Those M114's - When Are We Going To Talk About Them?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by akleinb611

Okay, I've been gone for a few days (work has been making me nuts, but it's better than the alternative), but it's clear that there are more M114 fans out there than I realized. Thanks to Doug for keeping this going. Just to keep things going further, here are a couple of scans. The first is of that M113 I alluded to earlier, picturing Vic Saier, who does not appear on any known checklist. The second is a third Ty Cobb - in addition to the M113 (already pictured) and the 1941 version (showing him about to bunt, the most common version), this one is a "Washington DC" version, undoubtedly part of the large 1957 issue. And no, it also doesn't appear on any checklist.

I love that Saier.

[akleinb611]

As promised, here are images of most of the signed M114's that I have.

Nothing rare or astounding, but a nice little collection. I may have a few more that need excavation, and additionally, I have a large number of autographed M114 IMAGES. By that I mean that about twelve years ago, I gathered all the M114's that I had that pictured living players, and made photocopies of them and sent them out. They came back signed - but technically they're not "signed M114's".

Enjoy!

PS--The Don Kolloway is a bit of a cheat, as it's actually a signed inside cover from BB Magazine. But the image is the same as his M114.

[doug.goodman]

I didn't discover m114s until after I had given up on autographs.

Those are nice Alan

[doug.goodman]

I added the 1921 Giants Team to my collection, thanx to Richard Simon via ebay.

I also found that I do have an autographed m114...

[jim]

don't know if you had seen these ones yet Doug from your list:
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cheney (637x1280).jpg

scott (690x1280).jpg

[doug.goodman]

Nice ones, thanx Jim

[doug.goodman]

I picked up another Joe D a couple days ago, which gives me 11 different versions.

1 : I have a DC version, but for some reason haven't scanned it.



2-3-4 : There are three with NY on the right hand side.

The middle one is easiest to spot the difference based on the placement of his foot in relationship to the text on the right hand side.

The text on on both sides of the top one is inside the width of the picture, while on the bottom one the text is printed wider.



5-6-7-8-9-10-11 : There are seven with New York on the right hand side.

The top two have the letter J in Joseph level with the other letters, and the placement of the text on the right hand side is different.

The next four all have a "dropped J" in Joseph. The top and bottom look to have the same placement of all the text, so you might think they are the same, but note on the bottom one that the font is different. It is easiest to spot on the left hand side,the "M" in magazine is different, and the "k" in York is different.

On the other two (the 2nd and 3rd down) see how the foot is lined up with the name differently? Also the text on the right hand side of #3 goes beyond the picture.

The bottom on has a way smaller name, and see how the right hand text has different placement, with the little box to the right of York?