Mile High Auctions

[Runscott]

When I saw the post about this photo, I got kind of excited - I've been looking for early team photos with Anson, in an attempt to locate another player who I have photos of, due to ties he had with Anson as a player. I immediately looked for this other person in the 'Anson' Notre Dame photo, and here's what who I found, standing right next to 'Anson'.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it's a pretty damned big coincidence:

[oldjudge]

Mile High, in my opinion, has done a poor job with this lot. They have taken a questionable piece (and I think I am being kind) and tried to finesse the description. Both this lot and the Williamson Yum Yum are lots that can mislead the uninformed collector.

[bmarlowe1]

I was hoping they would provide a better scan. Given what we have I can only make one point.

In most of his photos Anson appears to have very light hair (his eyebrows are often hard to see). In other photos it may appear somewhat darker, but it is still on the light side. Darkness or lightness of hair in these photos can sometimes be difficult to judge, but for the guy in the Mile High photo the hair appears too dark.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

I was hoping they would provide a better scan. Given what we have I can only make one point.

In most of his photos Anson appears to have very light hair (his eyebrows are often hard to see). In other photos it may appear somewhat darker, but it is still on the light side. Darkness or lightness of hair in these photos can sometimes be difficult to judge, but for the guy in the Mile High photo the hair appears too dark.

Yeah, I wonder why they didn't blow up his image and place it next to the woodcut image - they actually look very similar, and it would help their case. I'm guessing they don't want it to appear that they are 'building a case' - that would possibly inject more doubt.

[bmarlowe1]

I did find one Anson image (below left) in which his hair did look somewhat dark, but it is a high contrast somewhat half-toney reproduction, and his eyebrows are still not visible. Most of his images, like the one below right, show light hair.