Could someone help me ID the other 2 people in this Walter Johnson Photo?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

Thanks for the information. @billyb thanks for the link to the other thread.

I have shown a few people the picture and there seems to be 2 questions that I'd love any help with:

1. Is it possible that the autograph is a facsimile? It is certified by PSA/DNA (besides for the cert on the picture, there's a separate cert on the signature.) Looking under the light there is a definitely imprint where the pen went (including the look of the "h" in "Johnson" and a look at the end of the "W" in Walter" where there is no ink) so that seems to be an indication that it was done by hand. (I'm also not clear if there is a way to get a facsimile auto on a Type 1 Photo since it is being printed from the negative, but I'm definitely new at this.

2. Is there anyone who might be able to help ID the two people in the photo (who are not Johnson...)

Here is the front and back:

This is definitely Walter's 1940's signature and I would be pretty confident it's real. To be 100% certain I would have to have it in hand, but all indicators independent of the PSA DNA slab look right to me.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

This is definitely Walter's 1940's signature and I would be pretty confident it's real. To be 100% certain I would have to have it in hand, but all indicators independent of the PSA DNA slab look right to me.

Thanks! I actually found (with some help) an old auction where the item sold, and that also supports it. Link is below. I paid a decent amount more than that, so hopefully it sold cheap at auction... lol

http://catalog.scpauctions.com/LotDe...entoryid=24416

[Mark17]

Since it looks like the old guy on the right is clowning around, and he apparently brought a glove to an event where others were wearing suits, my first guess is that he's Al Schacht, the Clown Prince of Baseball. See attached image - the ear looks pretty close to me.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Since it looks like the old guy on the right is clowning around, and he apparently brought a glove to an event where others were wearing suits, my first guess is that he's Al Schacht, the Clown Prince of Baseball. See attached image - the ear looks pretty close to me.

Thanks for taking the time to give it some thought. I'm not seeing it clearly, but who knows... the age gap is pretty large and the angles are totally different...

[Topnotchsy]

Is there any way to do a search on an image to find similar images? Seems like the process for images is so tedious... I would imagine someone has come up with an algorithm no?