Let's see your RMY Auction wins!

[Scott Garner]

I managed to pick up two cool ones that match my collection well:

1) Louis Van Oeyen Type I of HB Dutch Leonard in 1916
This is a perfect compliment to my 1916 Dutch Leonard no-hit game ball that I own.

2) An iconic 1940 photo taken of Bob Feller showing his fastball prowess in a speed test involving a Cleveland motorcycle cop racing past him at 80 MPH.
Feller was successful at throwing his fastball through a paper target well ahead of the motorcycle in the speed test. Not too scientific, but it was the only way to effectively measure speed back in 1940. Radar was still 34 years from being effectively used to measure the speed of a baseball. Interestingly, Feller threw his "fireball" fastball while wearing dress slacks and heavy dress shoes...

[billyb]

I could not pass up this photo of my childhood favorite ballplayer, Al Kaline. The pose is similar to photo on his rookie card, and one he has used on several other occasions. Photo taken on same day as Tigers announced his signing was over the top for me.
My second win was of George Kell, who was Tigers radio and TV broadcaster for some 35 years, and teamed with Kaline as TV broadcaster for 21 years. So obtaining these two early career photos of these two HOFers was for me, a devout Tiger fan, terrific.

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[Runscott]

Picked up a bunch of inexpensive pieces, including this Van Oeyen.

[Runscott]

...boring non-sports stuff removed

[gnaz01]

In military uniform dated 1918

[ngrow9]

I picked up this photo of six Federal League executives in 1914.

[TUM301]

Finally went to bed with about 7 bids holding up. Woke up winning the 1927 after baseball life Joe Jax picture, "the fix is on pic, a Walter Johnson family shot and because they`re my all time fav team, Orr down and Espo head shot. If this is the 1`st auction the next should be something to look forward too.

[Kawika]

Am real pleased with my winnings. Well run auction, Rhys.

Rookie Ott, 1927


Prince Oana, 1928


New Yanks manager Stengel, 1948


Red Horner, Reg Hamilton and Bucko McDonald, 1939

[Runscott]

David, you sure waited a long time to finally outbid me on that Ott I went to bed around 1:00 a.m. Eastern and it was still mine but I'm very happy with the stuff you left me

I can't wait to see what the 'big boy pants' vintage Yankee fans ended up with. Looking forward to hearing what others have to say about some of the high dollar pics.

[sayhey24]

David -- really like that rookie Ott -- in that photo he reminds me of the young Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams.

Greg

[Kawika]

Scott: Gotta be winners and penultimates. I don't get any pleasure sniping from the trenches as the clock tick downs but that's the nature of the game. I'm just across the waters in Victoria; I could barely keep my eyes open when Rhys thankfully pulled the plug on the auction around 1:30.

[bobfreedman]

I thought the Jackie Robinson playing football in 1938 was a great buy and find

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Scott: Gotta be winners and penultimates. I don't get any pleasure sniping from the trenches as the clock tick downs but that's the nature of the game. I'm just across the waters in Victoria; I could barely keep my eyes open when Rhys thankfully pulled the plug on the auction around 1:30.

I don't mind - I had my absolutely highest ceiling bids in when I finally crashed. Got everything on my 'want' list but a Walter Johnson, so I'm very pleased.

[Runscott]

....

[HRBAKER]

.400 Hitters Hornsby & Sisler & 1914 U&U A's Team Photo

[wolterse]

can't wait to get these up in the cave

[bgar3]

i know it is missing the mount, but i needed the farley rodgers. maybe rmy can say whose scrapebook it came from?

[Nashvol]

Another Babe Ruth item for my collection, showing monuments at Yankee Stadium and flag at half-mast the day after he died. His monument would soon join Miller Huggins' and Lou Gehrig's...

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

I thought the Jackie Robinson playing football in 1938 was a great buy and find

Nice photos All! Bob.. that TYPE 1 of Jackie carrying the ball for UCLA in 1938 is the BOMB.

WOLTERSE-I didn't realize that the toe is silient in 3 fingered brown. That image is so classic.

Scott G- I was underbidder on your van oeyen. GREAT SHOT and it belongs in your collection.

Skip- I love your pickup. I have a similae one and was going to pick up the Gehrig to go with it but forgot to put in abid before the clock struck.

