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Posted By: barrysloate

Rather strangely, although the scope and quality of this collection is beyond anyone's comprehension, it has basically been in storage for as long as he has had it. He is currently in the process of building a wing onto his house which will be to display his many collections (besides baseball) so I guess at that time he will be happy to have visitors. And since his collection will be one of the chapters of the Smithsonian book, maybe he is ready to raise his profile a bit. If you are ever able to see it one day, you will be amazed to see just how far someone with both the resources and determination can build something so historically significant and aesthetically beautiful. I haven't even seen the whole thing, but probably nearly all of it. I have been selling rarities for 20 years and I have never handled more than a dozen or so pieces that even come close to the qulaity of this. I too am anxious to see it when it is finally all available to see.
Julie, I know what you are saying about the "C's" being light on the uniforms. I think some of the images are stronger than others, that has been my experience among the ones I have seen. But the "C's" always seem to be the weak point of that image. Since they were obviously red, maybe that just didn't photograph that well.