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Lot # 162: 1925 Louis Van Oeyen, "The Photographer Himself" Extremely Rare Portrait Photo

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 7 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "November Collectors Auction 2021",
which ran from 11/15/2021 9:30 PM to
11/27/2021 8:00 PM



1925 Extremely rare, possibly unique, portrait photograph of photographer Louis Van Oeyen who was responsible for some of the greatest baseball photographs of the early 20th century. Little is known about Van Oeyen as he jumped from private photographer to working with several Cleveland based newspapers throughout his career. Here, in 1925, he is listed as an NEA Photographer. The quality of the image would probably make Louis mad as it leaves something to be desired (he would have taken a much better shot of course) but the fact that a portrait of Van Oeyen even exists is a miracle as photographers from this era were not celebrated the way they are today. A unique new discovery that is being offered here for the first time ever and it represents half the known images of Van Oeyen in the hobby (we have seen ONE other).

Size: 5.5x6
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 2.5/5
Quality: 4.5/5
Overall Grade: 7/10

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