19thCenturyOnly - Auction Ending Date July 15th

19thcenturyonly · #1 06-26-2009, 08:55 PM

I wanted to let everyone on Net54 know that I changed the auction ending date from Thursday, July 16th to Wednesday July 15th.

The www.19thCenturyOnly.com website has been updated with this info, but I'm posting here as well.

Thank you.
Seth

Bicem · #2 06-27-2009, 05:43 AM

smart, Goodwin ends on the 16th.

bmarlowe1 · #3 06-27-2009, 10:45 PM

The item below is one of the more amusing auction house photo idents I have seen. 19thCenturyOnly is offering the cdv below left with the claim that it may be Bill Hawes.
http://www.19thcenturyonly.com/site/...sp?itemid=5012

They show the 1879 Bos NL team composite below right as evidence, with a big black arrow pointing at a player they claim is Bill Hawes. They then kind of leave it up to the bidder to decide if the cdv is Hawes - not a bad approach.

Well - the cdv really is Bill Hawes, but the guy the arrow is pointing to for reference in the team composite is Charlie Jones

The ID's they give for the headshot composite are all screwed up (they did get Harry Wright right). The correct ID's are:
John Morrill
Tommy Bond - Pop Snyder
Charlie Jones - Jack Burdock - Ed Cogswell
Sadie Houck - John O'Rourke - Ezra Sutton
Bill Hawes - Curry Foley
Harry Wright

So - Bill Hawes is just to the left of Harry Wright (and he's in the cdv being auctioned). For reference below is a wood cut of Hawes from the 10-9-1880 New York Clipper next to Hawes from the team composite:

bmarlowe1 · #4 06-27-2009, 10:46 PM

ignore double post

19thcenturyonly · #5 06-28-2009, 12:36 AM

Mark,

Thank you for the information. I updated the arrow in the auction listing. My research pointed to Bill Hawes as the player in the photo, however, I was not able to be 100% sure. Are you sure the id of the photo is Bill Hawes ?

Seth

bmarlowe1 · #6 06-28-2009, 02:01 AM

Seth,

That's him. Do you have his minor league record?

barrysloate · #7 06-28-2009, 05:05 AM

Mark- Sorry to hijack the thread, but I very much enjoyed your article "Zooming in on a Great Old Photo" in the latest SABR Research Journal. It is a great piece of detective work but you need really good eyesight to be able to see those very tiny details. Everybody who is interested in photo i.d. should take a look at it.