Walter Johnson L1 Leather

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by DCDSports

Always loved the L1 leathers set. If I recall correctly, we had a complete set of the baseball, and a good number of the other series, including 5 or 6 of the LL premiums. In addition we had some original advertising pieces (including a baseball one). They make great displays, and the variety was cool.

I remember being blown away by your L1 collection, undoubtedly the best ever put together. Unfortunately, the Legendary archives has gone down the rabbit hole. You don't have photos of the items in the collection, do you, specifically the WaJo L1?

[JeremyW]

Hank- I have that Legendary auction catalog. If you let me know your address, I'll try to get it mailed out to you this week. Jeremy

[Baseball Rarities]

Beautiful L1 of Walter. I would also opt to leave it alone. I think that it has a tremendous look to it as is. Congratulations.

[Snowman]

Such a great piece! Congratulation! It looks like I'm in the minority on this one, but I would be looking to clean it if it were in my collection. As long as it could be done without damaging anything or fading the image. But I also understand why others say not to touch it. As far as how to go about doing it though, I don't have any experience cleaning something like this, but I would look into options. Perhaps a museum curator might be a good place to start.

[glynparson]

100% keep it as is.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by glynparson

100% keep it as is.

Thanks, Glyn, I'm only about 60% there right now. I do see the charm in it as it is now, but keep getting drawn to the clean version and think about mine with that kind of patina and brightness.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Thanks, Glyn, I'm only about 60% there right now. I do see the charm in it as it is now, but keep getting drawn to the clean version and think about mine with that kind of patina and brightness.

Just get it cleaned!

You know you want to. And you got it for a great price, so put that money you saved for the cleaning.

It will look amazing and you won't be wondering "should I clean it or shouldn't I? for the next 10 years.

GO FOR IT!!!!!

[DCDSports]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

I remember being blown away by your L1 collection, undoubtedly the best ever put together. Unfortunately, the Legendary archives has gone down the rabbit hole. You don't have photos of the items in the collection, do you, specifically the WaJo L1?

Hello, and thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated. That set was in the welcome area of the Collection, so it was quite visible. We loved sharing the history and breadth of the leathers and other premiums.

There might be individual photos somewhere in the old archive on my end, but I imagine your best best would be one of the old auction catalogs, as mentioned above!

Thanks for bringing back those great memories!

Oh! I personally would not have the leather cleaned!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by DCDSports

Hello, and thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated. That set was in the welcome area of the Collection, so it was quite visible. We loved sharing the history and breadth of the leathers and other premiums.

There might be individual photos somewhere in the old archive on my end, but I imagine your best best would be one of the old auction catalogs, as mentioned above!

Thanks for bringing back those great memories!

Oh! I personally would not have the leather cleaned!

Nice touch

[DCDSports]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Nice touch

I"m sorry Jeffrey, I don't understand what you mean.