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[GoldenAge50s]

Is a TYPE 1 photo the same as a Generation 1 photo, as Mears used the term?

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Is a TYPE 1 photo the same as a Generation 1 photo, as Mears used the term?

Nope!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

Nope!

Hey Jimmy
I thought I have heard these terms used back and forth for the same photo. Can you tell me what the difference between an original type 1 is and a generation 1? They sound like the same thing. Unless the original type 1 difference is that it was made within a few years of the negative (picture) being taken and a generation 1 was made from the negative but not close to the time frame it was taken?

[HRBAKER]

In my mind, the one word in any of these descriptions that you can reasonably rely on is "photo," beyond that not so much.

[Leon]

This didn't go as high as I thought it would....

[GoldenAge50s]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hey Jimmy
I thought I have heard these terms used back and forth for the same photo. Can you tell me what the difference between an original type 1 is and a generation 1? They sound like the same thing. Unless the original type 1 difference is that it was made within a few years of the negative (picture) being taken and a generation 1 was made from the negative but not close to the time frame it was taken?

Yes, I would also like to know the difference! Mears said the Gen 1 photos were w/in days to 5 yrs of the original negative, which I thought was said many times in past discussion of TYPE 1's.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Yes, I would also like to know the difference! Mears said the Gen 1 photos were w/in days to 5 yrs of the original negative, which I thought was said many times in past discussion of TYPE 1's.

I think Mears tended to use the term "Original", if it was a "Generation 1" of the possible "Type 1" variety.

[Kawika]

The extended bidding period is finished now, ja?
There were several stadium shots that I took a run at but none of which I won. I particularly liked the aerial of Gilmore Field and some of the oversized views of Seals Stadium.
I picked up four or five photos, none any great shakes. Best of the group and the one that most fits my collection is this image of old Babe Ruth and a crowd of kids. Also liked the composition of the Yomiuri Giants team picture.

[GoldenAge50s]

Thanks for your help!

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Is a TYPE 1 photo the same as a Generation 1 photo, as Mears used the term?

The way I understood it, was they used the term to identify any photo which was vintage to the time of the image. Whether it was a Press, Wire, Laser, Sound, Tele, snapshot or otherwise.

Most of the descriptions were basically from the same template and you were meant to decide for yourself based on the photos they provided.

I had my eye on the large lot of boxing photos but they were generally all from a period in which Laserphotos and Wirephotos were the general norm, and they were very inferior in quality during that time period (60's through 80's). Last I saw it ended with no bids.