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Member: The Daguerreian Society, Civil War Dealers & Collectors Association, Ephemera Society of America, Manuscript Society, Universal Autograph Collectors Club, Civil War Preservation Trust. 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407566.html NEW YORK YANKEES Clinch American League Pennant, October 3, 1964 8 x 10, black and white photograph, taken in the New York Yankees locker room celebrating after they clinched the 1964 American League pennant against the Cleveland Indians, on October 3rd, 1964. Pictured in this historic group shot from left to right are Tony Kubek, Elston Howard, Pete Mikkleson, Phil Linz and Yogi Berra. Ironically Phil and Yogi pose with their arms around each other as the harmonica incident became a thing of the past especially after just winning the pennant. Autographed by Linz in a blue sharpie pen across his chest, Phil Linz. He has added a musical note after his name which is a reference to the famous harmonica incident on the Yankees team bus when he got into a beef with Manager Yogi Berra instigated by non other than the prankster, Mickey Mantle. The event happened following a Yankee road loss to the Chicago White Sox on August 20, 1964, as mentioned on the team bus. Linz was playing a version of quot;Mary Had a Little Lamb quot; on his harmonica in the back of the team bus. Berra found his sad cowboy style version mixed with the children's nursery rhyme a bit mocking of the team, and told Linz to pipe down. Linz didn't hear him and kept playing. Berra became infuriated and called back from the front of the bus, quot;If you don't knock that off, I'm going to come back there and kick your ass. quot; Linz still couldn't hear the words of Yogi over the music, so he asked Mickey Mantle, quot;What did he say quot; Mantle ever the instigator, responded, quot;He said to play it louder quot; which Linz willingly complied to do on quot;The Mick's quot; prompting Berra then walked to the back of the bus to confront Linz. By different accounts, Linz threw the harmonica to Berra or at him, or Berra knocked it out of his hand. Regardless, it became airborne, striking first baseman Joe Pepitone in the knee strongly enough to cut him. Phil Linz played Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1968 with the New York Yankees, 1962-65; the Philadelphia Phillies, 1966-67, and the New York Mets, 1967-68. Linz was mainly a utility infielder and he played 2nd, 3rd and short stop. His life time stats were: batting average, .235, home runs 11, and runs batted in 96. He was a member of the 1962 New York Yankees World Champions. Choice condition. Signed in person and witnessed by my good friend, Joe Zaccaro, of Real McCoy 2 Collectibles. Joe has been around this hobby for a few decades and has an impeccable reputation. Many of the autographs he sells come from private signing sessions he had with the players. Comes with a signed COA by Real McCoy 2 Collectibles and Joe Zacarro. Also comes with a color photo of Phil Linz from the signing holding his harmonica. Very desirable autographed 1964 photo content. Would make a great addition to any 1960's era New York Yankees collection. TRIVIA : The 1964 World Series was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. St. Louis won the series in 7 games, their 7th World Championship at the time, and the series loss cost Yogi Berra his managerial position. In a weird circumstance of events the Yankees hired the World Series winning manager of the Cardinals, Johnny Keane, to replace Berra at the helm of the quot;Bronx Bombers quot; in 1965. Yogi Berra would sign a contract with the New York Mets in 1965 as a player-coach. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Autograph, Phil Linz http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407563.html 1964 TOPPS BASEBALL CARD Member of the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame 6 Time American League All Star Led the American League in Strike Outs 5 times Named 1970 American League Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News 1942- He played in Major League Baseball as a starting pitcher from 1961 to 1975, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. He also had short stints late in his career with the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, and Pittsburgh Pirates. A six-time All-Star, McDowell led the American League in strikeouts five times, and struck out over 300 batters in two seasons of his career. Standing 6 feet, 5 inches tall, well built, and powerful, his left-handed fastball was delivered with an unusually calm pitching motion, and then he would regularly unleash his pitches at over 100 m.p.h., not that common in the 1960's, his fastest pitch was timed at 105 m.p.h. which led to his memorable nickname, quot;Sudden Sam quot; McDowell. The batters would be lulled into a false sense of calmness at the plate with his casual and deliberate motion, but then all hell broke loose when he unleashed his pitches which were on top of the batters in a flash, and with such velocity that they had very little time to react. Thus once again Sam gained the very appropriate sobriquet as quot;Sudden Sam McDowell, quot; who was feared by American League hitters during his entire career. His muscular 6 foot, 5 inch frame, put even more fear in the guys who had the pleasure of facing him. That big stride of his almost put him in the batters box after he released his next pitch. He finished with 2,453 career strikeouts which was an average of 8.86 strikeouts per nine innings. At the time of his retirement, his strikeout rate was bested by only two pitchers; Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax. He ranks eighth all