Need advice on authenticating photos

[RelicSports]

Thank you for everyone's feedback, I greatly appreciate it! The two photos in question are of Rube Foster and the 1936 East-West team photo. I haven't seen the back of the 1936 East West photo, but it looks like both items were previously consigned the Heritage Auctions 6 or so years ago.

Once I have the 1936 photo in hand, I will take a photo of the back and upload

Thank you!

[prewarsports]

I am almost certain the Foster is no good. Not sure on the other one would have to see it. No photographer would ever emboss a photo they were going to glue on a cabinet, they had embossed cabinets (plus it looks like the embossing is in the photo and not actually raised). Thin photo paper required a cabinet backing, embossing was for thick photo paper. You would rarely find that combination together, plus it looks modern and glued to an older mount with pencil inscription on the back done in older handwriting style to deceive. I would never give an absolute without holding it in person, but I would find this item to be very likely a modern creation.

Rhys

[thecatspajamas]

Both photos were indeed sold through Heritage previously, and have larger scans hosted on their site:

http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/ci...umbnail-071515

http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/19...umbnail-071515

To my eye, in looking at the larger scan of the Foster photo and per Heritage's description, the central photo is embossed. Mostly I'm just posting to point to the previous sales. I have no comment either way regarding mounting practices, but would not discount Rhys's opinion, as he has handled many many more mounted photos over the years than I have.

[RelicSports]

Thanks Rhys and Lance! I should have the photos in hand next week and will be better able to tell if the Foster is embossed or not. I have seen several other similar Foster photos that Bedou embossed, (I guess he was a big time Afro-American photographer who did a lot of photographs of Booker T. Washington, etc.) but unsure if this is a copy or not.

I suppose it makes even more sense now to send these in to PSA regardless to get an answer once and for all. The authentication prices seem rather reasonable.