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Very Early Baseball Player Tintype Image- auction
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09-03-2013, 05:58 PM
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That's an extraordinary image, beautifully posed with bat and ball, crystal clear, great uniform, and looks like it was lightly handcolored. The dating seems right, likely late 1860's. That's a home run as tintypes go, worth the 1K+ bid.
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