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hankronSecond pick is quality wire photos at low prices ... The prices fluxuate widely on wire service and newspaper photos (they aren't cataloged like baseball cards), and a collector can find lower than expected prices on quality original photos of Red Grange or Bronco Nagurski or Willie Mays or Walter Johnson or even your favorite college football team (The Cobbs and Joe Jacksons of the world are tough to get a low prices) ... I'm not saying one should invest in wirephotos as a whole, but there are always great deals to be found.
*** Super easy and super effective ways for the 'investor' or just plain collector to identify vintage wire and news serivce photos in eBay auctions.
1) Stamps of ..............removed. What is the significance of these stamps? The companies either went out of business or changed their name in the 1950s or earlier. This means the presence of any of these out of date stamps proves the photo is vintage. On eBay, if you see a Joe Jackson in Black Sox uniform with an International News Photo stamp on back, you know it's the real deal. If you see a '1951 Rookie Year' Mickey Mantle with an ACME stamp, you know it's vintage.
2) .......removed ........ag. These show the photo is old....
3) ........ on back.
4) .......hologram on back. This hologram indicates .............