Happy 131st Birthday WaJo: Show Us Your Walters:

[clydepepper]

...ever so careful not to request a 'Johnson viewing'.

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[alywa]

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Cool. Glad to have a different one to share!

[BLongley]

Couple of my WaJos.

[RedsFan1941]

great T207!

[t206kid]

At 17/31...1 was at PSA during this family shot.

[C-mack]

Happy birthday to the great one!!

[rats60]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4529/38259846652_5b4f3294f1.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21hTHsu)

[3-2-count]

Happy Birthday Walter!

https://photos.imageevent.com/threetwocount/threetwocount/websize/ramlywajofrontfinal8-4.jpg

[C-mack]

Happy Birthday Walter!

https://photos.imageevent.com/threetwocount/threetwocount/websize/ramlywajofrontfinal8-4.jpg


Now that's a card !!

[rainier2004]

Love Walter, cool to see al his cards here. Glad you got that t204 Tony.

This is probably the coolest WaJo I will ever own...

[scooter729]

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[DeanH3]

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1127&pictureid=10126http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=10111http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=10119

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1127&pictureid=24426http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1127&pictureid=22947http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=1127&pictureid=22710

[t206kid]

Dean I need that EPDG!

[alywa]

That CJ is beautiful!

[bobfreedman]

Two of mine

[aconte]

https://photos.imageevent.com/aconte/acontecollectiongradedcollection/img633a.jpg

[IMAXMAX]

here comes another Big Train----
T207 missing many a printing pass...

[Kris19]

A recent Type 1 photo pickup.

[Bicem]

Very nice Kris, love the sweater.

[Jobu]

Happy birthday to one of my all-time favorites.

[oldjudge]

A 1917 blank back:

[h2oya311]

haven't seen these yet:

https://photos.imageevent.com/derekgranger/helmarstamps/websize/1911%20Johnson.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/derekgranger/baseballstamps/1914piedmontstamps/websize/1914%20Johnson%2042.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/derekgranger/baseballstamps/1914piedmontstamps/websize/1914%20Johnson%2042%20_back_.jpg

I need a Weiser Wonder PC. Someone hook me up!

[Baseball Rarities]

Happy Birthday Walter!

https://photos.imageevent.com/threetwocount/threetwocount/websize/ramlywajofrontfinal8-4.jpg

Beautiful T204. One of my favorite image of Johnson. Doe anyone know what year this photo was taken? I have always assumed that it is a 1907 or 1908 road uniform, but the absence of the "Washington" makes me wonder. Maybe the lettering was blacked out during editing?

[tedzan]

Threefold....from my SWEET CAPORAL, PIEDMONT, SOVEREIGN sets, respectively......


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/WJohnsonSweetCap150_1.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/T206JohsonSGC40.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/SOVEREIGN150JohnsonPSA4.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/WJohnsonSWCap150ov649x75b.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[glchen]

Poor man's copy. :)

[Brian Van Horn]

Hi, Val:

[yanksfan09]

My best

[BLongley]

Poor man's copy. :)

I would sure love to have that poor man’s copy!

[ValKehl]

Hi, Val:

Brian, you should show the best part of your card, which is the BACK of it!

[ValKehl]

Poor man's copy. :)

I guess this one would then be considered a destitute man's copy! :D

[sb1]

Val, it actually has one of the strongest images of Johnson on his T204 that I have seen, nearly all have a somewhat washed out look, not yours!

[ValKehl]

A 1917 blank back:

Jay, I think the 1917s are more interesting when they have ads on the backs! :)
I'm still searching for 1917 Weil Baking and Merchants Bakery cards of WaJo - I'm even willing to trade my first and second born, if necessary! :D

[ValKehl]

Val, it actually has one of the strongest images of Johnson on his T204 that I have seen, nearly all have a somewhat washed out look, not yours!

Scott, thanks for your kind words and for observing a redeeming virtue for my T204 WaJo. Frankly, I had never noticed/realized this before, but I'll remember this when the day comes that I sell it because I'm too old to collect any longer.

[Brian Van Horn]

Brian, you should show the best part of your card, which is the BACK of it!

Oh....OK. :D

[oldjudge]

Jay, I think the 1917s are more interesting when they have ads on the backs! :)
I'm still searching for 1917 Weil Baking and Merchants Bakery cards of WaJo - I'm even willing to trade my first and second born, if necessary! :D

LOL, but not scarcer

[ullmandds]

happy happy walter!

[Rhotchkiss]

No reason for me to litter this amazing thread with a few more t206 Wajos. Some really amazing cards here.

Val, maybe provide a link to your whole collection (if digitized)?

[brass_rat]

A few. Happy birthday!

[ValKehl]

LOL, but not scarcer

Jay, it's unclear to me what you mean by your comment. Sure, the 1917 WaJo blank back is scarcer than all of the different ad backs added together. However, per the pop reports (for whatever they are worth), the Merchants Bakery and the D350-2 Standard Biscuit are each scarcer than the blank back. And, the same is most likely true for the D328 Weil Baking as well - it's true if only 1 of the 7 E135s in the SGC pop report is a blank back (SGC doesn't distinguish between E135 blank backs and E135 Collins-McCarthy backs, whereas PSA does).

[oldjudge]

I agree Val, but, based on past experience, I would be willing to bet that none of the SGC Collins McCarthys are blank back.

[ValKehl]

I agree Val, but, based on past experience, I would be willing to bet that none of the SGC Collins McCarthys are blank back.

