Let the Bloodbath begin.. Show your Henry Yee winnings

[Ulidia]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Rogers has offered several rounds of Burke negatives through Legendary's last few auctions, as well as blown out quite a few through a couple of different sellers on eBay (primarily "lexibell-racing" which is now "argenta-images02"), and though I thought a couple of the Gehrig images might have been among those, I checked my screen grabs and those offered by Yee were not among them (there was a similar one with a young boy seated beside Gehrig, but not the same boy). I haven't compared them against the ones offered through Legendary.

The Legendary Auction Burke negatives offered last November and this February were different - there were a few with kids that, I'm assuming, were likely from the same occasion. I was able to purchase two of the Gehrig negatives from the lexibell-racing site when they went on sale, alongside those of another 10 to 15 1930s HoF-ers (all for circa $49 each). Have subsequently purchased a few more at Legendary (Gehrig, Ruth) but invariably at higher prices.



Ironically, the only items I obtained in this Henry Yee auction were 2 lots of the 10 Burke Yankees negatives and 1 lot of the 10 Brace Yankees negatives. Clearly not the top drawer names in the lots but plenty of nice, vintage images and some well-established names such as Mark Koenig, a young Frank Crosetti, Arndt Jorgens, Spud Chandler, Joe McCarthy etc. In my view, very good value to purchase the 30 negatives at less than $200 all together.

Originally Posted by packs

I have a question about the negatives. What is the incentive to buy them if you can't then make your own copies? Also, would buying a negative and printing your own prints really be worth the cost of the negative? I'm just not understandng aside from the negative being cool, why people pay so much money for them.

I'm very new to collecting negatives (my knowledge is almost zero) but am intrigued by them. For me, it started last year when I was able to purchase some glass negatives from the first World Cup Final (soccer) in 1930.

I like the concept of having unique, one-off items that capture a single moment in history. This is, in part I think, the reason for whatever value that they have. Also, their physical link to the photographer and subject.

Personally, when I next move property, I am intending on having some high quality prints of some of my negatives on display, safe in the knowledge that the original negatives are elsewhere in my possession.