Curious for a number of reasons. They're the same style photo (same style mount), yet Ward and the Ewing are unrelated images (Sporting Life versus Old Judge). The mounts look a bit more modern than 1894, though are consistent with turn of the century so it could be close (and the description says circa 1890s), and the mounts aren't the standard N172/Sporting Life style that the original N172 and Sporting Life cabinets came in.
I'd have to examine them in person, in particular to see if they are vintage albumen prints. The mounts look genuine, but seem inconsistent/foreign to the player images (fakes can use genuine vintage mounts).
In short, there are some things about the photos that makes them suspect, but I'd have to see them in person so refrain from offering a final opinion.
Last edited by drcy; 03-31-2014 at 09:38 PM.
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