A virtual tour of a framed Deadball Era collection

[T206Jim]

I have assembled a collection of Deadball Era cards and memorabilia over the last few years. My focus has been Chief Bender and items that lend themselves to display and I have recently framed my collection in vintage frames from that era. If I can't frame an item and display it, I generally don't collect it. My office walls are nearing the saturation point, so the pace of my acquisitions will necessarily slow and I will transition to more of an aficionado than an active collector.

I have never met any of you personally, and it is unlikely I ever will, but I have vicariously enjoyed many of your collections from afar. This is my effort to return the favor with a virtual tour of my eclectic Deadball collection that is more or less completed. I have posted a few of these in other threads, but never as a collection.

It all started with framing a few T206s.

Framed T206s.jpg

Highlights of my Chief Bender collection.

Chief Bender collection.jpg

A few postcard types

Deadball postcards.jpg

My favorite H.M. Taylor Tigers

H.M. Taylor postcards.jpg

1911 and 1913 Reach catalogs (The Bender/Crawford one is one of my favorite items period!)

1911 & 1913 Reach Catalogs.jpg

1913 Salesman swatch book pages

1913 salesman swatch page - 1912 World Series.jpg 1913 Salesman swatch A's.jpg

I'll break this into separate posts for uploading purposes.