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HankronI've sold a lot of sports (and non sport) photos. About 20 percent of the buyer are die hard photo collectors (know what ACME and all that stuff means) and the rest think such and such is a nice photo to go along with their collection-- i.e. a non-photo expert Chicago Bears fan buys the AP Willie Galimore photo to display with his cards and pennants and autographed Mike Ditka helmet. Of the later majority, most want a image that strikes them as cool and to be assured that the photo is original, vintage or otherwise 'official' (a stamp by the Chicago Tribune of Associated Press or on the back would make it official). And, noting that I don't collect vintage Bears photos, I can't say that their expectations are much different than mine as a collector.