1916 Boston Team Photo w/Babe Ruth???

[Kawika]

Maybe Ruth is in the stands buying a hot dog. This is the same bloody seller who sold me the creased McGraw postcard in my recent thread. Same guy who claimed Jeff Tesreau was in the 1910 Shreveport team picture I posted about a couple of weeks ago. A few of his other auctions I have perused have suspect ID's as well. Otherwise he has lots of neat items although too spendy from where I'm sitting. He may be a saint among mortals for all I know but his eBay auctions are kinda sloppy.

Hal Janvrin, middle row, second from left

[bcbgcbrcb]

I agree with you, David.

[rhettyeakley]

I don't disagree David, his descriptions & due diligence on those items were lazy.
-Rhett

[bmarlowe1]

It's the 1915 team. ID's given in another photo from the same session:

[prewarsports]

I think this seller just needs to be more careful with his descriptions.

His Jeff Tessreau cabinet was a mix up because he DOES have a 1909 Shevereport cabinet with Tessreau and he does not hype that one up so I think he just got the ID's wrong.

The 1916 (1915) photo is an original and valuable Red Sox cabinet photo, just an incorrect ID on the Ruth/year

The McGraw was a scanner mistake and I bet he makes good on it.

I know the seller a little (sold stuff to him but never met him) and I know he has employees list stuff for him. I think he just needs to oversee the operation a bit more, but in all fairness its not like he is selling repros and forgeries or anything, there are WAY bigger issues on ebay. Just my thoughts.

Rhys

[bcbgcbrcb]

To the seller's credit, he has now adjusted his auction description to remove Babe Ruth's name and has also significantly reduced his BIN price accordingly.

[sox1903wschamp]

Seller did reduce it. It is still pricey but it is a bin and as mentioned, a nice non Ruthian piece. BTW, I take back my comment on the fuzziness of the photo. It is not so bad and I think I see "cheaters" in my near future.

[novakjr]

Definitely no Ruth...You're probably thinking that a younger Ruth would've been slimmer in the face...That is NOT the case. I'm attaching another team photo from 1916 with Ruth 4th from the left bottom row....It's perhaps the most recognizable melon in the history of sports, and was always that way..