The only known original photo used for Mickey Mantle’s 1954 Red Heart card is up for auction. A historic image with hobby lore baked in.
Posts tagged as “Original Photo”
Back in the middle of 2022, I was browsing through X (then Twitter), and a fellow hobbyist shared a photo of a 1951 Bowman Warren…
Ron Oser Enterprises offered this framed and matted piece in April 2000, featuring the original “artwork” (more like a photograph) used for Juan Marichal’s 1973…
When Mastro Auctions sold the following Lou Gehrig new-service photograph in May 2008, they described it as being from the 1930s. They described it as a 6-1/2″…
This lot of 342 Exhibit Supply Company photos is a genuine piece of hobby history. It was originally purchased at the time of ESCO’s liquidation…
Here’s George Woodruff’s portrait of Ted Williams that Fleer used as the photo on the box and wrapper of their 1959 set! Mastro sold the…
In December 2005, Mastro auctioned off the original photo archive used to create the 1950 Bowman baseball set. Most pictures were described as 7-1/2” x…