Need Help Identifying Ruth Program & More

[IronHorse2130]

An example of the Red Sox card sold at auction:

http://brockelmanauctions.com/lot-6117.aspx

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Originally Posted by IronHorse2130

An example of the Red Sox card sold at auction:

http://brockelmanauctions.com/lot-6117.aspx

Thanks so much. What did you search for on that?

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Anyone?

[drcy]

The "jewel" is an 1860s-70s gem tintype. Called gem due to its small size. It is early for a tintype.

The last is an 1870s carte de visite (aka CDV). I don't know who is the woman. Perhaps an actress.

[imacgreg]

With regard to the unscored programs, you can generally narrow them down to a particular series by looking at the rosters of the teams. Enough players get sent down, brought up, traded, etc. that careful comparison with baseball-reference.com rosters, schedules and box scores can tell you that Joe Bloggs was on the team from May 5th to June 18th, therefore the only series vs the Tigers he could have appeared in is the May 28th through 31st one. Further narrowing to a specific game is hard. Sometimes the ads have clues - Macy's Spring White Sale would likely not take place in July. Some will even have ads for things like "next TV game September 28th," although these would be too early for that specific example.

Your "Erin Farewell" picture is a colleen saying goodbye to the Emerald Isle.

[aelefson]

Hi-
The Red Sox postcard predates Ruth by at least a few years as there are several examples postmarked 1912. It is fairly common and normally sells for 50 dollars depending on the condition. Good luck with selling everything.

Alan

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Thanks a lot for all your help everyone. Any idea on the values of the programs?

Originally Posted by imacgreg

With regard to the unscored programs, you can generally narrow them down to a particular series by looking at the rosters of the teams. Enough players get sent down, brought up, traded, etc. that careful comparison with baseball-reference.com rosters, schedules and box scores can tell you that Joe Bloggs was on the team from May 5th to June 18th, therefore the only series vs the Tigers he could have appeared in is the May 28th through 31st one. Further narrowing to a specific game is hard. Sometimes the ads have clues - Macy's Spring White Sale would likely not take place in July. Some will even have ads for things like "next TV game September 28th," although these would be too early for that specific example.

I use the approaches quoted in addition to the pitching matchup (if pre-printed) in comparison to the baseball-ref game logs. It can narrow down quite a bit and sometimes to an exact identification.

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Originally Posted by drcy

The "jewel" is an 1860s-70s gem tintype. Called gem due to its small size. It is early for a tintype.

The last is an 1870s carte de visite (aka CDV). I don't know who is the woman. Perhaps an actress.

Thank you very much. That is extremely helpful! Any idea as to the value of something like this?

[drcy]

The CDV probably doesn't have much value, but the tintype is probably worth $100+ due to the early age. The small size and not great image is a negative, but the the early date makes it rare and, well, early for a baseball tintype or photograph.

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Originally Posted by drcy

The CDV probably doesn't have much value, but the tintype is probably worth $100+ due to the early age. The small size and not great image is a negative, but the the early date makes it rare and, well, early for a baseball tintype or photograph.

Thank you very much