RMY auction pickups

[71buc]

Scott that Feller compliments those items well. In an effort to contain myself I decided to go after one photo with any serious intent. I always seem to spread myself too thin in these extravaganzas by courting multiple beauties only to go home alone. I have no idea what time this party ended but I did place my winning bid around closing time (2:00AM PST) and woke up with a keeper and still had money left in my pocket

[Lordstan]

Mike,
Wow...5am EST!!!
It seems that your winning bid was probably the second to last bid in the auction. I can tell because in the search settings, one of the choices will list photos by most recent bid. Your photo shows up as the second most recent, so you must've been the second to last bid prior to it ending.

Damn! You west coast guys really have the advantage in auctions that end this way.

Great photos everyone. Congrats.

[Lordstan]

OK Here are my pickups. I don't collect as an investment, so I was more then pleased with the group of Gehrig's I came away with last night. I stayed away from the high dollar ones as none of them really had that special something that spoke to me.
I stayed up to almost 3am, but am very happy with the results.

1938 Lou ropes his teamates. Dickey, Gomez, Crosetti, and Knickerbocker


1936 Lou cools down at the fountain after the WS game


1936 WS coming out of the shower.


1933 with his future wife Eleanor


1929 Crossing home with the first HR of the season


1936 crossing the plate


1926 WS hook slide into third

[Kawika]

Some terrific photos in the RMY auction and some very strong prices to match. Four thousand bucks for the Conlon Matty. Oh my! Had a bookmark bid down on it but was blown out of the way early. Went 8 for 22, four baseball related, one football, the rest Americana. Auction looks to have ended right at 2am west coast time. Don't know if the clock counted down - I was distracted - or Rhys just pulled the plug but am glad it finally ended so I could rest up for the hockey game.
Am looking forward to the next RMY auction. Between it and Henry Yee I have switched gears a bit from collecting old cardboard and have picked up a lot of neat photos.

Dizzy Dean, an icon of my youth, letting 'er rip in 1936


The Men in Blue, Yankee Stadium, 1932 WS


Another icon of yesteryear, Giants QB Charley Conerly, 1950


Miss America contestants, 1926

[Scott Garner]

Dizzy Dean, an icon of my youth, letting 'er rip in 1936


David,
I really love this image of Dizzy Dean, although I did not bid on it.
Nice pickup!

The Conlon Matty is off the charts nice, but that really was a strong realized price!

[Forever Young]

I love the home run baker, cochrane rookie, DiMaggio, Lou and future wife ,feller and umpire photos. Great pickups fellas. I looked back and certainly some good photos that went cheap(deals to be had). The rookie scooter and rookie elston went for peanuts. I picked up the Ruth 700 hr. The image quality isn't the best but it certainly is historic and have only seen one other. I paid a lil more than I wanted but as I was just told by a fellow collector.. "We always do". And I guess that is pretty spot on! Ha!

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I love the home run baker, cochrane rookie, DiMaggio, Lou and future wife ,feller and umpire photos. Great pickups fellas. I looked back and certainly some good photos that went cheap(deals to be had). The rookie scooter and rookie elston went for peanuts. I picked up the Ruth 700 hr. The image quality isn't the best but it certainly is historic and have only seen one other. I paid a lil more than I wanted but as I was just told by a fellow collector.. "We always do". And I guess that is pretty spot on! Ha!

I was originally just looking at St. Louis related photos. Then I saw this one when looking through the rookie photos and really liked it. I was surprised that I was able to get it less than $100 (actually all three of my photos I got for less than $100 each. All the ones I was at over $100 for when I went to bed were out bid by the morning leaving me with nice little deals).

As the word "iconic" is being mentioned in another thread, I can say that this image isn't iconic. But it is a very nice photo from a mere month after his first MLB game.

[sporteq]

Who won this photo?! Contact me..plzz.. It went more than I expected.. i tried.



Congrats on the sweet auction.

albert

[perezfan]

I liked that one too (and was an under-bidder). It would look great framed, and would make an excellent conversation piece for whoever won it.

[sporteq]

Originally Posted by perezfan

I liked that one too (and was an under-bidder). It would look great framed, and would make an excellent conversation piece for whoever won it.

They're 3 parts to this image, Heads-Hands-Feet. I have the heads portion, I need the 2 other parts.

The search continues

albert

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Some terrific photos in the RMY auction and some very strong prices to match. Four thousand bucks for the Conlon Matty. Oh my! Had a bookmark bid down on it but was blown out of the way early. Went 8 for 22, four baseball related, one football, the rest Americana. Auction looks to have ended right at 2am west coast time. Don't know if the clock counted down - I was distracted - or Rhys just pulled the plug but am glad it finally ended so I could rest up for the hockey game.
Am looking forward to the next RMY auction. Between it and Henry Yee I have switched gears a bit from collecting old cardboard and have picked up a lot of neat photos.

Another icon of yesteryear, Giants QB Charley Conerly, 1950

I love the original photos from the old football cards - great pick-up!!!

Also love those contest beauties - nothing wrong with today's definition of 'beauty', but loved those Marilynesque women with a little meat on their bones.

[Runscott]

I went after a few Conlons and lost, and a few cabinets and ended up with just this one.

For anyone who was an underbidder on the Walter Johnson portrait, I have the same 1920's print (same press stamp, size, image quality) in lesser condition, for sale on my website at less than 1/2 the price it went for last night.

Here's the one item I won (happily) last night:

[Kawika]

Can't find the "Like" button.
Thanks, Scott. Penny just dropped that the Conerly image is indeed his '50 Bowman card. Thanks for pointing that out. Am partial to that set as it was my birth year.
Agreed on the the killer tomatoes of yesteryear. Lots of glamour and style that's missing today. My two cents adjusted for inflation.

Originally Posted by Runscott

I love the original photos from the old football cards - great pick-up!!!

Also love those contest beauties - nothing wrong with today's definition of 'beauty', but loved those Marilynesque women with a little meat on their bones.

[kdixon]

Picked up this Zach Wheat the day after he got his 2000th hit. Bid on a couple others that were over my head.

[wolterse]

Incredible pick ups! Another fantastic auction...well done by all.

[bobfreedman]

Mathewson and Koufax

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Scott that Feller compliments those items well. In an effort to contain myself I decided to go after one photo with any serious intent. I always seem to spread myself too thin in these extravaganzas by courting multiple beauties only to go home alone. I have no idea what time this party ended but I did place my winning bid around closing time (2:00AM PST) and woke up with a keeper and still had money left in my pocket

Thanks Mike. Nice Dimagg!