Hunt Auctions

[Bicem]

Their site and lack of pictures is horrid, but their closing format is A LOT of fun. Great material too.

That Waddell photo is 1903 btw and not 1898.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Their site and lack of pictures is horrid, but their closing format is A LOT of fun. Great material too.

That Waddell photo is 1903 btw and not 1898.

Any other news on the Waddell photo, Jeff (hopefully of a positive nature?)

[Bicem]

Unfortunately no, I didn't win it Mark, decided not to bid against people who were led to believe it was 1898.

Picked up the Boston Red Sox cabinets though, these so rarely come up and are beautiful cards/photos.

How'd you do?

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Unfortunately no, I didn't win it Mark, decided not to bid against people who were led to believe it was 1898.

Picked up the Boston Red Sox cabinets though, these so rarely come up and are beautiful cards/photos.

How'd you do?

Jeff - nice grab! I was interested, especially with the Speaker in that lot. Now you just need to add this one of Hooper to (help?) complete the "set":

[h2oya311]

I didn't win this one of Dizzy Dean (c1931), but it REALLY caught my eye! Congrats to the winner!

[brianp-beme]

Cool photo of Dizzy, but it sure looks like he is wearing makeup.

Brian

[the-illini]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

I didn't win this one of Dizzy Dean (c1931), but it REALLY caught my eye! Congrats to the winner!

I went after that Dean but it jumped way past my bids quickly. I did win this Dean for what I thought was a very reasonable price given the grade..

[Phil68]

I have a file copy of that Dean and went after the original yesterday. Came up short. I was in a rush after just signing up to bid as I was unaware of Hunts auction. I'm halfway through a painting of that image--not sure I'll ever finish it.
On subject of makeup, It was quite common for folks to wear some eye &/or cheek enhancements for studio portraits in 1950 and earlier. Dean does have some liner applied to his lower eyelid and some powder on his face for glare reduction.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by Phil68

I have a file copy of that Dean and went after the original yesterday. Came up short. I was in a rush after just signing up to bid as I was unaware of Hunts auction. I'm halfway through a painting of that image--not sure I'll ever finish it.
On subject of makeup, It was quite common for folks to wear some eye &/or cheek enhancements for studio portraits in 1950 and earlier. Dean does have some liner applied to his lower eyelid and some powder on his face for glare reduction.

whoa! now that's cool. Thanks for sharing your insights!

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Jeff - nice grab! I was interested, especially with the Speaker in that lot. Now you just need to add this one of Hooper to (help?) complete the "set":

You got that right! Now to find you an earlier Hooper.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Unfortunately no, I didn't win it Mark, decided not to bid against people who were led to believe it was 1898.

Picked up the Boston Red Sox cabinets though, these so rarely come up and are beautiful cards/photos.

How'd you do?

Yes, that would definitely put you at a disadvantage on the Waddell Photo. Couldn't they make a correction, or an addendum stating the correct year? That's a shame, but not surprised.

On the flipside, those Red Sox Cabinets are awesome... glad it worked out so well, and was an excellent trade-off!

As for me, I picked up just one photo in Hunt... a nice and rather poignant shot of John McGraw (Paul Thompson/Baseball Magazine). He doesn't look quite as mean/angry/intimidating as normal. Thompson must've caught him on a good day.

https://www.huntauctions.com/live/im...=439&lot_qual=

If anyone has a good trick for removing that little circle of residue, please PM me. I think I can probably remove or lessen it, but am open to ideas if anyone here has had success in doing so. Thanks!

[Snapolit1]

There were many Conlon photos that didn't seem to have Henry Yee COAs. Dicey, particularly without being able to see the actual stamps.

Signed,

Guy Who Bought a Binder of Conlon Photos at Christies a Few Years Ago With Conlon Stamps, A Significant Number of Which Turned Out to Be Fakes

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

There were many Conlon photos that didn't seem to have Henry Yee COAs. Dicey, particularly without being able to see the actual stamps.

Signed,

Guy Who Bought a Binder of Conlon Photos at Christies a Few Years Ago With Conlon Stamps, A Significant Number of Which Turned Out to Be Fakes

Wow. I had no idea that a bunch of those photos were fakes. That sucks. Were the bigger names legit?

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Wow. I had no idea that a bunch of those photos were fakes. That sucks. Were the bigger names legit?

Some of them, and some of them weren't. I consigned about 25 of them to an auction and they were run by Henry. As l recall about 10 of what were submitted for review were fakes. These were the end of the collection Christies was selling.