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William Heffelfinger Cabinet Photo?
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I went out antique shopping this weekend and I picked up this cabinet as a gamble. I bought it because it said Pach Bros on the bottom, and I knew they photographed college football and major league baseball at the turn of the century. For 3.00, I figured it was worth a gamble. The name penciled on the back rang a bell with me, but it might be because it was such an odd name (and not that I had heard it before). I took it home and searched Pach bros online. Of course, I found many common person photos and put it aside. Last night, I decided to search the name penciled on the back. It appeared to me to be Heffelpinger and as I was typing it into Google, Heffelfinger popped up. It appears he is considered the first ever professional football player. He was also a college coach for a number of years. Is this a photo of William Heffelfinger? I have attached a regular scan (at 200 dpi) and a larger scan in the next post (600 dpi). Below is a link to an image of Heffelfinger on Wikipedia. Any thoughts as to whether this is him? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heffelfinger Thanks in advance, Alan |
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That's him.
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I agree. Not that you needed additional help. Pudge was from Minneapolis and is highly collected for early football collectors. Really nice early item from the prime of his life. Good score. Jason
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Great find, Alan. Your instincts served you well. I've spent countless time sifting thru stacks of common cabinets at antique shops and rarely find anything nearly that nice. That's a gem - I imagine it is highly deseriable and valuable.
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Agreed...I almost never do it any longer because I never find anything. It's nice to see that it still happens.
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Nice score!! I recently assessed a sports memorabilia/card collection for a divorce for a guy named Heffelfinger...it turned out to be Pudge Heffelfinger's great, great grandson.
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Thank you Mark! I really appreciate your knowledge on photo matching and am trying to learn from your articles and posts. I tried to do my own comparisons and thought it was him but it is great to have the expert confirm it.
Thanks Dan! On my way home, I was wondering why I bought it. I normally do not go looking through large groups of cabinet photos at antique shops but there was nothing else good to look at otherwise at this shop. Did his grandson have any of William's items? It would be amazing to have the pay stub from 1892. Alan |
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Congrats!!
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Well done Alan!!
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Thank you again everyone! I really appreciate everyone's comments and help.
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