Early Chicago Cubs Postcard on ebay

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

http://tinyurl.com/yvohmm

Wow! I had never seen this one before, but it still went for a whole lot more than I thought it would. Anyone seen this one before? Are the guys in front of the ticket windows players?

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

Hey Dan,

First time I have seen that postcard. The winning bidder is a very well known postcard collector, so we can assume it must be a tough postcard to find.

Patrick

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Yep...I'm wondering who the underbidder is because it looks like there is a huge jump between the second place bidder and the third. Two very large snipes. It's a great card and I don't think I've ever even seen a photo let alone a postcard of the outside of West Side Park.

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Posted By: Josh Evans

Dan, incredible postcard and I've never seen it.

But it brings up an interesting issue I just thought of. Traditionally, real photo postcards have easily outstripped real photos in terms of value. For example, I remember finding things in Cuba and turning photos over and seeing they were real photo postcards rather than simply photos. My heart would leap in the realization that it’s not just a picture of Ray Dandridge but a postcard as well. [The Cubans at the time didn’t understand the huge premium a postcard would bring over a simple photo. That has since changed btw.]

Well now that photo prices are rising so quickly will there be a point in the future where photo value will surpass real photo postcard value. Where there will be no premium. Or where postcard collectors will not appreciate the photo value as much as photo collectors do?

Or am I coming across as merely trying to pimp the value of sports photos.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Keep pimping Josh!!!

I have way more photos than I do rppc's.