For Sale: 1914 Giants & White Sox At The Vatican Real Photo Postcard

[patricka]

Original and rare postcard that I acquired out of a collection where it has been for at least the past 20 years. 1914 real photo postcard from the barnstorming world tour of New York Giants & Chicago White Sox teams that also featured other baseball stars. Postcard shows the teams in street clothes at the Vatican in Rome.

Foreign issued postcard per the credit and markings on the back. The original owner 100 years ago notated in ink some numbers on the front of the card that correspond to his attempt to identify some of the individauls by writing their names on the back (although he mispelled McGraw's name). It also appers the last few names on the back of the card he did not put numbers on the front.

I believe several years ago there was a lengthy discussion and effort on this board to identify all the individuals on the card. Postcard is in very nice ex/mt condition except for the ink notations on the front and back. 100% original. I have only seen offered for sale a few times over the past 25 years. See scans below

Price $1,500 shipped.
"I'll take it" trumps any pending offers received.

[skelly423]

Such a cool piece, good luck with the sale. As a quick aside, Tris Speaker famously hated Catholics his entire life. I'd love to know what was going through his head as he was photographed at the Vatican...

[patricka]

Here is the post where members were discussing IDs on this postcard
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...hlight=vatican