Ty Cobb at 17?

[aaroncc]

Here is a comparison photo, suppose to be Cobb around 17.
Found it on this website:

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...-Photos/page2&

[hunterdutchess]

Originally Posted by aaroncc

Here is a comparison photo, suppose to be Cobb around 17.
Found it on this website:

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...-Photos/page2&

-If that's not him than it has to be his twin separated at birth. I am 99.9% +

[freakhappy]

Aaron, thanks for the photo comparison...that seems like it locks up the debate. Also, look at his ears in both photos...exactly the same. That has to be Cobb!

Funny how some people just know that the picture isn't Cobb, lol! Come on people, we didn't know the guy personally or even live in that era!

[barrysloate]

It does look like a match, I have to admit. But like I said, I am so suspicious of that type of photo i.d. that I've developed a natural bias.

[CW]

IMO, that side-by-side comparison shows that the photo on eBay is not Cobb. While the ears may be similar, I think that some folks here are ignoring the tell-tale sign -- the roundness of the face. If the photo on eBay is Cobb, I think we'd all agree that it would have to be Cobb pre-20 yrs. old. All of the photos that show Cobb in his teens (and even early 20's) show him with a much thinner, slender face. The picture on eBay has a man with a round face. To me, the shape of the face is the clincher that it's not Cobb.

We've all seen someone who looked eerily similar to someone we already knew -- I think this is the case we have with the eBay photo.

[freakhappy]

Ears are dead-on. Other than Cobb being slimmer in the second photo, everything else matches almost exactly. I don't think it clearly discredits that pic from being Cobb...unless it's his twin, Cy Cobb

[yanks12025]

Can't the angle of the photo make Cobb's face look alittle bigger. The one is straight on, while he other is alittle on the side. Hair also matches up.

[CW]

It is unfortunate (and somewhat perplexing) that the seller will not divulge the name of the other subject in the photo. If that person were named, and could be confirmed with a cross reference photo, and that person could also be linked to Ty Cobb, then the seller would be wise to give up that info.

One quick question to those who collect vintage photos... if this were actually confirmed to be Ty Cobb, would it be worth the asking price of $900?




(and since this might be one of those threads were a name should be included, my last name is W_olff, minus the _ )

[slidekellyslide]

I asked the seller for a scan of the reverse hoping that we could date it, but the stamp box style is an unknown date.

http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoall.php

It sure looks like Ty Cobb to me, but not at 17..perhaps around 20.

[brickyardkennedy]

Originally Posted by aaroncc

Here is a comparison photo, suppose to be Cobb around 17.
Found it on this website:

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...-Photos/page2&

Didn't think it was Cobb, at first, but hard to sustain that doubt with the evidence of those comparison photos. I'm convinced.