OT: My Father's Braves Collection
by ChopMaster on Jun 21, 2011 5:59 PM EDT
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PrintThis off-topic post is one I'm sure you'll love. My father collects Braves cards and Braves objects from a friend at the local flea market. The two are friends, so the dealer doesn't sell high, so my dad buys low but gets a lot. On the night we beat the Mets at Citi Field 6-3, he came home at nine o'clock with a cardboard box full of Braves things. I took pictures of them, and here they are:
The first is a picture of a Javier Lopez-signed baseball in a cylindrical container with a Certificate of Authenticity:
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The next one is a picture of the actual ball with the blue signature of Javy Lopez:
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The next 3 pictures are an assortment of unorthadox Braves cards. There is a "playing card" with John Smoltz as an ace in 2000. The other one commemmorates Warren Spahn as a Cy Young award winner in the year 2004:
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The next one has a 2005 Marcus Giles card and a 2005 Russ Ortiz card:
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These next two cards are of Chipper Jones. The one on the right is 2008, while the year of the one on the left is not known:
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This next one is of a souvenir batting helmet from Home Depot. The bag is pictured:
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This next pic is the back of the actual helmet, showing the Home Depot logo.
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This next picture shows the 3 pages of David Justice cards.
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This next one is a 1999 series action figure called "To the Majors".
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John Smoltz wishes you a Happy Birthday.
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The last two pics are an autographed team ball. I don't know what year it is, but I could make out Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, and Mark Wohlers' signatures on it.
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The final picture shows the many card binders and bags my dad has of Braves cards. He also collects Georgia Bulldogs' cards. In the box he brought home, he also had an autographed Mohammad Massaquoi card with his jersey. In my parents' closet there is a Chipper Jones minor-league bobblehead with a Macon Braves uniform on. The bobblehead could not be reached for photography. If you look hard at the picture, on the left of the bottom shelf you'll see a frosted beer mug. Another valuable thing: I got, for $15 from the same dealer that is a friend of my dad, an Albert Pujols with a piece of his jersey card in his high school days. It's in a case that you cannnot open, with a mint grade of 10. I also have a jersey card of Michael Vick, but I treasure that less.
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The card my dad undoubtedly treasures the most is an error card. It is a 1990 card with the name Tom Glavine at the top, but a picture of a young John Smoltz.
Hope you liked this post. Go Braves!
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Your dad is a lucky guy!
He must have married a Braves fan, evidenced by your existence. Let’s face it, chicks don’t dig collectors.
My day has come!
by Because I hate you, Trebeck on Jun 21, 2011 6:10 PM EDT reply actions
of course they don't
they dig the long ball.
- im very interested in the birthday from Smoltz thing
"Welcome to the show, Brandon Beachy. I think you’re going to stay a while."
im a huge collector
first off ill start with baseball cards.
i have over 900 chipper jones cards.
i have over 100 brian mccann cards.
i have atleast 50 cards of the following players, jason heyward, dan uggla, tim hudson, derek lowe, jair jurrgens, alex gonzalez.
i have over 300 maddux cards
about the same with glavine, and over 500 john smoltz cards.
i have over 200 justice, mcgriff, lopez, cards.
now my favorites- i have about 60 chipper jones jersey/auto cards, about 40 henry aaron cards, 22 eddie matthews cards and throw in some warren spahn and phil nikro cards. i even have 16 joe torrie cards with the braves. not to mention over 700 andruw jones cards.
alright now to my collection, im only going to mention my favorite items because i have so many.
these are guys ive met and gotten autographs from. four chipper autograph posters including one from the 1995 world series. i have a picture of javy lopez autographed from 96’ two andruw jones autographs including a rookie picture wich is one of my favs.
this past year ive met freddie freeman, jason heyward, and jhonny venters and gotten thier autographs on cards and pictures.
thats just a little bit of my braves collection i also collect other players in both leagues.
my two favorite items out anything i own is- a official autographed pictuer of willie mays and mickey mantle side by side, and a chipper jones foul ball from the 1995 world series
Neat
I’m not a collector but I have a couple card worth mentioning. A Bowman Chrome Signed albert Pujols Rookie Card. A Ken Griffy rookie card, with game worn jersey. And some sort of Carl Ystremski bubble gum card, which is really neat
Steak, Shrimp, Liquor, and Pasta
Blurry pictures are blurry
this would be another example of a fanshot….
Bully for your dad, but I would wager to say a number of us on this board could likely match such a collection. We love our team, and having items that reflect that is one way to show that love.
