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DavidI specialize in photographs and often dislike it when an old CDV or cabinet card is fashionably (if accurately) categorized as a 'trading card' because the price zooms up as the trading card hoard joins the bidding. Ironially, in my personal aesthetic view, the desirability of a photograph is lowered if it was used for mass/commercial distribution. The 1869 Peck & Snyder Reds is deservedly historic and rare as a trading card, but is plentiful and and often of iffy (light image) quality for a period photograph. I do note, that I have seen Andy's Peck & Snyder Reds, and it is one of the best looking ones ... This is not a criticism of card collectors, just noting that photographs and trading cards are often two different worlds.