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

[doug.goodman]

Congrats to whoever picked up this m114 Willie Mays tonight on ebay, those don't come up very often, and even though it's beat up, I thought the price was pretty good.

I picked up the Rosen for $2.24 instead.

If anybody reading this picked up the group of 15 for $82, I would be interested in the Robin Roberts that was included.

Doug

[doug.goodman]

Good morning -

The combination of the zombie apocalypse, and my natural tendency towards staying up all night, is giving me time to dig into my m114 collection. Alan and myself are combining our lists and are pretty close to having an up to date "checklist" for what the two of us are aware of, and we're also pretty close to asking the rest of you to take a look at it to let us know what we missed.

Until then, here are the lower label print differences (that we know of) for players whose last name starts with "A"...

Avila - 2
BBM-Avila Robert.jpg

Ashburn - 2
BBM-Ashburn Richie.jpg

Appling - 6
BBM-Appling Luke.jpg

Alexander - 2
BBM-Alexander Grover Cleveland.jpg


Since it's 5:35 am, I think I may go to be now.

Doug "or maybe I'll have some rainbow sherbet" Goodman

[doug.goodman]

After a big bowl of rainbow sherbet, here are the players whose last names start with "B" (in two posts).

Blackwell - 3
BBM-Blackwell Ewell.jpg

Bevens - 4
BBM-Bevens Floyd.jpg

Berra - 2
BBM-Berra Larry.jpg

Bearden - 2
BBM-Bearden Eugene.jpg

Bauer - 2
BBM-Bauer Henry.jpg

Bagby Sr. - 2
BBM-Bagby James Sr.jpg

Bagby Jr. - 2
BBM-Bagby James Jr.jpg

[doug.goodman]

Brown - 2
BBM-Brown James.jpg

Brissie - 2
BBM-Brissie Lou.jpg

Brecheen - 3
BBM-Brecheen Harry.jpg

Branca - 2
BBM-Branca Ralph.jpg

Boudreau - 7
BBM-Boudreau Louis.jpg

Bottomley - 2
BBM-Bottomley James L.jpg

Bonham - 3
BBM-Bonham Ernest.jpg

[h2oya311]

Doug -

I'm scared to ask, but can you identify the date of issue based on the font of any of these...perhaps by cross-referencing them with other players with the same font and the first year they would have been produced?

Also, do you know if there is a Kaline M114 with a New York address (vs. Washington DC)? I believe you said that the Washington DC addresses started in 1954.

Who knew there were this many variations of an under-appreciated and under-collected set? Other than you, of course!

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Doug -

I'm scared to ask, but can you identify the date of issue based on the font of any of these...perhaps by cross-referencing them with other players with the same font and the first year they would have been produced?

Also, do you know if there is a Kaline M114 with a New York address (vs. Washington DC)? I believe you said that the Washington DC addresses started in 1954.

Who knew there were this many variations of an under-appreciated and under-collected set? Other than you, of course!

Date of issue : believe it or not, I haven't really paid much attention to dates (yet) other than to just run with what is in the SCD. I suppose at some point, I will probably get into dates, but I don't think we will ever really know, unless somebody finds a file cabinet filled with m114 (and hopefully m113) paperwork from the Baseball Magazine offices (or their printer).



Al Kaline : It was actually Alan's groundbreaking 2008 article in SCD that let me know about the DC address.

https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/memorabilia/m114

I have never seen a Kaline with a New York (or NY) address line, and would not be surprised if one doesn't exist, but I'm always looking, just in case.

Doug

[h2oya311]

Excellent article. Thanks for sharing!