time on the list of career ten or more strikeout games with 74, tied with Bob Gibson. His 2,159 strikeouts as an Indian place him second all time on the team's career list, behind Bob Feller. In four MLB All-Star appearances, McDowell struck out twelve National League All-Stars in eight innings of work. Statistics of Sam McDowell in 1965 and 1970: In 1965, Sam McDowell led the American League in the following key pitching categories: E.R.A.: 2.18 Strike Outs: 325 Average Strike Outs per 9 Innings: 10.7 Average Hits Given up per 9 Innings: 5.9 Average Home Runs Given up per 9 Innings: 0.3 These amazing stats are comparable to the best pitchers in MLB history during any generation In 1970, McDowell put together some extremely impressive pitching totals as well. He won 20 games, led the American League in innings pitched with 305, and also had over 300 strikeouts 304 for the second time in his MLB career. He threw a career-high 19 complete games, second in the American League that year to Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles, the 1970 American League, and World Series Champions. All this was combined with a stellar 2.92 ERA, and these stats led to Sam McDowell being named the quot;1970 American League Pitcher of the Year quot; by The Sporting News. McDowell ended up with a career total of 141 wins, a 3.17 E.R.A., and 2,453 strike outs, these mainly coming during his 11 years spent with the Cleveland Indians, a perennial last place, or bottom of the league standings ball club. We can only imagine what kind of record McDowell could have compiled if he played for a winning ball club In my opinion he would be in the MLB Hall of Fame. The character of Sam Malone, the alcoholic ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher portrayed by Emmy Award winning actor Ted Danson, in the hit television comedy quot;Cheers, quot; was based on the baseball life of Sam McDowell. Sam McDowell Trivia : Although Sam did pretty well in his head to head engagements against this particular Hall of Fame player, Sam personally told me that quot;Mickey Mantle, of the New York Yankees, quot; was the toughest hitter he ever faced in his Major League Baseball career. This is an authentic original 1964 Topps baseball card No. 391, that has been autographed on the front quot;Sam McDowell quot; in a bold blue sharpie pen. Acquired directly from Sam McDowell who is a good neighbor friend of mine here in Florida. Excellent condition. Very desirable. I can sit and listen to Sam tell baseball stories all day long. He has a quite a few. Trivia : When I played in the 1971 American Legion World Series that was played at High Corbett Field, in Tucson, Arizona, this was the spring training home of the Cleveland Indians back in those days. So I got to pitch on the same mound and field that Sam did as well as so many other famous pitchers of that era who pitched in what was called the Cactus League back then which Sam and I got to reminisce about. Another piece of trivia for you is that the baseball movie comedy Major League I starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen, filmed their spring training scenes at this same High Corbett Field in Tucson. I got to talk to the guys about the fun of filming there. For those of you who don't know this Charlie Sheen was a very good baseball player and pitcher. Anybody who has played the game at a high level can easily see that his form and speed were at a very high level. I wanted to challenge him to a pitching duel when they filmed Major League II in Baltimore a few years later. This was when I lived in Gettysburg so it would have been an easy one hour drive to get down to Orioles Park at Camden Yards where they filmed a good part of the movie, but it never worked out because of insurance issues and the screen actors guild rules. Tom Berenger Trivia : Tom's entire catching ensemble including everything you can think of that was used in the film and was once part of the quot;Jake Taylor collection, quot; and was used in the film quot;Major League quot; which even included his director's chair was once a proud part of the Len Rosa personal collection. I got every single item directly from my friend Tom Berenger with no middle person in between us. It was really very cool because Tom autographed every single individual piece on the item itself for me, and even was kind enough to write individual letters of authenticity for every single individual item. The collection was once featured in a major sports magazine several years ago. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Autograph, Sam McDowell http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407416.html The Original Drummer of Elvis Presley Member of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame 8 x 10, black and white photo, of Elvis Presley playing live on stage at the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1954. Elvis is at the front center of this view with his acoustic guitar strapped around his neck, while holding onto the tall microphone stand. It has been very boldly signed in black sharpie pen, To Lenny, D.J. Fontana. There is an imprint at the bottom, quot;D.J. AND ELVIS AT LOUISIANA HAYRIDE. quot; Very rare from my personal collection obtained from DJ directly while visiting him at his home in Tennessee. The banner hanging behind the band is the Louisiana Hayride, KWKH radio ad banner. The Louisiana Hayride was primarily broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, between 1948 and 1960. Known as the quot;Cradle of the Stars, quot; this very historic venue hosted legends like Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash, helping them launch their iconic careers. The Louisiana Hayride, hosted by