Mickey Mantle Type 1 Photo Question

[jacksons]

Congrats - figured it would end up with that designation. The stampings tell the story. Value is ultimately assigned by the buyer. A similar photo autographed by both Mantle and Day sold for $500 in Heritage in 2021, if that helps.

Originally Posted by metsandweezer

Officially came back as a Type 1 I have no idea on the value for it still.

[Topnotchsy]

Type I photos generally get a significant premium over Type III, though the market on any photos is highly variable, so working of a single datapoint (such as one old sale) would be difficult.

RMY has one type III of your photo that sold in 2020 for $450. It's one datapoint, but RMY has a few photos with Mantle and Day, and the close-up one (like you have) is clearly the nicest. Other, less appealing photos with Mantle and Day (and others) which were Type I photos went for less, so I do believe it was the draw of the image. Those sales were also in 2020 and the photo market is more expensive today than it was then.

My guess is that in auction it goes for at least $1000, though as others have noted, it is hard to predict photo values.

[metsandweezer]

Originally Posted by jacksons

Congrats - figured it would end up with that designation. The stampings tell the story. Value is ultimately assigned by the buyer. A similar photo autographed by both Mantle and Day sold for $500 in Heritage in 2021, if that helps.

Do you have a link? It does not appear like the autograph version was a type 1.