1888 N173 Glass Slide Negatives

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by joshleland

It might be a stretch to call these definitively used to make the cards

In fact I don't recall seeing anything that early in glass but I'm open to being reminded

Josh

Josh,
Not sure if you meant baseball or ANY glass plates but either way:

The wet plate negative was in use from the early 1850s until the late 1880s, before being almost completely replaced by the more convenient dry plate negative process.

Hope that helps a little.

peace, mike

[packs]

Thought this card might be of interest. Not sure why but it has the copyright written onto the proof itself. Could have been done later to deceive or maybe at production.

[drcy]

You can date glass negatives, 1800s versus 1900s, by examining the glass. The glass usually differs in thickness, cut and glass quality. So I think someone could examine the negatives and tell you if they're from the 1800s.

Duly note that they quit making glass negatives and photographic slides in 1920s-30s (replacing with plastic film), so all glass negatives are antique-- the question here is 'how antique.'

I've never been particularly fond of the Vermont find cabinet cards and displays, but they sell for good money even when clearly advertised as being from the early 1900s. I've never seen one of the Vermont find glass negatives, so have no opinion on them other than others have auctioned them as original.

In case anyone's interested, I wrote a brief article giving an overview of the various Old Judge proofs and displays-- here

[oldjudge]

I won several of the negatives in the Saco River Auction and I just wanted to take a moment to complement Troy and his guys for their great work. The care they put into shipping these fragile relics was amazing. They built boxes with special compartments for each negative, and then wrapped and double boxed everything.
In response to the prior questions about these being period, they are--I say this with 100% certainty. My friend Joe Gonsowski, who was at the auction, will discuss this in more depth, but let me just say that these negatives are about as historically significant an Old Judge item as you can get.
Thanks again Troy--a job well done!

[autograf]

They could have no better home than the gentleman in SoCal.......

[btcarfagno]

I wanted to get one to keep but my "strategy" screwed me over. Wanted to see what they were going for, then looked for a bargain, then started getting desperate, then they were all gone.

Craping hell.

Tom C

[peterb69]

Stupid, stupid, stupid me. Been very busy at work and totally forgot the auction was on the 14th. I wanted to get one of these.

Is there anymore to be released next auction?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I won several of the negatives in the Saco River Auction and I just wanted to take a moment to complement Troy and his guys for their great work. The care they put into shipping these fragile relics was amazing. They built boxes with special compartments for each negative, and then wrapped and double boxed everything.
In response to the prior questions about these being period, they are--I say this with 100% certainty. My friend Joe Gonsowski, who was at the auction, will discuss this in more depth, but let me just say that these negatives are about as historically significant an Old Judge item as you can get.
Thanks again Troy--a job well done!

Congrats Jay, and to Joe as well. It's certainly fantastic for our hobby to have guys like you two representing the 'Old Judge' set so well. And John also, of course. John - did you pick up anything?

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Congrats Jay, and to Joe as well. It's certainly fantastic for our hobby to have guys like you two representing the 'Old Judge' set so well. And John also, of course. John - did you pick up anything?

I did not get any, but somehow my good friend Kevin got one of the Larry Corcoran negatives and he has been telling me about it almost everyday

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I did not get any, but somehow my good friend Kevin got one of the Larry Corcoran negatives and he has been telling me about it almost everyday

It's not at all to make you jealous, John!