Very Rare 1904 Buffalo Team Photo (Eastern Lge)

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Ted, I wasn't aware that you owned the item (still not sure), and figured you just posted a pic off the web or something.

If it is the team photo of reasonable size (size directly relates to vaue of a photo), it's got good value. I tried in vain to read that line of text at the bottom, but know that the famous baseball photographer Carl Horner made early 1900s international league baseball photos in similar composite designs. If it's an original photo and says Carl Horner somewhere, it's worth real money. Horner's photos typically have a cardboard backing, making them card-like.

Also, other than maybe some crappo home comuter reprints or glossy 8x10s, I've not seen Horner's photos reprinted or faked. In particular, many of his team and large group photos are unusually large (larger than 8x10), meaning it would be most difficult to reprint them at genuine size ... There's a reason why most eBay counterfeiters offer T206s and 51 Bowman Mantles-- you can print several of those babies per page. If the largest your printer can print is 8x11", or even 11x14", you'll have a tough time trying to reprint a 20x20" Carl Horner photo at original size. And it's unlikely one of those eBay counterfeiters would even try, as they want easy money not challenges.