Real Giants Postcard??

Archive · #1 03-14-2008, 10:16 AM

Posted By: Neal

Can anyone shed some light on this postcard. Picked it up a few years ago. Not sure if reprint or authentic?

Thanks for help!

Archive · #2 03-14-2008, 10:22 AM

Posted By: Joe D.

Neal

It looks okay to me.

edit: check it with a blacklight if you have one. (hard to tell reprint/original from the scan - easier in person)

There are actually a few versions of that postcard.

Here is the one I have
(slightly different on top....McGraw is a different size / position)....
I picked this one up from our moderator dude.

Archive · #3 03-14-2008, 10:43 AM

Posted By: Chris Counts

When I first started collecting stadium postcards, I was surprised by how many early 20th century Polo Grounds postcards I saw. At first I figured they were fakes, but later I discovered they're just very common. Yankee Stadium postcards from the same era seem to be quite common as well as a few others. Other ballparks, like Ebbets Field and Fenway Park, seem much tougher to find in vintage postcards ...

By the way, I've seen Polo Grounds postcards with postmarks from the late 30s ... and they still have the McGraw photo in the corner (he died in '34). Like the Dodgers postcards from the early 1960s (which were still on sale in the 1980s), they must have made a ton of them ...

Archive · #4 03-14-2008, 10:45 AM

Posted By: Neal

Thanks All!

Any idea on value??

Archive · #5 03-14-2008, 10:48 AM

Posted By: Joe D.

I've seen them go for anywhere between $25-$90

so, $50 would be a good value guess.

I think it is somewhere around there (although, admittedly - its been a while since I have tracked pricing on this card).

Archive · #6 03-14-2008, 10:56 AM

Posted By: Dan Bretta

I would say the value is more in the $15-$20 range...that's a very common postcard.

Archive · #7 03-14-2008, 11:05 AM

Posted By: Steve M

I call these McGraw insert PC's. Here are three:

Archive · #8 03-14-2008, 01:12 PM

Posted By: andy becker

a real trustworthy seller has one on the bst right now....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/376259/thread/1205280120/last-1205280120/c1915+john+mcgraw-polo+grounds+postcard

shameless plug

Archive · #9 03-14-2008, 02:38 PM

Posted By: Tom D

There are many variations on that postcard. Here is another example:

And an example without McGraw:

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
1905 NY Giants Postcard with Mathewson	Archive	Pre-WWII cards (E, D, M, W, etc..) B/S/T	0	03-10-2008 03:19 PM
1904 New York Giants Postcard on Ebay	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	5	05-05-2007 07:39 PM
Has anyone seen this Giants postcard before?	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	14	01-06-2007 07:06 PM
another Astoria Giants Postcard	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	10	10-20-2006 03:43 PM
1932 NY Giants Postcard - Hubbell on front, schedule on back	Archive	Pre-WWII cards (E, D, M, W, etc..) B/S/T	1	03-10-2006 07:29 AM