I saw the same St. Louis photo on e-bay recently with a minimum bid of around $15.00 and although it looked aged, I'm sure that it was a reproduction as an original would bring thousands in a major auction house venue. Probably the same deal with the Kansas City photo. It is very common for popular Negro League team photographs to be reproduced and made to look old, including frames, ticket stubs, etc. I got fooled once several years ago and will try to never let it happen again.
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