I think it's worth less than what you paid. If you had paid $30, then I'd say keeping it was a fair option.
If the seller knew nothing about the stamping, I could see how he assumed it was type 1. Has a photo service stamp and the image is sharp. But it isn't type 1. If the seller says it was an honest error, I have no reason not to believe him.
Just so you know, I've had a lot of these 'printed later' UPI photos of 1920s-30s baseball and I can see how they could fool collectors as originals. The paper is 'old fashioned' and the images are crystal clear. UPI wasn't trying to fool anyone, but they're high quality reprints. Reprints usually don't have that quality of images, so are more clearly reprints.
Last edited by drc; 05-05-2011 at 12:11 PM.
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