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Opinion on vintage photos
Its awesome to see more people getting interested in vintage photo collecting. Ive noticed in the last year it seems to be really taking off as more people are appreciating sports photography. Do you think photo collecting will continue to rise over time or does it seem like whats hot at the moment? I for one cant get enough of vintage sports photos and what they represent. Just would like to get peoples opinions on this.
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I think it is a field with great potential. Very affordable way to collect prewar or anything else, and there are some real gems out there, especially if you collect stuff other than baseball. The liquidation of news archives is flooding the market with great stuff so prices are very reasonable now even for first rate images.
I am really starting to appreciate snapshots. The first mass market cameras were issued around the turn of the last century so there were millions of amateurs out there shooting away even in the deadball era. I also like the artwork that some newspapers and magazines made with photos and have started buying that too.
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I used to have a huge snapshot collection...I collected them when not a lot of people did and you could get lots on ebay for pretty cheap...haven't really searched them out for a few years, but I get the feeling that they are no longer an overlooked area of collecting. Professional photos are great, but there's just something about the amateur snapshots that's very appealing to me.
I kept the ones that fit my collection. c1910 Lincoln minor league game Wahoo Sam Crawford Clarence Mitchell Dazzy Vance
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Joey,
Even though I have a modest collection of vintage baseball photographs compared to others on this board, I'm with you that I very much enjoy this aspect of collecting. I have seen what images you have been adding to your own collection that you've posted here on net54. Answering your question though, I believe that no matter what you collect, you can never lose by collecting quality. Without question, the images that you are choosing are first rate by any measure. Last edited by Scott Garner; 12-22-2013 at 04:16 AM. |
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And there's a vast and varied photography world beyond sports too. Art photography, modern, historical, etc etc. The good thing is if you have a basic knowledge of old baseball photos you have a similar knowledge of similar non-sport photos-- Presidents, movies, etc. Movie photos are similar to sports press photos, and a cabinet card of Abe Lincoln will be similar to a baseball player cabinet card.
Modern photography is very interesting too. St. Peterburg cabinet card of the Romanov Family by the official Royal photographer. Notice the text is Russian. Union Generals Custor and Pleasanton in 1863 Lucky Luciano and his dog relaxing at the piano in Italy. Standard news photo from after he was deported. 1850s tintype of young man and his dog in original case Original large 1990s negative for Chanel fashion catalog by Karl Lagerfeld. Digitally switched to positive image for viewing purposes. The Romanov and Civil War Generals photos sold for around the $9,000-$12,000 each, as they are both exceptional and rare examples of historical photos. The Luciano news photo would be cheap. The Chanel negative would probably go for $100-$200 due to the famous photographer and model (Helena Christensen), that fashion photography is popular and it's a stylish image. That's my hand holding the dog tintype, but I don't know what it sold for or if it sold. I examined it for an auction house, but it never showed up in the catalog. Maybe the owner decided to keep it. Tintypes of animals are not common, but you see them around. As you can imagine, animals are always popular subjects with collectors. Oh, and the Custer photo was professionally restored. It was deacified and the not shown backing is modern acid free paper. It's an original of a famous image that appears in a Custer biography. Last edited by drcy; 12-21-2013 at 12:08 PM. |
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Love the Lucky Luciano photo…the dog's got a "whadda YOU looking' at?" look. Gangsta Chi-hua-hua...
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Love reading about and seeing these photos. Each one is so unique.
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