Hopkins Brothers J.L Wilkerson Postcard --Price Explosion??

[Jason19th]

My card is postmarked June 17 1910

[slidekellyslide]

Have you seen any others that are postmarked? It'd be nice to find one that is postmarked where the sender actually wrote something about the game on it. I have quite a few Nebraska Indians postcards that have notes on the game written on them.

[Jaybird]

Dan, we'll just agree to disagree on the ID but I'm glad we have a place to discuss it. If I dig up more info, I'll post it here.

[bmarlowe1]

I'm fairly sure I have commented on this one before, but in any case I'm happy to do it again. Below left is a photo of young J.L. Wilkinson in a baseball cap. Below center is a c1910 photo of Wilkinson courtesy of the family. Below right is the image in question.

Though the head angle is a bit different than the others, it very much seems that the nose isn't right (the real Wilkinson has a wide nose with prominent wide nostrils). Also we can make out a deep philtrum in the image in question, in spite of poor image quality, that causes an apparent downward indentation in the upper lip. The real Wilkinson lacks this feature. The ear shape also doesn't seem right. In my view people should not be spending good money on this item based on the hope Wilkinson is present.

[slidekellyslide]

I still think there is enough resemblance and not enough difference...coupled with the history of the team and Wilkinson. But I agree that people should not be spending a huge amount on this postcard...mainly because it's easy to find.

[bmarlowe1]

Dan - given the image quality I've carried the analysis as far as I can. Beyond that I can only give my subjective opinion - I don't see any resemblance. They look like 2 different people to me. We'll just have to agree to disagree.