I believe REA didn't want to rely entirely on an envelope to date the photos, which may be why they don't use it as gospel in and of itself. I had earlier looked at some of the photos for a different auction house, and later was asked by REA if there was anything physically that would prevent them from being from the early 1900s frame, and I said no (They clearly weren't from the 1800s, though). So REA assigned them to the early 1900s time frame, and that seemed reasonable to me having examined photos in person and knowing the envelope supported this. For the first auction house, I was simply asked if they were original proofs/photos from the 1800s, and I said no. I wasn't asked anything beyond that and they didn't include them in their auction.
Last edited by drc; 10-31-2009 at 11:57 AM.
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