Who Bought Conlon's Negatives?

[Jobu]

Curious if anyone here knows who bought Conlon's negatives from Heritage. I am looking to get a scan of one of them and hope that someone here might have a lead for me.

Thanks

[Jobu]

Anyone?

[Hankphenom]

What did they go for, Bryan?

[Jobu]

A cool $1.792 mil!!

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...a/7160-80082.s

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Jobu

A cool $1.792 mil!!

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...a/7160-80082.s

Wow! Neal McCabe and I did the audio set of "The Glory of Their Times," and I got to know the story of how his sister Connie, a photographic restoration expert in D.C., told Neal, who lives in L.A., about the contract she had to work on Conlon's negatives, then owned by The Sporting News, to fix them up for the early 90s Megacards sets of Conlon photos. Neal, a big baseball fan, flew to D.C. just to see them and came away with the inspiration for his magnificent book, "Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon" and its sequel. That was also when Neal and I met, setting the stage for our collaboration with Larry Ritter several years later and a friendship that continues to this day.

[Jobu]

Wow --- lots of baseball history tied up in those few sentences there Hank! I might need to pick up a copy of the Conlon book - it would be great to look through with my kids.