Can I see any and all Walter Johnson cards??

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Posted By: Dave

I haven't scanned it in yet...will tomorrow...but with the event of my first Walter Johnson T206 I'd love to see everyone's Johnson cards, whatever they are. Thanks!

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Posted By: Denny

Dave, Are you back from NC already?

Denny

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Posted By: Dave

Thats next week Denny....only part of the deal I made with the wife is I'd be back in time to watch the Super Bowl

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Posted By: Andrew

"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: Dave

Interesting....are the W516's supposed to be the likeness of the player or are they more like the e91's where they are more general drawings of ballplayers? maybe just me...but that hardly looks like Johson?? Interesting though

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

How about a pinback?

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Posted By: Joe D.

(btw, I would love to see an m101-4... which is quickly becoming my favorite Big Train card)






and not exactly a card, but....

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Posted By: Dave

Nice...just how big is that? quarter size?

Anybody's opinion on where they would rank Johnson among prices fetched with Cobb and Mathewson? Lower of the 3?

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Posted By: Joe Jones

How about another pin!

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Posted By: jay wolt

Would say Johnson's prices are in line w/ Matty.

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Posted By: Zach Rice

Here are my three Walter Johnsons:




E220, T206, and W461.

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Posted By: Andrew

<Interesting....are the W516's supposed to be the likeness of the player or are they more like the e91's where they are more general drawings of ballplayers? maybe just me...but that hardly looks like Johson?? Interesting though>____________________

Dan, that's soooo Walter, just look at his expression, his hip rotation. Okay, maybe not. I do like your theory. IMO, the W516 looks more like Johnson, than the W514 does Ruth or the W512 does Cobb.

"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: Steve f

That Exhibit's a favorite. The cop next to the water cooler scanning for bottle throwers no doubt.

In this T202, It's a bit of a stretch, but I believe that's Honus that is tagged out by Jack Knight.

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Posted By: Dave

Here's my cards, two T206 and 1/3 of a triple folder. Wish it was all.

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Posted By: Brad

Not eazy to find!


http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/MapleCrispetteV117

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Posted By: Jerry

Different Variation, Joe's has green Pennants and mine has Brown Pennants...Wonder if one is scarcer than the other.

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Posted By: JimB

I traded this one away a few months ago. Even though it enabled me to get something I really wanted, it still hurts.
JimB

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Posted By: Steve M.

Jerry, my Johnson blanket also has the brown pennants.

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Posted By: scott brockelman

Here are 2 T204 Johnson cards, one with a Ramly back the other with a TTT back. Sorry about the other cards, not smart enough to know how to crop em out.

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Posted By: Steve M.

A little help for Scott (Though I do know he just loves to show off that e107 )

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Posted By: Joe D.

If it was my card, I might have it as part of all of my scans going forward.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I think that most of the Johnson cards are posted. I have a W514 I'll try to dig down to, in a day or so...

Here's a photo of 3 M113s, that is Johnson on the right. M113, Baseball Magazine premiums. Johnson's "arm" is from about 1913, and is behind the M113/4s of Cobb, Jackson, Ruth, Wagner and the 1919 White Sox team, when ranked by catalog value.

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Posted By: Tom Hufford

The reason that the W516 card doesn't look like Walter Johnson is because it isn't him. It is Yancey Wyatt "Doc" Ayers, who was with the Senators 1913-1919, and the Tigers 1919-21. Doc lived in the same town where I grew up, and he always seemed to be in the barber shop when I went on Saturday afternoons. I have a copy of this same photo, identified as Ayers, that was used in a contemporary newspaper, but can't put my hands on it at the moment.

As far as I know, this is the only card that Ayers is pictured on (he is on a pin - Mrs. Kolb's bread? - 1922 Toledo). I've always wondered why he didn't make it into the Cracker Jack or Sporting News sets of the 1914-15 era.

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Posted By: JK

Hey Dave - where in NC are you heading?

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Posted By: Chris Mc

No longer mine and I'm sorry I sold it.

