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[sflayank]

i dont know much about these photos
but i always wonder how u can have a 1st generation photo of the same picture 50 times...did the AP photographer take the same picture 50 times....and how can anyone possibly tell the difference...use 50 year old photo paper and make all the copies u want in your dark room...but the real question still remains
if u buy something in his ebay auction for 500 tonite and put it back up on ebay in 2 weeks i guarantee you wont get 150 for it
So the only explanation I ever come up with is he has a select group of buyers that dont use the internet ever, except when he has an auction..they apparently believe that ebay only exists when he has an auction.. the reason he doesnt put his stuff in a catalogue auction house is because he gets more on ebay..am i the only one who thinks thats amazing

[Matt]

Originally Posted by sflayank

i dont know much about these photos
but i always wonder how u can have a 1st generation photo of the same picture 50 times...did the AP photographer take the same picture 50 times....and how can anyone possibly tell the difference...

Larry - you understand that Type 1 is a period print from the original negative? The photographer took 1 photo and could have printed it many times; all would be considered Type 1.

[mr2686]

Larry, no matter what anyone says, 50 year old paper would have loss of contrast and some fogging in the grey areas...even if the paper was stored in the fridge/freezer in optimum condiitions...this is especially true in fiber based paper, so you would see a quality drop-off if using old paper to print photos today. There are a lot of people on this board that collect type1 photos, and not just on ebay. I have always had issue with the fact that there is no way to determine how many photos were printed in the "type1 window" and how many remain, but even not knowing, there are still a lot less than say...ticket stubs from a big game, or baseball cards etc. As for your contention that one of these photos that sells tonight won't get a fraction of the selling price a couple of weeks down the road, I say it might just be the other way around. I'm tracking a photo that I know sold in a recent auction and I'm betting that it will only get about 60 percent in Henry's ebay auction.

[timzcardz]

I think lke most any auction, some of his items go for what they should be expected to, while others go for signifcantly more . . . or less . . . than one might expect.

I know that I picked up two items from his auction in May that I thought were steals.

And unlike most ebay auctions, he only does it every couple of months with a lot of quality items.

He also promotes it by emailing his past buyers, and I've seen the current acutions mentioned and discussed on more than one board by satisfied customers. How many other ebay sellers do you see that for?

[drc]

My humble opinion is Larry has some interesting comments, in particular on the price you'll get if you resell a week later.

[oriolesbb6]

I too am always surprised by the number of bids on his items-am I the only one who may or may not use bidnapper/snipe software? I would like to hear others thoughts on his prices realized......

[Leon]

I won a few lots from him in this most recent auction. I thought the prices were fair to high. I didn't follow a whole lot of them though. I did manage to win a few things below my max bids. regards