Ruth Red Sox photo, type 1 ??

[bcbgcbrcb]

Scott:

You may want to consider Beckett also. They have a really nice mid-size holder for photos up to 5" X 7" max.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Scott:

You may want to consider Beckett also. They have a really nice mid-size holder for photos up to 5" X 7" max.

If you're concerned about the Type designation I don't think Beckett is the way to go to be honest, unless they have an entirely different classification system I don't know about.

I've seen way too many Wire photos in Beckett holders classified as Type I's.

As much as I don't like the vagueness of the classification system. That's not even close.

Not that there's anything wrong with Wire photos. I've often seen them bring much more then comparable Type 1's, depending on the popularity of the subject and image in question.

[Hankphenom]

The "ultimate quest in vintage photography" can be different for different collectors. "Type I"s, greatest images, greatest events, greatest photographers, etc. I don't have an issue with anything anyone chooses to collect, it's all great. I just don't like to see someone restricting their collecting based on a misinterpretation of a commonly used classification system, which I've seen happen. "Type I"s can be great photographs, but they're not the only great photographs.

[Frozen in Time]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

The "ultimate quest in vintage photography" can be different for different collectors. "Type I"s, greatest images, greatest events, greatest photographers, etc. I don't have an issue with anything anyone chooses to collect, it's all great. I just don't like to see someone restricting their collecting based on a misinterpretation of a commonly used classification system, which I've seen happen. "Type I"s can be great photographs, but they're not the only great photographs.

I completely agree and apologize if I may have misunderstood to some extent the underlying basis of your initial comments. For example, because of the rarity of true Type 1 photos a given image for a given event by a given photographer may simply not exist in that format. In those cases I would still be extremely happy to acquire the image as a Type 2, 3, or 4.

But I think you still get my main point, i.e., in terms of difficulty the search for " the greatest images of the greatest events by the greatest photographers" in a Type 1 format is, based on the collecting interests of each individual, still the ultimate quest in vintage photography.

[sox1903wschamp]

Nice Photo regardless if it was printed in 1919 or not. Looks like the Babe was starting to add some girth just before being shipped off to the NYY.