Show us your "alleged" stolen nypl spaldings...."

[prewarsports]

FYI

Thar Bridgeport photo is not from the NYPL which is why threads like this can be dangerous without proof. I sold that one during the Summer of 2008 and it was from a find on ebay in late 2007 that had nothing to do with Chadwick at all but was part of the estate of a minor league teammate of O'Rourke and his son who is also in the photo. Somewhere I have the name of the teammate. Aside from the fact that I know the provenance of the piece and where it came from, it also was fresh to the market in late 2007 and sold in 2008 and as you say the actual photo was recovered in early 2007 by the library. I applaud your efforts, but you have the wrong photo pictured there. On the bright side, you dont have to worry about any inscription being obliterated because that is the wrong photo and never came from the NYPL.