Vintage Photo Question

[Shoeless Moe]

Is their any significance to some vintage photos (meaning 1910's, 1920's) having a white frame on the photo paper surrounding the image?

When I see vintage photos out there some have it others do not. Was it just the camera and or development of the film?

Do vintage photo collectors prefer it on or off, or insignificant?



examples:

[thecatspajamas]

Insignificant.

Some collectors may have slight preferences one way or the other due to personal taste, but the central image trumps all. When you're talking about that early of a time period, you will almost never have an option of one or the other, so you take what you can get if the central image suits your collection/taste.

[drcy]

I don't think it makes a difference.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Insignificant.

Some collectors may have slight preferences one way or the other due to personal taste, but the central image trumps all. When you're talking about that early of a time period, you will almost never have an option of one or the other, so you take what you can get if the central image suits your collection/taste.

+1

[Exhibitman]

Aesthetically, it is all about the image. That said, often times a borderless photo has been trimmed down from a fuller image by the newspaper or magazine from whose archive it was pulled. In that situation I prefer to have a full photo. I will take the trimmed one if I really want the image but all things equal I'd prefer the full photo.

I mean, I had to have this one of Jackie sliding into 1st against Chuck Connors:



And the partial border was not a deterrent, but I sure would have liked a complete border.

But then you get into wire photos, and those are all over the place in terms of borders:

[drcy]

Most very early 1900s photos have no borders. White borders came more common in the teens.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I mean, I had to have this one of Jackie sliding into 1st against Chuck Connors:



And the partial border was not a deterrent, but I sure would have liked a complete border.

Well, I would have liked to have had about $50 more out of the sale, so I think, all in all, you came out on top. Which I'm glad for - that was probably the nicest of the Robinson sliding photos I auctioned that night, so I'm glad it went to someone who could appreciate it.

Where were the rest of you guys?

Thanks for bidding, Adam!!!

[Exhibitman]

I will give it a good home.

[Runscott]

Here's the only 'Robinson sliding' pic I kept from the George Michael lots I had: