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Category: Miscellaneous Cards and Other

Hand-drawn Caricatures of Ladies in Hats

Small hand-drawn cards. Circa 1910’s – 1920’s. Artist unknown. Price for the set:  $15.00           Size:  each about 2 x 3 and 7/16″ For your amusement, a cute and comical set of caricatures of ladies in hats….Read More…

Easter Egg Lithograph

Egg-shaped lithograph. Publisher unknown. Circa 1880’s- 1910. Price:  $5.00           Size:  2 and 5/8 x 4″ Well! Holidays catch me behind lately with posting, so this one was for Easter, which was yesterday. (Happy belated.) This is…Read More…

Madison Hilbert’s Specimen of Penmanship

Penmanship example, circa late1910s to early 1920s. Price:  $12.00         Size:  About 3 x 2 and 1/4″      Here’s an unusual find from an antique store. And it may be hard to pin down a date for…Read More…

La Grande Roue, Paris, Circa 1900

Black and white view of La Grande Roue. Paris, circa 1900. Price:  $3.00 There are a number of postcard views of this, La Grande Roue, though this is not one of them. It’s actually a printed card, postcard size, with…Read More…

Félix Potin Calissons Box Top

Cardboard box top for Calissons from Félix Potin, Paris, France. Circa 1880 to 1910. Price:  $17.00           Size:  About 8 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/4″ For the collector of antique items from the French company Félix Potin or for the…Read More…

Les Bonnes Nouvelles de la Marelle

Vintage envelope, made in France. Date unknown. Publisher:  La Marelle. Price:  $2.00        Size:  5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/2″ This one reminds me more of an underwater scene from a fantasy world:  mushrooms growing from the sandy ocean floor,…Read More…

1950 Victoria 10th International Salon of Photography

Print of notice of photography show, October 1950. Price:  $15.00            Size:  4 and 1/8 x 4 and 3/4″ A third in a short totem pole theme, an ad for the 10th International Salon of Photography that was probably one of…Read More…

At Play On The Doorstep

Card, lithograph with initials G.R. for artist, publisher or lithography company. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price:  $5.00        Size:  4and 3/4 x 3 and 1/4″ Here’s some gorgeous color in the midst of a series of mostly black and white photos….A…Read More…

An Easter Message Just For You

Easter greeting card. Circa 1930s – 1940s. Price:  $5.00         Size:  Folded into four sections, 5 and 1/4 x 3 and 7/8″ This card is prettier “in person” (huh? lol) with the shimmering gold tone when you hold it at an…Read More…

An tAonach Gaelach (The Irish Fair)

I had this little Useful Irish Phrases card hanging around since the days of studying Irish, so thought why not put it up here? I will never forget being stunned listening to my first instruction cassette tape (yep, lol, the…Read More…