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Posted By: davidcycleback

Good chance it's a college (Pittsburgh, U of Penn, other). The art/photography studio and studying scene is collgiate themed. The player looks old enough for college, perhaps too old for high school. A typical early college student's album will look like this, with snapshots and ephemera of campus scenes (rallies, football game, campus buildings, friends). There's a good chance that the owner of album was the photographer.

If you can identify the college, college baseball player photos will be worth more than an anonymous team or high school player. Ivy League athletes (Penn, Princeton) are popular amongst collectors.

It's not the case with baseball or basketball, but, in vintage football, major college photos can be worth as much or more than the NFL version. Notre Dame and U of Michigan have as much or more of a collector's following than that of many NFL teams .... Every Pro Football Hall of Famer had an alma mater, and even the Cowboys-only collector would love to pick up a photo of Tony Dorsett in his Pitt uniform or Roger Staubach throwing for Navy. It would be like picking up the player's Pre-Rookie or Minor League photo.