Is this Cobb?

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

The validation/provenance is a letter from the family of one of Cobb’s former teammates.... you don’t feel comfortable relying on that?!

Me? No.

[Rhotchkiss]

I was joking, of course it’s unreliable

[slidekellyslide]

I think it's Junior.

[Directly]

When shown this photo without hesitation everyone say its the Babe!--if that's Cobb, this is the Babe!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Directly

When shown this photo without hesitation everyone say its the Babe!--if that's Cobb, this is the Babe!

No way, both photos feature Joe Jackson.

[Directly]

Originally Posted by bnorth

No way, both photos feature Joe Jackson.

The difference theirs may bring $100,000 plus--I want millions

[photomoto]

Add me to the list who don't think the photo shows Ty Cobb Sr.

For further analysis of the image, contact the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston, Georgia. Incidentally, they have an image of twelve year old Ty Sr. which doesn't look like the boy in the Heritage photo. When I last served as a consultant for the museum, it was in contact with some of Cobb's descendants. They were usually helpful in analyzing photos relating to Cobb and his family.

[Bicem]

Thanks all, to me it looks exactly like Cobb Jr as ole' Pete pointed out.

[drcy]

I remember when someone was trying to convince he had the earliest card (CDV) of Honus Wagner, giving me all the argument points about the age and style of the CDV etc.

My response was simply, "But the guy doesn't look like Honus Wagner."