October 24, 2024: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2024
Presented is a simply spectacular First-Generation Wirephoto from the heyday of the career of the “Say Hey Kid,” Willie Mays, pictured here at the ripe old age of 24 during spring training. A smiling Mays is featured on this 8-by-10-inch Wirephoto that carries stamping from the Cleveland News, along with dating to March 7, 1955, along with a Cleveland-area photo studio, plus the typical grease pencil markings of an overworked editor. That makes it 69 years old, but it looks much younger, boasting wonderful gloss and an impressive presentation that is better than its technical VG-Ex grade, which stems from a very difficult-to-see tiny crease.
1955 Willie Mays Type 1 Wire Photo
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