"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein
Twitter: @biggentleben
My sweetspotted baseballs: (most in person)
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Warren Spahn
Phil Niekro
Dale Murphy
Greg Maddux
Tom Glavine
John Smoltz
Chipper Jones
Bobby Cox
Brian McCann
Freddie Freeman
Tommy Hanson
Jair Jurrjens
Jordan Schafer
Jonny Venters
Terry Pendleton
Otis Nixon
Edward Salcedo
Christian Bethancourt
Caleb Brewer
Joey Tedoslavich
Julio Teheran
Randall Delgado
Brooks Conrad
Brett Oberholtzer
J.J. Hoover
Jakob Dalfonso
David Rohm
Dan Uggla
Alex Gonzalez
Todd Cunningham
Andrelton Simmons
Carlos Perez
Kris Medlen
Peter Moylan
Zeke Spruill
Ron Gant
Joe Mather
Matt Lipka
Adam Milligan
Frank Wren
Fredi Gonzalez
Brent Clevlen
Mycal Jones
Matt Young
Todd Redmond
Eddie Perez
J.C. Boscan
Martin Prado
Stephen Marek
Brian Jordan
Also have plenty of other organizations’ prospects when I go to games such as Kyle Parker, Manny Machado, Brandon Short, or Lonnie Chisenhall. And former Braves like Omar Infante, Kyle Cofield, and Jon Gilmore. Also a bunch of Hall of Famers like Bench, Ozzie, Gwynn, Griffey, Sutton, Ryan, Gibson, Musial, Killebrew, Kaline, Carlton, Schmidt, Ford, Gossage, Brock, Jenkins, Stargell, Perry, Feller, Snider, and Perez.
"I heard that Tits was "well rounded" and his brother Cans was a "stand out." :D"
by Old Braves' Fan on Aug 18, 2010 3:05 PM PDT
Questions for those who collect signed baseball
How much of a difference does it make that the autograph is in the sweet spot rather than right underneath the logo. I enjoy getting autographs from players and I find that they often by default sign the ball not at the sweet spot.
I’m really just collecting the balls for my own sake but I was just wondering if I ever want to get maybe a little bit of cash for them, how much of a difference that is as well as what is better between a signed authentic major league ball that has been used (include some major league dirt) in pregame warmup vs. a brand new unused signed authentic ball.
by LEastCoastBears on Jun 22, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
Professional Collectors will prefer them unused and brand new except for this guy:
Ryan's the name, Call of Duty and Braves baseball's the game.
Twitter: @RyanMarby
My apartment looks like his house inside.
"If you were going to make a Mount Rushmore of managers, Bobby's one of them."
-Mike Scioscia
by The Keith Lockhart Era on Jul 3, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
the sweet spot just looks better
collectors, such as myself, want to display them and it looks a lot better if they’re all signed in the sweet spot. Yeah, they will sign them in random places in person, you have to specifically ask for the sweet spot, especially if they’re not very well known, they think you’re just getting as many autographs as possible. Also, call them by their first name. And yes, use a real baseball, not a game used one.
"I heard that Tits was "well rounded" and his brother Cans was a "stand out." :D"
by Old Braves' Fan on Aug 18, 2010 3:05 PM PDT
by BravesRaleigh on Jun 22, 2011 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
By the way, my dad thinks the signed team ball is about 96 or 97. It has Glav, Denny Neagle, Chipper Jones, and Mark Wohlers.
Ryan's the name, Call of Duty and Braves baseball's the game.
Twitter: @RyanMarby
Exactly my thought
"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein
Twitter: @biggentleben
by biggentleben on Jun 23, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
No offense
but that team ball one looks like the ones you buy in the gift shop.
"I heard that Tits was "well rounded" and his brother Cans was a "stand out." :D"
by Old Braves' Fan on Aug 18, 2010 3:05 PM PDT
The ball is in a case fitted just for a baseball. The 2 halves come off.
Ryan's the name, Call of Duty and Braves baseball's the game.
Twitter: @RyanMarby
yea i have some cases like that
the ball itself looks like printed signatures, because the only type of pen that would be that dark and thick like that would be a sharpie, and if it’s supposedly from 96 or 97, it would be bleeding like crazy by now.
"I heard that Tits was "well rounded" and his brother Cans was a "stand out." :D"
by Old Braves' Fan on Aug 18, 2010 3:05 PM PDT
by BravesRaleigh on Jun 23, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Well that’s what my dad guesses. He doesn’t know for sure and neither does the dealer.
Ryan's the name, Call of Duty and Braves baseball's the game.
Twitter: @RyanMarby
i am 99% sure it's not real
otherwise you definitely need to have a COA for that
"I heard that Tits was "well rounded" and his brother Cans was a "stand out." :D"
by Old Braves' Fan on Aug 18, 2010 3:05 PM PDT
by BravesRaleigh on Jun 24, 2011 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I've got a huge folder of Braves cards from when I was a kid
But my favorite has always been and will always be this Chipper Jones rookie card
Back when baseball cards were worth something I would sit for hours and lookup all my card numbers in those ‘price guide" books, and Chipper’s rookie card was worth $25-$30 bucks at the time, which was a big deal to 12 year old me.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. - Muhammad Ali
How do I feel? Like f**king success - Jordan Schafer
My Braves collection is a little different
I’ve got the shorts I crapped in when Brooksy hit the GS against Cincy last year bronzed & on display on my mantle.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
With the way they’re playing this year, I’m sure to be making some additions to the collection. Also I failed to mention my twisted & contorted rally cap which it seems I’m constantly wearing & the ripped jersey (sackcloth & ashes thing) that gets torn everytime Uggla whiffs.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
I've posted my stuff here many times over the years
So here’s a few ones i don’t think i’ve showed:
These are 3 different Chipper material and autograph cards
Same for Dale Murphy
Maddux autograph
I have several things that aren’t card related that i love, but 2 favorites are my tomahawk with 1991 World Series logo on it, and a bottle of Chipper’s Chardonnay
Coming soon: winningugly visits Atlanta, takes dump in royhobbs’ Braves hat.
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