More than 60 years after his death, George Burke remains one of the most famous and collected baseball photographers. Based out of Chicago, Burke shot some of the iconic images of the days' stars including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, Dizzy Dean and Joe DiMaggio, was the official photographer for several teams and provided the photos for the Goudey and Play Ball … [Read more...] about Guide to George Burke’s Baseball Photos
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Photos Through the Telephone: A History and Guide to Wirephotos
For early 1900s newspapers and magazines, there was no overnight national distribution of images. News photographs were shipped by plane, train and even boat. While this was okay for the many popular monthly magazines, most early daily newspapers had relatively few images and fewer still that were dated. While turn of the century news services could send the printed text … [Read more...] about Photos Through the Telephone: A History and Guide to Wirephotos
New Photo-Matching Service Launches
A group of sports memorabilia industry professionals has launched a new service for authenticating and grading game-used memorabilia. Photo-Matching & Grading (PM&G) is touting itself as the first “panel-based authentication service.” Advanced collectors, auction company executives and others with knowledge of the game-used hobby are part of the … [Read more...] about New Photo-Matching Service Launches
Interesting Notes on Vintage Sports Photos
This column offers some additional information about vintage and antique cards and memorabilia. Many 1800s sports cards are actual photographs Modern card collectors often don't realize that many 1800s trading cards are actual photographs, taken with a camera and developed in a photography lab. While modern ink and printing press technology can reproduce photographic … [Read more...] about Interesting Notes on Vintage Sports Photos