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Posted By: Anonymous

oxford confectionary

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Posted By: Dave

Well here is my Johnson I got from Trae that I'm so proud of...ugly but great!

We are going up towards Asheville...and over to Boone...if anyone knows somewhere around either area to find a hidden treasure for pre-war cards let me know! lol.

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Posted By: JK

nice card - looks better than a 1 to me. cant help with any suggestions in asheville/boone for digging up cards - Im on the other side of the state.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Thanks...its really not too bad with creases..but there is the two areas of small paper loss that kill it. It may have gotten an SGC 20, not sure.

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Posted By: JK

didnt even notice the paperloss until you mentioned it - it doesnt jump right out at you. If the paperloss was on the reverse, it would definitly get a 20 - Im not sure how they would treat such a small spot on the front.

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Posted By: Dave

Yup there is the small spot by Johnson..and then there is a gray dot..not sure what that is..above is head to the left in the yellow....but all in all very happy with it for an affordable Johnson

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Posted By: martindl

Not a card, but my favorite Walter Johnson item

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Besides the T206 portrait, this is one of my favorites of the "Big Train".

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Posted By: Dylan

Jim- What did you want bad enough to trade in that beauty?

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Posted By: daryle

Had this..sold it a couple of years ago. Ball was real leather and still attatched with original thin string. Neat item. Have T206 Portrait, T3 and W515-2 but not scanned at present time

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I found him... he was in a bunch with Stengel, Weaver, and a bunch of others, among them 2 interesting players, Vean Gregg and Benny Kauff...

I used to hate the strip cards. Really disliked them. But they have a bit of charm, after you get used to them. And they're issued at a time where it really helps to collect them if you're after certain HOFers' cards from their playing days. And now I actually like them. Aren't W514s wonderful, with all of those Black Sox!!

Anyway, here's Walter.

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Posted By: Griffin's

Got to have at least 1 Cracker Jack here!

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Posted By: Steve f

I too love the 514's Frank. Well, most poses.

Griff. That CJ is a charmer. Of the several shots, Big Train had a deceptively ho-humm windup. Does anyone know if there is footage of his pitching?

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Posted By: Joann

Steve,

Ken Burns "Baseball" has quite a bit of footage - most of it during warm ups in foul territory. It's really kind of amazing. He kind of had this sidearm delivery that almost looked laid back. But between the length of his arm and the casual whip-action he gave the ball, you can just see how fast the thing must have been moving and why he was a great pitcher.

The WJ pitching scenes are among my favorite in the Baseball series. I watch the first 3, maybe 4 segments ("innings") over and over. Lots of vintage card images, especially in the Before 1900 segment.

Joann

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Here is my Johnson...
-Rhett

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Posted By: jim

Great photograph quality piece.

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Posted By: JimB

Dylan,
It was a complex three way deal involving several cards in all directions, but it enabled me to pick up a T205 Matty PSA 8 and E98 Cy Young PSA 8 among other things. That Matty card in particular has always been one of my favorites and when the opportunity came to pick up such a nice one, I jumped on it. Though it was not a straight Johnson for Matty trade (it was more complex than that), I basically asked myself if the two cards were on the table and I had a choice of which one I would rather have, the answer for me was the T205 Matty. I love that Johnson, but not as much as the Matty.




Scott,
Those T204 Johnsons are sick. You should give me one.
JimB


edited to add scan.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Jim, good choice. The T205 Matty is an incredible card, period. That along with the T205 Cobb are two of my favorite all-time cards.

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Posted By: Dave

Some definate beautiful Johnson's throughout the thread...Mine isn't "beautiful"...but every once in a while somebody has to take the fat girl to the dance and enjoy it...right? LOL


Edited because I wrote Matty instead of Johnson for some reason!

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Posted By: Jim Clarke

Here is another cool postcard you do not see everyday..

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Posted By: Steve f

Great Matty!.. I like how the artist notched the collar to accomodate the sig.

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Posted By: Clint

This one's for Joe D.