Ruth Photo - Type 1

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Runscott

The hammer indicates that there could be something the advanced Ruth collectors know that we don't - before dropping $5-20K on a photo you are going to do a bit more research than those participating in this thread have done (zero on my end). But I agree, nothing I see that gives it away as being anything but original, other than the odd curved trim at the bottom left. Perhaps the stamp or notes are a forger tell.

I am curious how Albert arrived at his fairly exact estimates. Not real curious, but mildly.

Probably the same thing we all saw, it looks a tiny bit off register or fuzzy. I said I think it is a period vintage photo but not sure of the exact origin. Maybe the photo just wasn't super clear when it was developed?