[drcy]

They're called laser photos, which are the equivalent of wirephotos except using laser technology instead of telephone wires. Later versions of wirephotos. At some point AP switched from telephone wires to lasers to transfer their images to newspapers. They aren't originals but official copies made at the time of the date listed in the captions. So they're vintage to the date of the images. They'll likely be of rougher image quality and on cheaper paper, but are official/genuine AP photos and limited in number.

Likely a lot of sellers call them wirephotos, as people know what wirephoto means and they don't want people thinking the word laser means they're home computer reprints. And, as I said, they are modern versions of wirephotos. Calling them wirephotos is technically incorrect (and people accuse me of being technical), but I understand why an eBay seller would advertise them as wirephotos and would consider it no harm no foul. When we were kids my sister would call it "Same difference."