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Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks
Jimmy, Those are some photos, Congratulations!!...and I'm not even a photo guy...any images of a youthful Ruth in a RS uniform always get my attention though. Since they're not wire photos I'm assuming some civilian took them with their own personal camera? How often does something like this surface? How about the pursuit?....Can you share how you found them?....Since it was a trade I can deduct you didn't find them at the Goodwill!...Can you say what you gave up?...lets hear the gory details!
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Thanks Carlton. I made a cash offer for these two photos last Nov once I saw them in person, but was denied. So for the last several months we stayed in touch but made no real progress until we opened up negotiations last month.
Not every collector are like you and I Carlton as we love to share our finds and the sometimes terrific stories of how we found them. But, I agreed to keep our details private as per a condition of our agreement.
And for as what I gave up for them, let's just say it was substantial and even included some non Baseball items.
I started collecting photos just over ten years ago as I couldn't afford the Ruth, Gehrig, DiMag, & Mantle Baseball Cards that I wanted, so I looked for an alternative and found vintage photos at a fraction of the cost. And since I was able to acquire multiple significant images over the years, I was armed with something that many fellow photo collectors considered
better than money... the
goods!
On another issue you mentioned on a post a few weeks ago... "where do I find all this stuff?" For many years I dreamed about hitting the road like you do Carlton, but I had chosen a different path and between an upside-down work schedule and a huge family commitment, my desire to travel and hunt for hidden gems remained just that, a dream.
The Internet and specialty auction houses changed my life forever. When I came home from work in the middle of the night, I found nothing to do except, eat, watch infomercials and/or rerun after rerun of Sports Center, or read.
Until 1999. when I bought a WebTV and discovered eBay. No need to go on from here. But I'll close with something that merits repeating. At least 80% of my collection was acquired via the Internet. Maybe even closer to 90%.
I just wanted stuff bad enough that I found away to get it!
Happy hunting to all my fellow collectors and always keep your nose on the trail. My best to all, Jimmy