So a seller on Ebay sold the wire photo below as the "original" used for the 1952 Topps Willie Jones card. And even provided the picture of the Topps card.
Upon first glance ... yes this does look like the original photo. But look closer. In the card, the top of his bat is showing. In the picture, it's not.
So this clearly isn't the original photo. Close, but no cigar.
I contacted the seller to inform him of this (because it could have been an honest mistake) and never got a response.
So what does everyone think?
Was the seller honest in selling this as the original wire photo given how close the image is?
Does it change your opinion since he included the Topps card too and therefore the buyer had the opportunity to see for himself that this was not the exact wire photo?
Oh, and here is the completed listing (NOTE: I did not bid on or win this - as I do not view this as the real wire photo used for the 1952 Topps card).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121060080517...84.m1423.l2649