Always a difficult time pricing one-of-a-kind items

[sakic92710]

I discovered I had this antique press photo of Charles Francis Adams.  No idea of the value.  Son of President John Quincy Adams & appointed to a position, during the Civil War, by Abe Lincoln.  Fortunately, the company that has credit for the photo is still around, so I sent an email asking for any info they may have.  I thought it was from the 1860s, but the co. was not established until 1904.  He passed in 1886.  No idea on it's true age.

[wastingtime101]

The closest related items sold for about $10-12 (first at $20 is for 2 photos).

[simply-the-best-for-you]

That's about the only time I would still use an Auction.  Either when I think something will have a lot of interest & possibly go very high, which doesn't really happen in my category or when I can't find any history & I have no idea what an item is worth. 

[pls-consignments]

Time for an auction. I would do a 10-day starting Thursday to end Sat early evening, so your older collectors are till awake. Let them decide what it's worth. Make sure to use words in your title such as "Rare", "Historical", "President" etc. Hope that helps. 😊

[roccotacodad54]

   I wish you luck (really not sarcasm) with the company helping you. I have rarely had much success contacting companies on items that were marketed before the computer age. It seems alot of companies never saw the need to digitally catalogue items and records that were on paper even if they were still available. If the old paperwork wasn't needed for tax purposes etc. it seems that alot of it was just discarded. Some have kept their old company records intact but I fear not many.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

I discovered I had this antique press photo of Charles Francis Adams.  No idea of the value.  Son of President John Quincy Adams & appointed to a position, during the Civil War, by Abe Lincoln.  Fortunately, the company that has credit for the photo is still around, so I sent an email asking for any info they may have.  I thought it was from the 1860s, but the co. was not established until 1904.  He passed in 1886.  No idea on it's true age.

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Maybe it is me @sakic92710 but i do see some similarities between the two. Is he the chosen one? 😁

All kidding aside, this would be a good contender for an auction as others have suggested. Did the company (credit picture) get back to you? 

[melda58]

Maybe I am missing it, but you haven't disclosed the name of the publisher, photographer, or studio where the photo was taken - assuming you have this information - this info is important in evaluating value.   If the subject died in 1886, the photo could not have been taken after 1904.    He looks to be around 70 years old in the photo.  So is this a reprint?  I'm confused.  

Rita

[sakic92710]

I just sent the email in the evening.  No response yet.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

I just sent the email in the evening.  No response yet.

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It would be interesting to see if they/what response you get.