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ng news in 1986 when the collection was found it was in complete disarray steve said it was so chaotic you would be hard pressed to even categorize it as a collection he said they were all sitting in a filing cabinet outside of the vault used to store the sporting news significant items the vault was apparently so full that they opted to leave the cabinet out where even visitors could come in and handle them this was how little conlon s work was thought of over time conlon was always there close to the action and he had a way of snapping photos that gave observers the sense that they were a part of the action it is also said that his photos had a unique way of channeling the viewer s attention directly to the player s facial expression 4 i believe that this is why his portraits are so captivating most portraits are relatively boring in my opinion but conlon had a way of capturing his subject s emotions in a way that makes them just as interesting as their action shot counterparts you can pretty much look at a conlon picture and know that it is a conlon photo even without any context it is quite amazing it is said that over time conlon resorted to getting rid of images simply because he didn t have the room for them in his house 5 nonetheless sometime between 1942 and his death in 1945 conlon whose house was stuffed to the gills with all of his negatives and plates sold his negatives to the sporting news however even gietschier could not find a bill of sale or anything so it is not even known how much if anything at all was paid for the items however they did the right thing and hired conservator constance mccabe to make prints of the old delicate negatives 6 the results blew away mccabe who was awed at the artistry of conlon s photography she was so excited she shared the news with her brother neal an avid baseball fan which led to the 1993 publication of the book baseball s golden age the photographs of charles m conlon 7 there were so many photographs and the book was such a hit that the duo created a sequel to the book the big show charles m conlon s golden age baseball photographs 8 however even before that book was published the sporting news released a 330 card set in 1991 that showcased conlon s work called the conlon collection the following year the sporting news was approached by a small card company called megacards of fairfield iowa though they had never produced on a set level scale they were intrigued by the conlon collection megacards and the sporting news agreed on a 4 year deal that was supposed to contain a 330 card set for each year the sets did well the first couple years but like most other baseball cards took a hit during the strike therefore in 1995 megacards only released series 1 of the set that consisted of only 110 cards in all there were 1 430 cards produced for the conlon collection series with 330 of those being produced by the sporting news and the remaining being produced by megacards if you are not familiar with the conlon collection sets they are fantastic the photography is phenomenal and the back of each card showcases a significant event of that player s career the sets are also one of the earlier sets to include autographs as 20 000 packs from the 1992 release offered autograph inserts from the likes of johnny mize bob feller bobby doerr enos slaughter johnny vandermeer hal newhouser and marty marion 9 so far so good right we have the collection found it is undergoing restoration and cards and books being made to honor charles conlon and his contributions to history and baseball well i wish things could continue to go in this direction but life unfortunately doesn t always go that way which brings us to the next step in the collection s journey and an unfortunate one john rogers t206 honus wagner click for more info the sporting news was sold by times mirror to paul allen co founder of microsoft and from there it would be sold to the american city business journals acbj in 2006 originally the sporting news was to remain in place in st louis but when the execs at acbj changed their minds the offices were moved to north carolina before the move the sporting news sold off its entire photographic archive including the conlon collection to john rogers in 2010 perhaps you have heard of him rogers is the arkansas entrepreneur who shelled out 1 62 million for a psa 5 t206 honus wagner in 2008 rogers owned a photo archiving business called rogers photo archive essentially what they did was make deals with the owners of photographic materials the items were shipped to him in north little rock arkansas where his company cleaned and restored the prints they took the cleaned prints and scanned them at 300 dots per inch dpi before returning a hard drive to the publication or owner as a completed archive the company kept the original prints stored in the rogers archive where he then created prints that were sold to the public via ebay the rogers company would basically put in the contract that they now owned the photos in exchange for their digitizing services 10 john rogers however the conlon collection is a bit different in that rogers owned the images outright he went to work with the collection creating museum quality prints 11 that are available for public sale but also intended to monetize the rights through the licensing of the images 12 additionally for what he deemed as the 150 most memorable images he is creating a line of platinum palladium prints according to the library of congress the platinum printing process was popular in the late 19th century it used platinum and or palladium salts instead of silver as the light sensitive material these prints are characterized by their ability to reproduce a long scale of tonal values it is a very permanent image and was highly valued for this reason later the process was appreciated more for its aesthetic qualities and became favored among art photographers it is usually characterized by soft gray tonalities but it is possible to change the color of the print during development or by toning the finished print 13 that sounds pretty sweet to me in any case i do not see any issues with buying a collection in order to get profits and it seems like his company is adept at preserving photographic imagery and negatives however it would be other issues that cause alarm in the case of john rogers that will take us to the next stop of the conlon collection s journey so let s take a little closer look at john rogers rogers photo archival business concept was attractive to newspapers who had to weigh the options of either paying their staff to digitally archive or sending it over to sending them over to a local historical society while these are arguably the safest options for such an endeavor most newspapers had to think about the man hour and equipment costs to do it themselves or hand it over to a historical society who are often just as strapped for personnel and resources as the newspapers themselves this made a company like rogers archival a premium option rogers offered them something they pretty much could not accomplish themselves 14 unfortunately what rogers promised to deliver would oftentimes go unfulfilled it seems that the shadow side of his business ventures ended up with a bright light shone on it as the accusations and law suits began piling up around 2014 rogers found himself in quite a mess that compounded pretty quickly rogers kind of took the collectibles and