Horace Logan, was broadcast live on KWKH radio, a very powerful radio station that reached a vast audience in the south. It later became a popular country music television show than ran until 1960. This photo was given to me personally by D.J. Fontana who became a friend of mine, and it was signed by him in person. I first met D.J. in New York City, in 1978, when I went to see the Broadway Musical, quot;Elvis; The Legend Lives, quot; at the Palace Theater. This was one of the very first Elvis tribute shows ever done about the life story of Elvis Presley who had died the year before, on August 16, 1977. Starring as Elvis was a young Chicago native, Rick Saucedo, who was a talented musician, song writer, singer, and one of the very first Elvis tribute artists. What made the show even more authentic then just the fine performance given by Rick, was that the drummer in the show was D.J. Fontana, the original drummer of Elvis, along with vocalist Millie Kirkham, who had the heavenly high soprano voice heard on many of Elvis's early recordings and live shows. Millie Kirkham was something very special. To round out the cast in the show was Ray Walker, who was the bass singer of the original male backing vocal group, the Jordanaires, who Elvis used, on recordings, early stage TV performances. I had my camera with me that night and took many photos of the show. Afterwards, I hung around the stage area, and some of the original artist who performed with the real Elvis Presley came out to greet those of us fans who remained behind hoping to meet some of them. They did not disappoint us. D.J. Fontana was one of those who came out to greet the fans, and at that first meeting I felt lucky to be able to shake his hand and exchange a handful of words with him. It was a thrill, but it was also gone in a flash which soon became a distant memory. On one of my many trips to visit my dear friend Joe Moscheo, the great gospel musician, and member of The Imperials, and friend of Elvis Presley, also part of his touring and recording bands, Joe and I were invited to attend a private dinner where I got to meet some of the members of Elvis's band, among them his original drummer D.J. Fontana. I mentioned to D.J. that I had actually met him many years earlier when he was a cast member of the quot;Elvis; The Legend Lives quot; show on Broadway, in NYC, in 1978. He smiled and said, quot;Lordy that was a long time ago. quot; When I told him that I took pictures of the show he got curious and asked me if I still had them. I told him yes I did, some place at home among all of the other things I collected since I was 7 years old. He expressed an interest to see them, and asked me to contact him if I ever came across them, and he gave me his contact info. Well, after diligently rummaging through boxes of old photos I found them, and called D.J. to tell him. He said the next time you come up to Nashville to visit Joe, bring them with you and you guys stop by the house for a visit. I was very excited about this prospect and couldn't wait to tell Joe the news. D.J. lived just south of Nashville in the same enclave that many of the most famous country stars lived. We made arrangements and a few months later I made the drive up to Nashville with visiting D.J. being very high on the agenda of things that Joe and I planned to do. We had a lovely visit and I got to hear some of the coolest stories any Elvis fan could ever dream of hearing. D.J. told us stories about the early 1950's when Elvis, Scotty, Bill and D.J. were on the road touring by car doing one night stands in the deep southwest under the name of the quot;Blue Moon Boys. quot; I also got to meet D.J.'s lovely wife Karen, who became a good friend, and pen pal of mine. Alzheimer's ran in her family and when Joanne was later diagnosed with the horrible disease she helped encourage me, and sent me notes, cards, and poems to try and boost my spirits. What a lovely lady indeed. D.J. loved the pictures, and I gave him whichever ones he wanted to keep for himself. In return he gave me some neat pictures from his personal collection, and signed them for me, and he even gave me a pair of his drumsticks which he also signed. He was a very lovely man, and I enjoyed my friendship with him. One of the funniest stories D.J. ever told me was when Elvis had fallen asleep in their touring car, and as a prank the boys threw Elvis shoes out the window of the car and into a river they were passing over. When Elvis woke up and found out his shoes were missing and what they had done, he told them to turn around and go back to try and find them. They all laughed heartily and said, that is not going to happen Elvis, it was quite a ways back, and we threw them into a river. Elvis took it in good humor and didn't get mad and said oh well, the next town we come to let's stop and find a shoe store so I can buy a new pair of shoes Elvis had a great sense of humor and he no doubt got even with the boys sometime in the future Keep in mind that Elvis was the youngest, and least experienced of the group, as all three other members, Scotty, Bill and D.J. had served in the United States armed forces during the Korean War period, Scotty in the navy, and Bill and D.J. in the army. Years earlier before becoming friends with D.J., I met and became a very good friend of Joe Moscheo, who became a good friend of Elvis, and later was a member of the Imperials gospel group who backed Elvis on stage for some 500 live shows starting in Las Vegas in 1969, and they also recorded with Elvis on his gospel and Christmas albums. Joe earned a quot;Grammy Award quot; for Elvis's live stage version of quot;How Great Thou Art, quot; and he is a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He