American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

This Alabama meat axe was used to skin and butcher buffalo. It is 15.5 in. overall length with a 9 in. blade. It has large serrated top edge, oak han

This machete was made by "Landers Frary & Clark" a household name for over a century. This machete is 17.25 in. overall length with a ...

This knife is marked:"Russell /Green River Works".It is 12.5 in. overall length with a 6.75 in. blade. It has a pored pewter guard and the...

This butcher knife is a National Schools model "329" marked on the left grip. However. the "Made Exclusively for/National School/Tole...

This is a lance blade fighting knife at 12.75 in. with a 8 in. blade. The handle is round hardwood with a leather thong hole a silver crush ferrell. P

This fighting lance blade knife made by Columbia is 14.5 in. overall length with a 9.5 in. . "Columbia" is stamped on the left wood grip....

This butcher knife is made by "Ontario Knife Co./ true edge/ Made in the USA". It is 11.625 in. overall length with a7 in. blade. The hard...

The Gorham carving knife is 13.75 in. overall length with a 9 in. drop point blade. Vintage 1860s with mother pearl grips; false edge on top one side

This butcher knife is made by "Friedr. Herder Abr. Son/ Solingen-Germany". At 15.5 in. overall length and 10 in. blade. The Herder logo is...

THis Bowie knife was made in Germany, at 10.5 in. 5.75 in. clip point blade. It has a false edge, a two piece ferrell made by Saxonia Cutlery Co. / Ge

baseball team photo of Blue & Gold Team from Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, dated 1913. This was one of the many "Company" ba...

Grover Cleveland Alexander, nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He pl...

Morgan Bulkeley signed check, dated March 4, 1911 and written on the Kings National Bank in Washington D.C. Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837 - 1922) was

This is an autograph cut rom one of the most dominant pitchers of the "Dead Ball" era. Edward Arthur Walsh, known as "Big Ed". H...

A typed letter signed by baseball commissioner Kenesaw Montain Landis and written to Cincinnati Baseball Club Vice President Warren Giles with regards

Chicago White Sox stock certificate issued to the one time owner of the Chicago White Sox, Dorothy Elizabeth Comiskey for 484 shares at $100 per. It...

Black Sox items include a ticket stub from Game 2 (Won by the Reds 4-2), a program from the 1919 World Series, an autograph of the journalist and writ

Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson autograph cut. Anson played from 1871 to 1897, when he became a manager. Anson was inducted into the Baseba...

HOF-Stock certificate specimens (2) for the Chicago National League Ball Club, better known as the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs began in 1874 as the Chicago

Hack Wilson signed Baseball Centennial First Day Postal Cover postmarked from Cooperstown, New York dated 1939 with four baseball themed postage stamp

Joe Tinkers a 1946 Hall of Fame Inductee was part of the famous 1903 double play combination immortalized in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexic...

John Clarkson was a pitcher for the National League Chicago White Stockings (1861-1909). He also played for the Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spider

Hall of Fame second baseman John Evers (1881-1947) autograph cut. John Joseph Evers was an American professional baseball second baseman and manager.

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown autograph cut with PSA certificate of authenticity. Brown had one of the more popular nicknames in baseball ...

William Veeck Sr. signed check to the Palmolive Company from The Chicago National League Ball Club (The Cubbies). Veeck was the president of the Cubs

Decatur's Fans Field stock certificate issued to a J.M. Brownback for one share, with no price per share and no date of issue. Fans Field was a...

Ken-Wel Brand Baseball uniform catalog from 1927 plus, a South Bend Athletic Association Central League Baseball Souvenir Booklet from 1905, celebrati

Fort Funston photo postcard of a baseball game at Fort Funston, Kansas. Players are on the field and doughboys crowd the stands. Inscribed: Fort Funst

Joe McGinnity signed 1910 season pass for the Newark Base Ball & Amusement Company. JJoseph Jerome McGinnity was an American right-handed pitche...

Autographed souvenir card from Charles R. "Kid" Nichols. Charles “Kid” Nichols played 15 seasons in the majors and notched 362...

