1905 Harvard Postcard?

[71buc]

I purchased this item in the mid 80's and have always been curious if it was authentic. The printing appears to be lithography so I have always assumed it to be real. However, it is in awfully good condition for an item printed in 1905. I saw that member mjkm90 posted pictures of the same image on a pitcher and mug set. As you can see by the back I spent 18.00 on it. Any opinions about the authenticity? If it is real does anyone have an idea of the approximate value if any?



Thanks

Mike

[thecatspajamas]

What does it say under "copyright" on the front image? I can't quite make it out.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

What does it say under "copyright" on the front image? I can't quite make it out.

I attempted to blow up that portion of the card for you. Thanks

[scooter729]

Hi,
I have seen this postcard before and see no reason yours is not real. It is in great shape as well! However, the value isn't anything too much - maybe I would put it in the $30 -$40 neighborhood?

There are many Harvard collectors out there (including myself), so it would always have a market, but the piece is fairly common, albeit in excellent condition!

Scott

[jbsports33]

Popular with postcard collectors, but as stated above not too high. We have sold them for 40.00-60.00

Jimmy

[thecatspajamas]

In my little digging that I did, I didn't run across any Ullman prints, postcards, etc that looked to be modern-day reproductions. I did find the info at the link below dating the beginning of the Ullman Mfg Co to 1888. Also, FWIW the style of the stamp area on the back is very close to that used by another RPPC manufacturer ca. 1905-06 (Ullman was not included in the reference, so I can't say for sure what style they used at that time). Hope that helps, and it looks like others have chimed in regarding price range and rarity.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/ullman/messages/43.html

[slidekellyslide]

It's definitely real...and very nice condition.

[71buc]

Thanks to everyone for the information. The knowledge here never ceases to impress me. Thanks again for your time and effort.

[BradH]

Grabbed this at an antique shop this summer and have it in a frame in my office. Sorry for the bad pics, but I didn't want to mess with taking it out of the frame. I sometimes use these clear see-thru frames for post cards because then you can read the back fairly easily.

I think I paid $8 for this, then a couple bucks for the frame.

The front of the card reads, "January 5, '06" at the top, then "With love from Helen" at the bottom.

The interesting part, at least for me, is that the card was sent from Hoboken NJ and is postmarked "Jan 6, 1906 AM". It also has a received postmark that is probably hard to read in the picture, but it states "Long Branch N.J. Jan 6 1-30P 1906".

So she sent it the PC in the morning and they had it by 1:30 in the afternoon. The mail service just ain't what it used to be!

(I'm just kidding, of course, and mean no disrepect to any mail carriers in our group)

[cmoore330]

I know this is an old thread, but I just ran into it! The Harvard card is part of a set of 8 postcards done in 1905 by Ullman. They were drawn by the famous artist, Earl Christy. Harvard is the only baseball card in the set with the other 7 being football cards. You can see a few of the football cards (along with a knock-off) on my page:

http://www.collectorfocus.com/collec...llege-football