Female members to the front of the line....
 

Just curious how many females we have on the board? Please post on my thread if you are active and what is your main interest? I know of 1 female T206 lover that will respond............ any others? :)

Peace, Mike

Eek I get all nervous posting
 

Hahahaha I think you knew this but I'm female and yes I love T206s and Chief Bender 😁😝 phew its such a relief to actually have a post to my name lol. Hi everyone!
Renay

Ps- Mike you're awesome ;)

Well, let's get a Bender in the thread. Welcome Renay!

Yay! Thanks Bill!

Looking forward to checking out the forums and maybe adding some cards to my collection! Or at least seeing some rarities and learning more :)

Welcome, Renay. :)
Nothing to be nervous about. Post away freely.

Thanks Renny.....
 

Welcome to the "fray".....I mean Forum lol........

This is my fave quote about Charles Albert "Chief Bender.......

“If I had all the men I’ve ever handled, and they were in their prime, and there was one game I wanted to win above all others,” said Philadelphia Athletics icon Connie Mack, who managed fellow all-time pitching greats Lefty Grove, Herb Pennock, Eddie Plank, and Rube Waddell, “Albert would be my man.”

Peace, Mike :) :p

I would think female collectors are rare, but I could be wrong.

rare....
 

Renay is rare........ in good ways all around!

In terms of female collectors, I've been in the hobby since 1976 and I would agree that at shows, online forums, that it is rare to meet a female sporstscard collector. Maybe they are just shy?

I had a shop for many years and I'd say that my customers were 95% male, 5% female. I had a few but not many. They all were passionate about the hobby and knew their stuff!

Peace, Mike

Lol I am rare you're right ... rare as in kinda off (the other forums I belong to are for fly tying and daylily hybridizing) 😆 thanks all for the welcome! Surely there's got to be other females on here? Please post!

I have photographed many day lilies over the years. My favorite is the golden chalice calla lily.

Day lily Brisbane City Botanical Gardens November, 2002. Another image from this shoot is a giclee above my dining room table.

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That is gorgeous Michael, love the frog! Nature is so interesting ... finding a shot like that must be akin to finding a rare card!

Now we're talking! I'll take some #18 zebra midges please ;) Welcome!

It is always a pleasure to photograph nature up close. I had just photographed a snowy egret in that park and was walking around. At first I thought it was a leaf until I got closer. I once went to Fiji just to photograph orchids from Raymond Burr's collection in the Garden of the Sleeping Giant.

Chad- thanks, I hope you have something good to trade, those little guys are a PITA to tie haha!

Michael, wow. I've never been to Fiji but it looks beautiful! Definitely on my bucket list!

I’m not sure about vintage, but females collecting modern cards have exploded in recent years.

Welcome Renay!
 

How did you come to collect T206 and develop an interest in Bender?

I would say 3-4% of registrations on here are probably female. Just an educated guess as there are not stats like that on our forum.

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Are you a bird watcher?

I thought I had accidentally stumbled into an online dating match site when I logged on today and saw this thread...and then guys started showing pics of flowers and their "Chief Benders"...:eek:

Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not widely reported.

No I am not. Many nature photographs will sit for hours to get than one photo. That is their profession. I do no get paid for mine. I have no problem going to natural zoos or botanical gardens to photograph. If you choose the right perspective they can look natural.

Birdworld Kuranda, Australia
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Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

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Kuranda Koala Gardens

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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Vienna, VA

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Kenilworth Gardens, Washington, D.C.

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Winter Gardens, Auckland, NZ

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Bearded Orchid - Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, Boylston, MA orchid show

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I can't even imagine. I can barely get the line on the hook! Here's my trade bait, bad pun intended :) My only Chief Bender, courtesy of the net54 B/S/T section (thanks Derek).

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Always good to have more Chas. Bender fans on board!

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Right edge looks trimmed...

Bender
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In the photography world we have our own word for that - cropped, and yes it is.

Great photos Michael.

My wife collects t205s

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Thank you. That is very kind. I have a lot of concert photos (and 100% in person music autographs) posted in a thread on the memorabilia side: OT - Of interest to metalheads only (and Kingston Trio fans). They are on the last 2 or 3 pages.