was a well known and very highly respected person around Nashville. Among his numerous roles besides being a member of The Imperials, he was the Vice President of Special Projects at BMI for 16 years, he also served on numerous boards including the Gospel Music Association, the Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and the W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School. One of my biggest personal thrills I ever had was a visit with Joe when he took me to RCA Studio B, where Elvis and many other stars recorded, on a one on one personal tour. It was just the two of us in the entire studio and we visited everywhere you can imagine. We spent hours together inside those hallowed walls and Joe entertained me with some of the most fantastic Elvis stories I had ever heard, all from first hand accounts of his years spent with Elvis Joe originally met Elvis in 1956 at the Ellis Auditorium, in Memphis, during one of the popular all night gospel sings held at the auditorium. At the time Joe was the piano player and a member of the gospel group the quot;Harmoneers, quot; a well known group of that period. Elvis was not performing that night, but was there just as a fan to see some of his favorite gospel groups perform. He started attending these gospel sings at Ellis when he was a teenager at Humes High School in Memphis. It was on that particular night that Elvis met Joe Moscheo back stage. Here is a story Joe told me about that first meeting with Elvis. Joe sheepishly went up to Elvis who by this time was a huge national celebrity, and asked him for his autograph. Elvis, said OK, but on one condition, and that was that Joe had to give Elvis his autograph in return. Joe was blown away by Elvis's request when Elvis added, I know who you are Joe, I have been following you and the Harmoneers. A lifelong friendship was forged that evening in Memphis. You can see the Imperials perform on the screen as they appeared in the show, quot;Elvis That's The Way It Is. quot; D.J. Fontana, was born under the given name Dominic Joseph Fontana, in Shreveport. Louisiana, on March 15, 1931, and was given the nickname of quot;D.J. quot; He first met Elvis Presley while he was employed as the house drummer at the Louisiana Hayride in 1954. He sat in with Elvis and the boys one night, and never left. He performed with Elvis on most of his early radio, and television shows in the 1950's, his album recordings, and some of his movie soundtracks, making an occasional cameo appearance in a couple of his films, and he also played with Elvis on the famous, quot;1968 Comeback Special, quot; the famous TV show that appeared on American TV in December 1968, and the whole world knew that the real Elvis Presley was back. Elvis re-splendid for part of that show in his iconic black leather suit, left his fans and the world in awe that night as quot;The King of Rock n' Roll quot; was back with a vengeance, and his skills and his on stage presence never lost a beat after his long layoff from live shows due to the obligation he had to fulfill with the Hollywood movie contracts that the Colonel talked him into signing. After his first 3 or 4 films, the movies were sub par travelogues but there was no arguing about their box office success which is all Colonel Parker concerned himself with. Elvis soon grew very tired of this low scale films and kept asking the colonel to get him some serious movie roles which fell upon deaf ears. Elvis who had signed a contract with the colonel as a minor at the age of 19 did not realize the huge mistake he made and he paid for it for the rest of his life with the denial of his artistic freedom. The colonel was a degenerate gambler and he used Elvis as his pawn to pay off his gambling debts so the money Elvis could produce was all Parker was interested in. TRIVIA: The original Bill Black bass is owned by the ex-Beatle Paul McCartney who you can watch playing it in a couple of his videos, one in particular where he plays with Scotty Moore, the original lead guitar player of Elvis, and the aforementioned D.J. Fontana. It was recorded around 2001, when the trio did their rendition of the first record that was ever released by Elvis, quot;That's All Right. quot; Paul was given this iconic bass guitar as a gift from. his wife, the lovely Linda McCartney in the late 1970's. Other photos in my post include: The front facade of the Palace Theater, in New York City, with the ELVIS marquee where I first met D.J. Fontana. Rick Saucedo playing the role of Elvis Presley in his early career. He is flanked by the guys playing the role of The Jordainaires, with the gentleman on the far right being Ray Walker, one of the original Jordanaires, their bass singer, and one heck of a nice guy. At the far right of this image you can see D.J. behind his drum kit. He wears a pink shirt with the collar turned out over the lapels of his sports jacket. D.J. of course took all of the best photos that he appeared in at the NYC shows, which I was very pleased to give him. It was pure excitement to hang out with one of rock's most iconic drummer's, listen to first hand Elvis stories, and receive a couple of very cool gifts from him. This was one of the great highlights of my life. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Autographed Photograph, D.J. Fontana http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407415.html By Matilda quot;Tillie quot; Pierce Alleman. 