Incredible Baseball Tintype Auction Yesterday

[aquarius31]

Very nice Joe especially the VT tintype.

Here's the one I picked up. It was a unique horizontal pose and I liked the fact that it was a quarter plate. Based on the frame and the photographer mark, my hope was that it was an ambrotype but it's not. I'm still very happy with it and I think it's pre 1870 although could be wrong.

[ramram]

George - It looks like it found its way into that case more recently considering that mat is from an 1850's daguerreotype. I'd agree that the image is most likely late 1860's based on their "uniforms". It does present very nice as a horizontal pose and the case just adds more to the presentation. Nice pick up.

Rob M

Originally Posted by aquarius31

Very nice Joe especially the VT tintype.

Here's the one I picked up. It was a unique horizontal pose and I liked the fact that it was a quarter plate. Based on the frame and the photographer mark, my hope was that it was an ambrotype but it's not. I'm still very happy with it and I think it's pre 1870 although could be wrong.

[aquarius31]

Originally Posted by ramram

George - It looks like it found its way into that case more recently considering that mat is from an 1850's daguerreotype. I'd agree that the image is most likely late 1860's based on their "uniforms". It does present very nice as a horizontal pose and the case just adds more to the presentation. Nice pick up.

Rob M

Thanks Rob! I carefully took it out of case and confirmed that it's a tintype. It has been in that case for a long time.

Anyone else pick up items from this auction?

[jbsports33]

This was an incredible auction to bid on and watch, some of the other items I bid on had been the bats – no wins after bidding and watching for two hours!
Thanks for pointing this auction out Alan – hope you had a good 4th!

Jimmy

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