Winning bids from "The Never Ending Auction"?
 

Just thought it would be cool to see who was able to come out on top on their lots...and what they ended up with.

I got the Rogers Hornsby Hanna Batrite gamer as well as the Reggie Jackson 1980 gamer. Also got one of the T206 McGraw cards.

I would love to hear about the other winnings!

Happy New Year everyone!

Tom C

My big win from "the never ending auction"
 

I only purchased one item, but it matches my no-hitter collection nicely.

My pickup was a 1914 photo of the Cubs' Jim "Hippo" Vaughn from The Sporting News Photo Archive. Hippo Vaughn was the unfortunate losing pitcher in one of the most interesting no-hit games ever played. On May 2, 1917 Vaughn locked horns with the Cincinnati Reds' Big Fred Toney. Both Vaughn and Toney threw 9 innings of no-hit ball, which is the only time that this ever occured in history. In a pitching matchup for the ages, Vaughn finally surrendered a single with one out in the 10th and then allowed a second hit that surrendered the games only run. Toney completed a 10 inning no-hitter for the win.

I've previously posted pictures of a signed photo of Fred Toney and the only known full ticket to this game in existence that I own in my no-hit collection. This photo of Vaughn makes a nice complimenatary piece.:D

Nice photo and companion piece, Scott! But the "Hippo" monicker seems rather harsh :eek: He doesn't even look overweight to me. Wonder what they would have called David Wells or Sid Fernandez back then?

I'll post my winnings shortly... just have to download the pics.

Odd Baker Photo
 

Looks to be readying himself for a 50 yard dash against "Boardwalk" Brown.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s.../bakerrace.jpg

And a nice photo of my favorite player from my youth.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...BrockPhoto.jpg

I loved this auction. I had to tone it down because of Mastro earlier in the month, but came away with the following...

1. Donald Wingfield Original Photo - Iconic early shot of Mantle

2. Donald Wingfield - Great "Crossed Bats" shot of Mantle and Klu (wearing my favorite Uni of all-time)

3. Tony Perez early original pair of photos. The second one is an amazing companion piece for me, as it is the very subject on which my Dick Perez original Watercolor is based.

4. Cool pair of Willie Mays Sunglasses. Finally, I am high-bidder on these damn things (after half a dozen tries!) I contacted "Forum Buddy" Greg (SayHey) about this pair a couple of days after he had sold them to Dave Bushing. And in a roundabout way they finally made it to me :)

I picked up a nice Bubbles Hargrave 1928 photo for my St. Paul Saints collection.

Chris

My only pick up.

Believe it or not, I won a pair of signed game worn Allen Iverson basketball shoes. I bid on a number of items and this was the only one I won.

Am very pleased with my winnings.

1930 TYPE 1 photo of Hack Wilson by Charles Conlon.

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And some very scarce TYPE 1 photos from Gibson's miracle home run in the '88 Series. True TYPE 1 photos from the 1980's & 90's are very hard to come by due to the advent of laser photos and later, digital.

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Jimmy---
 

Is a TYPE 1 photo the same as a Generation 1 photo, as Mears used the term?

"Hippo" Vaughn
 

"Nice photo and companion piece, Scott! But the "Hippo" monicker seems rather harsh :eek: He doesn't even look overweight to me. Wonder what they would have called David Wells or Sid Fernandez back then?"

Mark (Perezfan),
Thanks for the compliment on the Hippo Vaughn photo. You ended up with some dandy items yourself. Love the glasses and photos.

Your comment about the "Hippo" moniker made me think about how he got it to begin with, and I couldn't remember myself. I ended up pulling out my copy of SABR's 2004 great book "Deadball Stars of the National League" to see if there was anything in there. Sure enough, here you go:

Jim Vaughn was "a large man 6'4" and between 215 and 230 lbs., though reports indicate that his weight balooned to close to 300 lbs. late in his career" (shades of David Wells, Sid Fernandez and Mickey Lolich I would say, sure enough!), whose lumbering, side-to-side gait gave him the nickname "Hippo". There you go!

A cool side note:
By rereading the chapter in the book, I realized that the photo that they used in the chapter on "Hippo" Vaughn is the exact one that I just purchased in the Mears "never ending" auction!:p

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Hey Jimmy
I thought I have heard these terms used back and forth for the same photo. Can you tell me what the difference between an original type 1 is and a generation 1? They sound like the same thing. Unless the original type 1 difference is that it was made within a few years of the negative (picture) being taken and a generation 1 was made from the negative but not close to the time frame it was taken?

In my mind, the one word in any of these descriptions that you can reasonably rely on is "photo," beyond that not so much.

neat photo
 

This didn't go as high as I thought it would....

Yes, I would also like to know the difference! Mears said the Gen 1 photos were w/in days to 5 yrs of the original negative, which I thought was said many times in past discussion of TYPE 1's.

The way I understood it, was they used the term to identify any photo which was vintage to the time of the image. Whether it was a Press, Wire, Laser, Sound, Tele, snapshot or otherwise.

Most of the descriptions were basically from the same template and you were meant to decide for yourself based on the photos they provided.

I had my eye on the large lot of boxing photos but they were generally all from a period in which Laserphotos and Wirephotos were the general norm, and they were very inferior in quality during that time period (60's through 80's). Last I saw it ended with no bids.

I think Mears tended to use the term "Original", if it was a "Generation 1" of the possible "Type 1" variety.

The extended bidding period is finished now, ja?
There were several stadium shots that I took a run at but none of which I won. I particularly liked the aerial of Gilmore Field and some of the oversized views of Seals Stadium.
I picked up four or five photos, none any great shakes. Best of the group and the one that most fits my collection is this image of old Babe Ruth and a crowd of kids. Also liked the composition of the Yomiuri Giants team picture.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ans%20foto.jpg

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D Bergin---
 

Thanks for your help!