2022, Cedar Lakes Classics, 53 pages, soft covers, maps and illustrations. Brand new condition. Very desirable Gettysburg title. Tillie Pierce's quot;At Gettysburg quot; is an intriguing book that follows the life of 16 year old Tillie as she witnesses and experiences the Battle of Gettysburg. During the first day's fighting, Tillie's family moved her out of town to a farm, thinking she would be safer there. As it turned out, Tillie ended up right behind the Union rear lines on the second and third days of the battle. The farm where Tillie stayed became a field hospital, where the young girl witnessed much suffering and death. The book is considered to be a very accurate and firsthand source, not to mention a remarkable journey behind the front lines at the Battle of Gettysburg. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : At Gettysburg; What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407413.html 87th Pennsylvania Infantry A Son of Gettysburg and Confidant of Jennie Wade By Enrica D' Alessandro. Published by Schroeder Publications, Lynchburg, Va., 2012, 128 pages, illustrated, maps, and includes five previously unpublished letters from Jennie Wade to Jack Skelly. Brand new condition. Never read. This excellent book is out of print. This is the first book written about Jennie Wade's beau, Corporal Jack Skelly. At the age of 20, Jack Skelly, a Gettysburg resident, said to his mother, my country needs me, Mother. May I go He left his home to volunteer in the Union Army from April of 1861 until June 1863. He initially served in the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry before joining the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, the unit he was serving with when he was mortally wounded on June 15, 1863, at the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia. Skelly died on July 12, 1863, in a Confederate hospital while a prisoner of war. His confidant, Jennie Wade was the only civilian fatality during the battle of Gettysburg, dying nine days earlier. The story of Jack Skelly and the Skelly family family includes 17 letters written between Jack and his mother Elizabeth, during the Civil War years. The book also discusses the relationship between Jack and Jennie. Also included are letters of Jack's brother, Charles, who also served in the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry and his father Johnston Skelly, Sr., who served in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. The book contains 36 letters, revealing social situations and life in war time Gettysburg, and what it was like for the Gettysburg citizens turned soldiers in the field. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : My Country Needs Me; The Story of Johnston Hastings Skelly http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407377.html and September 7, 2018 CDS, New York, New York JOHN LENNON, THE BEATLES 6 1 2 x 3 5 8, first day of issue commemorative cover with U.S.A. Forever postage stamp, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10199, with vignette of Lennon and his facsimile signature on the stamp. There is a beautiful very large printed signature in black of John Lennon that ties the postage stamp on the cover. Large circular vignette at the left, quot;THE CAVERN CLUB BEATLES, PAUL, JOHN, PETE, GEORGE quot; with their photographs wearing black leather jackets within. There is also a yellow oval at the lower center which reads, quot;Home of the Cavern Club, Mersey Beat. quot; Illustration at the left pictures their original drummer Pete Best, circa 1962. The Beatles as a group and John Lennon as solo performer are both members of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. Mint condition. Very desirable Lennon Beatles collectible. Born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. Murdered December 8, 1980, in New York City. John Lennon was murdered in the late evening of Monday, December 8, 1980 after returning to his home from a recording session at the Record Plant, in NYC, to his luxurious apartment in the Dakota Building on 72nd Street and Central Park West. The world collectively held its breath in utter heartache and disbelief as rock n' roll music lost one of its biggest icons and was never the same after that tragic night. I still feel the horrible pain deep in my soul right now as I write these words. RIP John. I made the pilgrimage over to the Dakota within the next couple of days as I was compelled to be as near to where John took his last breaths on this earth and where this heinous tragedy occurred. I was still in my camera buff days and took my .35 mm. camera and shot a couple of rolls of film. I also collected all of the New York City newspaper headlines and stories and put it all together in a beautiful scrapbook which of course I still have. Every once in a while I pull the scrapbook out and browsing through it still brings chills to my bones and a very deep sadness and longing to turn back the clock and somehow prevent this horrible episode from ever happening The world was deprived of who knows how many future Lennon classics, and I know for a fact from some of my very well connected Beatles inside sources that John and Paul had agreed to do some songwriting and performing together like in the early days, in the not too distance future. I do not know if you know this but John and Paul actually did jam together in L.A. in the mid 1970's during what was called quot;John's Lost Weekend. quot; John was producing an album by their close friend Harry Nilsson called quot;Pussycats, quot; when a couple of dozen of their friends showed up during the session which evolved into a massive drunken jam. There are a couple of bootleg recordings that exist but unfortunately the quality is so poor it does not give us anything to add to the Lennon McCartney catalog. John said to my friend, that everybody in the room kept staring at John and Paul to see what they were doing that nobody paid much attention to what they were playing themselves. Those same insiders