Inasmuch as the Red Stockings cdv was blank-backed, it is very possibly a pirate cdv, which would make it a second generation photo. Off the top of my head, I can think of only one other blank-backed baseball cdv (Harvard c. 1866), all the others having studio information on the verso. If the cdv was a legitimate issue, I don't know why the studio that produced it would not adhere it to a studio mount with its name identified on the verso.
If in fact it is a second-generation cdv, its resolution would be inferior and its value would be expected to be considerably less than if it was first-generation.
Last edited by benjulmag; 03-19-2012 at 08:02 AM.
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