Ca. 1907 Nap Lajoie - Nickel Theatre Trade Card

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

Here are more cookie crumbs back to the Rhode Island area as well. Another example of this card was owned by a fellow originally from Woonsocket. There certainly aren't a lot of these out there, but a few of them seem to have been hiding in the bushes up in New England.

Clipping is from The Atlanta Constitution 11 Oct 2001

Did nobody answer Don? We have the "Q" where's the "A"???

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Did nobody answer Don? We have the "Q" where's the "A"???

I missed that part, huh? It wasn't anything that interesting. The answer basically said that it's hard to catalog postcards and value is partially determined by quantity, quality and condition. Lemke put a value of $200-$300 on it. The clipping is below.

[JLange]

I don’t want to read into this too much, but I am bothered by the misspelling “Nepoleon”. By 1907, Lajoie was 2 yrs into his player-manager role in Cleveland. He arguably had the greatest name recognition on the team just from that, but by this time the team was also being referred to as the “Naps” as well. Who misspells his name in that situation? Sure mistakes happen, and it could absolutely be just that, but come on, man…they’re the Naps, not the Neps! For this reason alone, and with no other info backing it up, I don’t think this item is from Lajoie’s time in Cleveland. My vote is that this hails from his Philadelphia years, before 1902.

[JLange]

And, amazing card, by the way!