have told me based on personal conversations they had with both John and Paul that it was very likely that some form of the four boys from Liverpool would have played and recorded together again. It would never have returned to being The Beatles again, and no touring as a group or album making was in the works, but depending how they felt a number of songs were once more a strong possibility. What I visualize would have been something similar to the quot;RINGO quot; album where they probably would have paired off in different combinations with the ultimate privilege being that all four may have played together on a song or two. On the quot;RINGO quot; album John, George and Ringo did all play together on one song which was the closest thing to a Beatles reunion there ever was Those 4 boys loved each other, and they were tighter than brothers, and making music together was the ultimate joy of their lives. Who knows what may have happened. After all of the business problems were sorted out, and put in the past, and the door was open for them to heal and be close friends again, new possibilities were once again on the horizon. They were given the opportunity to just be the quot;lads quot; John, Paul, George and Ringo, and their camaraderie was slowly reforming and bringing the 4 brothers back together again. Footnote: This is a true story Ringo came to the hospital to see George for the last time as his death was imminent his body ravaged with cancer. When Ringo told George he had to leave to go visit his extremely sick daughter Lee who was in the hospital fighting for her life, the old Beatle brotherhood was still on display in full force. The dying George looked up at Ringo in pure seriousness and love, and asked Ringo if he wanted him to go with him to visit his daughter. George was serious as he thought so much of Ringo and his entire family that he automatically put his own problems to the side and wanted to help his brother Ringo in his desperate time of need. He knew how devastated Ringo was and the love shared between these four Liverpool men was never stronger then at a time like that. That was the last time Ringo ever saw George and those last words George spoke to Ringo have stuck with him to this very day. Ringo tears up when he tells the story. would have meant that some form of The Beatles would have played together again. I had the absolute privilege of seeing John play live in concert post Beatles multi times. As many great concerts and legendary groups and individual artist that I saw perform in my lifetime, NONE of them gave me the goose bumps, and special feeling that I still feel very prevalent to this day, as having been so close in the presence of John's greatness and see him play and perform. I know for a fact from talking to others that he was extremely nervous as he always was before performing live, but from my 2nd row seat he seemed to be the quot;coolest cat quot; on the planet. I have close personal friends who knew John very well and played on many of his recordings, and on stage with him, that despite his sometimes cool exterior and cheeky English behavior, or quot;taking the mickey out of someone as the Brits liked to say, quot; I have been told many times by these friends who knew him personally, that John was one of the sweetest men you would ever have the pleasure of knowing in your life. quot; He was also a cat lover and always had a couple of them around as his companions and house pets. Show me a man who loves cats and I will show you a sincere and loving man. Paul used to tell a cute story when John was teasing him, John leaned in close, pulled up his eyeglasses to look Paul directly in the eyes, and said to Paul, quot;its only me mate, quot; a reference to their childhood days when they grew up together as teenagers as close as brothers as all of The Beatles were to each other starting in their Liverpool days. John was the founding member of the Quarry Men which was formed with a bunch of his high school buddies taking their name from their school, Quarry Bank High School. The group later morphed into the legendary Beatles, by adding Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Peter Best and later Ringo Starr to replace Best on drums in August 1962, and ultimately became the most famous pop and rock band of all time. Lennon was without a doubt the leader, lead vocalist, harmony vocalist, multi instrumentalist, and songwriter. The songwriting duo of Lennon McCartney were considered to be the most famous song writing team of all time. 6 1 2 x 3 5 8, first day of issue commemorative cover with U.S.A. Forever postage stamp, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10199, with vignette of Lennon and his facsimile signature on the stamp. There is a beautiful large printed signature in black of John Lennon that ties the postage stamp on the cover. Large circular vignette at the left, quot;THE CAVERN CLUB BEATLES, PAUL, JOHN, PETE, GEORGE quot; with their photographs wearing black leather jackets within. There is also a yellow oval at the lower center which reads, quot;Home of the Cavern Club, Mersey Beat. quot; Illustration at the left pictures their original drummer Pete Best, circa 1962. The Beatles as a group and John Lennon as solo performer are both members of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. Mint condition. