Any info on Berk Photos ?

[Rob D.]

I could be full of crap, but I think the huge lot that David references being auctioned (within the past two years, I'm pretty sure) was bought by Wonka. I know someone on the board made a post or two about them and even offered some on the B/S/T.

Or, I could have dreamed the entire thing.

[drc]

Mastro/Legendary and Lelands generally describe and date their photos accurately, so if photos came from them I would have no reason to believe they were misdescribed.

[drc]

I notice this thread involves a variety of foggy memories, disconnected phone numbers, misspelled names and speculations-- some by me. It's like lunch at an old folks home.

[Rob D.]

You gonna eat your Jello?

[JasonL]

unless you agree to be Bridge partners with Bob!

[thekingofclout]

I have issue #12 of Old Cardboard right in front of me. Yes, TIK & TIK have "Burke" misspelled in their ad. I also viewed most of their proofs at the National in Cleveland and talked with Terry a bit about them.

I ended up buying this from Terry as a companion piece for my Gehrig photo of the same image...
1928lougehrigsportingnews.jpg

And a year later I won the DiMaggio/Burke 1936 R312 Proof Photo in a Mastro auction...
1936dimaggioBURKE.jpg
It's an exact match to the image in the Old Cardboard Magazine as the silver gelatin kind of frames the photo on he top at Joe's hat and down the left boarder. As well as Joe's name typed on the bottom.

[JasonL]

you sound like the perfect one to ask, then...are these items that they are talking about in the ad, and that you saw in person...are they different from the usual Burke photos that we normally see (as David described above with the stamp on the back, etc)??

Thanks for chiming in and helping me on this
and thanks to everyone else in the above posts too...

[thekingofclout]

The only difference from these photos and the regular Burkes that I could see was the typed name of the ballplayer. However, the overall condition wasn't the best. Lots of discoloration as you can clearly see in the Foxx photo in the ad of Old Cardboard #12. I got the feeling that where ever the photos were stored for seventy years wasn't the most ideal conditions. Hope this helped. Best regards, Jimmy