First Copeland Collection Pedigree Emerges from the Hobby Shadows

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Carl--Not sure what the big deal is. I have the 1916 Boston team postcard that was Copelands. It is easy to identify from the message on the back, but I also have the auctual auction tag and bought it from the lot winner in the original auction. I also know the collector who has the Copeland Anson in uniform. Again, easy to identify.

I picked up a Sotheby’s catalog from the Copeland sale off of ebay. That was an amazing collection. Everything from a Baltimore News Ruth to a complete run of press pins and everything in between. That has to be the single greatest auction ever for sports cards. I do wish that there are more pictures though.

If I owned something from that sale, I think that it would be really cool to have the original documentation.

Jay — I love that postcard, but isn’t it from 1915? The catalog does not show the back. Can you show an image of the back message that you mentioned? Is it one of the examples with a postmark from the 1915 World Series? That would be amazing.

[clamendo]

Originally Posted by robertsmithnocure

I picked up a Sotheby’s catalog from the Copeland sale off of ebay. That was an amazing collection. Everything from a Baltimore News Ruth to a complete run of press pins and everything in between.

If I owned something from that sale, I think that it would be really cool to have the original documentation.

I love that 1915 Red Sox postcard. The catalog does not show the back. Can you show an image of the message that you mentioned? Is it one of the examples with a postmark from the 1915 World Series? That would be amazing.

Even if you won the powerball the other day and all the resources available to buy cards, you couldn’t put a collection like that together in 2022. I guess if you didn’t buy the 1914 Baltimore News Ruth, the postcard would be a nice consolation prize.


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[raulus]

Originally Posted by clamendo

Even if you won the powerball the other day and all the resources available to buy cards, you couldn’t put a collection like that together in 2022.

Yeah, but we would all have a lot of fun trying!!!