Can someone please I.D. this?

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Posted By: <b>Andrew</b><p>I own it, but not sure what it is? I think the original seller used "stereoview" as a describer. I plan to sell, but didn't know how to list it. The card stock is somewhat heavy.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/littletreasures/allcardstypeset/websize/1925%20Stereoview.jpg"><br><br>"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: <b>Dave Hornish</b><p>That is the worst swing I have ever seen! I coached Little League for 4 years and never saw anything that bad......

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>It's a 1925 stereoview. There were special viewers to make them look 3-D.

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Posted By: <b>Andrew</b><p>Any guestimate as to value or difficulty? Much thanks.<br><br>"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>ha ha His hands are backwards!<br /><br />"Your going to break your wrists swinging like that"...... But we always heard Hank Aaron swung like that as a kid, so we tried it.

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Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>That's obviously Josh Gibson in Japan. Many believe it to be Joe Jackson or Jim Thorpe, but those in the know recognize the backward hands and bat-handle-in-stomach swing. No doubt about it. Gibson in his prime. <br /><br />-Ryan<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Robert S</b><p>This odd 1925 stereoview depicts a posed "Yale" baseball player. Unlike most stereo cards, this one is printed in color on a white card stock with no curvature. This image is one in a series of posed baseball shots.<br /><br />I assume yours has no curve to it, like the others that have been documented...<br />

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>I have seen this a few times...can't remember what they sold for, but it wasn't a whole lot.

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Posted By: <b>Andrew</b><p><br />Robert, is there a source - such as the SCC/SCD - that identifies this as one of a series of posed shots? By curvature, do you mean when looking at it from the side, the paper is concave?<br><br>"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: <b>Robert S</b><p>Most stereoptic cards are curved when viewed from the side, to enhance the 3-D effect.<br /><br />Herer are some examples where you can see the curve:<br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/Webster_Albee.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/WWI_Keystone.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/Ruth_Keystone.jpg"><br /><br />As for a resource -- none with which I am aware.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>$5 - $10 give or take. These come up with some regularity.<br><br>Adam B

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Posted By: <b>Damian</b><p><br />Ryan, i'm no expert but.... isn't that also Josh Gibson 2nd from the left in Roberts middle photo?<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>anthony</b><p>you know what that picture reminds me of....?<br /><br />the "I LOVE LUCY" episode when she is trying to learn how to play golf...anyone remember that? <br /><br />just the baseball version...

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Posted By: <b>David Smith</b><p>Is it just me or does the batter look like Bela Lugosi??<br /><br /><br />David

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Posted By: <b>Dave Hornish</b><p>I was thinking of a Henny Youngman resemblance.......

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Posted By: <b>Rob Dewolf</b><p>Not to mention that the batter appears to be wearing slippers, is swinging (?) a bat that's about 24 inches long and is hitting something the size of a softball. Otherwise, textbook stuff.