Old Honus Wagner Photo Value

[joed25]

Can someone please tell me what this Wagner photo is worth? I bought it thinking it was autographed and then when I got it, I realized it was not hand signed. It is glued to a studio cardboard back. Thank you.

[Jaybird]

I've seen this exact image on fakes. My guess is this is fake as well.

[gnaz01]

Saw this on eBay too, not real.

[Huysmans]

Hey Joseph, your Wagner was once owned by Bill Mastro and it's pictured in Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Baseball Collections.

[Runscott]

Is it actually a period silver gel photo? I almost bid on it, thinking it was worth several $100 if the photo alone was real. The problem was that the part with the silvering was exclusively at the bottom, where the faux autograph was located.

If it is a period silver gel, it's worth some decent bucks, but I would have it professionally (if you can't do it) removed from that cdv backing, as they never belonged together.

The photo itself was almost certainly taken in the studio of R.W. Johnston in 1913.

[Shoeless Moe]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-FRAMED...p2047675.l2557

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

I've seen this exact image on fakes. My guess is this is fake as well.

Looks like the same fake that was being sold at the National.

[vintagesportscollector]

Went to the Philly show tonight and saw one of these fakes for sale.

[bobbvc]

Don't have the catalog in front of me but I'm pretty sure the original was in Charlie Sheen's collection, sold at auction 10-15 years ago.

[drcy]

I remember seeing the original at auction, but don't remember where.

[Runscott]

Good eye Rhys - I didn't notice that.

Has anyone seen a 'real' print of this image?

[aelefson]

Scott-
Yes, all of the ones I have seen had the facsimile signature at the bottom.
Alan

[Runscott]

Thanks Alan.