Originally Posted by smtjoy (Post 1558477)

Some amazing Wajo's in this thread, here is my favorite-

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps2gyseg3a.jpg

Originally Posted by ValKehl (Post 1560545)

W503.

Originally Posted by clydepepper (Post 1563638)

Originally Posted by DerekMichael (Post 1565433)

Still on the hunt for a nice portrait!

Originally Posted by CardMD (Post 1565502)

Awesome card Derek.

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Originally Posted by Hankphenom (Post 1567380)

Since this thread is still active, might as well mention that I will be hauling out some outstanding Walter material from my collection and the estate for the National this year. You can find them, and me, at booths 1901-1905 mixed in with Kevin Keating's usual assortment of otherworldly autographs. Among other things, I'll be bringing a very nice S-81 silk and some postcards, photos, and memorabilia from his scrapbooks.

Originally Posted by Hankphenom (Post 1567380)

Since this thread is still active, might as well mention that I will be hauling out some outstanding Walter material from my collection and the estate for the National this year. You can find them, and me, at booths 1901-1905 mixed in with Kevin Keating's usual assortment of otherworldly autographs. Among other things, I'll be bringing a very nice S-81 silk and some postcards, photos, and memorabilia from his scrapbooks.

Originally Posted by ValKehl (Post 1560545)

W503.

Originally Posted by Ty Cobb

“On August 2, 1907, I encountered the most threatening sight I ever saw in the ball field. He was a rookie, and we licked our lips as we warmed up for the first game of a doubleheader in Washington. Evidently, manager Pongo Joe Cantillon of the Nats had picked a rube out of the cornfields of the deepest bushes to pitch against us. He was a tall, shambling galoot of about twenty, with arms so long they hung far out of his sleeves, and with a sidearm delivery that looked unimpressive at first glance. One of the Tigers imitated a cow mooing, and we hollered at Cantillon: ‘Get the pitchfork ready, Joe—your hayseed’s on his way back to the barn.’

“The first time I faced him, I watched him take that easy windup. And then something went past me that made me flinch. The thing just hissed with danger.”

After the game, Cobb had nothing but praise for Johnson, saying, “We couldn’t touch him … every one of us knew we’d met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ball park.”

Originally Posted by mechanicalman (Post 1550533)

I think my favorite is actually the Exhibit, despite it being the least valuable. You can just feel the kinetic energy before he whips off a side-arm heater.

Originally Posted by Kawika (Post 1592167)

Great thread. Lots of rarely seen stuff. Especially love the Wood-Johnson showdown post card.
My contribution:

(This is actually the 1918 team)
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...20Senators.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...0Johnson_1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...aJo%20auto.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...4CJ%20WaJo.jpg

Originally Posted by ValKehl (Post 1566677)

This top half of a 1920's Exhibit card had either actors or boxers on the bottom half of the card. Also, what I think is a blue-tinted strip card (as opposed to one fourth of an Exhibit card). The backs of both are blank.

Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 1593710)

You should be able to tell from the stock. The strips are thinner and slicker than the exhibit cards. Also, the strips will have machine cuts top and bottom (they were ten card horizontal strips, judging from the boxing version).

Originally Posted by Leon (Post 1593656)

Not that I don't love all of the cards in this thread but the first postcard here is just great. I love the arms folded pose of the Big Train...

Originally Posted by itjclarke (Post 1594443)

Some awesome cards here.. love the signed Exhibits.

My WaJos are mostly garden variety, but added this guy last week, which is a bit scarcer.

Originally Posted by ullmandds (Post 1594446)

nice card...once again PSA did an exemplary job on this one!

Originally Posted by itjclarke (Post 1594454)

Haha, for sure. I've seen this mistake a lot, though the sets are pretty distinctly different from each other.

I'm not a big pop report guy, but know there are far fewer E122s. Of course at least one or more of those listed as E121 is an E122.

Originally Posted by ValKehl (Post 1603375)

Jeff, nice pickup of "The Climbers" PC!

I got this Base Ball Stars composition notebook in last week's MHCC auction. I just had to have it to go with my Base Ball Stars notebook with a different design, but with the same pic of WaJo, that I showed in post #124 above.

Originally Posted by OriolesHOF (Post 1604183)

Is it any wonder why women have been known to flee my home in the middle of the night. Above my headboard, is an oversized photo of Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson used on the sets of Ken Burns’ documentary, "Baseball." This photo was seen in the background during interviews with Burns and “Buck” O’Neil.