As I said earlier I would hope Heritage amends the description. This is a really significant lot that deserves an accurate writeup. If the winning bidder plans to have these graded none of them will receive anything except an Authentic designation. And as Corey stated it was not unusual for a photographic studio to cut down original photos to reshoot the image. Anytime you see a composite CdV or cabinet photograph, it was almost certainly made by first shooting a larger image and then reducing its size. To my knowledge there is no known composite photo of the 1874 Athletics, but not every 19th century image has survived.
Just wanted to add I removed the overlay on the 1872 Boston composite before I sold it. All the bidders knew this during the auction.
Last edited by barrysloate; 10-22-2010 at 06:36 AM.
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