Cards you didn’t realize were as cool as they are!!!

[CW]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

I’ll go first. I never realized this was Nap Lajoie tagging Collins.. I always figured it was Murphy. Two of the greatest second basemen of all time!

Lucio, have you ever seen this old thread about Shoeless Joe being discovered (and proven to be) on the center panel of this T202 card?

If not, definitely check it out. Maybe one of the most fascinating threads ever on Net54 that didn't contain any drama.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by CW

Lucio, have you ever seen this old thread about Shoeless Joe being discovered (and proven to be) on the center panel of this T202 card?

If not, definitely check it out. Maybe one of the most fascinating threads ever on Net54 that didn't contain any drama.

CW

You beat me to it.

I thought of posting this card when this thread first started. My guess is it's most likely Joe Jax in the centerfold sliding into 3rd base. His ears are the tell-tale clue.
And, the background is the Cleveland Stadium of that era.







TED Z

T206 Reference
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[irv]

Originally Posted by packs

I bought this card on a whim while I was in Berlin last week. At the time I just thought it was cool to buy a card featuring Jesse Owens during the 1936 Olympics that was released in Berlin while I was in Berlin. But there is a lot more going on here:



The story behind the photo is that Luz Long, a German athlete, had gone well out of his way to befriend Jesse Owens during the Olympics in open defiance of Hitler. At this moment Long was giving Owens pointers on his long jump. Owens only had one more jump left to qualify for the finals and had fouled on his previous jumps. Jesse would go on to qualify on his next jump and eventually won Gold in the event, with Long finishing second.

During World War II Long served in the German air force and was shot down and killed over Italy, leaving his 2 children without a father. Owens never forgot about Luz though and the Long family never forgot about Owens. Years later Jesse Owens would serve as best man for Luz Long's son at his wedding.

Great story!

Thanks for sharing it.

[Exhibitman]

Luz Long and Owens had a long correspondence. Long's final, heartbreaking letter to Owens was written from Africa during WWII and reached Owens about a year after it was sent:

I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Kai, who has never really known his father.

My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me. It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Kai, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.

If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.

That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer.

Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.

And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship.

I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.

I think I might believe in God.

And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.

Your brother,

Luz

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Luz Long and Owens had a long correspondence. Long's final, heartbreaking letter to Owens was written from Africa during WWII and reached Owens about a year after it was sent:

I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Kai, who has never really known his father.

My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me. It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Kai, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.

If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.

That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer.

Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.

And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship.

I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.

I think I might believe in God.

And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.

Your brother,

Luz

Incredible! This is the best (and most heartbreaking) thing I have read in a long time!

[irv]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Incredible! This is the best (and most heartbreaking) thing I have read in a long time!

X2.

Thanks for sharing it, Adam.

[Fistner10]

Awesome story packs and Adam!

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by tedzan

And, the background is the Cleveland Stadium of that era.

it was called League Park

[kdixon]

Love the glove in back pocket .

[luciobar1980]

Ha, that is a great read. Very cool.

What does this kind of thing do for the demand/value of a card? I mean, I suppose it can only go up, but is there any notable example of this happening?

Originally Posted by tedzan

CW

You beat me to it.

I thought of posting this card when this thread first started. My guess is it's most likely Joe Jax in the centerfold sliding into 3rd base. His ears are the tell-tale clue.
And, the background is the Cleveland Stadium of that era.







TED Z

T206 Reference
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