+1 to everything Mark said.
Most all of the sports auction houses will have at least a couple of lots of vintage news photos and maybe a handful of cabinet photos in their auctions these days, though the way they deal with them can vary widely. On the news photos, you usually see more of the "group of hall of famers and stars" variety, with maybe a shot of the fronts of all of them (if the lot isn't too large, and you're lucky), but rarely are the backs shown, making it difficult to glean any kind of meaningful research from looking at the lots.
Occasionally they might have a particular emphasis on photos for 1 catalog, which (lately) means that John Rogers has chosen that particular auction house this month. I know he's done several rounds through Legendary, at least one big run through Mears, and probably some others that I'm forgetting. Seems like it winds up being feast or famine when it comes to photos.
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