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Jay MillerBob--First,I don't understand the significance of your questioning where the glass plate negatives are if these are not period prints. No one is saying that these prints were made yesterday, or last year, or ten years ago. What people are saying is that these photos were made some time after the late 1880s. Could have been 1895, could have been 1910. Regardless, why would one assume that the negatives would still have to be around. They are quite fragile and could have been destroyed or simply thrown away long ago.
Second, why would you assume that your self described "unexpert" opinion is somehow correct when David's expert opinion is directly opposite it? I own this piece of s**t and I would love for it to be 100% authentic but I am convinced that David is correct. BTW, did you ever get the name of the expert that Rob used or find out his experience with albumen photos? As I have stated previously, these photos look nothing like the photos on N173s. If they were albumen photos made in the late 1880s why wouldn't they look the same?