Need help! Authentication with a photo lot

**Ryan B** · 09-15-2013, 08:27 PM

Hey guys, these recently came up and i need your help. What do you guys think of these photos? To me the studio portrait looks and the field photo but I am skeptical about the Tiger shot.
Thanks
Ryan

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 09-15-2013 08:27 PM

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**Ryan B** · 09-15-2013, 08:29 PM

Forgot about this one sorry.

**Marc** · 09-15-2013, 08:29 PM

The quality looks off to me. Ryan and I are looking at buying these, but we wanted some opinions first. Thanks for any help guys.

**Marc** · 09-15-2013, 08:41 PM

Help anyone?

**Ryan B** · 09-15-2013, 08:43 PM

Patience young one

**Marc** · 09-15-2013, 08:46 PM

Wow..........

**bigmacglenn** · 09-15-2013, 08:50 PM

That Tiger photo has been around for years, usually described as being 12th SS Hitlerjugend in Normandy, 1944...it's definitely a copy.
cheers, Glenn

**Marc** · 09-15-2013, 08:55 PM

Just as I thought. I wouldn't touch the others now, because of that. Where there is one fake, there must be others. I told Ryan, that if the Tiger photo was original, then it would be a famous photo.

**Bill T** · 09-18-2013, 04:10 AM

Yeah these are bad ones guys, except for the top one with the stamps (SS portrait).....has a chance. Somehow didn't catch this thread yesterday, I apologize.....been super busy with work the past week here and haven't had much time on the computer unfortunately.
The one w/ Mimosa Kiel stamp is a very common fake, which is all over the place on both US and German Ebay. If it is cheap enough, I would suggest buying it to study, as you will understand very quickly when compared with a period photo.

Edit:
Instead of buying it, I don't mind sending you a couple fake photos in the mail so you can study if you'd like...including the same style posted in this thread.

**tempelhof** · 09-18-2013, 05:02 AM

Bill, I hate to go against you on that top one but the contrast within the black fields looks really poor to me. I think, as you say, it stands a chance but i'd probably stay away from it because of that issue. it's awful "dark".