What is your favorite game used item?

[cordovacollector]

1866 etched silver belt buckle given as award to a player. Back in those days, the belt and buckle was a primary identifier to a team, so a buckle was natural as an award.

David ~ Can I interest you in trading that buckle for my entire collection ... and my house? It would fit in real well with a certain Larry Doby glove .... oh well. Now THAT is a FINE baseball masterpiece for any collection. Got an interesting story behind acquiring it?

[David]

This was my all time favorite baseball item, but, alas, I sold it. It's an 1896 full sized baseball bat handmade, inscribed and dated in Maine State Prison by a prisoner serving a life sentence. The bat has rings hand cut into the barrel and the original prison decal. After I bought it I showed it to director of the prison museum and she said it was the real deal and the prison had a woodworking shop for prisoners. The bat is near mint but the original suede carrying case is tattered.

[BULBUS]

Posted a before, but this is my favorite, 1987 Mattingly gamer:

[JETEFAN]

Posted a before, but this is my favorite, 1987 Mattingly gamer:

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Hey Bulbus how did I miss this beauty.. Great bat !!!

George

[BULBUS]

Hey Bulbus how did I miss this beauty.. Great bat !!!

George

Hey George,

I scored this bat on Ebay about 3-4 years ago. The 1k bin price was very reasonable, but I was able to get the person to end the auction for a better price.

Take care,
Chris

[Mr.3000]

I'm torn.
Its either my set of Game worn Team USA Ryan Garko uniforms:


or its my Jersey Ryan Garko wore in the College World Series for Stanford:

I put in more than a few bids for those Team USA uni's.

[xpress34]

One of my favs for a number of reasons...

#1 - Nolan is my All Time Guy

#2 - This is a ONE of a KIND - I personally hand turned this Maple Bat while working for Rawlings and laid out the inscription and burned it all in myself.







This was the day at Surprise Stadium at 2008 Spring Training when Nolan signed the bat for me...



The link below is a VIDEO record of Nolan signing the bat:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v7...t=MOV00878.flv

Enjoy -

Chris

[rj_lucas]

Chris, to have an item created with your own hands like that is awesome. You inspired me to post another item, also created by hand, from my collection. In 1990, my wife painted a watercolor of Mickey Mantle for my 30th birthday, and he signed it later that year.

Not only did he not hesitate to sign a piece of personal art, Mantle was exceeding gracious. He studied the painting for a minute, took his time to apply an extra large signature, and said to my wife "Did you paint that? That's really good."

It's always nice when a boyhood hero knocks another one out of the park...

Rick
rickjlucas@gmail.com

[ironmanfan]

It's a toss up for me bewteen Cal Ripken's locker nameplate from the 1988 season (which he personally gave me after the last home game that season) or the umpires copy of the lineup card from May 30, 1982 which just happened to be the first game of his 2632 consecutive game streak....

[mikey68]

Matt Forte (Tulane Green Wave) freshman jersey. The only one to survive from the hurricane. ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED!

I'm glad the Forte jersey found a good home and it looks sweet on the mannequin. I used to have this same jersey and it was difficult to part with. What makes this hobby so much fun is parting with one cool item and then picking up something else that's great.