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Originally Posted by ethicsprof
Your photos are great. Congratulations!
My collection of baseball cards,packs and photos until very recently has been limited
to the years 1900-39. I have found myself wanting to pick up one example of some of the key post-war photographers and have had some of the difficulty you have indicated in your post. As you know, I picked up quite a beauty
by Emmons of Brock (thanks to you!!!). I have also picked up a Dorrill photo of the
44 Yankees; a 42 Stein photo of Herman Franks; a late 50s Wingfield photo
of Bobby Morgan. Finding an original has been much tougher than I anticipated
but am pleased with what I've acquired thus far.
I am thinking, as suggested above, that there will be a day in the distant future when we'll see many more available---perhaps akin to all the recent auctions of the Conlon pieces.
all the best in your quest,
barry
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Thanks Barry, I have a Stein and Dorrill as well and both were tough to come by. The photogoraphers I mentioned initially Looss Jr, McDonough, and Modra were employed by Sports Illustrated. Looss has 300 SI covers to his credit. He sells prints (Koufax for $2000-$4000)
http://walteriooss.com/portfolios/8. Ron Modra has 70 SI covers much of his work there appears to be primarily related to baseball. He published a very cool book featuring his baseball photography. It is titled Reflections of the Game. John W. McDonough still shoots for SI. Below I pasted one of his recent photos. I love his use of color unfortunately the only original I have is the B&W Rickey Henderson. Ken Regan
http://www.kenregan.com/#/portfolio seems to have been published in virtually every major periodical. Most of his originals that are in the hobby seem to have been released by his own photo agency Camera 5. Halsman
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/halsman/index.htm is famous for his work in Life magazine. It appears that the image of Reggie was his only baseball subject. I found one other example of the Jackson photo I posted in a gallery and the asking price was $450. That's certainly not as painful as a Looss but still a bit excessive in my opinion. Neil Leifer and Arthur Rickerby are also incredible. Their work is scare and far out of my income bracket. I hope you, DRC, and the Cat's PJs are correct in predicting that the work of these modern artists will become more readily available/affordable in the future.