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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Today is #BirdsGiveBack to raise money for causes at IL State University. Our fund is featured & we’re trying reach 25 donors! Please conisider a gift of any amount! birdsgiveback.illinoisstate.edu/campaigns/lo... The Lori Baum & Aaron Henkelman University Galleries Fund helps pay for:

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

A couple of players with connections to Bloomington, IL…Clark Griffith and Fred Beck.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

2/2 1932 PSA authenticated ball used as reference

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I think he has Chick Fullis! NYG 1928-32.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Could be! Here is his sig on a 1932 team ball… Thank you!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

ChatGPT efforts to remove the netting. Distorted the figures - twisted and ghostly.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Grandson hit his first home run tonight! He texted, “I knew it was gone.”

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I was checking out one of my Hank coins last night!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thursday Hail brings Friday Dust Storms.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Saturday evening. Dewey Lake, MI.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

It was in the air with Charles Rumback at Reverberation Vinyl in Bloomington, IL last night.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Jackie Robinson Day - grateful for him and all the folks who integrated baseball.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

1951 team-issued photo of Luke Easter. Great shot! Sending another Easter Egg to the stands.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Anyone have ideas about the CAC? The names on the back look like “ XI Sgt Snyder 3rd base” and “XO Pvt Parker catcher.” Thinking a military team. Maybe 1910-15. Thanks!@sabrbbcards.bsky.social @billpearch.bsky.social

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The Doby Exhibits (upper-right) is a photo of him while on the Newark Eagles when we was playing in the Negro Leagues…

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Love the Luke Easter! Here are some of my Exhibits. Picked up Jackie this weekend in Shipshewana, IN.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Picked up my first Jackie today! Love Exhibits, and Jackie’s is one of my favorites! Cutting the corner of the bag. Rounded corners and a pinhole-just how I like it!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Today is #BirdsGiveBack and we’re hoping you can pitch in any amount to help fund Lori’s and my fund through University Galleries at Illinois State University. We’re lucky and grateful to work with University Galleries to help fund field trips to the Galleries and Chicago…

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Fred Beck was a Bloomer for parts of 4 seasons. He went on to play parts of 5 seasons in the Majors. Found his T205 card and was thrilled to see his time in Bloomington in the Three-I League called out on the back! www.baseball-reference.com/register/pla...

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Happy Birthday! Picked up this ball at flea market in Allegan, MI last year!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

My cat cares not that I’m trying to identify players who played in the big leagues on this 1919 Joplin Miners team photo! The 2nd fella from the left in the back row is Fred Marks. He didn’t make it to the big leagues but spent 3 years on the Bloomers (1912-14) and 2 years on the Miners (1919-20)

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Snapshot of Boom Boom Beck from 1932. He was playing for the Memphis Chickasaws. He played for the Bloomers in 1925. Boom Boom had a long career in pro-ball, including stints with the Browns, Phillies, Tigers, Reds, and Pirates…

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Clark Griffith grew up in Bloomington and played for the Bloomington Reds in 1888. He went on to have Hall of Fame career as a player, manager, and owner. I love that his first paid game ($10!) was against Danville, IL-where I grew up! This is a 1910 Sweet Caporal pin. sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

1924 Type 1 of Heinie Sand from his days with the Phillies. He was a member of the Bloomington Bloomers in 1919. The text on the back refers to him being a part of a scandal - which involved an old teammate attempting to pay him $500… sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Type 1 photo of Neal “Mickey” Finn. Finn played for the Bloomington Bloomers in 1923. He played 3 years with Brooklyn before being traded to the Phillies in Dec 1932. He fell ill in June 1933 & passed away in July 1933 following surgery to repair a stomach ulcer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Finn

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

@spoart.bsky.social to go with your Doby!!! I want to get the Doby and the Irvin! Missed out on an Irvin on the @cardswithastory.bsky.social thread a few months ago over a few bucks! I should’ve just bought it!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A new piece related to ballplayers who passed through Bloomington, IL. This is a 1935-1937 George Burke stamp of Stan Klores. He played for the Bloomers in 1938. Lt. Stanley Klores was killed in action in Dec 1944 in the Pacific Theater. www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/biographies/...

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Monday morning. Dewey Lake - Dowagiac, MI.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Here’s his 45-46 Carmelo Deportivo card! One of my favorites!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Saturday. Lake Michigan. Grand Mere State Park, MI.

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Type 1 photo of George Blaeholder. He played for the Bloomington (IL) Bloomers in 1923 and went on to a nice MLB career-mostly with the STL Browns in the 20s and 30s. He is considered one of the fathers of the slider. sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

New project. Collecting pieces for players who played in Bloomington, IL or have a connection to Bloomington. Moriarty played for the Bloomington Blues in 1902. What a baseball career & life he led! Player, manager, ump, poet, songwriter, nice guy off the field, a beast on… sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Some of my other 46-47 Carmelo Deportivos. 43 - Manuel “Cocaina” Garcia 62 - Silvio Garcia 91 - Lloyd “Ducky” Davenport 93 - Ramón Bragaña 4 pretty good players!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I have that card! Will be in my next sub. Have a handful of the de Portivos!

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Aaron Henkelman @vohnhenk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

It’s Giving Tuesday! My wife and I worked with Illinois State University & University Galleries to set up a fund to help students & families experience art in-person by helping cover the costs of materials for creative workshops, by subsidizing travel to ISU and Chicago, and more…

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