1915 Boston Red Sox Real Photo Postcard with Babe Ruth from Copeland collection

1915 Boston Red Sox Real Photo Postcard with Babe Ruth. From the famous Copeland Collection! This was Babe Ruth's rookie season (1915) and one of his earliest appearances on a piece of sports ephemera.

The back of the postcard has a postmark of April 12, 1916. The condition was somewhat optimistically listed as Near Mint.

It is thought by most hobby experts that this postcard was produced in 1915 and was perhaps first distributed during the World Series. Today, a couple dozen known examples remain, making it somewhat more scarce than the T206 Honus Wagner. Of these examples, only a handful might be considered "high grade" and very few have a period postmark on back and verifiable provenance. SCP a uction record -- "Copeland" provenance.

Sotheby's "important events" timeline. The item "1915 Boston Red Sox Real Photo Postcard with Babe Ruth from Copeland collection" is in sale since Tuesday, March 10, 2020. This item is in the category "Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Sports Trading Cards\Baseball Cards". The seller is "bmw_cards2" and is located in Madison, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

Product: Real Photo Postcard
Player: Babe Ruth
Season: 1915
Year: 1915
Professional Grader: Not Professionally Graded
Sport: Baseball
Team: Boston Red Sox
Card Manufacturer: RPPC
Era: Pre-WWII (Pre-1942)
Original/Reprint: Original