M113/M114 Walter Johnsons

[doug.goodman]

I have one of the m113s (I believe it to be the 1916 issue, and it might be my favorite of the m113s), and there are three m114 pictures that I know of, with one of those having a caption variation. Here they are :

[doug.goodman]

This is what I believe to be the 1913 m113 of Johnson, I do not own it (but I would like to - hint hint), but stole the scan from a 2006 REA auction (which confused the m113s with the m114s, and vice versa).

[Hankphenom]

Those are the two WaJo M114s, I believe. There are several different M113s.

[FrankWakefield]

Nice stuff, Doug.

I thought the 'Arm' was the M113. And the others were M114's.

But then I have no recollection of seeing that Baseball Magazine poster of Johnson in that sweater... That looks great!

[doug.goodman]

To clarify -

The throwing in the sweater is the 1913 m113 (my second reply))

The arm is the 1916 m113 (my first reply)

and the others are m114s (also my first reply)

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thank you so much, Doug. That was super helpful. One more quick question, the pitching pose with the solid dark background, do you know what year that one was first offered?

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Those are the two WaJo M114s, I believe. There are several different M113s.

I had the 13s and 14s reversed here, Oops. Anybody know how many different WaJo 114s there are?

[FrankWakefield]

Thank you, Sir, for the clarification. And your thoughts in the original post now seem obvious to me. Stay well everyone.

[doug.goodman]

Apologies guys that I hadn't noticed this thread for the last couple months.

Answers to questions :

Hank - those three m114 poses for Walter Johnson are all that I am aware of, and the two m113s makes five total.

Phil - I believe the dates of the three poses are 1957 for the DC caption, 1920 for the dark background, and 1951 for the bleachers background.

Doug

[doug.goodman]

Updating for the WJ m113 release dates.

I am attempting to compile a list of m113 release dates using ads from the magazine, I have already discovered discrepancies between the ads and the catalog listed dates.

Based on those ads, I put the release date as Sept 1912 for the "1913" version (the full body picture of WJ throwing).

I'm not sure about the "arm" version yet, as I am missing some issues of the magazine, and that one is not pictured, or specifically mentioned in any ads that I have access to. The catalog lists a 1916 release of the second WJ m113, but I am missing the following issues from 1915 thru 1917 :

1915 Feb, May, Aug, Dec
1916 Jan, Mar, Aug, Sep, Dec
1917 Feb, Dec

Due to the unique nature of the image I would expect it to be highlighted in an ad.

If anybody has access to any of those issues, I would be ingterested in buying / trading for them, or at the very least getting scans / pix of the poster ads.

Doug