Real Photo Postcards (RPPC) Questions

[thecatspajamas]

Brace rarely (if ever?) stamped his RPPC's, but as with Rowe, he did almost always write the player's name on the back. Many of their RPPC's are indistinguishable other than their handwriting is a bit different. You can also see a change in the handwriting when Mary, Brace's daughter, took over production of the photos as Brace's health failed in later years.

As David says though, whether produced by Rowe or Brace makes little difference with their RPPC's in terms of value. Larger original Brace photos with period stamping can carry a premium over those produced later, but because the RPPC's produced in later years are nigh-indistinguishable from the ones produced in the 1950's, it usually requires some other circumstance (older autograph style, postally used in the period, etc) to see any bump in price due to age on them.

Adding: Following David's lead, I searched and found where the postcard with white borders is listed, and that price is crazy. Hard to tell from his title and lack of a back scan if it was actually done by Brace, but regardless, there is no way it would sell for that price in any circumstance other than the buyer making a mistaken assumption as to its age or uniqueness. Frankly, I would be surprised to see a signed one of those sell for that price. Unless you just gotta have it right now, I would take a pass on that one.