Lot # 278: 1887 Bobby Mathews Original Glass Plate Negative (non card image)

Starting Bid: $750.00

Bids: 4 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2022 Premier Auction",
which ran from 8/2/2022 12:00 AM to
8/20/2022 9:00 PM



Original 5" x 7" Goodwin & Co. glass plate negative emanating from the "Vermont Find." Perhaps our favorite pose of the bunch, pitcher Bobby Mathews is depicted in a batting pose with the 1887 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. Although this image has not been discovered on a Goodwin & Co. issued card, Mathews' uniform and the background of this image are identical to two of his three known Old Judge cards. There is a paper label with handwritten notations affixed to the glass side of this negative and the emulsion side appears impressively unsoiled for a 135-year-old piece of photographic material.

 

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