Jim Rowe Postcards

[abrahamrudy]

Originally Posted by jdmeltz

Once a former Yankee who played a few games in the 40's showed up at my house after getting a letter from me with a few photos from his playing days!

That is INCREDIBLY cool. Why does that never happen to me?

So does anybody know how Rowe produced the cards? Were they based on orders he received? Or did he publish a catalog of what was available? Because if there is a catalog, then there is a comprehensive list. But if he just printed them to meet orders, the negatives are the only list.

[JLange]

Found this ad in a 1974 copy of a collector mag, Sports Scoops. I am sure he advertised in other mags of the period as well. I didn't realize that Jim Rowe was the source for the T200 Fatima reprint Postcards. I bought the Cleveland T200 PC a few years back and only now figured it out!

The ad mentions that he had a free 6-page list of PCs and a free sample!

[HRBAKER]

Great ad. I believe the mystery photo is the 'Ol Lefthander, Joe Nuxhall.

[scgaynor]

Definitely Joe Nuxhall.

Scott

[abrahamrudy]

That is super-cool. The Fatima negatives, if they're really the originals, are probably worth a boatload. Now I get why the Braces are ticket off. I would be too.

[scgaynor]

They were not original. I looked through that lot, there were very few quality original negatives. Most were absolutely horrible. Some were like 3rd generation copy negs of copy negs. There were copy negs of newspaper articles that happened to picture a player. That lot sold for about what it was worth.

Scott