{"product_id":"grouping-of-five-antique-sports-photographs-including-three-real-photo-postcards-rppc-of-early-football-players-board-mounted-football-player-portrait-and-board-mounted-tennis-players-jessie-weston-mcgill-and-nellie-jackson-mcwilliam-20261008","title":"Lot 025 - Grouping of Five Antique Sports Photographs Including Three Real Photo Postcards R.P.P.C. of Early Football Players, Board-Mounted Football Player Portrait, and Board-Mounted Tennis Players Jessie Weston Mcgill and Nellie Jackson Mcwilliam","description":"Grouping of five antique sports photographs dating from the early 1900s to the 1910s. The lot includes three real photo postcards depicting individual football players in period uniforms. One R.P.P.C. on Kruxo stock shows a young man in a padded jersey holding a football, pencil-dated \"6\/23\/12\" and inscribed \"Colez\" on the verso. A second R.P.P.C. on AZO stock depicts a player in a striped-sleeve jersey standing on a field, with pencil inscriptions on the verso dated \"9\/17\/11\" identifying the subject as \"J.W. Murphy\" and referencing his position as halfback and his role on a football team. A third R.P.P.C. on AZO stock shows a player in a jersey and knickers, pencil-dated \"1\/13\/14\" on the verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lot also includes a board-mounted photograph of a football player in a turtleneck jersey and padded pants, posed standing against a stone wall. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifth photograph is a board-mounted image of two young women seated on the ground with tennis rackets, typed below \"Jessie Weston McGill. Nellie Jackson McWilliam.\" The verso is pencil-inscribed \"Tennis\" and \"Mrs. F.K. Armstrong.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe photographs show varying degrees of wear. The board-mounted football player photograph has pronounced fading and color shift. The tennis photograph mount has edge wear, corner losses, and soiling. The R.P.P.C.s are in overall stable condition with mild toning.","brand":"Granite Union Auction Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578561716513,"sku":"20261008-LOT025","price":999999.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/9101\/9067\/files\/20261008-091-001.jpg?v=1790310069","url":"https:\/\/graniteunionauction.com\/products\/grouping-of-five-antique-sports-photographs-including-three-real-photo-postcards-rppc-of-early-football-players-board-mounted-football-player-portrait-and-board-mounted-tennis-players-jessie-weston-mcgill-and-nellie-jackson-mcwilliam-20261008","provider":"Granite Union Auction Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}