Let's see those avatars...
 

Maybe a dum idea for a thread and maybe it's been done before, but I thought it would be neat if everyone would post their avatar and explain what it is and why they chose it. I'll start. Mine is my head on a photo of a young Mantle. Mantle is my all time fave!

Double name/name on top
 

I have an affinity towards the miscut T206s with double names, or name only on top. My favorite is my avatar... SGC 30 Ty Cobb Bat On Shoulder.

http://www.sgccardregistry.com/cards/us186568.jpg

I keep mine as the biggest mistake I have made to date. If I ever can I will make his home my registry again.

I chose Tip O'Neill who was a 2 time batting champion in his 10 year career & in 1887 hit a robust .435

http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1264511017.jpg

it doesn't get any better than Mr. Bobby Jones.


http://www.internetville.com/images/...7_ch_jones.jpg

http://dubbutton.files.wordpress.com...06&h=500&h=500

It's a 1960s photo of British fashion model Jean Shrimpton. I like fashion photography and am a fan of Shrimpton.

Nice gams!

My very own Wonka McTitus
 

Thanks again to Jason Carota for noticing the resemblance in the first place and to John Wonka for the ultra-cool rendering of McTitus. Gotta love it!

PS. The P stands for Psycho.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...e/DSC00497.JPG http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ald%20t206.jpg

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Circa 1903 Carrigan cabinet while in high school.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...host/LHS_1.jpg

I could only wish to be 10% as cool as Balenti........

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H813
 

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I just love certain T206 portraits, and IMO this is one of the best- and I didn't see anyone else using it :)

1913 Colgan's Tin Tops of the actor Mike Donlin (he had quit baseball to focus 100% on acting and never actually played for Philly).
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/tintopsdonlin.JPG

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I chose my avatar due to the fact Merle 'Doc' Adkins was my grandfather.

Dave

coolest answer, right there.

Yes and on that comment I wanted to say that that card you sent is by far my Daughters favorite of all. I told her the story and she thinks it cool to have it. Thanks again.

I have no idea who my guy is. For the story --

first see:
http://tinyurl.com/3nxaubl

For the finale:
http://tinyurl.com/4x45gkh
scroll down to the 4/16/2009 11:15 AM post and subsequent

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7256419_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7882118_n.jpg

My avatar from a different site, different hobby.

Rollerball - Starring James Caan as JON-A-THAN! JON-A-THAN!

I love collecting PCL cards and my start in tobacco cards...still need the Weaver though.

Just a big fan of Trapper.

Avator
 

Monty

Cool thread! Here's mine...

M116 Cicotte
 

I really like this one and it looks nice as an avatar:


http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...tem116sgca.jpg

Missy the Wonder Dobie

I wanted to commemorate my favorite collectable, Detroit Old Judges. So I took the background from a Stump Weidman card. I then rotated the Old Judge banner from a Larry Twitchell card. The "Detroit" team name was also pulled from an 1887 Twitchell. Added a couple shadows and called it good.

Alwys torn between painting and real photo which is why i like t202's. Thought this was super cool and one day Graig will paint it for me :D

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Polar Bear factory in Ohio.

Avatar
 

A funny picture of me, trying to simulate the grainy look of a T207.

My son Hunter Pitching at Ripken
 

The card that persuaded me to give the Monster another try:

http://www.chasingthemonster.com/img...6_95a_cobb.jpg

My avatar
 

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...e3/wilhelm.jpg

My favorite card I own from my ultimate card passion, 1911 T205s. Wilhelm (I know you cannot see the back but it is the suffered version). Beautiful color and a great portrait. Love this set!

Joshua

The Lost Numbers
 

My avatar is the Lost Numbers. It was the greatest show in the history of television... until the series finale.

http://julieluongo.files.wordpress.c...st_numbers.jpg

One of my favorites.
JimB
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3...mattypsa8n.jpg

you can make the case for that entire last season....or at least the latter half

Just a cool series of images on these cards.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=3500

Forbes Field - Great childhood memories. What's left is worth a visit if you ever get to Pgh.

Matty
 

My favorite pre-war player, and a classic pose that has Big Six looking over at each of my posts, giving them a little extra gravitas. The technique worked better on the old Net54, where the avatars were to the left of each post, instead of breaking up each post as they do now. (Yes, I am still grumpy about the switch, even if i am the only one who misses the simplicity and clarity of the old board.)

<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CzM3Pa22DcM_8l8vl54QvQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/TKyDhiUakZI/AAAAAAAAIss/FGElIBdOA0k/s800/MathewsonThrowingDarkCapSGC60.JPG" height="800" width="493" /></a>

My Avatar my Trophyball 1889

Mr. Tinker from one of the most beautiful set's ever produced.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95...y/cjtinker.jpg

1936 Wheaties Series 3 Earl Averill Cleveland Indians
 

Just love the card, even though the border is a bit lacking

I made the avatar using a program similar to
Photoshop, using the main image of Cobb and
setting him against an orange background.

