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HankronThe photograph sold for over $1,000. I talked to two bidders and the seller and basically said: 1) Baseball gloves didn't exist at the time of the photograph and 2) and, even if they did, that isn't a baseball glove (kind of resembles a 1900s glove, but is siginficantly different in a variety of ways). I did not say they should retract their bid, as that is entirely their choice and I don't know the current value for a Daguerreotype a hog farmer. One of the bidders thanked me, as he knew alot obout Daguerreotypes but not about baseball. Strangely, the seller returned my email or amended his auction description.
From a purely practical standpoint, I assured one man that if he bought the photo, then later tried to resell it to advanced baseball photograph collector or collector of 19th century baseball memorabilia, the potential buyer would say the same thing as me: "Nice photo, but that's not a baseball player."