The Oldest Known Baseball Cards?

[benjulmag]

"A lot of late-19th century CDVs and cabinets reuse earlier images shot by famed photographers who were by then unable or unwilling to protect their creations."

In my experience, very few 19th century baseball Cdvs and cabinets are reused or pirated images. And to a knowledgable and experienced collector, those that are are usually easy to detect.

[triwak]

Love these discussions!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

"A lot of late-19th century CDVs and cabinets reuse earlier images shot by famed photographers who were by then unable or unwilling to protect their creations."

In my experience, very few 19th century baseball Cdvs and cabinets are reused or pirated images. And to a knowledgable and experienced collector, those that are are usually easy to detect.

Perhaps that's true for baseball; it certainly is untrue for boxing, esp. CDVs.

[aaroncc]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Perhaps that's true for baseball; it certainly is untrue for boxing, esp. CDVs.

I agree for boxing it's a different story. Images were used again quite often. For some boxers this was their way of marketing.