Collecting the early 70's Oakland A's

[mr2686]

I'd also like to add that the final project included 69 autographs and when matted and framed was quite large. If I had included "everyone" that was on the 71-75 team rosters for the entire year/years, I would have to have included an additional 40 autographs. Thanksfully, as I collect teams from earlier years, I have been finding that there are a lot less players on a teams yearly roster.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

I'd also like to add that the final project included 69 autographs and when matted and framed was quite large. If I had included "everyone" that was on the 71-75 team rosters for the entire year/years, I would have to have included an additional 40 autographs. Thanksfully, as I collect teams from earlier years, I have been finding that there are a lot less players on a teams yearly roster.

Mike,
Can you please show us the final product, if possible?

[bender07]

Great story and very cool to see someone so dedicated to a particular focus (something I've struggled with over the last 15 years!).

[mr2686]

Here's the final product. Not a great picture but the only one I haver right now. As I said before, this was my first project like this and I learned a lot. One thing I learned and would do different would be to have a center piece that showed what the project theme was. In my other projects that I'm working on, I have taken this in to account and have either a chachet that has, for example, the outcome of a particular world series for that team, or I have a signed yearbook. In the case of the A's, I have been meaning to get some kind of gold nameplate and have it engraved with the team and years and put it on the bottom front of the frame. By the way, the final product is approx 54x36, so you can see how much larger it would be with another 40 autographs....aghhhhh

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Here's the final product. Not a great picture but the only one I haver right now. As I said before, this was my first project like this and I learned a lot. One thing I learned and would do different would be to have a center piece that showed what the project theme was. In my other projects that I'm working on, I have taken this in to account and have either a chachet that has, for example, the outcome of a particular world series for that team, or I have a signed yearbook. In the case of the A's, I have been meaning to get some kind of gold nameplate and have it engraved with the team and years and put it on the bottom front of the frame. By the way, the final product is approx 54x36, so you can see how much larger it would be with another 40 autographs....aghhhhh

Wow- thanks! What a project Mike. I agree that having one central focus item to pull the theme together would be a good idea.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Here's the final product. Not a great picture but the only one I haver right now. As I said before, this was my first project like this and I learned a lot. One thing I learned and would do different would be to have a center piece that showed what the project theme was. In my other projects that I'm working on, I have taken this in to account and have either a chachet that has, for example, the outcome of a particular world series for that team, or I have a signed yearbook. In the case of the A's, I have been meaning to get some kind of gold nameplate and have it engraved with the team and years and put it on the bottom front of the frame. By the way, the final product is approx 54x36, so you can see how much larger it would be with another 40 autographs....aghhhhh

Awesome Mike, turned out very nice! Congratulations!

[mr2686]

Thanks guys, I appreciate that. I just added some updates to the initial post to add some info provided by Jodi.Birkh0lm...and that brings me to the most important point of posts like these. When collectors like us start talking about projects, it starts to clear up any misconceptions about scarcity and availability, and also makes it easier for the next group of collectors to understand what they're up against in collecting any particular subject. I remember pre-internet, I was always told that Tony Lazzari just couldn't be found, and now it's not hard at all (although not cheap either).

[David Bender]

Mike, what a great piece! Is Matt Alexander represented, or is he one of the missing 40?