[Leon]

Received the photo yesterday and it is better than expected. It really is 3D in person. I have never seen anything quite like it. I guess my title to this thread was a bit ignorant as, at the time, I didn't realize they are as rare as they are. I couldn't find, other than Cartwright (not in baseball attire) more than a total of 3 other images of baseball attired Ambrotypes. No sales found whatsoever. Once it was out of the well packaged box, I examined it and carefully put it back in the tissue and in a padded box....and in a cool safe place. As stated, I might have a conservator take a look at it to stabilize it, if possible, but most likely I will try to keep it 100% the way I got it.
it's also seems difficult to find any really old baseball photo like this with a pinpoint date. So that does make it a bit more interesting as we don't have to say "circa" and all experienced hobbyists I have chatted with say to leave the back paper the way it is. I am sure I will. This is the kind of stuff that keeps it fun for me. Happy collecting and off to the next "find".

ps...I inquired and the seller said this came from an auction they won it at. They did ask the auctioneer about its provenance as they also like to know. Unfortunately, there was none. It just walked in....