Input requested for Photos, Premiums? Satchel, Feller, Ruth

[Scott Garner]

Hey Greg,
Thanks for the info on the Feller shot and where it was taken. Good to know since I own the vintage photo.

[D. Bergin]

Thanks guys.

- Dave

[ElCabron]

The rarest thing about that Feller photo is that it's not autographed by him. I, too, have one signed to me by him that I got at a show back in the 80s. Probably the most famous image of Feller, I think.

Did I understand correctly that you're still going to auction these?

-Ryan

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by NoizeBringer

The rarest thing about that Feller photo is that it's not autographed by him. I, too, have one signed to me by him that I got at a show back in the 80s. Probably the most famous image of Feller, I think.

Did I understand correctly that you're still going to auction these?

-Ryan

Yes, I have them all up as a group lot of older, later generation photos. Is there a problem with this?

[GrayGhost]

No, they r cool photos.

[D. Bergin]

Update:

Wow! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. In order to make my shame public and hopefully close the cycle out on these photos/prints/reprints/older reprints...........whatever the hell they are, I offer the following anecdote.

I've already said that I did list them up for auction, as probably later generation older prints. A fellow Net54 member actually won them for a modest sum.

As I'm preparing the lot for shipment this morning I discover to my horror that one of our cats took the opportunity of seeing unprotected photos out in the open, to hurl a dirty hairball onto them.

I launched into recovery mode quickly, taking a hand towel to them, thinking for a split second they could be salvaged before it's too late. I know almost immediately it's a lost cause, but like a surgeon trying to revive a lost patient, I keep at it a bit longer hoping for a different outcome.

Granted, it didn't totally ruin the photos. Just made them look like somebody spilled a couple drops of coffee on one of the bottom corners..........but I know where those stains came from.

I then sent the buyer a full refund, an apology, a mea culpa and an offer to send him the photos for free if he still wants them given the circumstances.

I just hope the buyer understands and isn't too disappointed. I'm pretty hard on myself when errors/mistakes like this occur, kind of a feline version of "The dog ate my homework", I guess.

[GrayGhost]

I hope it wasn't Munch. I can't think that cat would do such a vile thing. ha.

Just one of those things, sadly. And props for honesty, which in this "hobby" or business, is sometimes a rare thing.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Update:

Wow! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. In order to make my shame public and hopefully close the cycle out on these photos/prints/reprints/older reprints...........whatever the hell they are, I offer the following anecdote.

I've already said that I did list them up for auction, as probably later generation older prints. A fellow Net54 member actually won them for a modest sum.

As I'm preparing the lot for shipment this morning I discover to my horror that one of our cats took the opportunity of seeing unprotected photos out in the open, to hurl a dirty hairball onto them.

I launched into recovery mode quickly, taking a hand towel to them, thinking for a split second they could be salvaged before it's too late. I know almost immediately it's a lost cause, but like a surgeon trying to revive a lost patient, I keep at it a bit longer hoping for a different outcome.

Granted, it didn't totally ruin the photos. Just made them look like somebody spilled a couple drops of coffee on one of the bottom corners..........but I know where those stains came from.

I then sent the buyer a full refund, an apology, a mea culpa and an offer to send him the photos for free if he still wants them given the circumstances.

I just hope the buyer understands and isn't too disappointed. I'm pretty hard on myself when errors/mistakes like this occur, kind of a feline version of "The dog ate my homework", I guess.

Sorry, but I just about split a gut laughing at your story. A rare classic! LOL

[Leon]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Update:

Wow! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. In order to make my shame public and hopefully close the cycle out on these photos/prints/reprints/older reprints...........whatever the hell they are, I offer the following anecdote.

I've already said that I did list them up for auction, as probably later generation older prints. A fellow Net54 member actually won them for a modest sum.

As I'm preparing the lot for shipment this morning I discover to my horror that one of our cats took the opportunity of seeing unprotected photos out in the open, to hurl a dirty hairball onto them.

I launched into recovery mode quickly, taking a hand towel to them, thinking for a split second they could be salvaged before it's too late. I know almost immediately it's a lost cause, but like a surgeon trying to revive a lost patient, I keep at it a bit longer hoping for a different outcome.

Granted, it didn't totally ruin the photos. Just made them look like somebody spilled a couple drops of coffee on one of the bottom corners..........but I know where those stains came from.

I then sent the buyer a full refund, an apology, a mea culpa and an offer to send him the photos for free if he still wants them given the circumstances.

I just hope the buyer understands and isn't too disappointed. I'm pretty hard on myself when errors/mistakes like this occur, kind of a feline version of "The dog ate my homework", I guess.

First of all that was a nice gesture you did. I can relate. One time I had some fairly inexpensive strip cards listed on my site. I had 3-4 copies (real) of one card. Someone bought one from the one I had pictured on my site. When I went to ship it I could tell that it wasn't the one pictured on my site, it was another one. I put the $25 he paid in the shipping package and sent the strip card with it....The buyer thanked me....and I thought it was the right thing to do too, since it was my error. I am also harder on myself than anyone else could be. regards

[Luke]

Yeah that Feller pic is a classic. I have seen that many times, and I am a pretty novice collector.

Luke