Jay, I'll take that bet, inasmuch as 2 of the 3 PSA Collins-McCarthys ARE blank backs! :)

[oldjudge]

Ah, but I said SGC. A beer for you in Chicago if you can show me one.

[tmw2ward]

I have the non-black back PSA 2.5...having a hard time posting the picture

[ValKehl]

Ah, but I said SGC. A beer for you in Chicago if you can show me one.

Jay, I realize that you said SGC. My rationale is, with 2 of the 3 E135s in the PSA pop report being blank backs, what are the odds of ZERO of the 7 E135s in the SGC pop report being blank backs? BTW, I prefer a nice wheat beer! :)

BTW, there are zero 1917 D350-2 Standard Biscuits of WaJo in the pop reports.

[jthorst75]

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=565&pictureid=13555

[oldjudge]

Wheat beer--yum!🍺

[Jobu]

Val, I hope you enjoy that beer! :)

http://dec14.hugginsandscott.com/cgi-bin/showitem.pl?itemid=79740


Might as well post a few other ad backs I found in my quick look:

https://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2018/spring/885/1917-e135-collins-mccarthy-walter-johnson/

https://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2007/spring/202/1917-e135-collins-mccarthy-walter-johnson/

https://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2017/spring/950/1917-e135-collins-mccarthy-near-complete-set-plus-five-variations/#&gid=1&pid=1



Wheat beer--yum!🍺

[triwak]

Amazing cards, guys!! Happy to show one, that hasn't been shown yet.

[oldjudge]

Thanks Bryan! If you are at the National you should join us for a wheat beer.

[t206kid]

Beautiful T204. One of my favorite image of Johnson. Doe anyone know what year this photo was taken? I have always assumed that it is a 1907 or 1908 road uniform, but the absence of the "Washington" makes me wonder. Maybe the lettering was blacked out during editing?

I believe the Ramly picture comes from here...sporting life issue July 17, 1909

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1904/45039585324_70965496fc_o.jpg

[TUM301]

Great items guys, enclosed not a card but a cool Johnson autograph which he mentions "the best hitter he ever faced". There`s an accompanying auto where the "best hitter" mentions Walter as "the greatest pitcher" he ever faced. Keep these coming boys..................
https://flic.kr/p/WUKWBj

[Jobu]

If I'm there, I'm definitely in!

Thanks Bryan! If you are at the National you should join us for a wheat beer.

[tedzan]

Here's a few more to round out this Walter Johnson display.


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/piedmontpackjohnson.jpg


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/at202walterjohnsonxknight.jpg


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/t201wjohnson.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[ValKehl]

Thanks Bryan! If you are at the National you should join us for a wheat beer.

Bryan, many thanks for getting me a free beer! Your beer is on me.

Now then, back to WaJo cards:

[x2drich2000]

Here are a few of mine

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4383/36331390856_ddb5b3679f_b.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4449/37205259250_b261ea0302_c.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4551/37415603644_085cb2dcbc_c.jpg

[Forever Young]

1910 Type 1 original photo by Paul Thompson used for his t202 and t205 cards.

[T206Collector]

One of the cornerstones of my signed T206 collection...

<img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8634/29461323092_9643d37cf7_b.jpg" width="475" height="763" alt="Johnson_SGC_A"></a>

[Eggoman]

Mine may not compare with many here, but I don't think that I've seen this back posted here yet...

[tedzan]

Here's a seldom seen Walter Johnson card on an original uncut sheet of W560 cards issued in 1927 (includes Lou Gehrig, Lefty Grove, etc).


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/w560sheeta75x.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[ullmandds]

full stature!

[seattlerainiers]

One of my favorites.

[h2oya311]

One of my favorites.

Awesome! I’ve never seen (or heard of) that one before! Thanks for sharing!

[brianp-beme]

Now you can see you've seen Walter stripping.

Brian

[benchod]

Awesome! I’ve never seen (or heard of) that one before! Thanks for sharing!

Another example of too rare for it's own good.
This one came from a prominent collection of rare types ;)

[Bicem]

Well if both of you guys have one it can't be all that rare. ;)

[Leon]

Another example of too rare for it's own good.
This one came from a prominent collection of rare types ;)

And that collector really liked that card too. Here is a WD Boyce Co. WaJo card with others and the pack it came in. :)

[tedzan]

Courtesy of my SOVEREIGN, PIEDMONT, SWEET CAPORAL (Factory #30) sets, respectively...……...


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/T206JohnsonS350xP460x50_1.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/T206Johnson350x460Fac30x.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/T206Johnson350x460Fac30bx.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/T206JohnsonS350xP460x50b_1.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[puckpaul]

Walter T5 pinkerton. graded Authentic but looks just like the VG/Ex SGC graded one in Heritage. they graded all of the T5's authentic at PSA for some reason (in this grouping i bought from).

[clydepepper]

Now you can see you've seen Walter stripping.

Brian



Careful there....you're talking about Hank's Grandpa.


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[rainier2004]

It'd be cool to go wear his uni.

[Bicem]

A few really interesting Wajo items in our current auction...

One of the earliest known type one photos of Johnson in the majors... lot 654 (https://loveofthegameauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=17109)

Johnson handwritten letter about his final moments with his dying wife written to a former teammate, really puts a human touch on the baseball legend, a must read... lot 844 (https://loveofthegameauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=17631)

Have always liked the birthplace postcard as well... lot 446 (http://loveofthegameauctions.com/1913_1920s_Walter_Johnson_Collection__3__w_M114_Ba-LOT17351.aspx)