FS: My Glass Plate Negative Grail - Chritsy Mathewson Image Signing A Baseball!!

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Just an astounding image.

Christy Mathewson signed baseball are impossibly rare, and it is likely that some or perhaps many of those that exist are forgeries.

That an image exists of Matty signing a baseball is truly a grail item for anyone who wants rare images or who collects unique autographs.

The detail on the negative is...well...you can judge for yourself. It is simply astounding. Because of the rarity of the image I have only shown half of it here. It will give you a good indication of the quality of the image and what it contains.

Matty is shown in his uniform wearing his team sweater. I believe this is a Cincinnati Reds sweater which would date the image to the 1916-1918 time period. This is a Bain image and contains his usual notations at the top of the negative.

Truly a one of a kind image. The rest of what I had i sold at very good prices. This one is going to be much tougher to pry away from me. But I am making it available in case someone wishes to do so. Asking $4,000 delivered.