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Posted By: barrysloate

Yes, the woman had about eight significant pieces that once belonged to George Wright. After I got the photo, a baseball historian friend told me that after Wright's death his home had a major fire. That would explain the water damage on all the pieces. Among the others she had were Wright's own photos of the Brooklyn Atlantics and the Unions of Morrisania, and a color advertising litho from Al Spalding's sporting goods store that had never been seen before. But the damage was so severe something like 25% was missing and nobody had any idea what the missing part looked like. She claimed she found all these items in a dumpster, salvaged them just for their frames, then discovered she had some pretty rare baseball material. She did her homework and got decent prices for them on ebay. If her story is true, that is the real definition of a find- she found them in the garbage!