new Storefront (Belltown Vintage Cards): Contest

[Runscott]

Thanks for all the kind words. Graig, if you want hi-res images of any of the photos, just let me know.

I've finally come up with a 'grand opening' giveaway contest, and rather than being a thread hog, I'm going to use this thread to run it (thus, the thread title change). Even though my store has 'Cards' in the title, I'm giving away photos, for no good reason other than that I have a couple that I'm not doing anything with, or selling.

Guess the winner, total points and score of the AFC championship game:

1. Guess winning team and score.
2. 1st tie-breaker: Total points
3. 2nd tie-breaker: Point differential;e.g-Denver beats N.E. 35-31 and you guess 38-28, point differential=6. If you guessed N.E. beats Denver 35-31, point differential=0, but you wouldn't have gotten to this tie-breaker, because you guessed the wrong teams
4. 3rd tie-breaker: This is weird, but - point differential between your birthday (day/month) and the final game-score, where 'day' represents the winner.

1st prize is your choice of the two 11 x 14 silver gel prints from 'the Conlon Collection', shown below. 2nd prize is whichever one the 1st prize winner doesn't take. These listed originally at $149 (Mathewson) and $99 (Baker) when I bought them just after 'the Conlon Collection' store opened. I took them out of their wrappers once to loupe, then put them away, so they are mint. I saw the 'Rhoades Throwing' sold for $88 in a 2011 Mears auction, so they are considered pretty nice by some collectors. I have the 'Rhoades Throwing' and will get it framed at some point, along with some of the other Conlon action shots that are being sold on 'the Conlon Collection' website.

Scott <=== not above plugging others, so to speak.

Please post your entries in this thread - only one entry, but you can edit it up until game-time next weekend. Obviously, it behooves you to wait until the teams are determined this weekend, but...

[slidekellyslide]

My edited guess - Patriots over Broncos 35-31

Thanks for the contest!

[bn2cardz]

Broncos over Patriots 33 - 30

I can always edit the teams after the weekend

[old13man]

Broncos over Pats 35-21


Thanks for the contest.

[Runscott]

Wow - 3 contestants and 2 prizes. I doubt any contest featured this good of odds of winning! Perhaps I should add the contest description to the main forum section as well?

Modified to add a card to choose from.

[thecatspajamas]

I'll say Broncos over Patriots, 30-25. There will be no need to revise my answer, as anything else I pull out of the air would also be a guess. The odds of winning just dropped substantially though

P.S. Even if I don't win, I'd be interested to hear what the loupe examination revealed. I'm curious, but cheap, and haven't ponied up the Benjamin+ to satisfy my curiosity on these.

[baseball tourist]

Great stuff!

I give the contest a go - Broncos over pats 24-17

[perezfan]

Broncos over Pats 34 - 24

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

P.S. Even if I don't win, I'd be interested to hear what the loupe examination revealed. I'm curious, but cheap, and haven't ponied up the Benjamin+ to satisfy my curiosity on these.

It really didn't reveal anything - the old (1900-30) silver gels typically showed shiny emulsion in the dark areas, but these new ones obviously don't. A few of my old Conlon prints are of very similar look and feel to these new ones. I am really curious about the modern platinum prints. I have a few from the early 1900's (no baseball), and it's a fabulous print type.