RMY Auction - Conlon Prints

[btcarfagno]

I was in on the Waner for a while. Got a few of the 1929 A's Conlons though.

[Runscott]

Got these two for Conlon's notes, and enjoyed the fact that they were both about bunting. Might matt/frame them with the backs showing:

[Bpm0014]

I won the Matty family portrait and the ‘28 Cobb talking to a fat guy.

[eastonfalcon19]

These are my first Conlon photos, Max Carey and Mule Haas. I wanted the Mule Haas photo to go along with his game used bat that I have.

[Exhibitman]

I picked up these two RPPCs:


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The one on the left is from 1919 in training for the Willard bout.* The one on the right is from 1923 while JD was in training for the Gibbons fight.

[Dewey]

Was in on the Max Carey and Shotton. Gonna take a last stab at them before regrettably being drawn into Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Grrrrrr. Haha. Two minutes late to final bid.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

These are my first Conlon photos, Max Carey and Mule Haas. I wanted the Mule Haas photo to go along with his game used bat that I have.

Congrats on the Mule Haas photo to go with the bat. I like to collect photos to go along with my bats, too. When you get the Carey photo, please take a close look at the knob of his bat and let us know if there's anything that is visible and interesting there.

[Mark]

Glad to see that many of the photos found good homes. I thought that these 2 Pirates pitchers belong together, and so I picked them up.

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by Mark

Congrats on the Mule Haas photo to go with the bat. I like to collect photos to go along with my bats, too. When you get the Carey photo, please take a close look at the knob of his bat and let us know if there's anything that is visible and interesting there.

Thank you Mark. I was looking at that too. It looks like a Spalding mark but I'm not certain. I should be able to tell when I get the photo in. Congrats on your photos to.

[Snapolit1]

Only recently did I discover that Haas is buried about a half mile from my house. And went to the local high school in NJ.

[Scott Garner]

I was successful at picking up an original 1917 Charles Conlon photo of St. Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob.
Ernie Koob is credited with being part of a MLB first:

On May 5th, 1917 Koob no-hit Eddie Cicotte and the visiting CWS 1-0.
St. Louis hurler Bob Groom repeated the feat by no-hitting the White Sox the following day in the 2nd game of a double header 3-0. This was the first time that no-hitters were pitched in consecutive days in the same series.

This is a definite rarity, as it has only occurred twice since:
HOF Gaylord Perry and Ray Washburn did it on 9/17/68 and 9/18/68 respectively @ San Francisco.
Jim Maloney and Don Wilson also repeated this on 4/30/69 and 5/1/69 @ Cincinnati.

One definite regret is not winning the Harvey Haddix action photo that appears on this 1961 Topps card. I thought the auction was over and I had won, so I went to bed. The next day I was shocked when I discovered that someone else managed to outbid me. Bummer!
Oh well, I won one of the two that I was going after...
Someone added a nice photo to their collection.

[Snapolit1]

How soon before a couple of hundred Conlons flood eBay at BINs 4 and 5 times what they just sold for. If it hasn't already happened.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

How soon before a couple of hundred Conlons flood eBay at BINs 4 and 5 times what they just sold for. If it hasn't already happened.

not a Conlon but funny you should say


https://www.ebay.com/itm/HISTORIC-19...p2047675.l2557


and one week later.....


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Babe-Ruth-1...sAAOSwuhFaOJLL

[Snapolit1]

Henry may be the most honest above board guy in the world, but isn't it a little weird that he's the grader on photos that he sells? Seems like a minor conflict of interest, no?

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

not a Conlon but funny you should say


https://www.ebay.com/itm/HISTORIC-19...p2047675.l2557


and one week later.....


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Babe-Ruth-1...sAAOSwuhFaOJLL

That’s a great photo and went lower than I expected. Also, based on recent realized prices, the seller has some decent deals too...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-White-...edirect=mobile

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

How soon before a couple of hundred Conlons flood eBay at BINs 4 and 5 times what they just sold for. If it hasn't already happened.

That could be true, but I've seen Rhys' prints go for twice what mine sat on ebay for at fixed price unsold for months - the exact same first generation print in the same condition.

In any case, I hope they get re-sold for 4 and 5 times what Rhys got. Now that I will have 17 of them - just like bitcoins.