Opinions: Honus Wagner Photo?

[Lucas00]

Here it is. In an obscure local auction house. Not a good sign..

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-l...5090e3f616a95b

[bgar3]

I agree it is not Honus Wagner, but Swann is definitely not an obscure local auction house, it just does not do much that this forum collects.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bgar3

I agree it is not Honus Wagner, but Swann is definitely not an obscure local auction house, it just does not do much that this forum collects.

They should auction off what they know, not what they don't know. It is obvious they don't know what Hans looks like.
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[RUKen]

It didn't even occur to the auctioneers that since "Uncle Al Wagner" had been identified by a previous owner of the photo, then that person would probably also have known and identified Honus Wagner, even if Al had been related by marriage.

[Prof]

Originally Posted by RUKen

It didn't even occur to the auctioneers that since "Uncle Al Wagner" had been identified by a previous owner of the photo, then that person would probably also have known and identified Honus Wagner, even if Al had been related by marriage.

I agree. That seemed like a pretty big hole in their logic.

And to clarify, I was not the owner/seller.

I had found that auction and didn't out want to draw any attention to it; either positive or negative.

I just wanted to know if I was crazy for not seeing what they were claiming.