REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

[trsent]

Interesting email I received from Robert Lifson. I'll copy the relevant information below:

REA is offering a $1,000 reward to the first person who provides us with a photomatch of Joe DiMaggio wearing this 1933-1935 San Francisco Seals Joe DiMaggio jersey graded A9 by MEARS:

http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=60667

There are a lot of DiMaggio photos out there. Hopefully this will be an easy $1,000 for someone.


If anyone can find this for him, contact Robert at: info@robertedwardauctions.com

[ironmanfan]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

could this be another questionable item from the Halper collection?

i'm interested in seeing what comes out of this....

[GoTigers]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch


Joe is bottom right. I just sent this in. Did I win? Here is a link. I can't attach an image from my iPhone.

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/06/15/sp_o_doul_seals.jpg

[sammy]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

Don't believe a match will be found, as isn't this the jersey MEARS deemed to be not authentic?

[sammy]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

Sorry, just read all of Joel's posting. Had the wrong jersey in mind.

[GoTigers]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

I would agree. To find a conclusive match from some grainy 1930's black and white photos will be near impossible

[frankneck]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

Cha-ching! Where can I collect

[kudu]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

All of these photos came from the book " Joe DiMaggio The Hero's Life ". I think the picture of him looking at his collection of memorabilia matches the one in the auction, even has DiMaggios auto in the neckline:









If you need better pics, let me know.

[trsent]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

Email the pictures to Robert and he'll let you know how they match up.

[kudu]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

Will do. Thanks Joel.

[kudu]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

Couple more I found. 1933-36 Zeenut baseball cards. Will pass these along to Robert as well:

[cammy collector]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

amazing what passes as "photomatched" these days

[ironmanfan]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

amazing what passes as "photomatched" these days

As if Lifson hasn't already considered these pictures already............

amazing how people haven't quite grapsed the photo match ve style match thing.

[kudu]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

cammy collector[/b]

amazing what passes as "photomatched" these days


ironmanfan As if Lifson hasn't already considered these pictures already............

amazing how people haven't quite grapsed the photo match ve style match thing.

Are you both referring to the pics I posted?

[aeneas01]

Re: REA Offering $1000.00 Reward for Joe DiMaggio Photomatch

All of these photos came from the book " Joe DiMaggio The Hero's Life ". I think the picture of him looking at his collection of memorabilia matches the one in the auction, even has DiMaggios auto in the neckline:

good photo and the type of thing i'm sure lifson is looking for, i.e. a shot of a jd seals shirt with the lettering just below the top button (most seals photos from the era show the seals lettering well below the top button, perhaps below the second button, which is the case with the other jd photos you supplied). not only does the lettering in the display case photo appear to match up well in terms of position to the top button, but the pinstripes that run through the s and e also appear to match up very well to the auction shirt...



almost impossible to compare autographs imo, but from what i can see they don't seem to match up. whatever the case, for a true photo match i think you would need to find a game photo of jd sporting the shirt because, for all we know, the shirt in the display case could be a well done fake that even fooled jd, no?

anyway, i think lifson is looking for a quality shot of jd sporting a shrrt with the lettering positioned high, just below the top button, as in the following photo of another seals player:



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