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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
Mark - thanks. Really appreciate the info. As a follow up question: are they not rare because many photographers had that access, or are they not rare because many copies were generated soon after it happened? I guess I am wondering why, if the primary purpose of these was to get them into the newspaper the next day, why there would have been a major effort to print scads of full size copies?
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Define "rare". All type 1 photos are rare in the fact that if you are looking for one in particular, they could range from 0-10 most of the time with some exception(type 1s that lasted the test of time).
This particular day was a big/known event. It wasn't a nonscripted hr for example. Therefore, multiple news services were there. Hence, multiple angles/shots. It was also newsworthy so multiple photos were distributed.
Some photographers captured the hugging scene better then their counterpart. If you don't care which shot it is, then I guess that would be less rare than if you wanted one specific shot.
If you are in the market, I would hold out for either the "horizontal shot" that was used for items of memorabilia such as the cover of sleeve of the record from that day or the "vertical" shot used for the 1962 topps card(like I noted in my pm). Depending on your price point, I would also Try and get one in good shape.