I would love to own a Pirates on deck circle at some point. How do you display yours?
I slipped in a heavy plastic bag ( mattress size cut down ) and it is at the foot of my bed on the Floor. Its pretty cool to walk accros it everyday !
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I would love to own a Pirates on deck circle at some point. How do you display yours?
I believe the artist that did those paintings is Craig Pursley. He also did the cards in the 90 bowman set that were inserted in packs and I recall that Topps gave away the original paintings as well. He did illustrations for the Orange County Register. I remember doing him a favor and getting Griffey Jr. to sign a painting for him at a show. He gave me a color key of one of his super bowl paintings with Elway as a thank you that is really cool. I would scan it but it is in a storage unit I have. I should have it framed.
Line-up card from Andrew McCutchen's 3-hr game. MLB authenticated.
Bought it at Piratesfest for $10. Had McCutchen sign and inscribe it less than hour later.
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There were several things I wanted to post, but I decided I would just go with this one.
My dad gave this to me. He is also a Reds fan and his all-time favorite is Johnny Bench. For his birthday in 1967, his dad took him to a Reds game at Crosley Field. They were playing the Giants and my dad was hoping to get Mays, Marichal, and McCovey. However, my grandfather told him to go up to the young Reds player and get his autograph. He had been in the majors for around a week.
A 1967 scorecard signed by a very young Johnny Bench. Turned out to be my father's favorite player and a pretty good catcher too. One day I may get it authenticated and framed.
I forgot to add. I think it's unique because of the scorecard and I'm not too sure how many 1967 Johnny Bench autographs there are. I have no doubt that there are some, but it is a very different autograph than what we are used to seeing. The family story/connection strengthens the uniqueness to me.