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[71buc]

Adam I knew you had to have that Dempsey photo in your collection. It is my favorite boxing image. Craig those Mantles are incredible and I think your post is as close as a collector can come to showing off. Scott that Wagner still floors me. If it ever shows up missing you might want to check the left side of the state.

[Runscott]

Mike, that Wagner is good collecting karma finally coming back around. I owned the 1909 color Pittsburg supplement that hung in Wagner's office at Forbes Field. Like a moron, I sold it, and always regretted doing so. This photo is the finest Wagner portrait I have ever seen, and it hung in Wagner's home. It will be the second-to-last collectible that I sell (meaning I won't sell it).

[Frozen in Time]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Adam I knew you had to have that Dempsey photo in your collection. It is my favorite boxing image. Craig those Mantles are incredible and I think your post is as close as a collector can come to showing off. Scott that Wagner still floors me. If it ever shows up missing you might want to check the left side of the state.

Thanks Mike. Perhaps I misunderstood the point of this thread which I thought was to share a few photos from our collections that met the criteria you laid out. Posting 14 Photos of the Mick out of more then 2,500 that I have of him is hardly showing off. I don't really find your insipid comments entertaining and won't bother you with any more photos.

Craig

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Frozen in Time

Thanks Mike. Perhaps I misunderstood the point of this thread which I thought was to share a few photos from our collections that met the criteria you laid out. Posting 14 Photos of the Mick out of more then 2,500 that I have of him is hardly showing off. I don't really find your insipid comments entertaining and won't bother you with any more photos.

Craig

Craig I certainly didn't mean to sound insipid. I loved all of those Mantle images and was paying you a complement. Mae culpa if inadvertently offended you.

[bobfreedman]

Originally Posted by Frozen in Time

Thanks Mike. Perhaps I misunderstood the point of this thread which I thought was to share a few photos from our collections that met the criteria you laid out. Posting 14 Photos of the Mick out of more then 2,500 that I have of him is hardly showing off. I don't really find your insipid comments entertaining and won't bother you with any more photos.

Craig

Craig, I did not read anything offensive at all in Mike's comments. Ease up and enjoy the air. It is a good thread and do not kill it over something that is not there.. Here are a couple more for me:

[Frozen in Time]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Craig I certainly didn't mean to sound insipid. I loved all of those Mantle images and was paying you a complement. Mae culpa if inadvertently offended you.

[QUOTE=bobfreedman;1251195]Craig, I did not read anything offensive at all in Mike's comments. Ease up and enjoy the air. It is a good thread and do not kill it over something that is not there.. Here are a couple more for me:[/QUOTE

Mike and Bob,

I clearly misunderstood Mike's comments, for a variety of reasons which I just included in my PM to Mike and I sincerely apologize for overreacting and coming across as a jerk. This is not who I am and hope that I can be forgiven for my bad behavior.

All my best.

Craig

[71buc]

Craig, no worries, its all good. Now back to the show

[Frozen in Time]

A few more Mantles to hopefully make up for my earlier misunderstanding:

Feb 2, 1951 One of the earliest images of the Rookie in his pre-season workouts at Phoenix. Beaming with Joe D., notice that Mickey has written his name on the glove which was given to him by Frankie Crosseti during the two weeks he toured with the Yankees in the Fall of 1950. Type I photo by Wm. C. Greene.

1951 – Right field at YS. This Type I photo was taken a second or two before a photographer from another news agency shot the photo that forms the background for the 1956 Topps card (a Type III version of that photo appeared in the initial RMY auction).

A rare Type I photo of this famous image showing Mickey getting some air in Spring training as he prepares for the opening of 1952 season.

An early and rare photo of Mickey with Mel Allen. The focus gives the stadium a ghostly feel and provides a feeling of significance that the circumstances probably don’t warrant. In any case, a nice young image of the Mick.

1956 – Mickey about to unleash that magnificent power from the left side, Herbie Scharfman ready to capture it all, as usual and Ike in the stands watching his favorite ball player. The focal point for the photographer was Ike giving the “soft focus” image of Mickey an ethereal feel, which if you stare at it long enough provides an impression of movement.

1956 – My favorite on deck shot of Mickey, Type I with a telephoto lens by Arthur Rickerby – United Press.

1956 – Beautiful Type I portrait during his triple crown year – the mark is not on the photo but a scar on Mickey’s forehead.

1956 – Rare Kodachrome 35 mm transparency of Mickey batting from the right side at YS by noted SI and Pulitzer Prize sports photographer Arthur Daley.

Craig

[Scott Garner]

Here are a few more I'd like to share....

Two photos of Vandy meeting Babe Ruth for the first time prior to his 2nd consecutive no-hitter- Ebbets Field NY. The 2nd photo also features his teammate Paul Derringer that obviously is enjoying watching the whole scene. The Babe sat on the Cincinnati bench for the entire game and was the first to greet Vandy in the dugout following the game.

OT-Vander Meer expressed later in life that one of his greatest baseball thrills was getting the opportunity to meet, and become good friends, with his childhood hero Babe Ruth. After initially meeting, Vander Meer and Ruth, along with Babe's baseball roomie Harry Harper and Smoky Joe Wood,
hunted and fished many times from 1938 until Ruth's death in the 1947. Vander Meer, an avid sportsman, stated that Ruth's hunting skills were "unparalleled". He would allow Vandy, who Babe always referred to as "lefthander" (never by name-LOL), to take the first shot. Vandy would typically miss the target, but Ruth, by Vandy's account, virtually always brought the prey down with the follow up shot delivered by Babe and his trusty hunting rifle "Long Tom".

Several photos that were taken at the Vander Meer home in Midland Park, NJ with locals the day following his historic 2nd no-hit game. I believe that these were used in a magazine article, but I'm not sure which one. Whoever the photographer was IMHO had tremendous skill. Each one of these photos could have been painted by Norman Rockwell.

Original fan snapshot of the celebration on the field at Ebbetts following the 2nd no-hitter. I love this photo for many reasons...

2 photos of early Vandy by Mr. Conlon-1937 (right) and 1938 (left).

Enjoy!

[Lordstan]

Wow!!!
Some great pics every one.

Craig,
That Gallo Mantle has to be one of the finest baseball photographs ever. Despite that, my favorite of the ones posted is the one of him in the air going to throw. Something really s hits me about that one.
Also something you said strikes me as odd. If these great photos aren't your favorites, which ones are?


Scott F,
I do love that Ruth with his wife photo. Great image.
If the Wagner is the second to last collectible to go, What is the last to go?
Fantastic Leo the Lip photo. That one really does capture the essence of the man.

Bob,
My eyes keep getting drawn to the Drysdale. What great composition, with the ball out of focus coming right at us.

Scott G,
I love love love the pics of Vandy with the kids.

I'm sure I missed some, but everyone posted some great stuff.