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Prices did seem low. I wonder if its because so many were offered, plus the shilling in previous auctions post struck me as possibly valid.

The 1869 Reds are one of the most famous teams, so that's where a lot of the value comes from and will always come from. The 1927 Yankees of its day.

I can say that, as someone who worked with a big non-sport CDV and cabinet photo auction recently, baseball CDVs fetch a lot of money, even at these prices. $5,000 is a lot of money for a CDV. For perspective, the auction had an original Russian studio family portrait cabinet of the Romanov family (Czar Nicholas, Anastasia et al) and I think that sold for around $1,000.

I add that, while I fashion myself a photo expert, others on this board and in this thread know a lot more details about these early baseball CDVs. I only brought up the Sam and Harry Wright CDV because, browsing the catalog, it didn't visually resemble an 1870s CDV so I looked into it further.

On this board, I think I'd be called a photo generalist, with a passing knowledge of old baseball.