jhs5120
06-21-2010, 05:59 PM
Hi everyone,
I just won a 1953 Willie Mays Howard Service card 7up ad!!!!!
I just purchased this last night. When I saw this for sale I could not believe my eyes I watched the card throughout the entire sale and finally put in the winning bid and won it for a fraction of what it is worth, possibly. I have only seen one of these, not in person, and I can't find anything on the issue other then this card.
The question: is it real?
If it isn't real, no biggie, but I have no reason to believe it is a reprint.
The seller checks out:
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=4596james&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home
he has 1500+ feedback, mostly cards and the only complaints have been poor packaging. Nothing to do with reprints/altered cards.
After a quick google search I found nothing on any reprint sets that have included this card. I know TCMA had some oddball postcard reprints out but I think they were primarily pre-war.
Here is a photo front/back of the card in question:
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae147/jhs5120/Maysfront.jpg
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae147/jhs5120/Maysback.jpg
Here is the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260619030321&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1154
Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason
I just won a 1953 Willie Mays Howard Service card 7up ad!!!!!
I just purchased this last night. When I saw this for sale I could not believe my eyes I watched the card throughout the entire sale and finally put in the winning bid and won it for a fraction of what it is worth, possibly. I have only seen one of these, not in person, and I can't find anything on the issue other then this card.
The question: is it real?
If it isn't real, no biggie, but I have no reason to believe it is a reprint.
The seller checks out:
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=4596james&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home
he has 1500+ feedback, mostly cards and the only complaints have been poor packaging. Nothing to do with reprints/altered cards.
After a quick google search I found nothing on any reprint sets that have included this card. I know TCMA had some oddball postcard reprints out but I think they were primarily pre-war.
Here is a photo front/back of the card in question:
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae147/jhs5120/Maysfront.jpg
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae147/jhs5120/Maysback.jpg
Here is the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260619030321&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1154
Any opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason