Negro League Postcard on E-Bay

[Exhibitman]

Well put, Ryan!

[MikeGarcia]

..this little post is up to sixty-three replies ; is there a popcorn memorabilia forum ...

[Jaybird]

Agreed.

Are these 1928 Yuenglings ice cream related items?

For the record I have 1 bid retraction for a seller not disclosing he was out of country. Don't understand 93, on 1,00, 5,00, or 10,00 dollar items when you're bidding 4K on something that may not be the real deal.

Am I the only one who is suspicious that the corner missing may indicate the printer of the Postcard?

Shout me down if need be....

[bcbgcbrcb]

Ty:

I think the postcard is real, no indication that it is not. I wouldn't bid/spend that kind of money if it wasn't. I'm sure the buyer feels the same way that I do.

As far as the disparity in my bids on baseball items as compared to ice cream collectibles, it pretty much comes down to the fact that I don't have the kind of money to make regular purchases of Negro League Baseball items (not to mention the supply would not be nearly enough either). In order to get my daily/weekly fix of buying some type of collectible, the small ice cream items work nicely for me. Otherwise, I might have to go with T206's............

.... well I don't want you to suffer with t206's Phil. In fact please no....

If the buyer is satisfied, there is no reason to complain. I just thought it was remarkable how there is no identifiable studio mark on the photo, and of course no correspondence or date stamp on the back. These were usually sent out to promote a team, not sold at a local store and kept in inventory.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by pariah1107

.... well I don't want you to suffer with t206's Phil. In fact please no....

If the buyer is satisfied, there is no reason to complain. I just thought it was remarkable how there is no identifiable studio mark on the photo, and of course no correspondence or date stamp on the back. These were usually sent out to promote a team, not sold at a local store and kept in inventory.

I have thousands of real photo postcards that were never sent. Being postmarked or not has no bearing at all on whether it is real or not. And just looking at the photos in the auction I can tell you I think this is 100% authentic.

Of the thousands of PC's how many can you identify by photographer, place, or player, and by association year? I'd imagine quite a few.

Here is a PC of players who are plausibly identifiable with no reference to photographer or place, other than their uniform, Cuban Stars. Photo circa. 1922-25 seems appropriate, PC printing ?.

[ElCabron]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I have thousands of real photo postcards that were never sent. Being postmarked or not has no bearing at all on whether it is real or not. And just looking at the photos in the auction I can tell you I think this is 100% authentic.

I agree. Plus, it is completely incorrect that these were usually sent out to promote a team. Much later, that was true about some PRINTED postcards that would have advertising on the reverse, either printed or stamped onto it. This is a real photo postcard, not a printed postcard.

-Ryan