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Originally Posted by bmarlowe1
I blew it up. It still is not as clear as I would like - but the ear shape looks way different. I suppose it's possible that the jpeg compression could be doing something weird to the image - if Jimmy can post it in better res - I would be happy to post a side by side comparison to the real Joe D.
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I wish it was my photo so I could post a better scan, but I just lifted it from a thread that I started a couple of days ago that Hawaiian Dave posted, and he lifted it from Lelands.
It sold for something like $33,000 a few years back! Ya know, if two well to do bidders both felt strongly or had some kind of proof that it was Joe D. in the picture, then that would certainly explain the price realized. It's a great image on it's own merit, but I thought it would go for about $1500 at the time.
Off hand, does anyone know if there were any teenage photos of Joe that came from Hunts? It seems logical to me that there might have been some grouped in a lot.
Dave also made a good observation that the little guy right next to "Joe" resembles his kid brother Dom. The kid does have that chipmunk (for lack of a better word) kinda face that Dom had. I really don't think it's that big of stretch that it
is Joe D.
I know my face changed some in a five year period from 14 to 19. Hell, I think most do. We're still growing from boys into young men at that time. Also, teeth do get jarred loose, wisdom teeth grow in, some fall out or get knocked out. I dunno, maybe one of our resident Dentist can shed some light about that.
Anyway, just some thoughts to ponder...