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Posted By: Bob Rousseau

I got that Robinson off Ebay a couple of years ago- and it was another one of those feelings of waiting for days for the auction to end and thinking "Man! I hope no one notices this!" I think I got it for something like $33. It turned out that the photographer took it on his honeymoon with his wife at Wrigley in 1947. I look at that photo and I think of what that man was going through that summer- it's amazing. A bonus here is the photographer seemed to pay attention to exposure when he shot the photo- Robinson's skin was so dark that alot of times you don't get much detail - particularly in something like a snapshot. With these kind of photos, you think "Man- wouldn't it be wild if I could find a snapshot of the player"- and if you do, that in itself is amazing enough- but to have it be a really good one? That's almost too much to believe.

I got that Dimaggio photo for something like $8, also on Ebay, as well as the Snider which was in a group of 3 Dodgers for again, something like $8.