Not sure the image usage decisions were based on any spat. Photographs are taken freelance and licensed to the manufacturers--no one at the time had a crew going to ballparks and shooting players. Many of the iconic T206 images show up in other sets from other mfgs. to whom the photographers licensed their works, e.g., the Plank that is in T206 and M116, the Tinker portrait with 'batwing' hair in T206 and M116 and E145, T206 and M116 Wagner, T206 and E254 Evers, and so on. If the company wanted to use the same photos, all it had to do was license the photos from the photographers and have its own art made. The more likely reason for use of the caramel art in the LA sets is that Peoples' was offered a deal for use of camera-ready artwork so they could produce a set on the cheap by skipping the production of new art.
Last edited by Exhibitman; 07-16-2010 at 02:35 PM.
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