Slovakian reprints?

[drcy]

I remember an American businessman who travelled a lot said he had bought a German made Babe Ruth 'Speedy' movie real photo postcards at a street market in Estonia, the vendor selling European silent movie real photo postcards (Europe issued a lot of real photo movie postcards in the old days-- Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Charlie Chaplin et al). He was concerned it might be a reprint, but I said I highly doubted there was any demand for Babe Ruth memorabilia amongst Estonians, so, if it looked okay, chances were it was genuine. I also added that European movie postcards were originally sold in Europe and collected by Europeans, who were as much of movie fans as we Americans (And notice that all of the Hollywood movie stars I just named were European), so it's perfectly reasonable that's where it would be found.

In short, its safe to buy Babe Ruth cards from Slovakia, Romania or Estonia, but only if you're in in Slovakia, Romania or Estonia.

The Babe Ruth/Harold Lloyd 'Speedy' postcard is a rare example of a Ruth item where it is perfectly reasonable for it to be being sold by a European on eBay. They were made in Germany and the text is in German.