January 29, 1936: Let's See Your Inaugural HOFers Sigs

[GKreindler]

Jeff,

Just curious, where did you get that Cobb image from?

Graig

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Jeff,

Just curious, where did you get that Cobb image from?

Graig

Graig,

Way back in 1992 a company called Megacards licensed a series of Francis Burke images and reprinted them in 16 x 20s numbered to 975. I bought the Cobb which I framed with the album page and this Johnson which I still have but ended up not using with my check.



Here's a better shot of the Cobb photo. Same image used on the m101-4/5 card.

[GKreindler]

Ahhh, I thought it was Burke. His images were so damn incredible. I wish there were more of them out there in the public.

This book, which was done by David R. Phillips, does have a number of great images in it, and is probably the largest collection of his stuff out there:

http://www.amazon.com/That-Ball-Game.../dp/B0010GE49G

Phillips was in possession of Burke's negatives a few years back, which included a melange of subjects in addition to baseball. Last I heard, he was in the middle of selling Burke's old negatives off as an entire collection, but I have NO idea whether that actually happened.

Graig

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Ahhh, I thought it was Burke. His images were so damn incredible. I wish there were more of them out there in the public.

This book, which was done by David R. Phillips, does have a number of great images in it, and is probably the largest collection of his stuff out there:

http://www.amazon.com/That-Ball-Game.../dp/B0010GE49G

Phillips was in possession of Burke's negatives a few years back, which included a melange of subjects in addition to baseball. Last I heard, he was in the middle of selling Burke's old negatives off as an entire collection, but I have NO idea whether that actually happened.

Graig

My memory on this is fuzzy, but I do remember high-quality Frances Burke baseball prints being sold years back - maybe 10 or so - there were a lot of them and they were high-quality. I believe it was a limited number of prints of each image, but I'm not sure. In any case it didn't last long and I can't even find anything about it by googling.

[GKreindler]

You're definitely right, Scott. I'm pretty sure the Johnson and Cobb images were part of that group. I also have ones of Matty, Wagner, and one of my favorites, a great shot of Matty chatting with Bresnahan, which I've enclosed below:



It's a friggin' winner, no matter how you slice it.

Graig