David-Love teh rookie OTT.

Greg- The Matty is sweet. Congrats.

I won some photos. Below are a couple that I thought were cool to add to my rookie/pre-rookie collection.

1) Killer Hack with a killer stare from 1924. This is a pretty tough photo acually(rookie). He looks like a badass. Kinda like Runscott Hi Scott.. great pickups buddy.

2) 1954 Koufax the day he was given his signing bonus of 20k and prob the first time he wore his dodger blue/hat. They welcomed him with a "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" OOOpsies...HAHA-LOVE IT. ALSO.. this showcases how large Koufax's hands are. It is like he is holding a mini ball.
Although it is not the best Koufaxshot in the world, the content is as good as it gets and coupled
with my pre-first game 1955 rookie shot.... they are a pretty good Koufax one, two punch.

[RCMcKenzie]

About Croker..

http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/bl...oker_1878-1905

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I managed to pick up two cool ones that match my collection well:

1) Louis Van Oeyen Type I of HB Dutch Leonard in 1916
This is a perfect compliment to my 1916 Dutch Leonard no-hit game ball that I own.

2) An iconic 1940 photo taken of Bob Feller showing his fastball prowess in a speed test involving a Cleveland motorcycle cop racing past him at 80 MPH.
Feller was successful at throwing his fastball through a paper target well ahead of the motorcycle in the speed test. Not too scientific, but it was the only way to effectively measure speed back in 1940. Radar was still 34 years from being invented. Interestingly, Feller threw his "fireball" fastball while wearing dress slacks and heavy dress shoes...

Scott:

I know it may be deceiving or a parallax view, but it looks like Feller hadn't even released the ball yet- with the motorcycle already 1/4 - 1/3 of the way there.

Also.... I thought there was indeed a famous image in which Feller is shown pitching into a crude radar device. I will try to dig it up, but am guessing you already know what I'm referencing.

[perezfan]

This one...

[perezfan]

Check this out...

http://www.google.com/imgres?sa=X&bi...9,r:3,s:0,i:90

The Feller video starts at the :48 second mark. He did indeed give the motorcycle at least a 10 foot head start.

Also check out the crude (and obviously fake) Feller autograph on the Baseball at the very end. Looks just like a "Coach's Corner Special".

[bobfreedman]

Wolterse - I love the Three Fingers picture, especially that you can read "Federal League" on the ball.

Ben - I was in on the Koufax for a while, if you ever decide to part with it.... Very nice pickups overall.

I forgot to add this DiMaggio rookie that i won as well:

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Scott:

I know it may be deceiving or a parallax view, but it looks like Feller hadn't even released the ball yet- with the motorcycle already 1/4 - 1/3 of the way there.

Also.... I thought there was indeed a famous image in which Feller is shown pitching into a crude radar device. I will try to dig it up, but am guessing you already know what I'm referencing.

Mark,
I believe that the photo depicts reality. The motorcycle was traveling at 86 MPH, but Rapid Robert was later shown to throw his fastball over 98 MPH. The motorcycle could have a head start, but still lose the race, FWIW...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

This one...

Mark,

I own a different photo and ticket of this same speed test that occurred on 8/20/46 at Washington Senators depicted here.

The slug on my photo says that:
"The Army Ordinance Dept. brought it's Sky Screen Chronograph to Griffith Stadium in Washington August 20 (1946)to clock the speed of Bob Feller's fireball. The Chronograph, consisting of three boxes-- two containing photo electric cells, and the third, high speed computing mechanisms-- developed by the Army Ordinance Dept. to time the velocity of shells in the battlefield, and can do it accurately to 1/100,000th of a second"
Feller's fastball speed was confirmed to be 98.6 MPH.

Although radar was first invented in the mid-to-late 1930's it was crude.
It wasn't until many years later that it was refined enough to be used to effectively measure the speed of a fastball.

Ironically, on August 20th, 1974 (the 20th anniversary of Feller's speed test in Washington DC), aerospace company Rockwell International in Anaheim, CA used their refined version of the radar technology to effectively measure the speed of Nolan Ryan's fastball at Anaheim Stadium. Ryan's speed was clocked at 100.9 MPH which is still listed as the fastest pitch ever recorded in The Guinness Book of Sports Records. It's important to note that the way that Nolan was recorded uses a different standard of measurement than today's radar guns. Nolan was measured as his fastball passed through a beam at home plate.

