I am auctioning off a huge chunk of my Angels memorabilia collection to raise money for the Jon Wilhite Recovery Fund. There are three auctions, each ending Wednesday, September 16.
Angels Shirts, Caps and Bobbleheads
Angels Baseball Cards, Books, Magazines and more
Angels Recent and Vintage Jersey Collection
This has been a summer-long project of cleaning out the garage and finding everything. Some of this stuff I have carted around for over 30-years. So here is the litany: We have a great community here at Halos Heaven and we can spend our time bragging and getting people to sing our praises about being Number One OR we can spend our time taking positive action. Actions speak louder than words. As a community, let's come together to put tangible money into the Jon Wilhite Recovery Fund.
What can you do? You can bid on these items. You can make sure that every Angels fan that you personally know KNOWS about these three auctions. And you can consider sending a donation yourself (LINK: John Wilhite Recovery Fund info). The destiny of every Angels fan will be to meet Gene Autry in the sky. Doing something good now will give you something to tell the Cowboy and make him smile and ask your name (if you are a cynic, your post-fairy-tale puking may now commence).
If you are visiting Halos Heaven from another online community, perhaps you can go back there and ask if the glory that is created there might be re-directed toward helping others. You can join me in my garage now for a sneak preview...
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Great idea
My collection would look something like that, if my brother wasn’t a thief … and I were 10 years older.
Any chance those pills end up for sale?
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - September 8, 2009
Naturally this is a good thing
But my first thought when I saw those jerseys was “The Rev’s either crazy or dying.”
Zoe Necrosis - September 8, 2009
lol...
yeah…props to Rev…I dunno if I could part with some of this stuff.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - September 8, 2009
Well you could always add to your collection...
the prices on everything are still ridiculously low.
BruinHalo - September 8, 2009
ironically...
i dropped some bones on a vintage angel hat but yesterday. bummer city…
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - September 8, 2009
Rev,
I noticed that the card collection and the jersey collection both show the same picture of a collection of cards. Unless the same person wins both bids, it might be difficult to share that set of cards.
Just thought you might want to know.
rmhalofan - September 8, 2009
GRAB BAGS
those are the three grab bags described at the end of each auction.
Rev Halofan - September 8, 2009
Is that hat the one your wearing in your college ID?
You posted a photo of that awhile back…
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - September 8, 2009
no
the ID hat suffered a much crueler fate.
Rev Halofan - September 8, 2009
Story! Story!
Clutch - September 8, 2009
Can you throw in a Shepard Fairey or two?
PieceOfAase - September 8, 2009
…wait’ll the documentary on him comes out next year…
Rev Halofan - September 8, 2009
If I win some of this stuff...
It’s going to be the best Christmas ever for my friends and family.
BruinHalo - September 8, 2009
sweet idea
I just wish some were available individually to bid on. cuz I’m picky like that and my wallet limits a bit. you might even get a bit more for some of the really nice items by themselves. but don’t get me wrong, it’s still a great idea and cause. so whatever works…
Brian S (brianguy) - September 8, 2009
#36?
I may feel like an idiot once I figure this out, but my excuse is it was way before my time as an Angels fan.
We know it’s not Weaver, but who was the #36 ’80s jersey of (yes I can grasp the fact it was perhaps just a random number that was acquired or slapped on somehow).
Hmmm, I suppose a guess is in order before I attempt to look it up and make a final guess. I’m goin Bryan Harvey?
Brian S (brianguy) - September 8, 2009
not much help
hmmm…
1980: Dan Whitmer
1983, 84: Steve Brown
1985: Bob Kipper and Pat Keedy
1986, 87: Gary Lucas
1988, 89: Sherman Corbett
1990: Sherman Corbett and Mark Clear
1991: Fernando Valenzuela(!) and Chris Beasley
nobody listed for ‘81 or ’82. so… I’ll just guess it’s “Steve Brown” and leave it at that.
Brian S (brianguy) - September 8, 2009
um........OT here
but whats with the Inside the NFL background?
norcaliangelsfan - September 8, 2009
Paid Ad
SBN raking it in.
