1906 Chicago White Sox Postcard Question (in HUNTS Auction)

[iggyman]

Found the postcard in an old 2008 Heritage auction. Here is the link....

http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=48123&lotNo=43148

The Heritage auction had a pic of the back side (perhaps Hunt can learn something here).

1906 ws.jpg

Thus, my conclusion; the modern prewar card collector is a finicky animal who is constantly in need of displaying his macho manhood by flipping cards (at a lost). Apparently, the same holds true for prewar postcard collectors. Oh well, live and learn.

By the way, the postcard was not trimmed (if we are to believe two different auction houses)................just a lazy 19th century worker who had some centering issues (from my own experiences, they are not extinct (of course, not on this forum......).

Lovely Day...

[zljones]

I am drooling over that photo right now.

[iggyman]

Upon further review, apparently laziness and centering issues did not exist in the 19th century. It is a modern phenomena, that seems to hit auction houses extremely hard.

Found a Legendary auction of a 1906 Chicago White Sox 5X7 over-sized postcard. I believe both Hunt and Heritage owe us postcard collectors an apology on this one.

http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=70920

1906 PC.jpg

Lovely Day...

[caramelcard]

Why would someone trim a large pc? Especially an oversized pc...and trim part of the subject matter? I don't think so.

The top example has more left border then the bottom.

Rob

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by caramelcard

Why would someone trim a large pc? Especially an oversized pc...and trim part of the subject matter? I don't think so.

The top example has more left border then the bottom.

Rob

There's a little more left border 1/8" perhaps but it's missing 1/2 inch on the right. Even in the description it calls it a 6.5" wide card instead of the typical 7".

There's no reason to trim it and perhaps it was miscut at the factory. I don't think anyone's saying it was done to get a higher grade, etc. but just that it isn't its full size.

[iggyman]

Perhaps it was trimmed to fit a scrapbook. The corners certainly appear to have the characteristics of a prior run-in with corner mounts.

scrapbooking-corner-mounts.jpg

If you've read this thread, I've obviously waffled backwards and forwards, but I'm now back on the side of a trim job. Does anybody at Hunt ever read this board? If I was the buyer, I would certainly want to know that the possibility exist that this pc has been trimmed. It sure would be a grand day, if Hunt gave this pc a second look before shipping it out.

Lovely Day...