My Family Collection - Dave Nicholson - VERY SCAN HEAVY

[ChasHawk]

Charlie; great stuff and great family history.

Wow that glove is cool!

Nice Charlie.

Thanks guys! It was great getting to spend time with him for the first time in a while.

All of that is incredibly cool to me, and I don't even have a connection to the guy. Does he ever point out that he was better than Mantle?

:lol:

 

[TomMurry]

Things like this really surpass the "thats pretty cool" category. The variety, the quantity, not to mention the family tie. Its quite impressive.

 

[69MetsFan]

I just looked through the entire thread again and was just as impressed as I was the first time. :shock:
I noticed one of the players who was holding the stretcher after Mr. Nicholson got beaned was Al Weis, who played second base for the '69 Mets. I have an autographed ball and '69 Topps card so there's our 4 degrees of separation.
Here's the card he signed and returned, in a very short time, too:

 

[ChasHawk]

Tom, thank you for that very heart-felt compliment.

Dave, very cool...and the black ink looks awesome on that '61 design!

 

[pghbuccos]

very cool new additions to the thread. the glove and ball are great mementos of his career for him to keep. the bats he gave you are pretty awesome as well. especially the game model.

thanks for sharing your collection again Charlie.

 

[jdk16]

AWESOME STORY MAN GLAD TO SEE YOU KEEPING THE FAMILY HISTORY ALIVE!
PRETTY COOL SOUNDS LIKE YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS THE 1ST BIG SUPER PROSPECT.. REALLY COOL STORY AND PICTURES
TYVM FOR SHARING

 

[klute14]

Charlie-

Unbelievable pedigree! The completeness of your collection is amazing.
You will always have something to cherish and pass on to your daughter.
Truly remarkable items.

Aside from the everything that is presented here, I would be remiss if I didn't notice that Bobby Ojeda of my beloved Red Sox gave up 3 roof shots in Comiskey in a matter of 1 year!

 

[imac220]

This thread is absolutely awesome. I loved every second looking at all the pictures, contracts etc.

 

[ChasHawk]

This thread is absolutely awesome. I loved every second looking at all the pictures, contracts etc.

Thank you very much!


Keith, it had to be somebody, right? :lol:

 

[ChasHawk]

Finally got around to cleaning/organizing my garage yesterday, and found some old photos...

I believe this is from Old Timer's Day before the 1983 All-Star game...I'll have to check with him and see for sure.

I was 4 at the time, so I'm fairly certain thats what it is... :lol:

 

[js0000001]

Amazing stuff

I really enjoy looking it all over

 

[James52411]

Top notch stuff as always. Thanks for sharing.

 

[nosterbor]

Nice to see some vintage stuff from my childhood.I do remember him with the Sox and watching on tv ( channel 32 ) Awesome man!

 

[Todd44]

My grandfather was a prospector back in the 50s and made a ton off selling your grandpa's rookie cards. j/k of course

my fav from the scrapbook scans was the autograph signed: "To Mom, with love" and then of course signed Dave Nicholson... Kinda funny, seeing it signed with his full name, after it was "To mom..."

 

[ChasHawk]

My grandfather was a prospector back in the 50s and made a ton off selling your grandpa's rookie cards. j/k of course

my fav from the scrapbook scans was the autograph signed: "To Mom, with love" and then of course signed Dave Nicholson... Kinda funny, seeing it signed with his full name, after it was "To mom..."

Always thought that was kinda funny too... :lol:

 

[A_Pharis]

I'm jealous. I wish a had an athlete relative. The closest thing I had was that one of my mom's 6 sisters briefly married Jake the Snake. :-/

 

[ChasHawk]

Somehow managed to forget about this thread, so I decided to update today with everything I've picked up this year...

1966 Astros Team Issue & 1987 Astros Shooting Stars Series 2

And just got this 4x6 in today...

 

[ManOfSteal]

That's stuff's amazing, it's great that everyone saved it through the years. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Benson]

I sent a couple of cards to your grandfather back in August, he signed and returned them within 2 weeks. Tell him thanks please, he is a very gracious signer to those that collect autographs. Oh, and great collection you have there.

 

[Mozzie22]

What an incredible collection. The personal collections are the best.