Show Your Pictures of Joltin Joe Dimaggio during The Streak and the rest of 1941

[BigJJ]

Show Your Original Pictures of Joltin Joe Dimaggio during The Streak and the rest of 1941

[Ladder7]

Game 22 and Joe at the plate, Sportsman's Park June 7, 1941. Went 3 for 5 with two runs and an rbi. NY-11 SL-7;

[BigJJ]

Incredible image

[thecatspajamas]

[jpop43]

Here is a photo of the 1941 NYY that has been signed by Ed Barrow in June of that year. DiMaggio is there at the far left of the third row. I could take a better pic later on if anyone was interested seeing more of it.

www.dugouttreasures.com

[BigJJ]

very cool

for the post, would love to have an original picture from each game of the streak. anyone else have?

[Forever Young]

This one is actually during the series that Dimaggio's famed streak ended! It is an awesome image of a young Feller and Dimaggio in their Primes shooting the..... I can't remember what the exact date is but it does have the original slug(need to ck it out next time I go to the safety deposit box)

[BigJJ]

Incredible

[Batter67up]

The day after he broke Willie Keelers Record of 44 games.

[Ladder7]

Likely shot pre-season though;

[sports-rings]

the final picture does not belong to 1941 but is a great piece I got from Steiner Sports. Steiner sports acquired the diary at auction and made great displays from each page.

One of the very rare times, destroying a collectible made for a better product.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by sports-rings

One of the very rare times, destroying a collectible made for a better product.

Not sure I agree with your sentiment, but your wording is accurate. They did indeed destroy a "collectible" in order to turn it into "product".

[sports-rings]

there were a hundred or two hundred pages in the diary. so instead of one person obtaining a diary, Steiner made a lot of great looking pieces that collectors can proudly display.

I do agree with you, it's awful when they cut down bats and Jerseys for those silly premium sports cards.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by sports-rings

there were a hundred or two hundred pages in the diary. so instead of one person obtaining a diary, Steiner made a lot of great looking pieces that collectors can proudly display.

I do agree with you, it's awful when they cut down bats and Jerseys for those silly premium sports cards.

Not sure we're going to find middle ground on this one. The diary was sold as "Joe DiMaggio's Diary," not a collection of "200 individual pages of Joe's musings." I really don't see it as that much different from cutting up a jersey or a bat so that 200 people can enjoy a sliver of the whole rather than one person owning the bat or jersey. If providing for the enjoyment of the masses was their paramount concern, Steiner would have scanned the diary and printed up copies of it. Steiner is certainly good at making "a lot of great looking pieces," but I don't for a second think that their motivation is sharing the diary with as many fans as possible.

I really should read up on these things before I start ranting:

"Unlike most people who begin diaries, DiMaggio did not buy a notebook; instead, he wrote on random pieces of paper, often loose sheets of paper with hotel logos. Approximately 2,500 sheets of paper (most held in a protective sleeve), filling 29 binders, have been collected and are now for sale by Steiner Sports."

So it appears that Joe was too cheap to even buy a notebook, let alone an actual diary, so the pages were already separated. I stand by my evaluation of Steiner's motivations ($), but the comparison to hacking up jerseys and bats doesn't fit in this case since the "diaries" really did start out as individual pages of Joe's musings.

I did like The Onion's story regarding the diaries though:

Joe DiMaggio's Diary Just A List Of Things, People He Hated
NEW YORK—Upon closer examination, a 2,400-page, 29-volume diary kept by New York Yankees centerfielder Joe DiMaggio from 1982 to 1993 is merely a listing of all the things and people the Hall of Famer hated, archivists charged with determining the diary's authenticity reported Monday. "Jukeboxes, dollar stores, Paul Simon, Washington, D.C., speaking, Garth Brooks, myself, and automobiles. Also sore throats, Yogi Berra, films, Lee Iacocca, coffeemakers, anyone who has ever referred to me as 'Joltin',' sandals, baseball," read the entry dated July 14, 1992. "I hate all of that. Plus my neighbor Janet, who is another one of those hateful attractive blondes." In an entry from Nov. 15, 1987, DiMaggio wrote that last names that include two capital letters were "frustrating" and "something I hate."

[horzverti]

Here we see Joe D with Eddie Smith of the White Sox. Joe and Eddie pose in the dugout at Comiskey after the Yankees beat the Sox 5-4.

Eddie Smith had given up hit number one to start the streak and hit number 32 to extend the streak. Hit number 55 came the night this photo was captured.

Love this photo.

[horzverti]

I have put this one on ebay.

Here is the link:

1941 ORIGINAL PHOTO - 7/15/41 JOE DIMAGGIO During the STREAK HIT #55 -NY YANKEES
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160969394450...84.m1555.l2649

[mcgwirecom]

This auction ended on Ebay last night, I was surprised by the price. Not a photo but pretty neat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ticket-stub-...vip=true&rt=nc

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

This auction ended on Ebay last night, I was surprised by the price. Not a photo but pretty neat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ticket-stub-...vip=true&rt=nc

Surprisedd as in cheap or high? I didn't see it or I would have bid. I think the winner got a great deal IMO.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Surprisedd as in cheap or high? I didn't see it or I would have bid. I think the winner got a great deal IMO.

Hi Ben,
At least when it comes to collecting tickets, the last game of the hitting streak (game 56) would be much more valuable than when the streak ended (game 57).

Most collectors collect the sizzle, not the fizzle, so to speak...

I was also shocked at the realized price on eBay. I know guys that have collected tickets and programs to Joe D's streak that wouldn't touch items relating to the end of the streak with a ten foot pole, FWIW.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Ben,
At least when it comes to collecting tickets, the last game of the hitting streak (game 56) would be much more valuable than when the streak ended (game 57).

Most collectors collect the sizzle, not the fizzle, so to speak...

I was also shocked at the realized price on eBay. I know guys that have collected tickets and programs to Joe D's streak that wouldn't touch items relating to the end of the streak with a ten foot pole, FWIW.

I understand the thought process.. But it is still a great ticket. If I remember correctly, the day the streak ended for gehrig ticket went pretty well in a heritage auction last year. i dont collect joe d streak items i i would have touched it. I do see your point though.

[brownscollector78]

Sorry, wrong thread. Delete.