Glass Plate Negatives Value?

[YankeeCollector]

Anybody know anything about the value of these? Henry Yee is auctioning off some pre war baseball glass plate negatives and I asked him about them and he told me to look them up on wikipedia

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

Anybody know anything about the value of these? Henry Yee is auctioning off some pre war baseball glass plate negatives and I asked him about them and he told me to look them up on wikipedia

I like the fact that they can't be trimmed.

[ephus]

Value, as with most things, depends on the subject and condition/clarity.
Legendary has auctioned several over the past couple of years. You could check out their archives.
I personally think they are often undervalued. They are extremely delicate, remember they are made of glass. I also think they are really special since at one point in time the glass negative was within a few feet of it's subject. Not very many pieces of our treasures and valuable cardboard can argue that it was ever within that type of proximity of it's subject.

I only own one. Waner in 1932. It has the original filing envelope and notes from The Herald. Picture is showing it held up to the light.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by ephus

I also think they are really special since at one point in time the glass negative was within a few feet of it's subject. Not very many pieces of our treasures and valuable cardboard can argue that it was ever within that type of proximity of it's subject.

I agree that the glass being on the field with the player is pretty special. I am certainly persuaded by the concept of having the treasures I collect come within a close proximity of their subject -- which is why I still get a charge every time I hold one of my signed T206 cards. "Hello Tommie!"

[drc]

Ephus is correct.

As a general class, glass plate negatives are valuable. The preceed the film ones.

I've broken two Stanford football ones by dropping them on the floor. They're little but thick panes of glass.

If you're a team collector, or whatever, it would be neat to have one.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by drc

Ephus is correct.

As a general class, glass plate negatives are valuable. The preceed the film ones.

I've broken two Stanford football ones by dropping them on the floor. They're little but thick panes of glass.

If you're a team collector, or whatever, it would be neat to have one.

Funny. Awhile back I won a group of 5x7 glass negs of boxers on Ebay. They were smashed by the time they got to me.

[CW]

Originally Posted by ephus

I only own one. Waner in 1932. It has the original filing envelope and notes from The Herald. Picture is showing it held up to the light.

I'm not sure if you've ever seen your Waner with the negative reversed, but here it is....