Definitely Honus???

[bgar3]

i remember this was on a cover of an old vcbc, presumably with an article. probably one on ebay to check, or even on B/S/T here.

[GoldenAge50s]

Doesn't look anything like Wagner to me!

[hshrimps]

Not Babe Ruth, that's for sure.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Doesn't look anything like Wagner to me!

I agree with Fred....

maybe for licensing reasons, if it was Honus Wagner, the uniform pictured does not appear close to the uniform in this link:


http://blog.heritagesportsart.com/20...d-team_15.html

[the 'stache]

What do the ears say?

[Bpm0014]

Whoever it is, he's about to break some fingers bunting like that....

[Lordstan]

Sorry, but it doesn't look like Wagner to me.

I think the nose is too narrow. Honus had a bit of a bulb at the end. The guy in the picture doesn't. It appears Honus also has a bump on the bridge of his nose. The artwork doesn't.

[Butch7999]

How is this even a discussion? It's artwork, not a photo, and totally generic.
Large nose and big chin (a very un-Wagner-like cleft chin, at that) make for, at best,
the slightest (deliberately slight) passing resemblance to Honus...

[frankh8147]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

How is this even a discussion? It's artwork, not a photo, and totally generic.
Large nose and big chin (a very un-Wagner-like cleft chin, at that) make for, at best,
the slightest (deliberately slight) passing resemblance to Honus...

That's actually why I posted this for discussion. If the artwork (even if it was made somewhat generically) was modeled after Honus (even if it were a deliberately slight resemblance), as a collector, I would look at it as a Honus piece. To me it looked like him but following these responses, I am thinking I probably just saw Joe Jackson in my toast again!

[MyGuyTy]

It's definitely Joe Jackson..........

[frankh8147]

Originally Posted by bgar3

i remember this was on a cover of an old vcbc, presumably with an article. probably one on ebay to check, or even on B/S/T here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VCBC-12-Vint...item5651195635

Wow, there it is!!! Anyone have access to this issue to see their take on it??

[barrysloate]

Hi Frank,
I just responded to your email, but now that I read through the thread, I see the majority do not believe it is Wagner. I always assumed that's who it was when that issue of VCBC came out, but never discussed it with the publisher Dennis Purdy. Looks like Wagner to me, but since it is a drawing based on a photograph, it may have a lost a little something in the translation.

[bigtrain]

Originally Posted by frankh8147

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VCBC-12-Vint...item5651195635

Wow, there it is!!! Anyone have access to this issue to see their take on it??

Ahh! I remember that magazine issue well. Primarily for Dennis's take on Richard Galasso. Those were the days.