A word from Casey Stengel's great nephew

[Benjamin Grimm]

Some of you may have received an e-mail from Max Lawson, Casey Stengel's great nephew. (The message had a very large distribution list.)

The gist of it is that Max is cashing in and selling off Casey's collection.

You can see what's for sale at this site: http://unclecaseysbaseballphotos.com/

Here's his full message:

I would like to introduce you to unclecaseysbaseballphotos. Items from Casey Stengel's personal collection are now available for purchase! You will find exclusive, original vintage photos, prints and baseball memorabilia from Casey's career with the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Oaks, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Bees and New York Giants. Items include: � Original photos � Affordably priced custom sized prints � Autographs � Signed bank checks � Postcards � Plaques and awards � Vintage pins � Hand written letters � Autographed baseballs � More! This website is in honor of my great uncle, Casey Stengel. Please enjoy this online gallery of photos and Casey's personal items, which span his career and celebrate his life in Baseball. You can order directly from my secure website or contact me with any questions or bulk orders. My website takes PayPal, and I will ship everything first class the same day it is ordered. I am continually posting items, which I inherited directly from Casey's estate. If you don't see a specific item of interest, keep checking or contact me directly. I am a collector myself, so I am also willing to trade items. To visit unclecaseysbaseballphotos, you can click any of the highlighted links or the baseball below. You can always google unclecasey. Happy Collecting, Max Lawson Grand Nephew of Casey and Edna Stengel

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

[Vic Sage]

This website is in honor of my great uncle, Casey Stengel.

wow. your honoring him by selling off everything that ain't nailed to the walls? i love it when people are so lacking in self-awareness they don't even realize they're total douchebags. And by "i love it", i mean i don't.

look, its his crap and if he wants to sell it, then fine. it's his right (presumably). but at least have the decency to be a little embarrassed about it, and be circumspect. try a private auction. don't put your name on this and scream "come and get it!"

[batmagadanleadoff]

Unless the good stuff already sold, most of the items on the site are copies of photographs, not original photos or photos struck from the original negatives. Those photos don't belong in a museum and shouldn't cost significantly more than the printing and processing fees.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

What about the signed bank checks? Do those go for face value?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: What about the signed bank checks? Do those go for face value?

I saw a few items for sale autographed by Stengel. Don't know what's a fair price for those because I'm not into autographs. But they're not museum pieces.

[RealityChuck]

It looks like he's only charging minimal rates (a buck a photo for many of them) and the items are probably reprints, not originals. I don't see any problem with this -- it honors Casey and doesn't try to bilk people.