photography worlds by surprise for the most part people were suspicious of him from the get go as he came out of obscurity at the age of 35 to buy that t206 honus wagner 15 then he turned around and started buying up all of these newspaper archives that kind of money does not generally come out of obscurity their suspicions were not unwarranted and over time complaints about shady business practices and illegal activity began to mount until he wound up getting federal attention he had his home and businesses raided by the fbi as part of an investigation into bank fraud and counterfeit sports memorabilia accusations 16 by 2015 rogers was facing over a dozen lawsuits in excess of 90 million all together 17 over 20 newspapers filed lawsuits against rogers archival grievances ranged from not fulfilling agreements to partially fulfilling agreements to delivering archive materials to unknown third parties and selling some of the material on ebay com 18 however it must be remembered that in the agreements these papers made with rogers they agreed that rogers archival would maintain control of the images as payment for the archiving process and would then give the owner a percentage of the profits at least that is what rogers claimed 19 in addition to being a photo archivist rogers was also a sports memorabilia dealer which was another business venture that has left rogers in disgrace to make a long story short in 2017 rogers admitted in a plea deal that he carried out a fraud scheme between 2009 and 2014 through both his rogers archival and his sports card plus 20 it is a muddy mess but we will try to unpack this simply and quickly rogers ultimately ended up in court and admitted that he would forge fake contracts to give the illusion that he had secured certain collections of sports memorabilia and newspaper photographs 21 he did this in order to trick investors into investing into his company he also admitted that he had sold fake sports memorabilia that he had either created himself or altered to feign their authenticity he used much of these profits and collateral in order to secure loans such as a 100 000 loan he secured from an investor using a fake heisman trophy 22 in all it is estimated that he received around 4 million from various investors and financial institutions by using these fake contracts and counterfeit memorabilia 23 i am sure you are probably asking what this has to do with the conlon collection so let me explain rogers had been neck deep in legal battles for a few years and has to fund this somehow not to mention that it is estimated that he is facing 50 million in creditor and investor claims 24 well the judge who was overseeing his case in court gave rogers the green light to sell off the conlon collection of glass plate negatives according to the receiver michael mcafee who was appointed by the court to oversee and arrange the sale the proceeds will go to pay off rogers creditors 25 ultimately rogers was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his sports memorabilia and fraud endeavors an extremely light sentence for a 44 year old con man who spent a decade defrauding people he made a plea deal on one count of wire fraud which in itself has a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison 26 he was free on bond as his sentence pended until he was found continuing to sell fake sports memorabilia even after making the plea deal 27 it is highly unlikely that much of this money will be recouped as he duped countless people he owes mary brace owner of the george brace collection 780 000 alone for a breach of contract judgement 28 mary sold him the collection in 2012 for 1 35 million but filed a lawsuit in 2014 when rogers missed am 85 000 installment 29 however she is just one in a laundry list of people to whom he owes significant amounts of money not to mention that the 27 boxes of negatives from the brace collection were seized by the fbi and auctioned for 46 000 in 2016 30 the conlon collection went to heritage auctions with a starting bid of 250 000 on august 27 2016 but with 23 bids that number skyrocketed to 1 792 500 00 the winning bidder he or she remains anonymous that s right no one seems to know who owns it or where it is this is unfortunate i am hoping that it is safe and secure somewhere so that it can be preserved for ever but unfortunately we do not know as collectors we all wish for that holy grail but to me i think there are some things that are better suited for museums this would be one of those things i am sure that every one of us would want nothing more than to get our hands on something with provenance like this but i am not sure that it would be the right or best thing to do oddly enough the aforementioned george brace collection went to yet another digital archiving company but i am unsure to whom that is chicago tribune writer jason meisner tried to reach out to the person but the article does not provide a name only that they could not be reached for comment 31 all that it states is that the person owns a digital archiving company in lake barrington illinois nonetheless i do not like to bring up problems without offering solutions and fortunately at least one solution does exist one thing that can be done if you ever find yourself in possession of something like this is putting it on loan to a museum this does a couple of things first it ensures that the item is preserved and stored by trained professionals second it can be put on display for the world to enjoy most museums will accompany the item with a card stating that the item is on loan and who from while on display therefore giving you the credit i suppose this is easy for me to say because i own nothing of any significant intrinsic value but it is something that is not uncommon i saw this a lot when i worked in the augusta museum of history and thought it was a great idea history is something that should be shared and it pains me to think of how many things are sitting unloved and unappreciated in safety deposit boxes in any case i would be curious to know what your opinions are on this topic let me know down in the comments christopher brandon posted by alanohio at 9 19 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday may 5 2018 the conlon books for conlon baseball card collectors or for those who do not want to invest in a baseball card collection two books about charles m conlon are worth the smaller investment to own a piece of his photographic mastery by david davis smithsonian com august 31 2011 in 1839 around the time that louis daguerre announced that he had perfected the photographic process that would bear his name the game of base ball was spreading up and down the eastern seaboard of the united states by the turn of the 20th century with the advent of the hand held camera and the proliferation of newspapers and magazines featuring black and white photography the sport was becoming the national pastime born in 1868 charles m conlon was a proofreader at the new york telegram when he began shooting pictures as a hobby he started to frequent baseball stadiums in the first decade of the 1900s at the prompting of an editor using a graflex camera he soon filled the pages of the telegram as well as prestigious baseball publications including the sporting news and the spalding guide with evocative intimate portraits by the time he snapped his last picture in the early 1940s conlon had become one of baseball s foremost 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