It's my understanding that today's radar measurement is recorded 10 ft. after a pitch leaves a pitchers hand. FWIW, by today's measurement standard Nolan's heater on Aug. 20, 1974 would be 110.9 MPH and Feller would be about 108.9 MPH from his 1946 measurement...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Check this out...

http://www.google.com/imgres?sa=X&bi...9,r:3,s:0,i:90

The Feller video starts at the :48 second mark. He did indeed give the motorcycle at least a 10 foot head start.

Also check out the crude (and obviously fake) Feller autograph on the Baseball at the very end. Looks just like a "Coach's Corner Special".

Awesome! Thanks for the link, Mark. You can also see Feller destroy the Sky Screen Chronograph contraption with his 6th pitch on YouTube. Very cool!

[bcbgcbrcb]

I believe that this Newark Eagles photo of Larry Doby was the only true Negro League photo in the auction as the Satchel Paige item was from the Winter League season.

[npa589]

The "Three-Finger" Brown picture is incredible...somehow I missed that one in this incredible auction.

These are my first photo purchases, and also my first post on this side of the board. Incredible photos all!

Here are my wins, all Cubs-focused, so, in other words, the photos all have a context of failure within them, and I love it. Not too much to find on the contrary...
Anyone got any Cubs photos with 1907-1908 WS in mind?

[perezfan]

Scott:
Thanks for the great info and background on radar technology.

Nate:
I love the photo with the Tiger Mascot Batting. Is there any indication as to whether this is the 1935 or '45 World Series?

Here's one for you... Early 1908 version of the Cubs' Mascot (not from Rhys' auction, and not mine). I just thought you might like to see it

[npa589]

I love that photo! I believe I've seen it before. Boy, they've come a long way with mascot creation. That looks like a beaver!

Anyway, the mascot picture is from the 1935 Series. The photo was taken at Navin Field in Detroit, and the Cubs mascot is in the background, crouched down - waiting for his turn.

[cwazzy]

Won these and one other that I will not post as it is an embarrassing pickup for my stepmother. LOL

[billyb]

Is it just me, or does the umpire in the Tigers mascot suit photo, look like William Frawley, who played the roll as Fred Mertz on Lucille Ball show.
The reason I ask, is that a 1935 movie was released called "Alibi Ike" and Frawley was the manager of the Cubs in that movie.
I don't believe umpires wore hats with logos.

[Lordstan]

Well it was an interesting night to say the least.
This was the first auction in which I have participated in a significant way. I have bid on a single auction house item twice, but this time was it was overload.
My first impressions are that staying up till 3AM waiting for an auction to end and then going to bed not knowing if I was going to win anything Sucks! That being said, I understand why and don't want to debate the pros and cons of different auction styles in this thread. The auction seemed well run and in the end I am glad I participated.

When I went to bed I was winning 4 items. Much to my surprise, when I woke, I had won them all. I had a certain amount budgeted, which I stuck to and was able to come away with a few nice photos.

1928 WS action. I know they don't seem to garner the attention or big money, but I like action shots.



1928 Spring Training Swinging. I have a couple of others from ST of that year. It could be the same photographer on the same day as they have a very similar feel to them.



1928 Spring Training taking a picture of Art Fletcher. Same story as above.



My others from possibly the same day.




Last, but not least
1925 April Spring Training prior to his first year in the bigs.

[billyb]

Mark,
Great Gehrig photos.
I know what you mean, I was up till past 4am. Kept nodding out with laptop resting on my legs.

billyb

[Lordstan]

Thanks Billy.

I forgot to mention congrats to Rhys on the first of hopefully, many auctions. Between you and Henry, I have the opportunity to stay broke for quite a while.

David,
I love that Ott photo. If my budget had been bigger, I definitely would have been in on the bidding on that one as well. He was my dad's favorite player and every once in a while I pick up something Mel, kind of, in his memory. Congrats on a great pick up.

Scott,
Why did you take down Ruth and Hoppe? Both great photos. Congrats

Greg,
Wonderful Matty.

Ben,
Nice couple of pics for you. Kind of surprised, I figured you'd be all over the Jackson and at least one or two of the Ruths. Koufax had huge hands.

