Photos of the end of a player's career

[GKreindler]

AWESOME, Randall. Did you ever get the negatives scanned? Those Brearley ones are really wonderful, and there were plenty in the auction that went for soooooo little.

[mcgwirecom]

Thanks Graig, I actually sold the two in a different auction with the proper title (last at bat photos) I kept two prints I had made from the negatives.

Someday I hope to buy one of your paintings!

[MrSeven]

One plate appearance that day at Fenway in the first before being replaced. Didn't even play in the final game on Sunday. Such a melancholic piece but yet quite the auction find!

[mikejanesphotography]

Not vintage, but remember after this last pitch turning to the guy next to me saying he's retiring, he blew me off for that comment but Alomar walked into the dugout and left the game for good. It was an ugly at bat, next day (maybe two) he announced his retirement.

[mikejanesphotography]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

AWESOME, Randall. Did you ever get the negatives scanned? Those Brearley ones are really wonderful, and there were plenty in the auction that went for soooooo little.

I found out about that auction late, bought a ton of stragglers at the end, but looked at some of the prices for earlier amazing images and was amazed how little some of them went for. If only had known about it sooner...still kicking myself for not buying the JFK portion of the archive, found out the next day the entire presidential archive was in the basement of the WTC.

[GKreindler]

Randall, good stuff! Brearley used to sell photos of both of them in their catalogs, and like some of their other offerings, cropped them a bit differently than what was on the whole negatives. It's a shame too, as some of them uncropped were SO much better. And, I'm always around fi you want to talk about paintings!

Mike, what were some of the ones you ended up picking up? I'd love to hear.

[mikejanesphotography]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Mike, what were some of the ones you ended up picking up? I'd love to hear.

Lot of random stuff, pretty much could classify it as the leftovers. Sox, Celtics, Patriots of course, newer baseball but a ton is B&W which isn't what I needed from that era. Also got some politics, got some Bob Gibson as well.

Also purchased some glass plate negatives, but found out on this board that they're from the Detroit News and not the Brearley Collection. Spent a good amount getting them digitally restored, also had all the others scanned as well.

I've purchased around 200,000 slides/negatives/etc. with copyrights and hoping to hire here soon to help catch up with that and my recent stuff as well. Get it all visible online.

[MrSeven]

Originally Posted by mikejanesphotography

I've purchased around 200,000 slides/negatives/etc. with copyrights and hoping to hire here soon to help catch up with that and my recent stuff as well. Get it all visible online.

That's awesome!

[ooo-ribay]

Willie McCovey's last at bat (and a ticket from that game).

Stretch came on as a PH in the eighth and hit a go-ahaed sac fly against the hated D**gers. They re-tied the game in the bottom of the frame but the Giants won in 10 . Willie retired after the game 7/6/80.