Steroscopes
Came across this really cool websitre from Brian May from the legendary rock band Queen. All about his love of steroscopes. I've seen a few cool old baseball ones of eBay and have never pulled the trigger. May read up on them.
http://www.londonstereo.com/ |
Stereoviews (stereoscopes) are neat items. In the past several years their value has risen quite a bit.
http://luckeycards.com/phunc1800sstereoviews2xc.jpg |
Probably the most valuable baseball stereo "pair" is discussed here on pages 8 and 9:
http://sabr.box.com/shared/static/7l...ze7eo433xv.pdf |
I came across one showing 2 Cub players in a Chicago hotel room many years ago while living in Denver. It was before I really knew anything (still only know a little bit) about cards and passed up paying $35 for it. I have spent the last 25 years looking for it again to no avail.
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Kind of wish I had got into the streoviews back in the day when they were cheap. I felt very lucky to get a second chance at this one.
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Washington U. vs Waseda U.
October 4, 1908 |
A newly added one. School games back in the day. The guy behind the batter might get hit in the head in just a second.
http://luckeycards.com/stereo2.jpg |
I've never seen Ring Around The Rosy at third base before employed as a defensive shift.
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'A Village Lost and Found' 'Crinoline, Fashion's Most Magnificent Disaster' 'Diableries, Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell' 'Mission Moon' - on the 1969 moon landing 'Queen in 3-D' He also co-wrote a book called 'Bang, a Complete History of the Universe' which falls in line with his PHD in astrophysics. One of the few rock musicians that I have not met that I would enjoy talking to, not just about music, but also physics. |
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Obviously not baseball but I picked this up not too long ago. Any chess fans? c.1859 Paul Morphy. Maybe my favorite current piece.
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Still searching for the Cubs hotel scene, thanks.
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There is an antique store in my hometown that has quite a few of these. Mostly scenes of buildings, or the type of artwork/photos you'd see on postcards. I had already looked through them last year and nothing sports or war related. Maybe I will look at them again and see what the prices are. If they are cheap enough (I think that there are some for $1-2 or maybe $5) I will pick up some of them.
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