Stone193,
I understand what you're saying about the condition and the seating.
They look a little better than the scan shows but not nearly as nice as yours.
Not sure if anything remarkable happend in either of these games. Would have loved to have been there though.
They will stay in the family. My brother has the program for one of the two games.
Not sure which one.
Thanks for the info.
-Mark

baseballfan · February 13, 2008 8:53AM

those must have been great games to see!!!

nice tickets

GDM67 · February 13, 2008 1:03PM

1953 Game 5

1953 Game 6

1952 Game 6

Game 6 in '52 was when Billy Martin made the mad dash in to catch the infield popup.

sparky64 · February 13, 2008 1:16PM

Nice work GDM67.

Enjoyed the links.

Stone193 · February 13, 2008 1:52PM

Mark

Here's a Yankee companion from that year:

There's very little interest in this kind of stuff here - like WS press pins.

I've picked up some over the years - my favorite being the "set" for the '55 WS since it was the only win for Brooklyn in their entire team history.

mike

GDM67 · February 13, 2008 5:08PM

My pleasure, Mark. That's a great site, full of wonderful information.

I've never really thought about collecting tickets or WS press pins, but I'm definitely interested in seeing any that other guys have. I remember the color section in one of the early Sport Americana guides illustrating all of the pins.

Someone here had a graded ticket to a Series game in Shibe Park a while ago. That was a nice one, too.

Morgoth · February 13, 2008 11:27PM

Were tickes normally stapled together when multiple were purachsed? I bought a 1979 World Series program and an envelope was inside with two unused Game 3 tickets. Problem is they were stapled together at the very top next to the gate number. Does that ruin their value as that is the stub portion.

cwazzy · February 13, 2008 11:51PM

What do '50s world series ticket stubs normally sell for? I would love to have an example or two of the Brooklyn Dodgers World Series appearances.

Chris

clydecoolidge · February 14, 2008 2:04AM

I have two '57 Braves vs. Yankees ticket stubs. One I estimate at about PSA 7 or 8, which is worth somewhere in the ballpark of $175 to $225 (SMR values). It depends alot on which year and, like someone above said, which game and if anything historical happened. Nice tickets by the way!!!

Stone193 · February 14, 2008 4:01AM

<< <i>What do '50s world series ticket stubs normally sell for? I would love to have an example or two of the Brooklyn Dodgers World Series appearances.

Chris >>

Chris

I would just do a search on ebay and see what comes up. I don't buy that kind of stuff anymore - so I'm not really sure about value - the guides aren't that helpful - I think what an item brings on ebay or an outside auction is what it's worth.

mike

Stone193 · February 14, 2008 4:05AM

In keeping with this area - I'ld like to post my favorite set of press pins from the '55 WS.

I've shown them before - and of course they're special in that it's the only WS the Dodgers won in Brooklyn.

I have the '56 Dodger pin which is not popular since it's a tie tack - but never pulled the trigger on the Yankee one - will get it one of these days.

mike

sparky64 · February 14, 2008 11:38AM

This is exactly what I was hoping for when I decided to post my tickets.
I got to see other really nice tickets from the era.
I got to see the boxscores from the games and I got to see press pins.
About those press pins.
Is it that obvious that they were handed out to the press?
I've never seen them before.
Do they still do this?
-Mark

perkdog · February 14, 2008 11:52AM

Awesome stuff guys! Thanks for the pics

1953 world series tickets

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