One of the white whales on my want list is a 1912 Olympic Heroes postcard of Jim Thorpe putting the shot. The ones that have come up for auction in recent years have either been out of my price range or I noticed them after the auction was over.
There was an auction on eBay that ended last night for four Thorpe/Tewanima/Warner return to Carlisle postcards, and the ending price of $103.61 was completely out of line for what they should have sold for. The thing that throws me off is that all of the postcards are printed with the words "Courtesy of Pierson K. Miller." I have never seen that before on any of the previous 1912 Thorpe/Carlisle postcards.
Were they reprints? It seems somewhat hard to believe that a postcard dedicated to Carlisle, Pa., would be reprinted. But I have never seen such a notation on any of previous 1912 Thorpe/Tewanima/Warner postcards before, so I am a bit confused. The postcard of "Thorpe Running the Ball" is also new to me.
Thanks in advance for any information.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jim-Thorpe-L...p2047675.l2557