Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[mmayes]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

These, I hope, will be a real pleasure for some collectors. I recall there were always hopes Topps Vault would produce one of these - the first draft choice of the expansion Mariners, but in his original Royals' uniform.

Well naturally Brace got him (but his files said he didn't). These were terribly backlit but I suppose they'll do the job for anybody hunting Ruppert Jones/Royals, given that a google search produces exactly zero color images!

These are spectacular. Thank you!

I had previously found the image to make the attached card, but not sure where it came from.

[UKBaseballfan]

[QUOTE=Merkle923;5182335]Again seems to me shots of my late friend Farmio during his cameos with the 1978 Brewers and 1983 A's were much desired.

The Brewers shot is clearly not a Brace but was included in this collection and I'll be darned if I know why or who took it. The background is obviously Anaheim Stadium. Ed did not pitch there as a Brewer but the team played its next-to-last series there in September. The photo has also been taped to cardboard, hence the filmy qualities. I'm going to have a crack at repairing the original and will then re-post if I get anywhere.

Does this option obviate the need to repair?

[Merkle923]

Jones: looks to be from the West Palm Beach based files of our eBay friend Kyle.

Farmer: a decent headshot but either washed out color or a passing effort at colorization. The shot I posted has the advantages of certainly being color and easily dated to his actual time with the team. I have previously liberated some of the scotch tape from other prints! There's also a second Farmer/Oakland that's been found in the collection which I'll post ASAP

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

Jones: looks to be from the West Palm Beach based files of our eBay friend Kyle.

Farmer: a decent headshot but either washed out color or a passing effort at colorization. The shot I posted has the advantages of certainly being color and easily dated to his actual time with the team. I have previously liberated some of the scotch tape from other prints! There's also a second Farmer/Oakland that's been found in the collection which I'll post ASAP

Thanks as I've been looking for a decent R Jones, Farmer & Putnam for awhile so to quote LB Bart Scott.... "can't wait!".

[BklynJace]

I still dream Fanatics will resuscitate the Vault one day, but in the meantime these are a godsend, thank you so much for one and all.

And I'm still over the moon about the Mario Ramirez you kindly posted a while back!

[Patsy Tebeau]

From the 1930s

[Merkle923]

I recall that a few years ago the quick nomadic last stops on the career of the late pitcher Matt Keough were complete blanks in terms of color photography.

Well - he's in the Brace mega-lot too.

I do not think the profile of him with the Cardinals is a Brace but it's in the collection. The other Cardinals (September-October 1985), Cubs (April-June 1986), and Astros (June-October 1986) clearly are. There are some other Cubs shots of him on sale, at high prices, that appear to be printed off Brace negatives which as we now know couldn't have been spread further afield if they'd all been put in one store room and then all the windows opened on a windy day.

Anyway, here is the onetime A's ace, son of Marty Keough, former reality TV star, in seldom-seen unis:

[Patsy Tebeau]

Are there any photos of Jim O'Rourke with the Washington Senators?