Strange feeling about e-stand photo...

[Michael73]

Hello
I feel strange about this portrait....
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=615340

Is something wrong with it? Top reanactor fake?
The seller is a good guy,I know him,but still..

Or my be it is ok after all?

Regards
Michael

[m-e-h-t]

thanks for your kind words, Michael

I´m the seller of this photo, and I have no doubt about it. It looks very good in hand, and came from a good source. OK, no maker label on the paper, but that does not say anything.

[W Petz]

Portrait looks OK! The part I don't like is paying for it as a gift in Paypal as a condition. Doing so means that paypal will not guarantee reimbursement if the photo goes missing.

The Seller may be a good guy but Paypal and the postal folks are not always the good guys along with some sellers. Sending by registered mail with tracking also means nothing when it leaves one country to another per my experience in Europe and USA.

Insurance by the sender overseas is good for the sender but it takes forever to get the postal services to reimburse the sender if lost. I mentioned the sender is reimbursed...this depends on the good guy reimbursing you in turn when he receives payment.

I paid 350 Euros for a grouping of photos sent to me back in March. I never recieved them and the sender initiated an inquiry with the Bundespost we are still waiting on them to complete the case five months later.

Bill

[Tommy]

Hi michael

i have the same toubts how you for this photo..

Cheers tommy

[12thPanzer]

I fully agree with MEHT that the absence of markings means nothing at all when judging authenticity. However, my first gut reaction was not the normal "one-look"/definite wartime photo type of feeling.....


The only thing I found was that The cut on the SSLAH photo paper closely mocks that of period postcard paper made by Mimosa, but not exact.

Ultimately, this doesnt prove it is good or bad, but figured I would share what I noticed about the cut.

See example of period Mimosa paper's cut Below to compare to the top row of the LSSAH portrait:
(obviously in a larger scale, sorry)

[m-e-h-t]

I guess, the photos were cut by the photo studio with a special cutter after developing the photo. On customs wish.
Many negatives were 6x6 cm, developed on larger paper, some were cut, some not. I also have many period photos in the size 6x6 or 6x9, developed and cut on postcard sized paper, were you can see the remaining backside markings of the postcard lines. So I guess, the papers were all produced and delivered with smooth borders to the studios, most were cut with the jagged borders, some not.
This is only my guess and observation.

[Tommy]

Hi MEHT

Photographer has better equipment they have photographed in bigger size Negative. They are so big how Din A5 size.

Cheers Tommy

P.S. i collect more Negative

[Thälmannpionier]

didnt like it at first look..

m-e-t-h does the photo you posted looks similar to the actual photo in reality?
Is this a scan or did you use a digi camera?

looks more attractive when the contrast is about right...would not worry about the unmarked backside

[m-e-h-t]

this was done by digi cam. I did it outside in the sun.

The photo is unquestionable original.

[12thPanzer]

I guess, the photos were cut by the photo studio with a special cutter after developing the photo. On customs wish.
Many negatives were 6x6 cm, developed on larger paper, some were cut, some not. I also have many period photos in the size 6x6 or 6x9, developed and cut on postcard sized paper, were you can see the remaining backside markings of the postcard lines. So I guess, the papers were all produced and delivered with smooth borders to the studios, most were cut with the jagged borders, some not.
This is only my guess and observation.

Certainly agree! I also have smaller sized photos on postcard paper too. But I was trying to show that the cut was similar to known/used examples. They certainly wont always be the same. I also like it more now that Thalmannpionier adjusted it! Just Goes to show how decieving a digital shot can be!