1940 Play Ball Ted Williams. I guess I should have attached the photo. Sorry!!

Type 1 Duke Snider welcomed by Jackie after 1952 World Series home run. 1956 Topps.
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Very nice
 

Nice Dukie Dewey! I have never seen that one. How cool is it that the sig is close to the same spot?

Here is my Duke example.

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Thanks, Ben. I almost didn't get it because of the signature. Then I slapped myself.

Love your Snider portrait.

Ha! Good thing you slapped yourself! Nice job.

The great Lefty, Grove. By sir Charles Conlon
 

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What you have there is the original artwork used to create his Police Gazette supplement, shown at the link below. Wouldn't be surprised if the words "Police Gazette" and/or "supplement" are written on the back of your piece :) .

http://loveofthegameauctions.com/lot-7740.aspx

1975 SSPC George Brett
 

Just picked up the photo today.

Woah!

Rad George Brett! My favorite non-Dodger growing up by far.

nice
 

mybestbretts,

Great Georgy...very crisp and clear.

Man... he was rough around the edges earlier in his career. HA!


Here are a couple more Ruth's of mine I found pictures of. The 1927 one with big baseball is silly but I likey.

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Ben

photo's used for cards
 

Wonderful Ben, as always .....What a collection!!!

Wow! I enjoyed catching up on this thread tonight.

Ben, it is jaw dropping to see so many in one collection! I admire your focus on this niche. I'm curious, are the matching cards part of your collection too, or do you just obtain the images to show which card the photo was used for?

Great photos (and cards). Thanks to everyone for sharing.

Not a baseball photo used for a baseball card, but a basketball photo used for a basketball pocket schedule. When I saw this thread, it motivated me to find the photo used for my Syracuse 1979-80 Pocket Schedule with Roosevelt Bowie and Louis Orr on the cover, which I did. Being from Syracuse, this was pretty cool to find. BTW, great stuff in this thread. I especially like the Brooks Robinson Photo (big fan) used for his Rookie Card. Thanks for this thread!

photos used for cards
 

Nice one!

Thank you. I guess I should have noted that the cards were not mine but for a visual

Very cool, Tony.

A couple more Babe's
 

Rare card images

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Bobby Thomson used for 50 and 51 Bowman.
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Figured these go together.

Branca 50 and 51 Bowman. Not sure what the photo is. Team issue or what.
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My latest pickup
 

Gebrig day..

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I never could understand what the heck kind of ensemble The Babe was wearing on that card, and now I know that Topps just did a horrendous job colorizing the photo, making his suit jacket lapels become part of his light blue shirt.

It sounds like you are a snappy dresser! Ha! I thought I was good at noticing the little things inphotos/images but I definitely missed that one. I am a pretty sure they added a darker shade to his jacket too.

Here is another in my collection... 1928 Thorne used for very scarce card.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...psiyzq3bvs.jpg
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This one just sold for over $4,000 (not my photo nor my card...unfortunately)



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And... it was not even described as such at auction. Wonderful image/great card.

Indeed. I was in on it for a while hoping no one else would notice. Obviously someone or someones else noticed. Not sure of its true value so I backed off.

I, unfortunately, didn't win it either. Great images of these early Hof'ers are already tough..but when you add the "card connection" as I call it, prices escalate.

Ty
 

Cobb

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Love that Wags and Cobb!

Love of the Game will have a large section of photos used for cards, excited for everyone to see!

This thread is getting too great. Let me bring it down a notch. :D
Sisler Callahan and a crispy 1938 restrike Cobby Callahan/T202. Wish I could afford a Type 1 of the latter!
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I finally get to join the club! Picked up this Max West photo that was used in his 1941 Double Play card.

Cool, Mike. Sent you a pm. :)

Thanks Dewey, I really appreciate that!

1914 Eddie Collins Polo Grounds card

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Very cool, Jim.

Here's another Callahan, perhaps the rarest. Happy Chandler original photo. And a Rogers Hornsby Topps archives original.
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Gene Hermanski photo and 51 Bowman

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1976 Topps Pie Traynor. Conlon image.

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M114 and 1933 Worch Cigar (rookie) Arky Vaughan

Interesting the background and the fact that it came from the Baseball Magazine files. This is likely THE PHOTO...the very one...that was used for the M114 premium. Paul Thompson photo.

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Both are available for purchase.

A circa 1920 vintage print of Rogers Hornsby by Conlon and a 1933 Goudey.

Jake Stahl and Ed Sweeney by Charles Conlon and a T202 Hassan Triple Folder center panel.

1937 Joe DiMaggio

Charles Conlon Type 1 photo of Hod Eller
 

Recently I was able to match up this circa 1920-1921 Strip Card of no-hit pitcher Hod Eller with my Charles Conlon Type 1 photo of Eller from 1919-1920.

I recognized the image right away. Not a bad pickup for under $10! :cool:

1904 Charles Conlon photo of George Winter at Huntington Grounds in Boston. The embossed postcard has a 1906 date on back.

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Here's one I was recently able to match up. Kind of neat how they colored and added texture to his socks.

Photo / card
 

Here's mine ....Paul Thompson photo of Earl Gardner

Photos Used for Cards
 

That's Hilltop Park, not Huntington Grounds, in Conlon's 1904 image of George Winter.

While definitely a more modern feel, I recently picked up (off eBay) the slide used for Cal Ripken's 1993 Leaf Studio card

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Keeler
 

Special thanks to Rhys Yeakley for letting me add this Keeler photo to my collection.......

Photos Used for Cards
 

Interesting. The T-206 Keeler batting pose is based on a 1909 Keeler spring training photo taken by Spooner & Wells in Macon, Georgia.

Keeler photo
 

are
This is a Bain stamped Photo, dated March 22 1910.........those hands and fingers, the hat and the cocked head are pretty hard to deny. I would love to see that Spooner& Wells photo ?