Any Post Card experts here?

[rdixon1208]

The back is the same as the other one.

[danmckee]

Front doesn't look bad, the back is what matters. If the back is the same back as the ebay auction I posted, then you have a 1960s or 70s post card worth about $15.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I tend to think that this particular postcard might be an isolated example as I have submitted/tried to submit many postcards to SGC and the graders are all over the stamp boxes, back designs, etc. in an effort to accurately identify the era which the postcard was produced.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I tend to think that this particular postcard might be an isolated example as I have submitted/tried to submit many postcards to SGC and the graders are all over the stamp boxes, back designs, etc. in an effort to accurately identify the era which the postcard was produced.

Maybe all sent in at the same time by one person who got lucky that an unqualified grader was working?

[Michael Peich]

Dan McKee--Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention. As someone who collects postcards, I'm always wary of hybrid cards like this one. For example, I know that Burke reprinted many of his earlier images as postcards, and over the years I've learned to identify them.
Dave--Thanks for the excellent link for identifying postcard stamp boxes. It's nice to have this organized in one source.
Ted Z--I'd love to dig around in some of those "piles of stuff" in your house.
Dan Bretta--Your comment about "unqualified grader" seems eerily accurate!

Happy New Year to all!

Cheers, Mike

[fkw]

Originally Posted by glchen

How about this Ruth postcard? Any ideas on the dating or whether the ebay listing is good? Link

this a fantasy piece thats been floating around eBay and flea markets for a few years now. If I remember right the real Yankee Stadium postcard it was designed from didnt have the image of Ruth on front. the Ruth image was added to make it more appealing... there should be info on the internet on this card and a couple others from the same source.

edited to ad a link to info and the image of the real postcard this was designed from
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=79620

[slidekellyslide]

The ebay seller ended his postcard. I emailed him with the bad news earlier today and he did the right thing by ending it. SGC needs to compensate this seller and they also need to compensate rdixon.

[Rickyy]

I've seen this variation before too at a Post Card Show....the seller knew what he had and did sell it as a reproduction stamped on the back... he said that he's seen others try to give it the "aged" look to make it look older...but the back is the giveaway....his advice was to learn before you buy..just like everything I guess... SGC definitely should have caught this one.

Ricky Y