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commando
05-02-2008, 03:54 PM
Topps is selling an original photo negative of Ryne Sandberg from spring training 1981 on eBay. A forum member owns this jersey, if I remember correctly.


Ryne Sandberg Phillies Photo (http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-Topps-Orig-Color-Negative-Ryne-Sandberg-PHILLIES_W0QQitemZ320246447139QQihZ011QQcategoryZ5 0129QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l 1262)

It's nice to see tough photos like this come to light every so often.

5kRunner
05-02-2008, 04:03 PM
It looks like Mr. Howard Wolf owns the jersey. At first glance the pinstripes don't appear to match. Look at the 24. Too bad. That would have been a great jersey to photomatch.

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=12535&highlight=sandberg

cjmedina1
05-04-2008, 07:38 PM
H&S auctions will have a 81 Sandberg Jersey for auction.The jersey number is 37? Did he change his number after the start of the season?

Carlie Medina III
carliemedinaiii@sbcglobal.net

scottanservitz
05-04-2008, 08:19 PM
I just checked the Baseball Almanac and they stated Ryne's number in 1981 was #37.

Scott

commando
05-04-2008, 09:08 PM
Yes, it appears that Sandberg wore the number 24 during Spring Training, then Len Matuszek took the number later in the regular season. It also appears that longtime Phillie Greg Gross was using the number 23 in 1981, the number that Sandberg would take with the Cubs.

ironmanfan
05-04-2008, 09:16 PM
I've gotten some very cool things thru the Topps Vault eBay Auctions

both-teams-played-hard
05-04-2008, 09:20 PM
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/461/sandbergphils2pc5.jpg
Topps Vault is a great seller...no watermarks. I have several negatives from them. I ALWAYS search for "negative" "slide" or "unpublished photo". The photos are usually taken with natural light, and finding a photomatch is possible. Take a look at some of the NFL negatives, Topps is offering for sale....great stuff...By my calculations, I will have 8,000 photos in my files by May, 2013.