Paul Katcher

My view from New York City. Yankees and Giants fan, Knicks nut, Syracuse grad, photographer, poker and guitar player, writer, bargain hunter Topics I cover frequently: Sports Photography Technology New York Video

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My collection of July 1969 newsmagazines, leading up to and celebrating the moon landing. Plus, a fabulous March 1962 issue of TIME announcing “The Space Race is GO.”

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Barack Obama's game-worn Punahou High School basketball jersey from the team's state championship season of 1978-79 will be auctioned in February. It’s estimated to fetch more than $100,000.

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Cracks me up that not only is this a photo of an active major league pitcher in 1984, but Phil Neikro (then 45 years old) won 50 games from that season onward.

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View from Palmer Hill Trail in Andes, N.Y.

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I don't wanna grow up!

(Photo by Rene Johnpiere during the final days for Toys R Us)

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Inside The Ecosystem That Fuels Amazon’s Fake Review Problem

A vast web of Amazon review fraud lives online, and it's designed to evade the company’s efforts to thwart it.

Solid feature on another example of shitty people poisoning a well-intentioned tech tool -- this one that aims to help us make more informed purchasing decisions. Thanks again, dicks with computers.

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Mid-‘90s milk ad featuring Patrick Ewing. “Have you seen me sweat? I must lost 10 lbs a game.”

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"Postcard from America” print for sale.

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Trading card art from sports movies/TV.

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Going through some sports publications I’ve collected over the years. Sporting News had it right in Sept. 1986. Don Mattingly was the man.

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This is the oldest known portrait of a U.S. president. The subject is John Quincy Adams in August 1843.

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Sidewalk Cracks on Flickr.

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Yosemite National Park by Paul Katcher

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The best street-level view of the Chrysler Building is on 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Aves. It's the tallest brick building in the world and a monument of Art Deco architecture. #nyc #blackandwhite #mextures #chryslerbuilding #nyc #architecture #artdeco (at Chrysler Building)

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Crazy line at Time Warner Center to get into NYC's first Amazon store. If only there was a place online to buy books.

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The Yankees’ 25-year-old slugger Aaron Judge, April’s AL Rookie of the Month, gets the Sports Illustrated cover treatment.

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Via the Twitter account ‘80s Wrestling Pics!, here’s Andre the Giant’s "Application for Wrestler’s License” in the state of Washington dated July 19, 1978.