Rev Halofan - September 8, 2009
Thats what I thought.......
thats awesome……..
Back on topic……
Quite the collection you have there……..I wish I could afford some of it…..lol
norcaliangelsfan - September 8, 2009
Except, IIRC, the one guy carrying the football helmet is the one guy who never played.
JB was a basketball player.
Stirrups - September 8, 2009
now it's...
“NFL Red Zone " – whatever that is – “every touchdown, from every game”.
gee, can you tell football season is upon us? sarcasm
Brian S (brianguy) - September 9, 2009
what shocked me most
was how much advertising dollars were spent in football related product than in baseball related product. boooo
Rev Halofan - September 9, 2009
hey rev
your sitemeter is recording visits from a private moderators only forum at angelswin you can bet they are plotting to sabotage you. http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=sm3halosheaven&v=3070&r=9&vlr=11&pg=281&d=98
jockoautry - September 8, 2009
Angle Swin
pleez stop teh bloodshed :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
clover_black - September 8, 2009
and to any angelswin people: this is for JON, so play nice
ladybug - September 8, 2009
OR ELSE
ladybug - September 8, 2009
caught with their pants down
I’m sure Mark Whicker prefers Angelswin, and for me, that’s reason enough to not post there. Well that, and the copious amount of racism in just about every thread. Funny though, they sure censor the crap out of opinions about Angels management and media.
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - September 8, 2009
Maybe they were debating getting involved in this in some way or letting their members know. We don’t know why they came over, so let’s not make any rush judgments.
firebird81 - September 8, 2009
+1
Downing Rules - September 9, 2009
the silence
is deafening!
Rev Halofan - September 9, 2009
Looks like they're going to ignore this.
Maybe someone who’s friendly with both sites could post something on their message board to let people know about the auction and the cause…at least until it get deleted on their site.
WiHaloFan - September 9, 2009
FYI to Rev
On my laptop:
When using Firefox, your embedded video ont eh home page overruns the center region and obscures the fanshots to the right.
When using IE, the fanshots cut off the embedded video at the border, and only about 60% of the video is displayed.
Dunno how widespread this is. Mebbe it is my computer alone. But if not, those video posts need some work.
Stirrups - September 8, 2009
Nope
It’s happening on my desktop also
Seik1177 - September 8, 2009
I will shrink
it
Rev Halofan - September 8, 2009
are you using the WIDE option?
it’s fine on my new-used laptop
ladybug - September 8, 2009
Same for me
Clutch - September 8, 2009
Rev
did you have this stuff displayed in your house, or all boxed up in the shed?
eyespy - September 8, 2009
over the years
I have had my “Angels corner,” had an Angels poker room that was pretty awesome (or terrible depending on your design aesthetics) where Cupie once lost his life savings on the first hand to Old Man Solerna sucking a straight out on the river.
But for the past few years this stuff has all been in boxes. I consolidated all my storage to one garage and have been gleaning away for 5 months now.
Rev Halofan - September 8, 2009
cheers rev
i would say this puts you in he front of people that are doing what they can to help this family out. despite any differences that their may be on this board, it is clear that this is a noble move that should be the type of content media should report on. sadly, it wont. but i digress. your effort is exemplary. i hope this is a massive success.
TheAngelsAngels - September 10, 2009
Sam Miller made it his lead item
in the OCR Angels blog this morning. Word is out there. Thanks !
Rev Halofan - September 10, 2009
I wish you had broken those jerseys into smaller lots, Rev. I’d have loved to get my hands on that “ANAHEIM” road jersey….its kinda my white whale.
HaloDutch - September 10, 2009
it's not
the only one that will ever come up on eBay again. set up some favorites on there.
Brian S (brianguy) - September 10, 2009
Media Guides
Looking at the media guides brings back lots of memories. I couldn’t wait for my guide to arrive and I read each of them about 20 times and luckily still have them.
tanana40 - September 10, 2009
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