Aaron Henkelman
@vohnhenk.bsky.social
Art, music, baseball, stuff. Collector. Creator. Central Illinois and Southwest Michigan.
A couple of players with connections to Bloomington, IL…Clark Griffith and Fred Beck.
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A couple of players with connections to Bloomington, IL…Clark Griffith and Fred Beck.
2/2 1932 PSA authenticated ball used as reference
September 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
2/2 1932 PSA authenticated ball used as reference
Here are the 7 I’m feeling good about. These 7 together narrow it down to the 1930-1932 NY Giants. Posting the PSA DNA authenticated ball that I’m using to compare the signatures. I’m still not certain about whether Lindstrom is on the bottom of the panel or in another spot. Still looking! 1/2
September 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Here are the 7 I’m feeling good about. These 7 together narrow it down to the 1930-1932 NY Giants. Posting the PSA DNA authenticated ball that I’m using to compare the signatures. I’m still not certain about whether Lindstrom is on the bottom of the panel or in another spot. Still looking! 1/2
I think he has Chick Fullis! NYG 1928-32.
September 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I think he has Chick Fullis! NYG 1928-32.
Could be! Here is his sig on a 1932 team ball…
Thank you!
Thank you!
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Could be! Here is his sig on a 1932 team ball…
Thank you!
Thank you!
Any other thoughts?
September 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Any other thoughts?
Some other pics. Mike told me it has lived in a SOCK for decades. It’s now in a cube. I’m feeling good about Fred Fitzsimmons and Carl Hubbell. I think I see a Bob O’Farrell on there too (I know his sig a little from my Bloomington Bloomers research). Def NY Giants. Hubbell’s rookie year was ‘28.
September 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some other pics. Mike told me it has lived in a SOCK for decades. It’s now in a cube. I’m feeling good about Fred Fitzsimmons and Carl Hubbell. I think I see a Bob O’Farrell on there too (I know his sig a little from my Bloomington Bloomers research). Def NY Giants. Hubbell’s rookie year was ‘28.
I think you’re right with the 25 Giants. Pretty sure this is an early Hubbell signature! I’ll send more images this evening. Thank you!
September 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I think you’re right with the 25 Giants. Pretty sure this is an early Hubbell signature! I’ll send more images this evening. Thank you!
I’m trying to figure out whose signatures are on this ball. I believe one is Fred Fitzsimmons - he played from the 20s to 40s & had a heck of a career. Anyone out there have any ideas on the other sigs? www.baseball-reference.com/register/pla... @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @sabrpictorial.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I’m trying to figure out whose signatures are on this ball. I believe one is Fred Fitzsimmons - he played from the 20s to 40s & had a heck of a career. Anyone out there have any ideas on the other sigs? www.baseball-reference.com/register/pla... @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @sabrpictorial.bsky.social
ChatGPT efforts to remove the netting. Distorted the figures - twisted and ghostly.
June 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ChatGPT efforts to remove the netting. Distorted the figures - twisted and ghostly.
Anyone know if there is a way to have the net removed from this image of Sey’s first homerun? I’d love to get a print made of it…thank you.
June 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Anyone know if there is a way to have the net removed from this image of Sey’s first homerun? I’d love to get a print made of it…thank you.
Grandson hit his first home run tonight! He texted, “I knew it was gone.”
June 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Grandson hit his first home run tonight! He texted, “I knew it was gone.”
I was checking out one of my Hank coins last night!
June 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I was checking out one of my Hank coins last night!
Love this early RPPC of a baseball game I picked up at an antique show today. Saw it last year and didn’t buy it…I was over the moon the vendor still had it today. The ball is on the way…the ump behind the pitcher. The pitcher’s follow-thru. The fielders. The batter and how he’s holding the bat.
May 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Love this early RPPC of a baseball game I picked up at an antique show today. Saw it last year and didn’t buy it…I was over the moon the vendor still had it today. The ball is on the way…the ump behind the pitcher. The pitcher’s follow-thru. The fielders. The batter and how he’s holding the bat.
Thursday Hail brings Friday Dust Storms.
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thursday Hail brings Friday Dust Storms.
Repetitions - University Galleries at Illinois State University. A couple of images from the show. Works culled from the Galleries’ permanent collection. Up through the Summer.
May 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Repetitions - University Galleries at Illinois State University. A couple of images from the show. Works culled from the Galleries’ permanent collection. Up through the Summer.
Saturday evening. Dewey Lake, MI.
May 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Saturday evening. Dewey Lake, MI.
It was in the air with Charles Rumback at Reverberation Vinyl in Bloomington, IL last night.
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It was in the air with Charles Rumback at Reverberation Vinyl in Bloomington, IL last night.
Jackie Robinson Day - grateful for him and all the folks who integrated baseball.
April 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Jackie Robinson Day - grateful for him and all the folks who integrated baseball.
One of my recent pick-ups. Type 1 of Herman Schwartje (spelled “Schwartze” on the back). He threw a perfect game for our hometown Bloomington Bloomers in 1925. Great to see the shot of him at old Fans Field. Check the folks in the background! 1/2
April 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
One of my recent pick-ups. Type 1 of Herman Schwartje (spelled “Schwartze” on the back). He threw a perfect game for our hometown Bloomington Bloomers in 1925. Great to see the shot of him at old Fans Field. Check the folks in the background! 1/2
1951 team-issued photo of Luke Easter. Great shot! Sending another Easter Egg to the stands.
March 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
1951 team-issued photo of Luke Easter. Great shot! Sending another Easter Egg to the stands.
Mom always told me I was named after Hank Aaron. I started collecting his cards in 1984. I remember getting my ‘72 Topps Hank for $7.50 at Sports Vendor back in Tilton, IL. Been picking up his cards here and there for years. This just arrived!
March 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Mom always told me I was named after Hank Aaron. I started collecting his cards in 1984. I remember getting my ‘72 Topps Hank for $7.50 at Sports Vendor back in Tilton, IL. Been picking up his cards here and there for years. This just arrived!
This small stack measures 5 in. high and 3 1/2 in. in diameter. Great condition. Purchased directly from the artist c. 1995. She is a fascinating, vastly under-appreciated artist.
March 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This small stack measures 5 in. high and 3 1/2 in. in diameter. Great condition. Purchased directly from the artist c. 1995. She is a fascinating, vastly under-appreciated artist.