Questionable Ruth postcard

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JoeyF1981

Stumbled across this on ebay and looks to be a fantasy piece to me. Can't seem to find any like it or any info indicating it is indeed from the 1930's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930-S-POSTC...item3383d33784

Looks like a fantasy piece to me too....

[JoeyF1981]

Originally Posted by Leon

Looks like a fantasy piece to me too....

I heard post cards made by this particular manufacturer should have some sort of serial # on it to date exactly when it was made, but this one doesnt. Must be fake

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JoeyF1981

I heard post cards made by this particular manufacturer should have some sort of serial # on it to date exactly when it was made, but this one doesnt. Must be fake

That, I don't know. I do know, and have handled several cards with these attributes (not the exact look), and all were no good.

[Bicem]

That's a known fantasy piece, stay away.

[dbrown]

Originally Posted by JoeyF1981

I heard post cards made by this particular manufacturer should have some sort of serial # on it to date exactly when it was made, but this one doesnt. Must be fake

Curt Teich Postcards made a zillion cards; they do have identifying numbers on them (not serial numbers) that are helpful in dating a card. Details here, at the Curt Teich Archives site:
http://www.lcfpd.org/docs/teich_guide_dating.pdf

I don't think there are a lot of baseball subjects done by Curt Teich. A few stadiums. Also, he/they made (only?) color postcards. Doubly fake.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by dbrown

Curt Teich Postcards made a zillion cards; they do have identifying numbers on them (not serial numbers) that are helpful in dating a card. Details here, at the Curt Teich Archives site:
http://www.lcfpd.org/docs/teich_guide_dating.pdf

I don't think there are a lot of baseball subjects done by Curt Teich. A few stadiums. Also, he/they made (only?) color postcards. Doubly fake.

Fantasy or not, thank you for posting the link to that Curt Teich info. I had never seen that reference before, and may never need it again, but it's good information to have in case something like this comes up. Thanks!