Help ID'ing and Valuing This Babe Ruth Photo

[vintagecpa]

It is the photograph from the controversial 1930 Goudey Babe Ruth calendar card. I don't know if that helps much in dating the photograph.


http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=1930+goudey

[bcookie]

Originally Posted by vintagecpa

It is the photograph from the controversial 1930 Goudey Babe Ruth calendar card. I don't know if that helps much in dating the photograph.


http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=1930+goudey

wow, that is interesting.. now the mystery with this photo deepens..

[danmckee]

This doesn't look original to me. Can you share how and when you acquired it? Thanks.

[bcookie]

Dan,

i recently got it on ebay. it had a bad title and i took a shot. It was not sold by a sports person.. when i got it, the thing that stood out to me was the intense "silvering". I researched cycleback.com last night and found out it is a good sign of age.

The photo looks like the scan as long as you look at it straight on. When you tilt the photo it gets the silvering and it looks like a negative.

[Jaybird]

The lack of details is what is troubling with this photo. Nothing in it appears in focus. The face, hands and folds of his uniform all appear blotchy. This to me screams repro or reprint or some sort of second or third generation photo.

[bcookie]

i know what you are saying i just looked at the scan and you can anot even make out the NY on the cap. In person, it is much crisper the NY and all of the details are fairly sharp..

any ideas on the "silvering"

[FrankWakefield]

I don't think that photo is worth very much at all... as in less than $5. I'm in line with Dan Mc on this one. Maybe someone else has a higher opinion of it. Sorry. Wish you well with it.