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Originally Posted by MacDice
naked pictures of Joe DiMaggio  |
S. Ostler of the SF Chronicle wrote an article about the Joe D shower pic going up for auction. He ends article #1 by having some fun with the random guy showering next to him. Within 2 days that guy, a 91 year old former ballplayer who happens to be living in SF, read the paper and contacted them. Pretty cool little baseball story... links below...
San Franciscans will appreciate the photo of DiMaggio because many locals prefer to remember Joe as the baseball-crazy North Beach kid, rather than the grimly aloof Manhattan superstar of later years. In this photo: no pinstripes.
Bidders must register by Wednesday at 5 p.m. West Coast time, and initial bids (Lot No. 1071) must be in by Friday at 6 p.m. The bidding was over $1,600 as of Thursday night.
Bonus mystery: Next to DiMaggio in the photo is an unidentified guy. Is it a Yankee teammate? A coach? A stadium peanut vendor? Maybe it's Engelberg, letting down his guard.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SPU91JV0JN.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SP2O1K08H7.DTL
Hot- 1948 Bowman Musial SGC/PSA-5 range. Multiple BIN's in $325-$335 range 4-5 months ago... now seeing it sell for $475-$500 everytime.
Not- T202's with respect to their SMR value. Only been collecting them for about 9 mths, notice they almost never command full value.. have been picking up great HOF'ers for between 50-65% of SMR. Great set, great pics, great value. Love it!