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : John Lennon First Day Cover With Lennon U.S. Forever Postage Stamp http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407376.html AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL CARD, PSA DNA CERTIFIED Marv Throneberry Autographed baseball card, 1982 Renata Galasso, 1. PSA DNA Certified. Half view of the 1962 New York Mets fan favorite, quot;Marvelous quot; Marv Throneberry. Half view in Mets visitors jersey with NEW YORK emblazoned across his chest, with NY Mets hat. In Mets colors with blue borders and name imprinted on the front in orange, quot;MARV THRONEBERRY, 1ST BASE. quot; Has a beautiful blue ink signature, quot;Marv Throneberry. quot; Mint condition. Very desirable New York related signed baseball card. With stats on the back covering his 1962 New York Mets season and his lifetime statistics, etc. Descriptive text: One of the most popular New York Mets of all time. Marvelous Marv became the first player to play for both the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. During the '62 campaign, Marv hit 16 homers for the Mets, twice winning games with pinch hit homers, once when he came off the coaching lines to pinch hit His unfailing good nature, even in the roughest of times won Marv the New York Writers quot;Good Guy Award quot; in January of 1963. 1962 Stats : 125 Games Played 366 At Bats 87 Hits 11 Doubles 3 Triples 16 Home Runs 30 Runs Scored 49 R.B.I.'s .238 Batting Average 1 Stolen Base Lifetime Stats : 480 Games Played 1186 At Bats 281 Hits 37 Doubles 8 Triples 53 Home Runs 143 Runs Scored 170 R.B.I.'s .237 Batting Average 3 Stolen Bases Born on September 2, 1933 in Collierville, Tennessee. Died on June 23, 1994, Fisherville, Tennessee. Teams Played For : New York Yankees, 1955, 1958-1959 Kansas City Athletics, 1960-1961 Baltimore Orioles, 1961-1962 New York Mets, 1962-1963 The highlight of quot;Marvelous quot; Marv's career was being a member of the 1958 New York Yankees World Champions. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Autograph, Marv Throneberry, 1962 New York Mets http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407375.html THE JOURNEY HOME; MY LIFE IN PINSTRIPES, JORGE POSADA SIGNED FIRST EDITION By Jorge Posada with Gary Brozek. Published by Harper Collins Books, New York, N.Y., 2015. Hard cover with dust jacket. 344 pages, index, illustrated. Beautifully signed on the title page in black sharpie pen. Signed in person at Book Greetings, Livingston St., Northvale, N.J. Comes with printed flyer from the signing and also includes a color photograph of Jorge Posada signing the book. Mint condition. The legendary New York Yankee catcher tells the incredible story of his personal journey, offering an unexpected, behind-the-plate view of his career, his past, and the father-son bond that fueled his love of the game. For seventeen seasons, the name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball. A fixture behind home plate throughout the Yankees biggest successes, Jorge became the Yankees' star catcher almost immediately upon his arrival, and in the years that followed, his accomplishments, work ethic, and leadership established him as one of the greatest Yankees ever to put on the uniform. Now, in this long-awaited memoir, Jorge Posada details his journey to home plate, sharing a remarkable, generational account of his journey from the ball fields of Puerto Rico to the House that Ruth built. Offering a view from behind the mask unlike any other, Jorge discusses the key moments and plays that shaped teams and forged a legacy that came to define Yankee baseball for a generation. With pitch-by-pitch recall, Jorge looks back across the years, explaining how as part of the Core Four alongside Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera he helped to reestablish the Yankees as a dynasty and win five World Series. Going beyond his all-star career, Jorge also shares his life in full for the first time, examining how his remarkable journey to the big leagues began in the most unexpected of ways. Digging into his cultural roots in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, Jorge illuminates three generations of cherished father-son relationships that have made him the man he is today. At the center is the deep bond he shares with his father and namesake, Jorge Sr, who escaped Cuba and would eventually mold his son to be a ball player, honing his talent and instilling in him the drive necessary to fulfill his childhood dream of playing in the Bronx. Complete with sixteen pages of color photographs, this touching and earnest memoir is a testament to hard work and a celebration of the generational gift of baseball between fathers and sons. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Signed Book, Jorge Posada, New York Yankees http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407374.html A CIVIL WAR BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY By Roger D. Hunt. Published by McFarland Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2011, soft covers, 7 x 10, 216 pages, bibliography, index, illustrated and acknowledgements. Brand new condition. An invaluable reference source that was compiled by one of the top photographic historians in the country, my old Gettysburg friend, and colleague, Mr. Roger D. Hunt. This superb book done documents the lives of Union army colonels through the use of biographical sketches, known photographs and engravings many of which are being published for the first time An indispensable reference work on Union regimental commanders from these specific states of the Union that should be on the shelf of every Union Civil War collector. This biographical dictionary documents the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Entries are arranged first by state and then by regiment, and provide a biographical sketch of each colonel focusing on his Civil War service. Many of the colonels covered herein never rose above rank of colonel, failing to gain promotion to brigadier general or brevet brigadier general during the Civil War, and have therefore received very little scholarly attention prior to this work. quot;Hunt's work sets a fine example for serious researchers to follow, a definitive biographical dictionary of many of the lesser known but important leaders of the Civil War. quot; Source: Civil War News An extremely valuable addition to Civil War literature, this very useful work is bound to be of interest to historians and Civil War enthusiasts alike. Pictured on the front cover counter clockwise from the top are: Horace Park, Colonel 1st Ohio Infantry; Norval E, Welch, Michigan Infantry, KIA, and James H. Dayton, 4th West Virginia Infantry. