Honus Wagner Photo - Help please

[jrlebert]

Hi all. My uncle picked this up somewhere on the east coast in one of his many antiquing runs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as to value, year, anything.

Thanks!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-pho...item35cd81a998

[daves_resale_shop]

The uniform is the bucs away version from 1912...

I feel like the photo looks somewhat familiar... Although I am not a photo or cabinet guy, I have seen several fantasy pieces created by pasting a photo to an old cabinet board... the other thing that concerns me about this one is the placement of the stamp (just an odd place), and quite frankly I am curious as to why its there at all... If one were to send a photo of Hans through the mail, wouldn't they want to at least write down the destined location???

I just wouldn't feel comfortable purchasing this one at 1/10th of its asking price...

I am however intrigued to read what the experts write...

[jrlebert]

My uncle has no real idea of its value, so it's very possible that the price could be way off. I'm just coming to the best source I know for as much info on it as possible.

And before any issues start, this really is my uncle, and it's not the proverbial "uncle" to get more info to sell something of mine. I am very envious that my uncle gets to antique in the Hudson Valley, while I am stuck in Los Angeles admiring from afar.

[jrlebert]

From what I can tell, the photo has to be dated somewhere between 1912-1917, as Honus was active then, and that was the time (actually through 1920, I believe) that he would have been in that uniform.

Am I at least right on that?

[daves_resale_shop]

the uniform is 1912 (away)...

the other thing that is funny about it is that Nyser's (John C. Nyser) studio was in Hartford CT... Far from PA... In doing some research the studio was in business between 1908-1914 (at the very least)...

My concern is so much with the asking price as it is the authenticity of the piece... My gut tells me its a fantasy piece..

[jrlebert]

Well, my uncle has it in hand. What kind of questions should I be asking?

I was able to find the studio as well. I, too, was interested in how such a Pittsburgh-centric figure as Wagner would find his way to the studio.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jrlebert

Hi all. My uncle picked this up somewhere on the east coast in one of his many antiquing runs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as to value, year, anything.

Thanks!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-pho...item35cd81a998

I don't like the stamp on the back of this photo either. To me, it looks like it was put there to help corroborate the age, and it does the opposite for me.