Ed Delahanty Photo - what did I miss?

[Bicem]

Why David?

[D. Bergin]

It looks good to me, but I think David is noticing a lack of silvering, if it's a silver print, and a lack of proper aging or toning if it's an albumen print.

I'm sure he could speak better on it then myself however.

If it's good, I'd also consider it a bargain, especially when I see what PSA 50's cards are going for nowadays, inflated market or not.

[drcy]

I haven't seen it in person, so withhold judgment.

[slidekellyslide]

I don't know about the photograph, but the image is 100% for certain from 1898.

[prewarsports]

It looks to me like the photo is real, but I bet it was mounted later so that it could be preserved in a newspaper archive (possibly even in 1925). So I bet it is not a "cabinet" but an original photo mounted on thicker cardboard. Notice the dots at the top, seems to look like a recycled piece of newspaper art board to me. As such I think $4,400 is probably at the top of the market but still a really cool piece. I am glad I didn't see it, I would have lost by about 2 grand and then been mad!

[Leon]

See my comment above ....been there done that.

Originally Posted by prewarsports

It looks to me like the photo is real, but I bet it was mounted later so that it could be preserved in a newspaper archive (possibly even in 1925). So I bet it is not a "cabinet" but an original photo mounted on thicker cardboard. Notice the dots at the top, seems to look like a recycled piece of newspaper art board to me. As such I think $4,400 is probably at the top of the market but still a really cool piece. I am glad I didn't see it, I would have lost by about 2 grand and then been mad!

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

It looks to me like the photo is real, but I bet it was mounted later so that it could be preserved in a newspaper archive (possibly even in 1925).

If that is the case, then I agree that it went for all of the money.

It is very hard for me to tell if I do not have it in hand. The size of the mount is listed as 4-1/4" x 6-1/2" which is right on for a 19th century cabinet mount. Also, the corners looked as though they are rounded by the manufacturing process consistent to cabinet cards.

The color of the mount threw me off a little bit and the dot printing at the top and left borders is also peculiar.

[Bicem]

Was it a common practice to mount 19th century photos years later as a way to preserve them? Seems like there would be better ways to preserve.