Orval Overall

[boneheadandrube]

Carl Horner Portrait

1903-04 Overall-Horner.jpg

[Casey2296]

There's a nice 1907 Dietsche Overall postcard in LOTG right now.

[RCMcKenzie]

Here's a photo

[Kawika]

Not for sale at the present time but am going to have to liquidate the hoard one of these years so check the obituaries. Great images on the Plow Boys. Was happy to pick up Orval a few years back.

[GoCalBears]

Oh Man, y’all are bringing it. Love all three of these! Keep me in mind if anything comes up for sale.

Keep posting your cool Orvie stuff!!

[Jay Wolt]

Can't forget his T3

[brianp-beme]

Here are some comparison photo images of Overall (as well as a portion of his E90-3 card) that help identify that his E91A (and E91B) cards accurately depict Orval's facial features.

Brian

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Can't forget his T3

That is easily one of the nicer T3s I've ever seen. Beautiful card!

[doug.goodman]

Police Gazette supplement

[edjs]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Not for sale at the present time but am going to have to liquidate the hoard one of these years so check the obituaries. Great images on the Plow Boys. Was happy to pick up Orval a few years back.

Hey, give me a little heads up when you decide to check out. You know we have similar tastes and all. But seriously, live long and live well.

[SteveS]

This was in my Facebook feed today and I thought of this thread. From Philadelphia Inquirer cartoonist Charles Bell, 1910.

[GoCalBears]

@SteveS - yes, I saw it posted on twitter a couple days ago. super cool. I saved the picture and might try and print/frame it at some point. really neat item that I'd never seen before!

[GoCalBears]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Not for sale at the present time but am going to have to liquidate the hoard one of these years so check the obituaries. Great images on the Plow Boys. Was happy to pick up Orval a few years back.

David! Any interest in moving that PlowBoy Orval yet?

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by GoCalBears

David! Any interest in moving that PlowBoy Orval yet?

I keep telling folks that one of these days I will auction off the works but so far I've put things off. It's a depressing prospect. But I'm at an age where it is imperative that I tackle the onerous task of downsizing, starting with our house and its contents including baseball cards. I lived in the Bay Area in the 'eighties and had several good friends who were Cal grads. Have fond memories of many Saturday afternoons at Strawberry Canyon. I like the idea that the Plow Boy Overall be kept by a Cal guy so sometime down the road we can do a deal. Just not yet.

[Ronnie73]

I'm not a collector of Overall only, but a collector of T206's. One of Overall's cards in the set is part of the 28 card "No Print" Factory 30 subset. Basically a hand cut card from a sheet that was removed from the print shop before receiving the scroll overprint and the Factory 42 tax line at the bottom of the card. There are currently 3 known cards in existence.

[GoCalBears]

Is this one yours? I believe PSA has graded two of them (authentic altered, obv, since hand cut). I've not seen one available. If yours becomes available, I'd certainly be interested!

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

I'm not a collector of Overall only, but a collector of T206's. One of Overall's cards in the set is part of the 28 card "No Print" Factory 30 subset. Basically a hand cut card from a sheet that was removed from the print shop before receiving the scroll overprint and the Factory 42 tax line at the bottom of the card. There are currently 3 known cards in existence.

[GoCalBears]

That's awesome - yes, whenever you're ready please reach out! I graduated from Cal in 2000 and since Orval was the first guy from Cal to make it to the bigs and since he's from the Central Valley (I'm from the Sacramento area, not overly far away), I'll been collecting his stuff for a good while (and am working on a biography of him). The Plow Boy has alluded me!
Take care for now!
Justin Carter

Originally Posted by Kawika

I keep telling folks that one of these days I will auction off the works but so far I've put things off. It's a depressing prospect. But I'm at an age where it is imperative that I tackle the onerous task of downsizing, starting with our house and its contents including baseball cards. I lived in the Bay Area in the 'eighties and had several good friends who were Cal grads. Have fond memories of many Saturday afternoons at Strawberry Canyon. I like the idea that the Plow Boy Overall be kept by a Cal guy so sometime down the road we can do a deal. Just not yet.