1905 Pirates Project

[Runscott]

I have this huge cabinet photo of the 1905 Pittsburg Pirates that I've been trying to figure out what to do with. The '1904 Uhlirs' cabinet below is another large team cabinet that has information pressed into the matting in gold. I was thinking about having a matt made for the Pittsburg photo and doing something similar, except the mat would be placed over the existing item (no modification to the actual photo or current matt, other than possibly repairing the top left corner of the photo). I plan to use the same color matt as the original, but could go with a different color.

Thoughts or suggestions?

[Runscott]

Forgot to mention. After getting the matt made, might send it over to Coach's Corner for player signatures.

[cdn_collector]

Great looking cabinet...Too bad that top left corner is missing. I like the idea about printing the names on the matting and framing.

Provided the corner can be fixed and the resulting picture centered nicely inside a mat, that'll make for a bang-up piece.

Regards,

Richard.

[Runscott]

Thanks Richard,

Luckily the missing corner is very dark - it would just be a matter of creating a small piece and affixing it to the back of the matt, so that it overlaid the empty spot. There are several ways of handling it, but it should be a simple fix.

My dream would be to find the 1909 version of this cabinet, along with a similar one for the 1909 Tigers, somewhere in Maine during a picking trip. I could stop collecting at that point

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by Runscott

My dream would be to find the 1909 version of this cabinet, along with a similar one for the 1909 Tigers, somewhere in Maine during a picking trip. I could stop collecting at that point

Yeah, that sounds good. While you're out there, pick one up for me too

Regards,

Richard.

[terjung]

Love the looks of that mock-up, Scott! That is a great looking image that will be dramatically improved by that type of framing.

Keep me in mind if you ever decide to sell it - framed or not.

[Runscott]

another mockup: