Becker Uniform - Antiques Road Show

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Posted By: Jim

Was watching Antiques Road Show this evening and this young guy brought on some real interesting pieces all relating to Beals Becker, probably from 1913 or so. It included his uniform (with his name written in the pants) and two photos, one of which was described as a "yard long" and as being very unique. I was half paying attention (unfortunately trying to also carry on a conversation at the same time), but I think the "expert" put a value of around $5-7k on the uniform and a much higher value on the photo.

Away from the photos (which will probably be of most interest to people here), I frankly came away with the sense that if I'm willing to pay $700 for a mint condition baseball card of a so-so ball player from 100 years ago, getting his actual uniform for 10 times that amount would be something of deal.

I hope someone else was paying closer attention.

Any thoughts?