19th Century Photo

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Posted By: Judge Dred

I saw this on ebay and it just doesn't look right (for the period) after looking at Scott's posted 19th century photo. Any comments. I realize that (as the desciption kind of indicates) it is a picture fixed to a Newsboy Cabinet mount.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=86839&item=5179826332&rd=1

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

IMHO, eventhough some veteran collectors have placed bids on this item, it looks like nothing more than a "cut & paste" job of a period team photo on a Newsboy Cabinet mount. As they say on the Antiques Roadshow, it looks like a "poor marriage."

Patrick

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Posted By: ramram

It looks to ill fitting. Twould be interesting to know what image is behind the pasted picture.

Rob M.

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Posted By: leon

Never really dawned on my that there could/would be a picture behind the picture. After looking at it closer, the 2nd time, it does look like the picture doesn't go with the mount. (I said "mount" ) I would like to see it in person and would certainly want a refund option if I bought it. Caveat Emptor.....regards

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Posted By: Matthew

Heh heh, heh heh. Then you said you'd like to see it in person. That would be cool.

Leon, thanks for making me laugh.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

To the best of my knowledge, there are 14 known baseball subjects in N566, all players from New York and Brooklyn, but well over 500 total subjects including actors, politicians, bridges, etc. All of the Newsboys I've seen have numbered photos.

It seems unlikely that a 15th baseball subject of a team from Arcadia, California, un-numbered, would show up at this late date. Why would the National Tobacco Works issue cabinets of well know professional New York baseball players and then a team card of an unknown Southern California team? It would certainly be possible to buy a non-baseball subject Newsboy cheaply and replace/cover up the original subject picture. But that doesn't mean that it's not a vintage photo.

The RKO most people think of is RKO Pictures, founded in 1929 in Hollywood. RKO could stand for anything, though. Perhaps the initials of the team sponsor. The photo doesn't actually say California. There is an Arcadia in Pennsylvania. Could there be another Arcadia somewhere else?

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Posted By: Elliot

No question....it's a photo affixed to a Newsboy mount. Probably fairly good use of a cheap actress card, and a photo that was skinned from it's original mount (or the original mount became too brittle). Also, I'm pretty sure it's RKD not RKO. If you sound out RKD phonetically you get Arcadia.

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

...has sold a lot of questionable baseball memorabilia on ebay. Watch his auctions for a few weeks and you'll see what I mean.

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Posted By: RobertS

This itme was lot 270 in Hunt's March 11 Internet/Phone Auction, IDed as c.1900s....

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Posted By: Judge Dred

Do you happen to know the final hammer price?