Ruth photos I found at estate sale

[cubsguy1969]

I went to a sale at a very wealthy estate over the weekend and picked up these photos at what I hope (pray) was a decent price. Wanted to show them off. I probably won't keep them -- more of a card guy -- but I can certainly appreciate the beauty of the images and understand why people collect them. Also wanted to get opinions on authenticity and how I should handle selling them. Probably go the auction route if they're real. I would presume I should get them authenticated by PSA first. Or would an auction house do that? They appear to be Type 1 because of the photo stamps, but I am by no means an expert. And they're framed right now (beautifully so). The framers made photo copies of the backs of the photos and affixed the copies to the backside of the frames. I guess I'll have to remove the photos from the frames to be certain of authenticity, and of course to submit them if I go that route. Kind of a shame because the framing is well done.

I really love all three images. Two are Paul Thompson photos. The other I'm not sure about, but it's an image from the day Yankee Stadium opened in 1923. Incredible! Anyone know who the photographer on that one might have been? I found a similar image online but never one for sale. Another copy of the Thompson in the dugout sold for about $5000 in a Legendary auction in 2010. Think the others have similar value? The opening day at Yankee Stadium with the little kid kinda blows me away. There were some great photos at the sale, though some I believe were later prints. If I were well off, I would have bought them all. Of course, the reason I go to these sales is because I'm not well off.

This sale was amazing. The guy collected everything. I also bought an original Ebbets Field stadium seat and got a pretty good deal on it. The seat still had the Sotheby's tags on it from when he purchased it at auction (I presume).

Anyway, here are the photos. (Sorry I couldn't get better images. The light reflected off the glass when I took the photos.) Love to hear what you all think of these. Rob

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