Bob,
Great selection of pick ups. I'm guessing you are a big Dodgers fan.

Eric,
That Brown photo was one of my favorites in the auction. Not in my collecting wheelhouse, but really spectacular.

Scott G,
Very nice Ruether.

Congrats to everyone else. Some great photo pickups.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Last, but not least
1925 April Spring Training prior to his first year in the bigs.

Ten years later: Ruth in spring training prior to his first full season - the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[h2oya311]

I loved the content of the inaugural RMY auction...not sure if Rhys will be able to top it as far as HOF rookie photos go though! I wish some of these items had been spread out over a few months...there was so much I wanted to bid on but couldn't as a result of limited funds.

Regardless, I picked up two items, the Ruppert Cabinet Photo and the 1939ish Barlick photo. I was the under-bidder on the Landis photo.

I'm super stoked though that I was able to get my #1 priority item from this auction - the 1901 Ruppert Cabinet, which pre-dated my current Ruppert "rookie" photo by 22 years:

[Il Padrino]

Looking to find out who won the Chic Harley football item. If anyone may know, please shoot me a message.

Thank you in advance. Dan

[npa589]

Good observation. I have a question for anyone who knows: Is there a known image that has the Cubs mascot up to bat? I think that would be pretty cool to put them together in a display, with the caption:

1935 World Series:
Cubs vs. Tigers (Cubs Lose Again)

Originally Posted by billyb

Is it just me, or does the umpire in the Tigers mascot suit photo, look like William Frawley, who played the roll as Fred Mertz on Lucille Ball show.
The reason I ask, is that a 1935 movie was released called "Alibi Ike" and Frawley was the manager of the Cubs in that movie.
I don't believe umpires wore hats with logos.

[perezfan]

Never seen an image of the Cub Mascot Batting (but there must be one out there...) Agree that is most likely Frawley.

Great Catch, billyb!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Very nice pick-ups, Derek.

[ramram]

I went for a basketball rarity. The 1925 Hillyard Shine Alls, national championship team. Includes Hall of Famer DeBernardi.

Rob M.

1925 Basketball - Hillyard Shine Alls.jpg

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Scott,
Why did you take down Ruth and Hoppe? Both great photos. Congrats

Thanks, most of my stuff was looking kind of boring - didn't want to be a thread plug.

[drcy]

I glanced though the catalog after the auction ended (after, all I was semi-conscious in the hospital during the auction) and noticed some of the high speed 'Edgerton' photos. In case anyone picked one up, Harold Edgerton is one of the most famous and important photographers in 20th century history. He was an M.I.T. electical engineering professor who invented ultra high speed photography. You know, those iconic images of a bullet piercing a playing card, a hummingbird wings in mid flap-- those are Edgerton's photos. Many to most of his photos were shot in his M.I.T. lab. His photos are ranked as both advanced scientific experiments and collectible works of art, and original examples are rare on the market.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by drcy

I glanced though the catalog after the auction ended (after, all I was semi-conscious in the hospital during the auction) and noticed some of the high speed 'Edgerton' photos. In case anyone picked one up, Harold Edgerton is one of the most famous and important photographers in 20th century history. He was an M.I.T. electical engineering professor who invented ultra high speed photography. You know, those iconic images of a bullet piercing a playing card, a hummingbird wings in mid flap-- those are Edgerton's photos. Many to most of his photos were shot in his M.I.T. lab. His photos are ranked as both advanced scientific experiments and collectible works of art, and original examples are rare on the market.

Damnit - I thought that was just feverish babble

[tcornett]

A bit late to the post, but attached are my 2 pickups.

Clemente and fellow sluggers from 1960, and Billy Southworth from 1919 pirates.

First time posting pics, so I hope they are OK!

Tim

[scooter729]

Has anyone received invoices for the auction yet? I don't want to miss out on paying but haven't seen how to do so yet.....

[tcornett]

I received an email this morning, more of a "Thank You to everyone" email, in it they mentioned that invoices will be sent early this week with detailed payment instructions.

Looking forward to paying the invoice to get the new items in my hands

Tim

[billyb]

I got the same thank you, that is all, but his first auction, he may be a little overwhelmed at the processing of all the final bids. I figured, if I don't hear from him by tomorrow, I will send an email.