365 Days of Roberto Clemente

[71buc]

Beautiful pennant Mike. Rats60 please post a pic of that signed fan. I saw it in a thread awhile back. That's as close to baseball memorabilia porn as you can get. Also can you share the background story on how you came to possess it?

[docpatlv]

Day 77

This next item is scarce, I have only seen 2-3 examples in 25+ years including the one I own.

1973-74 Itinerario Oficial (Clemente back cover)...I found the same photo online used on the cover.

[Empty77]

back to the bat fan...if no one else noticed, Love of the Game currently has one on auction, but it has two busted pieces:
http://loveofthegameauctions.com/196...-LOT14957.aspx

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by docpatlv

Day 77

This next item is scarce, I have only seen 2-3 examples in 25+ years including the one I own.

1973-74 Itinerario Oficial (Clemente back cover)...I found the same photo online used on the cover.

The foreign publications are some of my favorites. This is no exception.

[docpatlv]

Day 78

1964 The Sporting News...

[71buc]

This original comic art originated from the Clemente comic produced by Legendary Comics in 1992. Although the comic was disappointing I loved the title page art. I took a chance and called Revolutionary Comics. I talked to Todd Loren who owned the company and he agreed to sell me the page. He said he had the painted version of the page as well but had to locate it. He suggested that I call him back in a couple of months and he would sell that to me as well. I'm glad I purchased the original inked page because when I attempted to call him again I learned he had been murdered. The murder remains unsolved. I later learned he was quite an unpopular and controversial person.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by 71buc

This original comic art originated from the Clemente comic produced by Legendary Comics in 1992. Although the comic was disappointing I loved the title page art. I took a chance and called Revolutionary Comics. I talked to Todd Loren who owned the company and he agreed to sell me the page. He said he had the painted version of the page as well but had to locate it. He suggested that I call him back in a couple of months and he would sell that to me as well. I'm glad I purchased the original inked page because when I attempted to call him again I learned he had been murdered. The murder remains unsolved. I later learned he was quite an unpopular and controversial person.

Cool piece and CRAZY story!

[71buc]

It is one of the stranger stories I have related to my collection. There is a theory that Loren was killed by serial murderer Andrew Cunanan. One of Cunanan's victims was designer Gianni Versace. So on to less macabre subjects...what's on tap for day 79 Mike?