Modern commercial reproduced photos can be bought for $10. Vintage photo's produced from original negatives form the 1910's-1940's could sell for $100's. Size, photo composition, historic relevance, or photographs on and off the field could effect the price A snap shot taken by a fan at the ballpark could sell between $35.
-$150. Press photos or wire photo are a very popular collectible, and used or not used in a publication could sell between $50 - $200. Or more.In a recent auction on eBay a silver photograph by Underwood & Underwood taken in 1925 sold for $300 Premium photos that were given away or sold through advertising specials could also sell between $75.
-$200. Quaker Oaks for example had a premium 8x10 send away photo featuring a facsimile Babe Ruth signature. This photo with the original mailing envelope recently sold for $103.
On eBay. Other examples of premium photos could include: fan club photos, Esso Boy's club, or Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photos Baseball Magazine began issuing photos in or around 1910-1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock.
You had to send away for the photos. For more information on these type of photos I will leave a link below PSA/DNA Authentication service now has a sports photo authentication service. I will leave a link below for more info.
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