Christie's Buried Treasure thread

[T206Jim]

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I just discovered that Baker swung a 52 ounce bat, most modern bats are 32 ounces. This photo has always struck me as such an evocative image of the Deadball Era and that size differential might explain why the photo is so striking to the modern eye.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by T206Jim

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I just discovered that Baker swung a 52 ounce bat, most modern bats are 32 ounces. This photo has always struck me as such an evocative image of the Deadball Era and that size differential might explain why the photo is so striking to the modern eye.

52 ounces!!!! He looks like he weights 170 pounds! Wow.

[TCMA]

Here's a great shot of Chief Meyers from one of my Giants lots. Back in 2006 this photo sold for over $1k more than I paid for the entire lot:

Sold for $3851.05
https://lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=30724

[T206Jim]

Kid Nichols Type 1 Conlon photo from 1904, Charles Conlon's rookie year as a baseball photographer, neatly tucked away within the lot. I can't find Type 1 unmounted photos from Nichols playing days anywhere, are they as rare as they appear to be? The page shown is the lead image from the book The Big Show Charles M. Conlon's Golden Age Baseball Photoraphs.

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Nichols-The-Big-Show-page.jpg

Nichols-PSA-letter.jpg

[WillowGrove]

A beauty Jim. Congrats!

[photomoto]

Nice photo. Original Nichols photos are rare, although there were four other nice ones in the Christies auction. Also, there are a few nice earlier ones from Chickering or other photographs that have been sold. Dennis

[T206Jim]

For anyone wanting to see more of the Christies photos, we have posted forty photos on the BST at this thread link:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=255989