Craig Anderson Consigns to Geppi’s Memorabilia Road Show
lumps and witnessed history. He was a pitcher on Casey Stengel’s original New
York Mets team, the team of a record 120 losses. And Craig had to be pretty
good to take the mound 50 times in a season of more roster moves than one could
imagine. So he was 3-17, big deal! He was along for one of the most historic
rides in baseball history.
The beloved ’62 Mets, of Richie Ashburn, Jim
Hickman, Marvelous Marv Throneberry, Choo Choo Coleman, Roger Craig, and Rod
Kanehl were the most successful first year expansion team baseball has ever seen
– in terms of immediate acceptance by an adoring fan base. And Casey Stengel,
who deflected attention onto himself, was a big reason.
Craig Anderson
has decided to consign several valuable personal artifacts from the ’62 Mets in
the next Geppi’s Memorabilia Road Show auction, which concludes online on
October 27, 2005. It is rare that original ’62 Mets items become available,
rarer still when they come directly from the player, which is the format of
Geppi’s in the auction business, where consignments all come directly from
sports insiders.
Anderson is putting into the auction his home pinstriped
uniform and cap, a signed baseball from the ’62 Mets (with Casey in the sweet
spot), and a blue team blazer the players were made to wear on the road (“which
we all hated, to a man,” says Anderson).
The blazer comes from the
now-defunct New York clothier and team sponsor Howard Clothes.
The ’62
home uniform is notable for bearing the uniform number only on the back. Only
in the Polo Grounds years of 1962-63 did the Mets not have a number on the
front, under the script “Mets.”
Collection, one of the largest single consignor auctions since Barry Halper, the
Stanley Weston-Toby Weston Cone Collection of boxing memorabilia, which at one
time made up the Boxing Hall of Fame in old Madison Square Garden, the Arthur
Richman Collection, from the longtime sportswriter and club executive, the Tom
Seaver “farewell to fans” note, and consignments from Orioles great Brooks
Robinson.
directly from sports insiders, notably players, their families or their
representatives, or those who worked in the industry.
The company is
headquartered at 1966 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, Maryland 21093. The
telephone number is 877-ROAD-SHW (877-762-3749). The website is
www.geppismemorabiliaroadshow.com.
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Craig Anderson Consigns to Geppi’s Memorabilia Road Show
lumps and witnessed history. He was a pitcher on Casey Stengel’s original New
York Mets team, the team of a record 120 losses. And Craig had to be pretty
good to take the mound 50 times in a season of more roster moves than one could
imagine. So he was 3-17, big deal! He was along for one of the most historic
rides in baseball history.
The beloved ’62 Mets, of Richie Ashburn, Jim
Hickman, Marvelous Marv Throneberry, Choo Choo Coleman, Roger Craig, and Rod
Kanehl were the most successful first year expansion team baseball has ever seen
– in terms of immediate acceptance by an adoring fan base. And Casey Stengel,
who deflected attention onto himself, was a big reason.
Craig Anderson
has decided to consign several valuable personal artifacts from the ’62 Mets in
the next Geppi’s Memorabilia Road Show auction, which concludes online on
October 27, 2005. It is rare that original ’62 Mets items become available,
rarer still when they come directly from the player, which is the format of
Geppi’s in the auction business, where consignments all come directly from
sports insiders.
Anderson is putting into the auction his home pinstriped
uniform and cap, a signed baseball from the ’62 Mets (with Casey in the sweet
spot), and a blue team blazer the players were made to wear on the road (“which
we all hated, to a man,” says Anderson).
The blazer comes from the
now-defunct New York clothier and team sponsor Howard Clothes.
The ’62
home uniform is notable for bearing the uniform number only on the back. Only
in the Polo Grounds years of 1962-63 did the Mets not have a number on the
front, under the script “Mets.”
Collection, one of the largest single consignor auctions since Barry Halper, the
Stanley Weston-Toby Weston Cone Collection of boxing memorabilia, which at one
time made up the Boxing Hall of Fame in old Madison Square Garden, the Arthur
Richman Collection, from the longtime sportswriter and club executive, the Tom
Seaver “farewell to fans” note, and consignments from Orioles great Brooks
Robinson.
directly from sports insiders, notably players, their families or their
representatives, or those who worked in the industry.
The company is
headquartered at 1966 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, Maryland 21093. The
telephone number is 877-ROAD-SHW (877-762-3749). The website is
www.geppismemorabiliaroadshow.com.
Popular Topics
Overstreet Access Quick Links