He was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Pirates, Boston Reds, Boston Beaneaters, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia

Herb Pennock autograph cut, with certificate of authenticity. Pennock was the youngest player in the American League when he made his MLB debut with t

Boston Red Sox stock certificate from 1911 Boston American League Base=Ball Club (The Red Sox. It is certificate #26 for one share at $100 per, issue

Boston Red Sox stock certificate #24 for 100 shares at $100 per share. What is unique about this piece is that it is signed by club president and maj

Stock certificate issued by the Boston American League Base-Ball Club (The Boston Red Sox). It is #19 for one (1) share at $100 per share. It is signe

Stock certificates issued by the Boston Red Sox. One is unissued and blank, the other is #57 issued to Nelson N. Lambert for 75 shares at $199 per sha

Boston Red Sox stock certificate #53 for one (1) share at $100 per share issued to future team owner Harry Frazee. Lannin was famous for signing a you

Memorial cover commemorating Edward L. Grant, the only major league ballplayer to be killed in action in World War I. grant played in the Eastern Lea

Rare baseball token from the Pioneer Baseball Club of Springfield, Mass. The obverse shows a batsman surrounded by the legend "Pioneer Base Bal...

Samuel E. Crawford autograph cut signed when he was a teammate with Ty Cobb on the Detroit Tigers (1903-1917). Crawford still holds the record for mos

This is a stat list put out by the Elias Baseball Bureau called "The Little Red Book of Major League Baseball" circa 1958. It lists all-t...

RPC of the Western Bloomers baseball club, who won the Ladies championship in 1911. Formed by Clementina Brida, an Italian immigrant, who became the p

Baseball themed scrip for Hayes Bros. Jewelers Austin , Minn. The obverse has a picture of National League co-founder Albert Spalding, while the rever

This stock certificate issued by the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad Company for 100 shares of common stock at $100 per to Britisher Alfred James R...

Stock #13 issued to Otto F. Stifel for 300 shares of St. Louis American League Base Ball Company stock at $100 per share. It's dated My 31, 1816...

This is a transfer of voting rights for the St. Louis Browns baseball team, signed by team owner H.F. Sinclair giving voting rights to Phillip Ball or

St. Louis Browns stock certificate issued to Fannie E. Large for five shares with no par value. It is signed by George Foster, secretary and president

Rogers Hornsby autograph cut. Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 ...

Specimen for the A.G. Spading & Bros. sporting goods company. A.G. Spalding & Bros. Inc., an American sporting goods company, opened its fir...

Specimen for the A.G. Spading & Bros. sporting goods company. A.G. Spalding & Bros. Inc., an American sporting goods company, opened its fir...

Specimen for the A.G. Spading & Bros. sporting goods company. A.G. Spalding & Bros. Inc., an American sporting goods company, opened its fir...

Season pass to Princeton 1899 season baseball, once belonging to former First Lady Frances Cleveland. It measures 3.25"x 2.25" and is issu...

Abner Doubleday signed letter telling about his travel plans of May 1891. The letter measures 5"x 6" and is written in black fountain pen....

Cy Young autograph cut that measures 3"x 5" and is very sharp. Born Denton T. Young in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm ...

Two signatures of composer of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Jack Norworth. There is a cut square and a first day cover commemorating the f...

This is a letter signed four times by Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (1820 – 1892) who was was a founding member of the New York Knickerbocke

John J. McGraw autograph cut. McGraw played third base in Baltimore and St. Louis for 11 seasons managing with the Orioles in 1899 and 1901-02, befor

Carl Mays autograph cut. Carl Mays is best remembered for throwing the pitch that led to the death of Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman in August of 192

New York Yankee stock certificate issued on stock shares owned by the late Jacob Ruppert and signed by Yankee president Ed Barrow. It was issued for 2

Bill Terry signed check dated September 24, 1959 and issued on The Jacksonville Baseball Company. William Harold Terry was an American professional

Cal Hubbard autograph cut. Hubbard has the distinction of being elected to both the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and the Football Ha

Carl Hubbell (1903-1988) signed Hall of Fame card. Hubbell nicknamed "the Meal Ticket" and "King Carl", was an American Major L...

Joe Sewell signed bank loan document for $17,000 from The City National Bank of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It's dated June 15th, 1958. Joseph Wheeler ...

Miller Huggins was a major league second baseman with the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals. After his playing days, he became a manager and

New York Yankee stock certificate, issued to and signed by Daniel Topping. It is for 900 shares at $100 per and dated November 25, 1947. Dan Topping w

Christy Mathewson autograph cut. Once known as "The Face of Baseball," Mathewson was a gentle giant of a pitcher who pitched most of his c...

Roger Connor (1857-1931) autograph cut. Connor was known as the "Homerun King" of the dead ball era, was the first player in the MLB to hi...

