C.1934 Gehrig Ruth RPPC

[T206Jim]

If only RPPC examiner was a profession!

[h2oya311]

incredible clarity on that PC, Leon! You've got a great eye! And Jim, I know who to go to the next time I need help identifying a person on a postcard!

[yanksfan09]

He is identified as Dick Mayes. Says he played with Pirates in 1880's. Also on back of mine it says he was still playing on 3/4 century team at the time of this photo!

Here is a link to one of the only other copies of seen, from REA Fall 2017

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=46676

The only other copy I've seen is this one from a 10 year old H&S auction

http://apr08.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...pl?itemid=8351

mine:

[Leon]

Thanks for posting this, Erick. The clarity on this rppc just doesn't get much better....a few closer shots.

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

He is identified as Dick Mayes. Says he played with Pirates in 1880's. Also on back of mine it says he was still playing on 3/4 century team at the time of this photo!

Here is a link to one of the only other copies of seen, from REA Fall 2017

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=46676

The only other copy I've seen is this one from a 10 year old H&S auction

http://apr08.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...pl?itemid=8351

mine:

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Maybe it's just me but Mr. Mayes looks Native American. Cool piece, gorgeous image. As for research tineye.com can be a lot of help too. You put your image in and it tries to find other examples of the image on the web. Works best for internet graphics, but it can match your original image to others if they're close enough. It's really useful for seeing if someone stole an image from a previous owner/seller!

[Buythatcard]

That was great detective work!

Now, if you could only figure out who is sitting on the bench behind these 3. That would be impressive.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

That was great detective work!

Now, if you could only figure out who is sitting on the bench behind these 3. That would be impressive.

From left to right: Cobb, Mantle, Jackson

[drcy]

Originally Posted by T206Jim

If only RPPC examiner was a profession!

I taught a museums class at the U of Washington on object identification/authentication, and one thing I taught was how much identification information can be found on the internet. Google and wikipedia are an archivist's friend. One exercise was how to use the internet to assess and identify objects donated to a museum. This included researching stamps and identifying the photographers' names of famous photo images.

[Rookiemonster]

Dicks left thumb looks very deformed! Curious of what happened to the two balls that are in the picture.