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Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

With George Burke's photos, I would typically say look for his stamping on the back. Other photographers have different "tells," whether it be a way that they typically identified the photo as theirs (stamping, handwriting, embossing, studio logos in the image, etc). Having a feel for "old" photographs and how they look, feel, and even smell can be clues as well. Of course, not all of these will be available depending on whether you are viewing a photo in person or online.

I'm puzzling over the particular photo you linked to though, as I didn't think the Burke in "Burke-Koretke" stamped photos was George Burke, but rather Francis Burke, who George Burke supplanted for the Cubs photographer position? I could be completely wrong about that though, and would be glad if anyone could explain who Koretke was and what his connection to George Burke may have been, or who the Burke in Burke-Koretke was if not George Burke. The fact that it is on a 1932 Cubs photo (with George Burke being the official photographer for the Cubs throughout the 1930s) certainly does make me rethink my previous assumptions, but other than the 2 photos shown in that Legendary auction (1932 Cubs and 1932 Yankees), I cannot recall seeing many other baseball-related photos with Burke-Koretke stamping (this is where you more seasoned collectors start trotting out your Burke-Koretke baseball photos and make me eat those words )

Edit to add: I should have done more searching beforehand, but I did find a few other examples of Burke-Koretke stampings:
http://www.mearsonlineauctions.com/L...px?lotid=21565
http://feb09.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=10210
http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...-Service-Photo

I didn't see the Yankee one, but do they really sell for that much? I know it was years ago, but brought in $6,000. And I noticed alot of Yankee reprints out there also.