Legendary Auctions May Auction

[bmarlowe1]

Jeff - I've been told by a respected board member that telling collectors/consignors that their identifications are wrong often results in yelling and screaming . I don't doubt it. It seems to have a special place - even beyond disagreements over card grading.

That same image, correctly identified as Johnston, appeared in "A History of the Boston Base Ball Club", by George Tuohey, published by M. F. Quinn, 1897.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Jeff - I've been told by a respected board member that telling collectors/consignors that their identifications are wrong often results in yelling and screaming . I don't doubt it. It seems to have a special place - even beyond disagreements over card grading.

This is true...I once told a poster that his photo was not Lou Gehrig and he took it to a very personal level.

[Bicem]

guess people prefer delusion?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bicem

guess people prefer delusion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY

[tbob]

legendary is now open for bidding.

[barrysloate]

With regard to photo identification, collectors generally have a fair amount of money sunk into their photographs, so if they are told that these images are misidentified, it's going to hurt them in the pocketbook. Thus, many will not react favorably.

Also, in some situations there is simply a disagreement between two different parties. One insists it is, the other insists it isn't, and neither accepts the other's viewpoint. In these situations it is possible to never have a consensus.

[bmarlowe1]

There may be a scientific study on this, I don’t know. My experience indicates that it is true that the facial recognition part of the brain is significantly affected by external influences such as:

1) an identification provided by a supposed authority
2) a personal stake of some kind in the identification

I have seen examples of this that are completely ludicrous. In one case a major league team provided a photo of a person who was claimed to be a very well-known prior owner of the team for a magazine cover. Though was no resemblance whatsover to the real person (fat, full head of straight hair vs. thin with very curly hair and a receding hair-line), people could not decide whether or not this was the right person. It took a demonstration of ear-mismatch to get the cover changed.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

With regard to photo identification, collectors generally have a fair amount of money sunk into their photographs, so if they are told that these images are misidentified, it's going to hurt them in the pocketbook. Thus, many will not react favorably.

Isn't this willful blindness apparent whenever anyone's cards or favorite auction house for consignments is criticized?