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[Scott Garner]

I was 3 for 4. I felt that all 3 that I purchased were fairly reasonable.

Here are my 3 winners:
Carl Hubbell original 1930's photo (I love this shot)
1946 Bob Feller 1946 Type I of his speed test on August 20th at Washington DC
Type II Johnny VanderMeer second no-hitter 6/15/38 at Ebbets Field (also 1st night game)

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I was 3 for 4. I felt that all 3 that I purchased were fairly reasonable.

Here are my 3 winners:
Carl Hubbell original 1930's photo (I love this shot)
1946 Bob Feller 1946 Type I of his speed test on August 20th at Washington DC
Type II Johnny VanderMeer second no-hitter 6/15/38 at Ebbets Field (also 1st night game)

Nice photos Scott. You know GRAIG is gonna cry like a six year old girl when he sees that Hubbell... guaranteed.

[thekingofclout]

I thought that some of you guys who don't know Henry or have yet to do business with him, should take a look at his background.

From PSA's website...

Henry Yee's interest in photography as a form of artistic expression and historical preservation started at the age of 15 at Brooklyn Technical High School where he studied photography and photojournalism. Yee then earned his business degree from the University at Buffalo's Business School of Management. He has spent the last ten years on Wall Street consulting with Fortune 500 companies and is the owner of HY Ventures, LLC, which specializes in organizational development and IT/business systems management solutions.

As a collector and dealer of sports memorabilia and sports photography for over two decades, Yee has handled millions of news photographs from public and private archives around the country, including some of the hobby's finest examples. With his vast experience, Yee has been able to amass one of the largest exemplar archives of news photo and wire photo stamping specimens in the world. He is the co-author of A Portrait of Baseball Photography published by MastroNet (2005). The landmark volume was the first exhaustive account of baseball photographs.

[jacksons]

Great pickups everyone!

I struck out on the 1921 team photo, but glad I showed some measure of restraint!

I'll be consigning a dozen or so photos with Henry next go- around.

He's a class act all the way.

[T206Collector]

...in this race -- I don't collect photographs or bid in Yee auctions -- but it is OBVIOUS that if you were going to purchase Type 1 photos, you would be extremely concerned about who was selling them. You would also, OF COURSE, pay a premium to buy them from a reputable source.

Photos are naturally harder to authenticate than baseball cards. Like autographs, you would want them coming from trusted sources, and would pay a premium for that.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

...in this race -- I don't collect photographs or bid in Yee auctions -- but it is OBVIOUS that if you were going to purchase Type 1 photos, you would be extremely concerned about who was selling them. You would also, OF COURSE, pay a premium to buy them from a reputable source.

Photos are naturally harder to authenticate than baseball cards. Like autographs, you would want them coming from trusted sources, and would pay a premium for that.

Let me ask this, and I also don't want to question Henry's reputation. However, Henry works for PSA as an authenticator/grader for Photos. Yet, he sells / consigns photos directly. Is that not a conflict of interest?

Thanks, Gary