Wow! It doesn't get any better than this.

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Posted By: ramram

When I saw these auctions I thought one of you guys might just be trying to add some humor to ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1869-Photo-of-the-Boston-or-Cincinnatti-Red-Stockings_W0QQitemZ8829835148QQihZ005QQcategoryZ50 129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/1880-Photo-Cap-Anson-and-Mike-Kelly-Old-White-Stockings_W0QQitemZ8829842286QQcategoryZ50129QQrdZ 1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/1893-8X10-Photo-of-Cap-Anson-Dan-Brouthers-Monte-Ward_W0QQitemZ8829550578QQihZ005QQcategoryZ50129QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/1890-Rookie-photo-of-Cy-Young-and-Chief-Zimmer-from-TT_W0QQitemZ8829493114QQihZ005QQcategoryZ50129QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/UnPublished-Photo-of-Chicago-Black-Sox-with-Joe-Jackson_W0QQitemZ8829477834QQihZ005QQcategoryZ5012 9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-Chicago-Cubs-Never-before-Published-Team-Photo_W0QQitemZ8828676213QQihZ005QQcategoryZ50129Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/8X10-Photo-of-Ty-Cobb-Frank-Baker-and-Eddie-Collins_W0QQitemZ8828390581QQihZ005QQcategoryZ5012 9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is a perfect example to show how hard it is to identify photographs without any known provenance. If you stare at a photo long enough you can convince yourself that Lou Costello is Cy Young.

Rob M.

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Rob,

Is that a tintype of Lou Costello? Are you sure that one of those pictures isn't Lou and Bud doing their "who's on first" routine?

That is some funny stuff. I really like the picture of Kelly and Anson in 1880 during Kelly's rookie season. I think he was too poor to afford shoes (or was that Anson with the bare feet?)

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Explaining his talent to find photos of famous baseball
players, he writes "I sometimes find things that people
don't recognize they have." I think the talent he describes
is known as psychosis.

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Posted By: Rick

When my toast popped out of the toaster this morning, I noticed that it looked exactly like a Cap Anson Old Judge, spotted tie version. Should I put it on the BST thread right away, or should I send it to AA Grading services?

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Rick,

Too bad the toast didn't look like the Virgin Mary... you'd have gotten thousands for it.

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Posted By: Max Weder

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Posted By: davidcycleback

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Posted By: runscott

This provided me with plenty of amusement. I was getting prepared to sell some old photos, and now I'm thinking that many of them contain Cap Anson - in fact, there are several where he is disguised as a woman.

Scott

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

What's up with the WalkScott name. Did you stop running? By the way, nice to see your posting.

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Posted By: ramram

Scott must have added Simon & Garfunkel's 59th Street Bridge Song to his ipod.

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Posted By: runscott

I changed to Walkscott for this forum several months ago, indicting a change of posting pace...gee, do I have to telegraph everything?

I'm getting back into card-collecting once I get settled in Seattle. Everything I own will soon fit into the rental car that I am using for the move, which means most of my 'stuff' is slowly hitting ebay. (This isn't an ad - almost nothing I own is baseball card-related at the moment)