The Gifts that keeps on giving.. Christmas pickups 2013

[bobfreedman]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Since I no longer get anything from Santa(Probably because I am an ahole) and everyone else showers me with practical gifts(socks, gift cards, kitchenware, jellies..ect), I decided to treat myself to something I love.......BABES.

Merry Christmas to me!

1) Babe Ruth 1930 TYPE 1 photo pitching as a Yankee against the Red Sox(undefeated as a Yankee pitcher).

2) Marilyn Monroe 1952 Type 1 Playing ball.(love the "slug" as part of a sleeve the photo was stored in). Good God look at those legs....

Anyone else get any memorabilia for themselves/from others this holiday season??

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to my Net54 friends!

Ben, as always two outstanding photos, the Marilyn is a great crossover piece. Well done and Merry Christmas to you!

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Ben, as always two outstanding photos, the Marilyn is a great crossover piece. Well done and Merry Christmas to you!

Absolutely!! That may well have just turned into my favorite Marilyn photo!! Merry Christmas Ben and Bob !!

[GKreindler]

I can say that I have had a similar experience with Santa. He told me that Ben is indeed an @$$hole.

But we love him anyway.

Graig

[thecatspajamas]

I think Santa is just pissed because Ben kept sending back the photos he left under the Christmas tree. "I don't care if it was made with love and magic. Unless your elves produced this print within 2 years of when the photo was taken, it is NOT the Type 1 that I specified on my list!"

Thanks for the holiday chuckles, Ben, and I'd love to see a larger scan of that Marilyn photo sometime. You can put your watermark wherever you want on it, just don't be coverin' dem gams. Yowza!

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

I think Santa is just pissed because Ben kept sending back the photos he left under the Christmas tree. "I don't care if it was made with love and magic. Unless your elves produced this print within 2 years of when the photo was taken, it is NOT the Type 1 that I specified on my list!"

Thanks for the holiday chuckles, Ben, and I'd love to see a larger scan of that Marilyn photo sometime. You can put your watermark wherever you want on it, just don't be coverin' dem gams. Yowza!

+1...Amazing post Lance!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

I think Santa is just pissed because Ben kept sending back the photos he left under the Christmas tree. "I don't care if it was made with love and magic. Unless your elves produced this print within 2 years of when the photo was taken, it is NOT the Type 1 that I specified on my list!"

Thanks for the holiday chuckles, Ben, and I'd love to see a larger scan of that Marilyn photo sometime. You can put your watermark wherever you want on it, just don't be coverin' dem gams. Yowza!

Nice. That last hyee auction must have been driving the 'Type I' guys nuts - he put 'Original Photo' in his titles instead of the sacred text....playing it safe?

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Nice. That last hyee auction must have been driving the 'Type I' guys nuts - he put 'Original Photo' in his titles instead of the sacred text....playing it safe?

Hyee has always done that so not sure what you are saying. Interesting post Scott. Lance .. As long as you don't sell crappy prints of my photos to poor unsuspecting buyers.. I will get you a scan. Merry Christmas to you both!

Merry Christmas Bob and Greg! Graig... you don't care about Christmas so go away hehe

[callou2131]

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Hyee has always done that so not sure what you are saying. Interesting post Scott.

I wasn't trying to be cryptic. I really think it's interesting that he doesn't put 'Type I' in his titles - seems like he would, given how important that designation is to people who buy his stuff regularly. Up until his last auction, where I won my first and only photo from him, I have never followed his auctions, so I don't really know how he's titled them in the past.

I sincerely hope everyone is having a great Christmas Eve. I have the traditional bacon-wrapped filet mignons cooking, while watching 'A Christmas Carol' with my gf and son. Can't get much better than that.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Lance .. As long as you don't sell crappy prints of my photos to poor unsuspecting buyers.. I will get you a scan. Merry Christmas to you both!

Don't worry, all of my reprints are made with the finest dot matrix printers. A whopping 72 dpi, baby! That way I can still put "vintage" in the title (because the printers are). I also like to leave something to the imagination with my reprints. "I think that's Marilyn, but if I squint a little more, I imagine it could actually be Joe. Hard to tell, as I've never seen Joe in hot pants and heels."

Seriously though, with two young boys in the house, I can hardly find time to work with the original material that I have on hand and maintain a steady stream of smart-alec responses here. I'd love to be caught up to the point that I could even consider starting a side business of flooding eBay with low-quality LoC reprints and responding to e-mails from disappointed buyers, but I don't see that happening any time soon. Just in case though, I'll file any and all scans of Marilyn's legs that are sent my way in the "Super Secret Do Not Share" folder on my computer where I keep the rest of my "For Reference Only" photo scans

Hope everyone had/is having a great Christmas and is looking forward to 2014!