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Gilbert Maines A reasonable starting point. May actually be worth the $25. which the author charges.
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GUIDE TO SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHS
by David Rudd Cycleback
8"x11" paperback 112 pages
This book is an in depth guide to identifying, dating, authenticating, understanding and collecting sports photographs from the 1800s to today. It covers the broad range of types from 1800s tintypes to modern snapshots, cabinet cards to real photo postcards, wirephotos to Hollywood movie stills, slides to panoramas. There is no other book comparable in scope and detail.
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At less than $0.25 per page for a distillation of the insight gathered over a lifetime of study, this could be a tremendous bargain.
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Doesn't the spouse of one of our participants offer custom paintings of sports figures?