Rube Marquard autographed Hall of Fame card. Marquard won 20 games three years in a row while pitching the New York Giants to championships in 1911-

New York Yankees Stock Certificate Signed by Jacob Ruppert & Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston. You'll find both of the signatures appearin...

Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig autograph cut square. These are of course, two of the greatest to ever play the game. This card measures 4.5"x 3.25&...

New York Yankee's stock certificate signed by Yankee president Ed Barrow (Former Yankee owner). George Weiss (Yankee secretary, later to become...

Mel Ott autograph cut. Melvin Thomas Ott (1909 – 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", palyed for the New York Giants as a right fielde...

Autograph of Carl E. Stotz, the founding father of Little League Baseball. It's on a first day cover dated March 31, 1978. The Little League pro...

George Wright autograph cut plus a listing of the starting nine, plus substitute for the Red Stockings in 1869. George Wright (1847 – 1937)

Autographs from various ballplayers, including some Hall of Famers on Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati stationery. Signees include Freddy Fitzsimmon

Cincinnati Baseball Company check, dated June 15, 1928 and issued to M.F. Callagham in the amount $485. It is signed by Reds owner C.J. McDarmond and

Established as MLB franchise in 1901, the Cleveland Indians were originally named the Cleveland Naps. This beautiful Cleveland Indians Baseball Compa

Albumen photograph of Gordon Baseball Team, taken in 1906 by "L. Van Oeyen, Cleveland, O"Photo is mounted on poster board and measures !1...

Documents relate to Joseph Dunn's efforts to have a baseball team in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio. Included, is a list of expenses, includi...

Baseball themed scrip for C.F. Fox Photographer Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The obverse has a picture of National League co-founder Albert Spalding, whi

Cornelius McGillicuddy (1862 – 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. Th

This is a signed photo, measuring 4"x 8" of ballplayer Jimmie Foxx. James Emory Foxx, nicknamed "Double X" and "the Beast&...

This is a autograph cut from John Franklin "Homerun" Baker. It is signed J. Franklin Baker. A third baseman for both the Philadelphia Athl...

Philadelphia Athletics players 1926 contract for Parry O'Brien, father of future Olympian Perry O'Brien Jr. This contract is for $3,360 and...

Autograph cut of Major League shortstop/manager Dave Bancroft. David James Bancroft was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. He pl

Eddie Collins (1887-1951) autograph cut, signed "Sincerely, Eddie Collins." Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr., nicknamed "Cocky", wa...

Arky Vaughan, the Hall of Fame shortstop, heads the list of ballplayers from the 1930s & 1940s who signed this autograph cut. Also included are ...

Honus Wagner autograph cut signed "With best wishes" From J. Honus Wagner 1897-1933 Pirate. Wagner, (Known as The Flying Dutchman), play...

Fred Clarke made his mark, not only as a player, but as one of the first "Boy Managers" in major league baseball, taking the helm of the L...

Pie Traynor autograph close cut on card stock. Traynor was widely regarded as the premier third baseman of his era – and in 1948 he became th

Early (1900-1910) metamorphic baseball advertising card for Young's Sox to Hats in Springs City, Pa. Card measures 2.25"x 3.5" nd ther...

Charleston South Carolina Base Ball Club stock certificate issued to Walter B. Wilbur for one share at $50 per share. It's dated April 29, 1919 ...

Rapid City, Dakota Territory baseball game, circa 1880. There appears to be more players than spectators in this large format albumen photograph. It m

Baseball team of the 6th Cavalry "A" Troop in 1888. Photo measures 8.5"x 6" and is mounted on a 10"x 8" mount board. ...

Tristram Edgar Speaker (1888 – 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of th...

Panoramic photo of an unidentified Utah ballpark in the coal mining region, with two teams, the Hiawathas and King Koal. It looks to be taken in the e

Seattle Rainier Baseball Club stock certificate. issued to Pacific Car & Foundry Company for 200 shares at $1 per share. It's dated August ...

Walter Johnson (1887-1946) autograph cut that measures about 3"x 5". It's dated October 21, 1940. Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed &quo...

Autographed Hall of Fame card of Sam Rice (1890-1974), he was an outfielder for the Washington Senators. One of only eight players to have a .300 batt

Larry (Nap) Lajoie autograph cut, dated February 23, 1952. Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie (1874 - 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie, was an ...