RMY auction pickups

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Originally Posted by Forever Young

That image on Cornis is nice. The face on the original negative is crystal clear. Appears to be either damaged or dicked with sometime in the process on the said photo. Illy eyes go directly to it rather than the good parts of photo. If it was like the one on Corbis I would prob give it a mini run. the main problem I have is the description. It could potentially be very verv very misleading to newbies in the photo world. It is just simply not THE or one of the best Ruth photos on the planet. Not even remotely close. I am just tired of the auction houses making statements like this. I guess it has always been this way but has become just so extreme.

UGH! This is the mistake people often make, they think the longer they have done it their opinion matters more. I may be new to buying photos, but I am not new to seeing them. You don't need to tell me if it is a good image or not, and the description given by RMY doesn't come across as definitive (non-like your statement), it comes across as opinionated which is fine by me.

The write up:

Of the thousands of times Babe Ruth was photographed during his career, this is our All-Time Favorite! Standing on the edge of the dugout and choosing his weapon, the photographer has chosen an artistic angle below to project Ruth's Stature in the game against an almost surreal background of clouds and bleachers! While the background is intentionally blurred, the figure of Ruth is crystal clear. The use of tones and shading are the work on an unidentified master of his craft capturing Ruth before his FIRST GAME with the Boston Braves. Condition is beautiful and this is truly one of the best (if not THE best) Ruth image on the planet!

Since they say at the beginning that is their all time favorite I take the last statement as an extension of their opinion based on what they find aesthetically pleasing. I, too, find the image to be nice. I do not like portrait images, I like baseball images. This one I find a lot more appealing then any portrait photo of Ruth, and honestly there are tons of images of his swing so it is nice to see this image (and the sliding ones that recently came up) come up for sale.