View Full Version : SCP auctions tintype - is it really the Atlantics' Pete O'Brien?
bmarlowe1
11-21-2015, 12:48 AM
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bmarlowe1
11-21-2015, 12:48 AM
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oldjudge
11-21-2015, 01:31 AM
Mark is being too nice. SCP needs to either remove the lot or amend the description to identify the subject as a random bearded man holding something other than a baseball. BTW, I believe a younger Pete O'Brien appears in the circa-1859 Atlantics CdV that sold in the Heritage summer live auction.
Nice work Mark. They should probably pull the item. If it were in my auction I would.
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oldjudge
11-21-2015, 11:07 AM
After further research I have identified the subject as Dy Aphram, the inventor of the first IUD.
toppcat
11-21-2015, 12:24 PM
After further research I have identified the subject as Dy Aphram, the inventor of the first IUD.
That's the funniest thing I have read in months-well done!
benjulmag
11-21-2015, 01:05 PM
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Mark,
I'm curious to know if you believe O'Brien is depicted in the c. 1860 Atlantics Cdv? To my knowledge he was a member of the team during the entire period the Cdv could have been taken. Assuming then he was a member, it would be very unusual if he was not present when the team was photographed.
oldjudge
11-21-2015, 01:22 PM
Corey--I thought O'Brien was standing, far right. Mark, what do you think?
benjulmag
11-21-2015, 02:10 PM
Corey--I thought O'Brien was standing, far right. Mark, what do you think?
That's what I think too.
bmarlowe1
11-21-2015, 02:55 PM
That certainly could be him - I don't see anything I can point to to say it's not him. I'm just not sure. I wish we had better exemnplars.
Bocabirdman
11-27-2015, 09:13 AM
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He is actually one of the Smith Bros. holding an early, less successful example of one of his cough drops...........