Ballpark Artifacts

[Chisox73]

Do any of you out there have anything related to a ballpark,past or present,like old seats,bricks from demolished parks,etc.?

Let us know what you have in your collection.

For me,I have a couple of bricks and a seat slat from Old Comiskey Park.

[The Mick]

I have some turf (1 section from the 1970's mat and 1 section from the early 1990's mat) from Three Rivers Stadium, and a set of the architectural AND construction blueprints from PNC Park.

[Utter Chaos]

A friend of mine got a vile of infield dirt from every stadium a couple of years ago. He's a teacher and used it as part of a lesson.

[126andy]

I have a piece of the wall from Yankee Stadium when they refurbushed it.

[Kaline#6]

I have one of the green wooden seats from old Tiger Stadium (or shall I call it Tiger Stadium Classic?). These were replaced by plastic, blue and orange seats in the late 70s. I am not sure how long my seat was in use in the old stadium.

My other stadium artifact is not from a baseball stadium, but is every bit as cool IMO. It is a framed piece of the artificial turf that was in University of Michigan Stadium (football) from 1969 to 1990, which included the entire 20 year tenure of Coach Bo Schembechler.

[Zito75]

I have a small piece of cement from the Kingdome when it was imploded back in 2000.

[DodgersFan1961]

Sad story: Went to Old Comiskey Park as new park was being built. Took a brick from the green base of the stadium--the guard saw me and gave me a Sox game schedule. I had the brick for some time and then lost it when we moved homes five years ago. Silly thing, I think of it often and makes me feel, well you know... (I still have the schedule and pictures however.

[julusnc]

A real estate agent in my home town has a pair of original seats from Ebbet's Field that he has afixed to his front porch.The owner of the seats is Don Thompson and he was a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950's.

Don told me once that his two best friends while he was playing in the minors and majors were Chuck Conners and Clem Labine.

[DodgersFan1961]

That's pretty cool, he must be 80 or older, right? I would give anything for one of those seats!

Thanks for the story.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

hello all. i have from the old comiskey park a brick a seat and a vendors uniform top. i also got a part of one of the yellow railings that were in the field box seat sections.i do happen to have also a brick from CHICAGO STADIUM and BOSTON GARDEN, OLYMPIA STADIUM in detroit. and some seats from the arenas take care all

[ballparks]

Seats: Cleveland Municipal, Exhibition (my personal season's ticket seats), Fulton-County, Three Rivers, Baltimore Memorial, Kingdome, Milwaukee County, Riverfront

Bricks: Cleveland Municipal, Comiskey, Exhibition, Baltimore Memorial, Milwaukee County, cement from Kingdome

Turf: Exhibition Staidum

Corn: Field of Dreams outfield wall

[bonfig1]

I have a pair of seats from Riverfront Stadium. My Dad had a brick from Crosley Field. He passed a way last month and I've been trying to find it.

[ADunn44]

Originally Posted by bonfig1

I have a pair of seats from Riverfront Stadium. My Dad had a brick from Crosley Field. He passed a way last month and I've been trying to find it.

is there any chance i have at getting any seats from Riverfront still

[Captain Cold Nose]

Originally Posted by ADunn44

is there any chance i have at getting any seats from Riverfront still

I have seen them on sale at Jungle Jim's, of all places. I believe there are a couple shops in the Montgomery area that have a few, if you believe Lance McCallister.

[tmorss9]

I have a cast iron "folding chair" that was used as an infield box seat at Tiger Stadium. The folks at Detroit Athletic company (who still have a few of them) say they were removed in 1977, but could be original to the park. I have seen seats like them in pics and video of the 1934 World Series.

[Bleacherbee]

Originally Posted by tmorss9

I have a cast iron "folding chair" that was used as an infield box seat at Tiger Stadium. The folks at Detroit Athletic company (who still have a few of them) say they were removed in 1977, but could be original to the park. I have seen seats like them in pics and video of the 1934 World Series.

Take a picture of it and I could let you know if its original (or replica enough to fool anybody )

[bonfig1]

Originally Posted by ADunn44

is there any chance i have at getting any seats from Riverfront still

They pop up on e-bay from time to time. You can also check out www.ballparkseats.com. I've never dealt with them but them seem to deal with seats from all old stadiums.

[The Commissioner]

I have a few fragments of rocks supposedly taken from Fulton County Stadium inside of a CD case. It was packaged in a bootleg CD I own called "The Day the Beatles Came to Town" which is a recording of their August 18, 1965 concert there. Part of why I originally bought the CD was to get the Fulton County rubble. I figure anything involving both Hank Aaron and the Beatles has to be cool.

[ADunn44]

Originally Posted by Captain Cold Nose

I have seen them on sale at Jungle Jim's, of all places. I believe there are a couple shops in the Montgomery area that have a few, if you believe Lance McCallister.

how much do you think an entire chair would run, with the stands, and fold down and the back

[Zito75]

Originally Posted by The Commissioner

I have a few fragments of rocks supposedly taken from Fulton County Stadium inside of a CD case. It was packaged in a bootleg CD I own called "The Day the Beatles Came to Town" which is a recording of their August 18, 1965 concert there. Part of why I originally bought the CD was to get the Fulton County rubble. I figure anything involving both Hank Aaron and the Beatles has to be cool.

Wow, that's pretty cool... Where did you find that?

[The Commissioner]

Originally Posted by Zito75

Wow, that's pretty cool... Where did you find that?

I picked it up about ten years ago from a dealer I saw an ad for in a Beatles fan club magazine.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Originally Posted by ADunn44

how much do you think an entire chair would run, with the stands, and fold down and the back

All I saw at Jungle Jim's were sets of four, with each as you have described, for $500. I've seen individual seats for about $100. I remember they had an auction shortly before they opened GAB, and it was a one-time deal, so a lot would have to be out there.

[DODGER DEB]

WE have a few seats from OUR Ebbets Field...which WE will never part with.

I am told that the price for one of OUR seats, if you could find an original one, has surpassed $2,000. No doubt this price will continue to rise, as time goes by.

I also have a few bags of "stuff" that WE collected in 1960 on the day that they started the demolition of OUR Ebbets Field. It is very hard to look at, knowing that this is all that remains of OUR once grand home.

OUR Centerfield Flagpole (which held OUR 1955 World Championship Banner) still exists infront of a church in Brooklyn. It was donated to this building (originally a VFW Hall) by the construction company who demolished OUR Ebbets Field. For the past year WE have been trying to "buy" it, and have it replanted in a historical area of Brooklyn, where it will proudly stand, forever. WE will succeed in doing this...eventually.

c.

[Chisox73]

I picked up another brick and a seat slat from Old Comiskey this morning at the White Sox Yard Sale at US Cellular Field.

[pesky6]

I posted this question here a long time ago and got no response. Figured that no one else here did. I've got seats from Foxboro Stadium, Fulton County Stadium (have several of these to trade), Memorial Stadium, Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Metropolitian Stadium in Minn., Riverfront Stadium (x2, would consider a trade), County Stadium in Milwaukee, Mile High Stadium (have extras of those as well), and Engel Stadium (minor league park).

I don't get into bricks too much. Just one from Fenway and that's it.

For you Chicago folks out there, I'm looking to add a free-standing seat from Comiskey Park if you know anyone who's got one to sell or trade.