An original photo showing Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer Ty Cobb sliding into third base has sold for $250,000, a record price for a Type 1 photograph. The aged, circa 1910, 8” x 10” image, taken by renowned sports photographer Charles Conlon, shows Cobb sliding hard into New York Highlanders’ third baseman Jimmy Austin for a stolen base during a game at New York’s Hilltop … [Read more...]
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Collector Matches Ty Cobb Bat To Iconic 1913 Photograph
Justin Cornett owns an oil brokerage firm in Houston. This month, the sports memorabilia collector drilled down into his photo collection and hit the jackpot, matching a game-used bat of Ty Cobb he won at an auction last year to an iconic image of the Georgia Peach and Shoeless Joe Jackson. “I started shaking a bit,” Cornett, 43, said when he made the … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Ty Cobb in His Memorabilia Room
Most of the fans who came to games in the first part of his career arrived by horse and buggy yet Ty Cobb lived long enough to see the beginning of the space race. While most images collectors have of the Hall of Fame outfielder date from his playing days, Cobb was still being photographed late in life. The RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is a 7x9 World Wide Photos image … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: The Intensity of Ty Cobb
He could be nasty, even to teammates, but Ty Cobb was often willing to pose for baseball photographers. In 1913, one such event generated some of the finest Cobb photos we know today including the rarely seen original image that has taken spot number one in RMY Auctions’ January online catalog. The silver gelatin photo shows Cobb managing a devilish grin as he peers … [Read more...]
Stash of Letters from Young Ty Cobb Set for Auction
An old steamer trunk sitting in a house outside Royston, Georgia contained 40 years of letters written to Erwin Manley, a retired rural mail carrier. They mainly concerned his chicken business and motorcycle repair receipts from delivering mail on his bike. At the bottom of the trunk, though, were seven letters that may help write baseball history. Written in the hand and … [Read more...]
Newly Discovered Ty Cobb Photo at Auction
A rare photo of Ty Cobb taken from a unique angle during a 1909 game has surfaced and headlines the listings in RMY Auctions’ October online catalog. The newly uncovered 5x7 image, captured at Detroit’s Bennett Park, captures the quaintness of big league baseball more than 100 years ago. Looking almost like a minor league facility, the wooden stands are nevertheless packed … [Read more...]
Rare 1913 Ty Cobb Photo Generating Interest
The reason for the photo shoot has been lost to time but it wouldn’t have been unusual for photographers to want to snare a few minutes with the often cantankerous and sometimes violent Ty Cobb. A superstar of the first right who was just entering his prime at age 27, Cobb managed a slight smile for the camera one day in 1913. While other images from this same photo … [Read more...]
