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Posted By: davidcycleback

When bidding in an online auction, like eBay, one advice I can tell you is
that is there's a good big scan of of the photo, the photo has vintage stamping
and the image in the scan is really sharp, clear and rich, that's consistant
with the photo being first generation original. If it's a copy or wirephoto,
the image will usually be of less detail and quality. This is not only for a 1925
photo, but a 1955 or 1965 photo of Mickey Mantle.

The problem is that that eBay scans often are of lesser quality so you can't tell until
you get the photo in person. But a number of sellers provide high quality scans.