What is your favorite pickup of the year???

[Studboy]

Got some time this week to do some glove'n, here are my five favorite pickups of 2007 - no great EARLY finds this year, but a few nice 30's & 40's ball gloves All are from area antique shows/flea markets except the Dimaggio:
Spalding Frankie Fritch 128 - Marvel (Glove is HUGE & SOFT):

Fritch 128 back:


D&M Goose Gosslin G7 (this one just displays great):

D&M G7 back:



Denkert Al Simmons LK105 (another super soft glove, just feels right on the hand):

Simmons Denkert Back:


Wilson Rogers Hornsby delux 648LO - very large well made glove:

Wilson 648LO back:


and my eBay buy of the year $35 Buy it Now:
Spalding Joe Dimaggio 133 (again, mega soft with lots of silver)

Dimaggio back:

[vintagebrett]

Found some nice leather in 2008 - hard to pick favorites but I decided to go with these non-Sonnett / OK Favorites (too many of those that you can see on all my postings):

Horace Partridge full web from a local auction



Ken-Wel Cy Williams from a trade



Raywill Doak style glove with box from the 2008 National



Saggahew white leather grommet web glove from Brimfield Fall 2008



Rawlings green leather 1B mitt with black and white tag from eBay

[Bravosin99]

Here is a picture of our favorite three pick ups for 2008.

LEFT: Left handed near mint Reach Model CB Pat Duncan full web.
MIDDLE: Reach full web Crescent.
RIGHT: Reach Model 56 internal crescent full web.

[Studboy]

Those are great oldies guys, brett, that green glove is just sick & wrong.....yet so awesome.

[okdoak]

Love the stampings on those vintage gloves, especially that D&M logo on the Goslin glove. Just incredible!
I picked up two "newer" models I'd been looking for quite awhile; a Spalding 1001 (the Rawlings HH clone) and Spalding RC that Kenny J restored.