| PICTURE POSTCARDS — United States |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 1167 |  | Lifetime collection of postcards from early U.S. expositions and fairs, 1870’s to 1890’s. Owner’s count of fifty-three all-different cards in enviable condition. Includes material from Cotton States and International Exposition, Tennessee Exposition, Charleston Exposition, South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition, National Export Exposition, Trans-Mississippi International Exposition, and Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Loaded with hard-to-find items. High cultural, historical, and commercial value. See the many pictures for more information. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2200.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
| 1168 | | Exciting lifetime collection of 1893 Columbian Exposition postcards and choice ephemera. Over ninety different mint and used cards and other printed items. Includes Goldsmith and Koehler cards accurately sorted by sets. Many items identified and explained by the original owner. Great condition overall. View the many photos to whet your appetite for this lot. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00 |
| 1169 | | Sophisticated personal collection of 1907 Jamestown Exposition postcards. Over 200 all-different postcards neatly arranged in one binder. Posted and unposted, with numerous images, printing styles, cancels, and auxiliary markings. Enviable condition. Includes many hard-to-find cards. Also contains a guide to the official souvenir postcards of the exposition. A rare opportunity to acquire an extensive collection of this topic. | Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $800.00 |
| 1170 | | Collection of approximately 390 seemingly all different Naval related cards. