Original negatives- underrated? Show yours

[Darner]

Top: Al Simmons and son c. 1940
Bottom: Chuck Klein c. 1936-37

[ruth-gehrig]

In storage, unfortunately about 2 hours away, I have a 1927 Yankees team photo negative. Would love to get a high quality photo printed from it!

[D. Bergin]

I love original negs. Don't always know what to do with them, but think they are cool as hell.

[Bumpus Jones]

The only one I own...

[D. Bergin]

Great shot! So much going on. The flooded field, the players warming up on the tiny stretch of unflooded outfield grass, the factories in the background, the 3 guys sitting in an otherwise empty stadium, the signage.

Love that image.

[Bumpus Jones]

Thanks, Dave. I'm kind of fond of it myself

[SAllen2556]

I sold all my baseball ones last year through Hunt. I scanned each one and felt that the actual negatives didn't have great value to me personally, especially since they were largely no-named players. But I love having the scans of them and cleaning them up in photoshop.

I still have a couple hundred left of weird stuff like of U of Michigan sports like tennis, golf, track and field, and soccer; boxer Jackie Fields, women amateur golfers, and a bunch of Detroit area people who made the newspaper for one reason or another. Don't really think there's much interest in them, but I continue to hold out hope. You do have to be very careful with them and they do degrade over time if not stored properly.


Bobby Jones



This is how they degrade over time:


Player's wives


Ann Pennington - old Zigfried Follies actress





Joe Judge