Those M114's - When Are We Going To Talk About Them?

[Pat R]

Doug and Alan, I have no knowledge on these at all so I could be foolish
to even mention this. How was the text done on these? Besides the location
of the text on the scans that Doug posted it looks like the spacing is different. Could there be a difference in the spacing of the text based on
when they were printed and possibly they could be separated (grouped) by the measurements
of the spacing of the text.
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[jim]

the 1914 Cubs? ignore tree branch reflections in scan, is really quite nice.
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[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by jim

the 1914 Cubs? ignore tree branch reflections in scan, is really quite nice.

Hi Jim!

That is a fantastic supplement, thanx for posting.

You were one of the people I was thinking of you when I posted that list, I know you have others (like the Gehrig fielding pose), and I look forward to the day when you decide that baseball supplements are stupid and you want to get rid of yours.

Insert smiley face here.
Doug

[jim]

hi Doug, there are only a few of us BBM zealouts out there, so your intuition is spot on. will get more out here in the coming days.
I am skeptical that all of the team M113 premiums exist though, like the Chic Feds and St Louis NL team. Not sure they were important to the locals; Cards were lousy back then and the Feds were not as loved as the Cubs were. Would love to be wrong about that with those teams I might add.
jim

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by jim

hi Doug, there are only a few of us BBM zealouts out there, so your intuition is spot on. will get more out here in the coming days.
I am skeptical that all of the team M113 premiums exist though, like the Chic Feds and St Louis NL team. Not sure they were important to the locals; Cards were lousy back then and the Feds were not as loved as the Cubs were. Would love to be wrong about that with those teams I might add.
jim

From one zealot to another, I agree with you on both what probably doesn't exist and what I hope does exist.

Also, I think that sometimes, especially with teams, some of them might be the same. As an example, I have the 1914 Indians team on my list, and you once sent me a scan of the 1915 Indians team, I'm betting that we are talking about the same one.

Doug

[BruceinGa]

Originally Posted by jim

the 1914 cubs? Ignore tree branch reflections in scan, is really quite nice.
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nice!

[jim]

Two from your wish to see list plus the Gehrig fielding copy; enjoy all.
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[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by jim

Two from your wish to see list plus the Gehrig fielding copy; enjoy all.

Fantastic X 3!

Thank you for those Jim.

[paul]

I've always liked the M114s too. But for some players -- like Ruth and Gehrig -- who were issued on an ongoing basis long after they retired -- I've never known how to figure out if the premium was issued during the player's career. Is there a way to figure this out? Are there specific poses that were post-career only? Is there a list of these poses somewhere for people like me who would want to stay away from them? Thanks.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by paul

I've always liked the M114s too. But for some players -- like Ruth and Gehrig -- who were issued on an ongoing basis long after they retired -- I've never known how to figure out if the premium was issued during the player's career. Is there a way to figure this out? Are there specific poses that were post-career only? Is there a list of these poses somewhere for people like me who would want to stay away from them? Thanks.

Hi Paul, welcome to the conversation,

I think the short answer is "no", although Alan or Jim may have other thoughts.

With Babe Ruth, I suppose that his two Red Sox poses were probably issued during his playing days, and maybe both single bat Yankee poses, too, at least in their initial printings. But, I'm not sure that there is any way to confirm those suspicions.

For Lou Gehrig, I think it's possible that any of his poses were first printed during his career (especially the fielding pose posted by Jim), but determining which print variations were, that's harder to confirm.

Doug

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Doug and Alan, I have no knowledge on these at all so I could be foolish
to even mention this. How was the text done on these? Besides the location
of the text on the scans that Doug posted it looks like the spacing is different. Could there be a difference in the spacing of the text based on
when they were printed and possibly they could be separated (grouped) by the measurements
of the spacing of the text.

Hi Pat - You may be foolish, but that would mean that I am, too. I don't know the answer to your question, but I consider the various spacing and font differences to be different printings of the supplements, and hence "variations".
Doug