If you collect vintage baseball cards, our Photo of the Day probably looks familiar. If you collect some of the food issue sets of the mid-1950s, you definitely know it.
An original copy of the image used to create several of Mickey Mantle’s cards from that era is among the feature
d items at RMY Auctions this month. Bidding has already topped $500 with the auction not scheduled to close until June 21.
The 8x 10 ¼” photo, taken early in Mantle’s big league career, was featured on cards from Briggs Meats, Dan Dee Potato Chips and Stahl-Meyer Franks. It’s only the second copy of the phot auction officials say they have ever seen.
The photo rates 7 out of 10, with a pinhole and some light wear, including some vintage writing at the bottom border from a young person who owned it more than 60 years ago.
Mantle enjoyed some of his best seasons during the time period, hitting .300 or better five years in a row from 1954-58 while leading the league in runs scored each year but one.
The auction includes more than 1,200 vintage photographs.
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