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Colonels in Blue; Michigan, Ohio West Virginia http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3924407347.html The Untold Story Of Mal Evans The Beatles Roadie, Personal Assistant and Devoted Friend By Kenneth Womack with use of the Mal Evans journal and archives courtesy of the Evans children. Published by Harper Collins, 195 Broadway, New York, 2023, First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket which features a photograph of Paul McCartney and Mal Evans which was taken in front of his Hillside Road home, Allerton, Liverpool. 580 pages, index, profusely illustrated. Light wear. Very fine. Very desirable. A must have for any serious Beatles library. Beatles fans all over the world have been waiting a very long time for the memoirs and first hand accounts of Mal Evans to be published. This is the first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles beloved friend, confidant, and roadie. Malcolm Evans, the Beatles long-time roadie, personal assistant, and close personal friend, was an invaluable member of the band s inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling mightily to protect his beloved quot;boys. quot; He was there for the whole of the group s remarkable, unparalleled story: from the Shea Stadium triumph through the creation of the timeless cover art for Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the famous Let It Be rooftop concert. Leaving a stable job as tele-communications engineer to serve as road manager for this fledgling band, Mal was the odd man out from the start older, married with children, and without any music business experience. And yet he threw himself headlong into their world, traveling across the globe and making himself indispensable. In the years after the Beatles disbandment, quot;Big Mal quot; continued in their employ as each embarked upon solo careers. By 1974, he was determined to make his name as a songwriter and record producer, setting off for a new life in Los Angeles, where he penned his memoirs. But in January 1976, on the verge of sharing his book with the world, Evans s story came to a tragic end during a domestic standoff with the LAPD. For Beatles devotes, Mal s life and untimely death have always been shrouded in mystery. For decades, his diaries, manuscripts, and vast collection of memorabilia was missing, seemingly lost forever until now. Working with full access to Mal s unpublished archives and having conducted hundreds of new interviews, Beatles scholar and author Kenneth Womack affords readers with a full telling of Mal s unknown story at the heart of the Beatles legend. Lavishly illustrated with unseen photos and ephemera from Mal s archives, Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans is the missing puzzle piece in the Fab Four s incredible story. MAL EVANS : Born on May 27, 1935, in Liverpool, England. He was shot to death by the Los Angeles Police Department, on January 4, 1976, at 40 years old, the same age John Lennon was when he was murdered in New York City, on December 8, 1980. Mal Evans was involved in what was termed a domestic dispute with his new girlfriend Fran Hughes, and he was tragically shot to death by the LAPD. Evans was very depressed and despondent and confused from being separated from his wife and two children in England, which came to a head when she asked him for a divorce just before Christmas. Evans was confused and incoherent from taking a heavy dose of Valium when 4 L.A. police officers arrived at his rented apartment. Mal had gone upstairs and grabbed a Winchester rifle, and when the police ordered him to drop it he pointed it at them. The officers repeatedly told Evans to put down the weapon but Evans refused, and 3 of the officers fired on him killing him instantly. Ironically he previously had been awarded the badge of quot;Honorary Sheriff of Los Angeles County quot; and met with a horrible ending for a man who was beloved by the four Beatles and their fans, and generally had a mild mannered disposition. It has been argued by historians that his death was a suicide by cop, as Evans had written a will the night before. Mal first met The Beatles when he worked part-time as a bouncer at the Cavern Club. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, later hired Evans as the group's assistant roadie, and over time, he became a constant companion to the group, being present on all of their tours, and after the Beatles stopped touring in 1966, at nearly all of their recording sessions. A constant presence in their inner circle, the Beatles occasionally used Evans as an extra musician; and he made many often uncredited contributions on most Beatles albums from Rubber Soul 1965 onwards. During the final years of the group, and continuing after their break-up in 1970, Evans worked as a record producer and continued to work with the individual Beatles on their solo projects. As a producer, his biggest hit was with the Badfinger top 10 hit quot;No Matter What. quot; www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Living The Beatles Legend