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Originally Posted by Cusick
Despite your insults, George Brace stands among the top baseball photographers in history. For example, he is included in the book, PORTRAIT OF BASEBALL PHOTOGRAPHY, by Marshall Fogel et al., published in 2005. In the Table of Contents, 21 names are given as the "Great Photographers," and his is one of them. A section of the book is devoted to the work of his partner, George Burke and to him. The book, THE GAME THAT WAS: THE GEORGE BRACE PHOTO COLLECTION, has some terrific photos. Before the Internet era, the only way a collector was going to be able to get a photo of many obscure major leaguers was by purchasing a Brace photo. He provided an extremely helpful service to the hobby through all his work in capturing so many images. I, for one, don't like seeing him disrespected now that he is deceased.
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His persistence has added a lot to the hobby. But its a fair critique to address the quality of so many of these images. I am not feeling disrespect, only disappointment that I keep finding important images in such random quality. The hobby would certainly be poorer without his efforts. Here's the bait that reeled me in to discovering this hoard on eBay -- Don Wilson, circa 1972.
But to put it all in context, on the photo request thread, I have a list of Brace images of short-timers that exist pretty much only because of his efforts, according to the master Brace checklist on tnfoto's home page. I would pretty much pay any price in any condition to have any of them.