Early Baseball CDV

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Posted By: Jack Bartenbaker

I recently acquired this CDV.. and in doing some checking found this web-site.. I am going to be putting it up for auction on e-Bay ..and I thought it may be a good idea for you collectors to have a peek at it.. It was part of an Estate auction..and was in a CDV Album with 96 other CDVs.. It was the only Baseball image in the album.. The album has CDV's that were taken by 2 photographists ..from New York.. most are people and a few Civil War soldiers.. they were taken by Charles Hart ..This CDV was by C.W. Van Alstine. Both these men are listed in The Daguerrian Registry as photographers in the 1800's in Potsdam and Watertown New York respectively..The CDV's in the album are all from the same time period (1861 - 1863) Any information that you guys can give me about this would be appreciated..Please excuse the poor quality pictures..the CDV is much clearer than it shows here

As you can see ..The fellow is dressed in what would appear to be normal street clothes..although from the early baseball images I have seen on the internet.. that was the norm.. He is holding a Bat and there is a ball on the shelf to his left.. The hat and belt are tinted.. and he has a string type tie on and a large Belt Buckle.. Please feel free to e-mail me or respond to this post ..as I would like to know anything that would be important about this CDV before I list it.. Identity of the man,value,whether he was part of a team.. etc. Thanks.. jack happyspappy on e-Bay..