Yankee stadium museum gu items (WARNING large pics)

[nycpropain]

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I noticed that the display label for the Ruth bat said on loan from Dr. Richard Angrist. He has one of the two best collection of game used bats and has the most stringent criteria for adding a bat to his collection. He has his own chapter in the book Smithsonian Baseball.

I am pretty sure if I remember correctly most of the little signs had his name attached to it. If this is what he lends out I would love to see his collection room =P

[joelsabi]

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Thanks, you took some really nice pictures. Wonder where the Yankees got some of the things on display. Were the bats simply kept by the team or were they purchased or given as gifts. The Ruth bats appear to have have come from a private source.

I noticed that the display label for the Ruth bat said on loan from Dr. Richard Angrist. He has one of the two best collection of game used bats and has the most stringent criteria for adding a bat to his collection. He has his own chapter in the book Smithsonian Baseball.

[gameused]

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Thats an amazing price, I thought to myself wow how much could that get. Thanks to you I now have a number thank you

Thank you for posting the pics!

[sportscrazy13]

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Not to be cynical but I wonder how much stuff in the musuem is not authentic. As we have seen with the Halper collection alot of big time private collections are overflowing with bad stuff. I mean all these people are looking at and photographing it going wow and I wonder how much of it is actually worthless garbage.

Before the Halper story came out, I use to see museum stuff like this and think WOW Babe Ruth really wore that!

Now when I see memoribilia like this the first thing that comes to mind is.... is that stuff fake.

[nycpropain]

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Not to be cynical but I wonder how much stuff in the musuem is not authentic. As we have seen with the Halper collection alot of big time private collections are overflowing with bad stuff. I mean all these people are looking at and photographing it going wow and I wonder how much of it is actually worthless garbage.

Not cynical as much common sense. But for what it is a free museum I cant complain, to be honest I would just be happy staring at Thuman Munson's locker (which till they ripped down the old stadium was still in the locker room) trophy's and world series watches. While impressed that was also in the back of my mind.

[mbenga28]

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ever since I started into game used I also became skeptical about all museum pieces, art, fossils

makes you wonder if Lou Lampson examined any of those items.

[legaleagle92481]

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Not to be cynical but I wonder how much stuff in the musuem is not authentic. As we have seen with the Halper collection alot of big time private collections are overflowing with bad stuff. I mean all these people are looking at and photographing it going wow and I wonder how much of it is actually worthless garbage.

[Nnunnari]

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I just took the tour last Saturday, I would highly recommend it to any baseball fan. $20 tour gets you in the museum, dugout, clubhouse and monument park.

[nycpropain]

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Thanks for taking the pictures! What's the theme of the signed baseballs in the last picture?

The content of the display are all Yankees autographs its quite amazing its everyone from say Doc Gooden to Ruth and Gehrig the have a computer set up so you can search for your player than look it up on the wall. But at each end there are players that represent Yogi and Don Larsen.

[nycpropain]

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The Babe Ruth bat signed "To the boy homerun king of L.A." sold for 1.2 million in 2004. A record price for a single bat http://www.auctionreport.com/?p=4332

It was also the bat Babe used to hit his first HR in Yankee stadium in 1923.

Bobby

Thats an amazing price, I thought to myself wow how much could that get. Thanks to you I now have a number thank you

[gameused]

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The Babe Ruth bat signed "To the boy homerun king of L.A." sold for 1.2 million in 2004. A record price for a single bat http://www.auctionreport.com/?p=4332

It was also the bat Babe used to hit his first HR in Yankee stadium in 1923.

Bobby

[LWMM]

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Thanks for taking the pictures! What's the theme of the signed baseballs in the last picture?

[tkd7]

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I like that it is a New York baseball museum and not just a Yankee museum.

[mbenga28]

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some nice historical pieces can probably be found in Steiner's warehouse.

[nycpropain]

Re: Yankee stadium museum gu items (WARNING large pics)

Thanks, you took some really nice pictures. Wonder where the Yankees got some of the things on display. Were the bats simply kept by the team or were they purchased or given as gifts. The Ruth bats appear to have have come from a private source.

Most are private on loan from various sources. What I really like is that the 3 times I been there at the museum the pieces have been different for the most part. I am not sure if its luck or a very well taken care of display, cause each time I have seen some great new things. And the amazing part is its probably the only free thing at the stadium heh