Recent Pickup: Chief Bender Glass Negative

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Posted By: Keith

Hey guys,

I picked up this Glass Negative of Chief Bender pitching recently and I wanted to share it. The glass measures 7 inches by 5 inches. It came inside an old envelope thats labeled Bender, and the date 9/8/09.

I have had a football glass negative before but it was of an unidentified high school team. Do glass negatives of HOFers show up much? Anyone have an idea of value?

Here are some images.
First, the scan of the glass negative as is:


Second, I inverted the scan to show the image better as it would appear in a photo. (Anyone by chance recognize the image?)


And last a photo of the envelope

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Glass negatives of Hall of Famers are scarce, but can be found. Your negative's image is Grade A, plus it's dated with the original envelope, so yours is a Grade A example for Bender.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Keith- your image is superb. Is that a known pose? It looks new to me.

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Posted By: Keith

Thanks for the replies,

David, I am not that familiar with Grading of photographs; what is the rating scale?

Barry, I haven't seen the pose before either.

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Posted By: Jimmy

one of the best items I have seen on the board in awhile, very hard to find a negative this early

thanks for sharing

Jimmy

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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Some artist should base a sculpture on this image (bronze would look great).

[T206Jim]

Keith, do you still have the Bender negative?

[JMEnglish27]

Glad I'm seeing this courtesy of the post bump. That's amazing.

[vintagesportflips]

Hello Jim,
No, unfortunately I no longer own it.
Thanks
Keith

[T206Jim]

Darn!

Here is a Type 1 photo from that negative that now I can definitively date based on your negative.