One of the few "untouchable" cards in my modest
collection. Crease-free with well loved corners.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6355/e93cobb.jpg

It is just a picture of me with a reversal of furtune after chugging a pitcher of beer.


edit to add: Where's my avatar?

edit to add: Fixed it. Just wait for that 4th post.

Final edit to cease offending. Sorry.

WTF?

gee, thanks for sharing.

Hopefully your fourth post will be as intriguing as your third.

Thanks.

I just switched mine back to one I used on the old board.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Team/book2.jpg

ArchStanton: You're in the wrong place. Alcoholics Unanimous is the next forum over. Way to go in ruining a great thread.

so that the thread doesn't die on the last exchange...

My first T206. And until a year ago, my only.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_x...0-%20front.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_x...20-%20rear.jpg

wow, that was a nice only one to have! ^
Mine is Bill Bergen's t205, absolute worst hitter of all time!

@shaunsteig... Damn nice way to start

My Favorite Piece of Memorabilia :)
 

Love this piece!

Shoeless Joe
 

Great Image in my opinion

http://photos.imageevent.com/uffda51...gscanKelly.jpg

One of my favorite cards.

many thanks. I guess it was fated back then that eventually I would succumb to chase the monster.

also wanted to add a thanks to the OP for starting this thread -- have found it fascinating to see everyone's avatars and learn the back stories behind them.

--S

Hey! Wutz a modda u?
 

Ed Abbaticchio, recognized as the first major leaguer of Italian descent.

My avatar is..
 

one of my favorites. Cool thread BTW.

I had Addie Joss' T205 up there previously because I love that card.

Thanks to the thread for spurring me to change.. My son's nickname is Buddie Petit, after the New Orleans jazz cornet player. My wife is from New Orleans and we've spent much time down there.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/IMG_0023.jpg


Botton right and left: c. 1970's counterfeits, one of which is the blue version found in one company's holders.

Top right and left: repli-cards, which fluoresce purple.

It was nothing personal, Arch, but when you first posted it looked
like nothing more than a "troll" trying to stir things up by posting
a picture to supposedly shock all of us.

While I wouldn't call your avatar vulgar, I do find it hard to imagine
why anyone here (yourself included) would find interest or amusement
from a picture of someone (yourself included) puking, but to each their
own, I suppose.

Good luck with your collection. :)

Avatar of College Baseball Program of Princeton vs Yale a few years ago.

Included a pic of penciled in score card from 113 years ago in the program. I just image a student in stands filling it in.

Also included cool pic of the Princeton big honcho.

My avater is 1 of 2 pieces I picked up about twenty years ago. Approximately 2 feet x 3 feet pieces. I also collect Old Judge Detroit cards.


Joe

No the typical "old cardboard" that you're all used to, but old cardboard nonetheless. A late 1920's Spalding Babe Ruth fielder's glove box.

Zee answer
 

I can't even make the avatar bigger--I don't own the card (a 1921 Zeenut, identified by a fellow net54'er in a previous thread, and now conveniently forgotten). I chose this Zeenut at random when I was picking out my avatar from a dealer's website, as at the time I did not have a functioning scanner. Never have changed it, as that is the type of guy I am. At least I collect Zeenuts, so it does have some relevance.

Brian

This is the card that caused my jaw to drop when I was shown what was to be the start of my future collection and the beginning of my life in vintage cards.
RC
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...abeRuth-53.jpg

Cousin Ray

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Poster%201.jpg

Its not much around here, but it a lot to me!

e107 Young
 

Mine is an e107 Young . . . which is a card I dream to own some day.

This particular card came from the 2009 REA auction. I bet someone from this board actually owns it. Anyone want to own up to be living my dream?
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2009/116.html

-Jonathan

Big Train
 

Love the Tolstoi image of Walter Johnson....

Exibitman

Cool piece of history

My avatar is "Bob Brown Bear". As some of you might know, my spouse Jennifer Ettinger is an artist who has produced a number of baseball paintings and other pieces of art. As part of a city wide public art project, there was a charity fund-raiser for Easter Seals http://www.spiritbearsinthecity.com

Bob Brown is the father of Vancouver Baseball, and is pictured in the Obak set http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/95...8bac6d95_m.jpg

As such, it was natural for Jennifer to produce "Bob Brown Bear" as part of the project. Here's a link to a number of photos (127 to be exact) and a couple are here

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/14...434bc307_m.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/3...0b623c68_m.jpg

After a summer downtown, the bears were auctioned off. The owner of the Vancouver Canadians bought Bob Brown Bear, and Bob is now on display at Nat Bailey Stadium where the team plays, and where much of Jennifer's artwork is reproduced for display. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/...a6445fbf_o.jpg


To top it off, the mascot is now "Bob Brown Bear", and they even had a bobblehead night where Bob Brown Bear was given away (seen in the photo below)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/...3db915570c.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/...73ff8b4f_m.jpg

The man. The myth. The legend.
Actually, just think its kinda funny! And it is my oldest card.

Something my folks picked up for me in Mantreal 20 years ago.
Still hanging in my office.

http://www.teamsets4u.com/images/tem...ballposter.jpg

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Warren Spahn 1955 Spic and Span die cut

That's just awesome. Who's on first?