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Originally Posted by billyb
OBC,
I believe they started to put the provenance on the front in the 40s, if I am wrong, please someone correct me.
I would think that the value is what the photo is about. The photos with the provenance on the back, would be worth more only because they would be older and possibly more rare. But there are more modern photos that are worth more that the vintage ones.
So, subject, story, condition and clarity, is what we are to look for, whether provenance is on front or back, it should not matter.
Now to me, if the photo is not of any significance, I would rather the provenance be on the back.
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It was around 1935 or so, they started using front style captions for wire photos.
Like I said, some of these are very high quality, compared to later wire process shots from the 60's and 70's.