McCarthy Postcards

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

Jeff, you may have something there with the dating based on uniform style. At least I know its not a post career Koufax card, that s nice.

And there is mention a lot of these were made and floating around. I looked at ebay listings "post-war 1942-1980". Regular Exhibits list over 100 graded by SGC and nearly 350 PSA graded, about 450 total. But only 14 SGC or PSA graded McCarthy's (all Mickey Mantle by the way, not one single other player). The McCarthy's just can't be all that plentiful in nice grade worthy examples.

I agree with Adam. Just because there are not a lot of them graded doesn't mean there are not a lot of them out there. They were made for a very long period of time and are pretty plentiful and not particularly valuable. For example, most of my Mantles are in great shape and are at most 20-25 dollar cards. I would imagine it would cost roughly half of that in shipping and grading fees.

Also, just because the photo was taken during a specific time does not mean the card was produced during his playing days. The only way you can link it that way is the style of the back (yours does not have one to compare) or a date stamp.

[Exhibitman]

That's why I try for cards with postal cancellations. You know my Drysdale is a 'rookie' card because he mailed it to a fan in 1957.

[Zach Wheat]

Here's a link to an old thread I saved on JD McCarthy Pictures & Postcards (as Bob calls them):

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=173693

Note he indicates when he was alphabetizing them, that of the JD McCarthy Pictures & Postcards he purchased, he had 225 subjects in the letters "A - F". I imagine the final list of player photos will be quite large. It is interesting to note he indicated that players felt they had really made it when McCarthy took their pictures. McCarthy ended up with quite an extensive compilation of pictures of players that never made it or only made it to the majors briefly - which is another reason McCarthy photo's are interesting.

Z Wheat