Help identifying this player

[ksfarmboy]

Looks like he has a pitchers toe plate on the right shoe. If that was the case he would be righty.

[perezfan]

The buttons are not on the wrong side. It is a cadet style jersey, and there is a vertical "panel" on which the buttons reside. Look closer and you'll see that the buttons are correct. This, combined with the left-breast insignia and the toe plate indicate the Pitcher is a righty.

Let's see a legit image with team insignia on the right breast... perhaps one exists, but it is far from the norm.

[thecatspajamas]

I tend to agree that, buttons or no buttons, I can't recall ever seeing an insignia on the right breast only. Either way though, here are the player and his evil twin pitching against each other:

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by perezfan

The buttons are not on the wrong side. It is a cadet style jersey, and there is a vertical "panel" on which the buttons reside. Look closer and you'll see that the buttons are correct. This, combined with the left-breast insignia and the toe plate indicate the Pitcher is a righty.

Let's see a legit image with team insignia on the right breast... perhaps one exists, but it is far from the norm.

Mark, I agree - I had a gut feel that I was wrong about the buttons . Plus, looking at the two pictures side-by-side, the 'M' only looks correct as a righty.

But I don't see how the toe-plate makes any difference - in either photo it's correct.

[Michael B]

I will have to agree with righty also. Looking at it at late at night I was thinking he was throwing with his left rather than right. My comment on the M stands as it has a natural right slant when he is viewed as a right handed pitcher.

[5smokey]

Thanks for all the inputs. Still wondering...what is the value of an image of this sort? What's the value of the glass negative? How about a print that's the same age as the negative? What about the value of a print made today from the old negative? Any ideas?

[thecatspajamas]

Generally speaking and based on my experience, in order of most valuable to least, it would go:

1) original print produced in the period the photo was shot
2) original glass plate negative
3) later period (but still old) print from original negative
4) later period (but still old) print from copy negative
5) modern print from original negative
6) modern print from copy negative

You might think 1 and 2 would be reversed, since the original glass plate negative would necessarily be 1-of-a-kind, but negatives are also practically impossible to display, and you will usually find that collectors gravitate towards something they can actually view and show off.

As for exact value, I'll leave that up to others to comment on, but you will find that a photo of an identified player will have greatly enhanced value over an anonymous one. Even figuring out what team the player is from will help the value. Generally speaking, collectors will not pay top dollar for something that will be a research project. Do the work for them, and then they will get their checkbooks out.