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08-06-2008, 07:35 PM
Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>A recent memorabilia pickup was lot No. 1247 (page 312 in the catalog) in Huggins & Scott recent auction. It's a 1905 Sporting News fold-out premium that features 10 athletes of the day in nine sports, highlighted (at least to me) by Nap Lajoie. I had hoped to post a photo of the item from the H&S site, but it's already been removed. Regardless, it measures 45 x 7 inches, and the paper can best be described as almost being like parchment paper. Very fragile.<br /><br />When it arrived, I was thrilled, because it looked even better than the photos on the Web site. It was shipped folded (cringe), but after unfolding it to its full size, I felt it was a pretty impressive piece. Kind of like a panoramic photo from the era at a fraction of the price.<br /><br />Anyway, after the thrill wore off, I was struck by the question, "Now what?" I didn't want to leave it folded, and to display it unfolded would call for some serious framing. I'm not a big fan of getting vintage pieces framed, but I had little choice with this if I was going to do anything with it other than store it in a drawer.<br /><br />The result is below. I wanted to share the photos not only because I'm really happy with how it turned out, and this is the first significant piece of Cleveland-related memorabilia I've added to my collection in some time, but also because I think it illustrates that if you can find the right person to work with you in framing a piece, it makes it very worthwhile.<br /><br />The person who did this was knowledgeable about the right way to frame a fragile, vintage piece, and she understood my apprehension and answered every question I had (and there were a lot).<br /><br />It was tough to photograph this, but I hope you'll get the idea.<br /><br />Thanks for letting me ramble.<br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/wolfie51sb/pan1.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/wolfie51sb/pan2.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/wolfie51sb/pan3.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/wolfie51sb/pan4.jpg">
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08-06-2008, 08:00 PM
Posted By: <b>CarltonHendricks</b><p>Very nice Rob, what are the framed dimensions?....I saw a very similar item at the National, I'd never seen before...same type foldout, advertesing for Hickey's Department Store in Detroit...offered by basketball collector/dealer extrodinaire Hank Reizes....40" wide by 7 1/2" tall, $3,500.00...enough play time, back to sorting 1.5 million photos for my National coverage<br /><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/f0d2f7de.jpg"><br /><br /><br />
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08-06-2008, 08:05 PM
Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>The framed dimensions are about 10 x 48.<br /><br />The asking price on the piece you saw at the National has me feeling good about this one. Of course, I'd feel <i>great</i> if you said it sold for close to that ...
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08-06-2008, 08:11 PM
Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>Rob... Beautiful/rare piece, and a gorgeous framing job! It can be so aggravating leaving these fragile pieces in the hands of others, but it looks like they framed it to perfection. I am sure they took the proper precautions to protect the piece as well.<br /><br />This is so much nicer than leaving it folded up and tucked away. You could not have chosen a better way to dsplay this piece. Congrats on a great pickup and good photo, too. These long panoramas are nearly impossible to photograph with any clarity.
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08-06-2008, 08:35 PM
Posted By: <b>Keith</b><p>Beautiful piece Rob and equally nice framing job. For curiousity, who is the Yale football player pictured a couple down to the right of Nap.
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08-06-2008, 08:56 PM
Posted By: <b>MikePugeda</b><p>Nicely done Rob.<br /><br />I remember seeing that in the H&S auction and thought it was a neat piece. You must have an incredible Cleveland collection.<br /><br />Mike
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08-07-2008, 06:10 PM
Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>Keith,<br /><br />The football player is identified as Captain Hogan of the Yale eleven.
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08-07-2008, 09:51 PM
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>Rob, <br /><br />Scanned from the catalog. Not great quality, but...<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb189/jvb6034/HugginsandScott.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><br />Your framed version looks great. <br />