Vintage news photos are a highly popular area of collecting these days, but many collectors and sellers have difficulty knowing if that photo of Babe Ruth, Red Grange or Greta Garbo is vintage or a modern reproduction. As you'll likely expect, a later reprint will be worth a small fraction of the original. While authenticating photographs involves examining many aspects of … [Read more...] about Tips for Identifying Authentic Vintage News Photos
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Original 1927 Gehrig-Ruth Photo Highlights RMY Premier Auction
RMY Auctions has opened its August Premium Auction with over 1,500 vintage sports, entertainment and historic photographs up for bid. Batting leadoff in the auction is a rare image of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig posing for photographers as they shake hands in late September of 1927 as the “Murderer’s Row” Yankees prepared to meet the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. The … [Read more...] about Original 1927 Gehrig-Ruth Photo Highlights RMY Premier Auction
Gehrig Sits: Iconic Photo at Auction
RMY Auctions has opened its May event with more than 300 vintage photographs on the block including an iconic image of Lou Gehrig, taken the day after his streak of 2,130 games played came to an end. The 8x10 Gehrig photo, taken May 2, 1939, shows Gehrig casually leaning forward during warm ups, but no doubt wondering why his athletic body seemed to suddenly be failing him. … [Read more...] about Gehrig Sits: Iconic Photo at Auction
1927 Babe Ruth Photograph Part of RMY’s New Auction
RMY Auctions has kicked off its first event of 2014 with dozens of vintage sports photographs, many of which have never been seen before. Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mathewson, Wagner and Lajoie are just a few of the names collectors will see in the online auction, which is set to close January 14 and includes news service photos from several decades dating back to the early 20th … [Read more...] about 1927 Babe Ruth Photograph Part of RMY’s New Auction