RMY Auctions May Collectors Auction Closes Tonight (4-15)

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

That Van Oeyen Medwick went to me. I really liked the image and kept going back and forth on if I was wanting to go higher.

So it WAS you who bumped me. Well, if you have a change of heart at some point, keep me in mind.

I'm curious why the big boys let me have that Walter Johnson so cheap - it's the image used for the cover of Henry Thomas' Johnson biography and also in this ill-advised Topps card, plus he apparently liked to use it for signing (I found a Legendary version, as well as a Sotheby's/SCP). Not sure who the photographer is - looks Conlon-ish, but given the NEA backstamp, possibly Van Oeyen.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

So it WAS you who bumped me. Well, if you have a change of heart at some point, keep me in mind.

I'm curious why the big boys let me have that Walter Johnson so cheap - it's the image used for the cover of Henry Thomas' Johnson biography and also in this Topps card. Not sure who the photographer is - looks Conlon-ish, but given the NEA backstamp, possibly Van Oeyen.

I am not a big boy, but I did bump this one as well. In the end the quality of the photo made me not want to go higher (the image was nice but the photo looked like it got wet at one point). I am too new to photos to know if it could have been worth it in the long run.

There was a rookie image of a HOFer I won in a previous auction that was used for a baseball card (albeit obscure card) and got it less than $100. So when I find myself paying more than $100 for an image I find myself hesitant (wondering if maybe it isn't as rare or nice as I thought).

[Runscott]

Not wet - silvering and light crop marks. There is a spot behind his head that looks a little funny, but if you compare to other prints of the same image, it looks like it was the way the photo was developed. I've watched a friend work the shadowing on negatives I provided, getting similar improved results (on the others, not mine).

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Not wet - silvering and light crop marks. There is a spot behind his head that looks a little funny, but if you compare to other prints of the same image, it looks like it was the way the photo was developed. I've watched a friend work the shadowing on negatives I provided, getting similar improved results (on the others, not mine).

It was that little shadow and the back waviness in the paper that made me think that. That is where my ignorance comes in. You have dealt with these images a lot more than myself. That cut corner also bothered me, maybe it shouldn't but it did (not enough to no want it, just enough to call it quits when I did).

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

It was that little shadow and the back waviness in the paper that made me think that. That is where my ignorance comes in. You have dealt with these images a lot more than myself. That cut corner also bothered me, maybe it shouldn't but it did (not enough to no want it, just enough to call it quits when I did).

I don't mind the cut off dark corners so much - rather than mat them out, I can create a filler piece to tape to the mat. This photo will probably be the one I frame with my Johnson autograph. I have a bunch of Johnson photos, but was looking for a large one that was just right. The fact that Johnson himself liked to use the image for signings (I've found three now) influenced me as well.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I don't mind the cut off dark corners so much - rather than mat them out, I can create a filler piece to tape to the mat. This photo will probably be the one I frame with my Johnson autograph. I have a bunch of Johnson photos, but was looking for a large one that was just right. The fact that Johnson himself liked to use the image for signings (I've found three now) influenced me as well.

I will say that him not being a Cardinal may have swayed me away as well. I will be looking for a Walter Johnson in the future though.


So did anyone else get something last night? I really liked the Mel Ott photo doing autographs, but it soared very quickly to a price that astonished me and was way outside my current photo budget (most money still goes toward cardboard).