Is it time to respect postcards in the B/S/T

[vintagehofrookies]

I agree with JC as thats a brilliant idea! My favorite vintage cards are PCs

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by vintagehofrookies

I agree with JC as thats a brilliant idea! My favorite vintage cards are PCs

Absolutely +1! They represent some of the highest quality baseball cards of the pre-'50's era--best visual reproductions of the players. Compare some of the '20's Exhibits Postcard Backs, for example, to virtually any other card set of the same era and you will quickly realize there is little room for disputing the above.

Larry

[Econteachert205]

I agree from Leon's perspective of having another category to manage, but maybe one of the current ones could just have postcards added to it so members had one designated place to sell. Since most seem to be pre war I'd put them with the caramel and other non tobacco as the traffic on those isn't huge already.

[bnorth]

Maybe we could trade it for the championship ring section. I couldn'd get any fewer posts.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Maybe we could trade it for the championship ring section. I couldn'd get any fewer posts.

ha ha...i didnt even know there was a championship ring section!!!!!

[jb217676]

I started the "Let's see some postcards" thread a little over two years ago, about the same time I was really getting into postcard collecting. I didn't know it would have such staying power. I like how that thread can fly under the radar... then return with a vengeance!

Some amazing postcards show up there!

[T206Jim]

Leon, would you consider making Pre-WWII cards (E, D, M, W,etc..) BST into Pre-WWII cards (E, D, M, W, PC, etc...) and also add "postcards (PC)" to the second line?

It seems this would clearly identify the space where postcards can be found, but that doesn't add a whole new category.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by T206Jim

Leon, would you consider making Pre-WWII cards (E, D, M, W,etc..) BST into Pre-WWII cards (E, D, M, W, PC, etc...) and also add "postcards (PC)" to the second line?

It seems this would clearly identify the space where postcards can be found, but that doesn't add a whole new category.

I think there are already too many categories, as far as adding anymore. I will never say never but don't see it.
I will definitely consider adding "Postcards" to a section already there, if that is what folks would like? That being the case I think we should consider looking at the least used section in the BST, which is 19th Century. How about if that were to say "19th Century Cards and Baseball Postcards". I don't think we want to open it to any postcard as that is whole different hobby in itself. Open to debate and maybe the Pre-War category for them would be best?

[sayhey24]

I would agree with Leon that there are probably already two many categories, and he has a pretty good feel for what's right for the board.

But I would also say there is very little doubt that there are many more people interested in postcards than there are people interested in championship rings (just one very knowledgeable person does the vast majority of posting in that category).

Greg