So this has become a Bender thread?

Here is a nice 1912 T227 Chief Bender...and his teammate Home Run Bakerhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2549067596.jpg

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Hey Renay!

Here's mine! (Somehow that doesn't sound right, sorry!)

ENJOY!

Howdy Renay!

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Yes But......
 

....most of those are Spinal Tap drummers.

Glad somebody got the reference. ;)

Here's a Bender I don't think anyone has posted yet.

Hey Renay, welcome to the forum! My very favoritest player (and card in my collection) is Bender as well!

Pink splotch e107 variation :D

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Wow, amazing cards and photos! Thank you all for brightening my day :) I love the diversity and look forward to seeing more of your collections!

Glad we could broaden your Bender horizons. I don't have a scan of my E102 Bender, but here is one from the net. I have always liked the dot pattern seen in the very pleasing (for me at least) green background. This same artwork can also be seen in cards from the E92 Croft's Candy, Croft's Cocoa, Dockman and Nadja sets, as well as the E101, E105 Mello Mints, E106 American Caramel, the D303 General and Mother's Bread, and T216 Kotton, Mino, and Virginia. Many of these are tougher to come by, but the E92 Dockman, E101 and E102 cards are not too rare.

Enjoy anything you decide to pursue, Bender or otherwise!

Brian

I've always liked the dot pattern on that image too. Here's the Dockman back and another favorite Bender image.
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I don't have a Bender. I do have a stack of cards that I am not going to know what to do with once PSA completes "the takeover".

Welcome, Renay! My only Bender. That is, until I go on one tonight!! :p

Bender Polar Bear Back.......
 

I have a "Bender Polar Bear Back" pic!

:p:D

Peace, Mike

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Hello!

Female collector here. Australian as well ��

I am a big women in baseball collector, with a strong focus on the AAGPBL. I also collect 1920-1940 bats and gloves, snapshots, catchers equipment and Ruth related items.

This is a great forum and I have met some excellent collectors on here.

Good on ya!

I have been up and down your east coast in 5 trips - Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Palm Cove, Port Douglas and Kuranda. My wife and I were married in Sydney, 16 years this November. My next trip there I would like to revisit Brisbane, to show my wife Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and Mt Coot-tha, the Red Center, would like to hike around Uluru and possibly your city to see the Cricket Grounds. I am an Olympic historian and have only seen it while watching 'The Ashes' on the telly during one of my trips.

members
 

Wasn't some talking about Bra's and bra sizes recently ?

Welcome Renay.
A Bender here....
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First lady Grace Coolidge, Senators Rooter
 

Among the many female friends of baseball, we should count first lady Grace Coolidge. Frommer expands: Calvin Coolidge wasn't much of a baseball fan, but he had to fake it. The Senators won their only World Series during his presidency, in 1924, and the team was a national sensation. Coolidge became the first president to attend a World Series opener, where he threw out the first ball. But it was his wife, Grace, who was the real fan in the family. She kept score during the World Series games and kept her husband in the game. (You Gotta Have Heart by Frederic J. Frommer.)

Here are a couple of shots showcasing Coolidge in the act supported by his superior, the stylishly attired baseball fan and First Lady, Grace.

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Great photos. I know there are also photos of Woodrow Wilson who was the first President to actually attend a World Series game. He was a big baseball fan and actually played college ball for Davidson College during his freshman year. He also never used his Presidential pass to attend for free, and always paid for his ticket, just like every other average American. He attended Game #2 in Philadelphia on 10/9/1915, and threw out the first pitch of that game. Missed the opening game because of his duties in regard to WW I.

And to make this relevant to this thread, he attended the WS game with his then fiancé, Mrs. Edith Galt, a widow whom he then married in December, 2015.

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https://www.baseball-almanac.com/prz_cww.shtml

I am Bryan, not that you were asking a general question (or were you?). Not in the 'formal' sense, but Mom still is, and Dad was until he passed in March (he had an eye for the hawk varieties) ... so I sort of absorbed some of it growing up...

and since we're Open Kimono on Chief's, here's mine...
 
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Mike