Is this Joe DiMaggio?

bmarlowe1 · #1 03-31-2010, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

I wish it was my photo so I could post a better scan.......It sold for something like $33,000 a few years back!
.........I really don't think it's that big of stretch that it is Joe D......
I know my face changed some in a five year period from 14 to 19.

If that price was realized based on that guy being Joe D. - the buyer almost certainly made a bad mistake, as it almost certainly is not him. That guy is more than old enough to compare his ear to that of an adult Joe D. - and as far as I can see, they do not match.

If I was advising a client on that photo - I would say only pay enough for the Babe Ruth part. If I was asked to authenticate it as being Joe D. - I would not.

Anthony S. · #2 03-31-2010, 02:58 PM

Found this photo online. Pretty much the same angle. Let the ear analysis begin. To my fledgling photo analytic eye they look quite different.

bmarlowe1 · #3 03-31-2010, 03:14 PM

Hey Anthony - that is the same comparison photo I used -- and you are right.

David W · #4 03-31-2010, 03:16 PM

If it's my photo - 100% guarantee it's Joe D

If I'm trying to buy the photo - 100% guarantee it's not Joe D

Since I'm neither - I'm not sure.

barrysloate · #5 03-31-2010, 03:20 PM

Ears, schmears...it's Joe D.!

bmarlowe1 · #6 03-31-2010, 03:33 PM

Then it must be Barry's photo.

MVSNYC · #7 03-31-2010, 03:34 PM

no, not Joe D. that is a very famous photo, that has been seen by millions for 80+ years. IF that was Joe D, i think someone would have mentioned this before...9 times out of 10, these "is this X in the photo" threads proove to be false.

i have a Joe D. biography at home, i'll see if there is any mention of this "meeting".

p.s. the ears, nose, mouth & eye brows are different.

wonkaticket · #8 03-31-2010, 03:37 PM

Mike can you at least confirm if that's Barry or not?

slidekellyslide · #9 03-31-2010, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

no, not Joe D. that is a very famous photo, that has been seen by millions for 80+ years. IF that was Joe D, i think someone would have mentioned this before...9 times out of 10, these "is this X in the photo" threads proove to be false.

i have a Joe D. biography at home, i'll see if there is any mention of this "meeting".

p.s. the ears, nose, mouth & eye brows are different.

I've read just about every Joe D. biography out there and there is NO mention of him meeting Ruth as a youngster.

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