c1917-18 Armando Marsans NY Americans Postcard

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thanks for the input, guys. Having the card in hand, the image looks a bit darker and sharper than in the pic. To me, it looks like a legitimate 1920's exhibit card and I have handled many of those over the years but the typeset and font don't match up with any of the 1920's era exhibits.

[nolemmings]

I don't disagree with your assessment, Phil, at least from what I see. I'm not a postcard guy though, so maybe there are some tells from its somewhat unusual dimensions or something from the back printing. I wouldn't write it off as non-legit just yet.
It certainly is the Mendelsohn image and typeset. Marsans is one of the m101-6's that did not have the "FM" copyright mark on it, so perhaps others felt they could use the image for their own purposes, assuming Felix himself had no part in it.

[packs]

I don't have a 1917 or 1918 contemporary comparison, but the back on your PC is the same back as the 1922 exhibit with postcard back series.

Would it be unusual for a 1922 postcard to have an image from 1917 and for two separate exhibit series to have the same back?

[bcbgcbrcb]

I think Todd is on the right track, there could very well be some connection to the Felix Mendolsohn cards. If that is the case, there should be more of these in existence picturing other players from that 1917-20 era. Let's see if anyone else comes up with more info.....