OT: Not baseball related, but need ID help.

[JollyElm]

Maybe this will help a little...

1928footballplayer.jpg

The elongated face and a distinctly different nose shape point to it being a 'most likely not,' but it's tough with the distortion of that grainy photo to know what reality is.

[Brian Van Horn]

Gentlemen,

Thank you. Looks like I have a 37 inch long original photo of Fritz Pollard with his and another team posing together. Here are poor examples as a result of my phone of parts of the photo.

I am not bragging, but I am kind of happy now that a rep from Heritage Auctions who didn't ID himself with a first name stated he was "afraid we wouldn’t be the right fit." Picture is not hot and was purchased legally.

[Brian Van Horn]

One other note. I also sent the guy in the same e-mail a photo of the 1924 (marked 1924) in the bottom right side of the photo of the Falls Lumber Co professional football team. Feel free to do the research.

[Musashi]

Those are some sweet photos

[Snapolit1]

Had a similar mystifying exchange with Heritage in 2023. Just for fun sent them a cool Type 1 photo I have. Sent to link on website and attached a photo. Asked for some kind of estimate. Crickets. Zero. No response. Waited like a month and sent it to one of the named sports experts. I waited. Told him I was pretty surprised no one responded in any way. He apologized and asked me to send it. Got a response that basically said limited value …. If it was a photo used in a card would be worth something.” Good luck with the sale.

It’s the original Type 1 photo from Gehrigs W590 card. Marked with editorial markings. I believe the actual photo used to make the strip card. Measurement and notes on back. One of Lou’s earliest cards.

Realize “Lou Gehrig”’is a name that might not set off many alarm bells at the world’s leading auction house.

Probably would have been better if I left it at no response.

[Brian Van Horn]

Steve,

Same issue here when I first submitted over a month ago. No evaluations on the five items in the current matter and I only submitted with this item with humor including a "LOL".

I knew it wasn't King Kelly. Still, that may have started things, but it doesn't justify the agent remaining anonymous and not giving an evaluation of the other items.

Now, to counterbalance him, on Monday and yesterday I spoke over the phone with a Catela Ware who was fantastic at her job and e-mailed the department both days on my behalf.

[Snapolit1]

Maybe they have so much amazing stuff pouring in to auction that they just don’t give enough of a crap to respond to one off inquiries. Then don’t have a link saying submit your stuff here if you want an estimate. Problem solved.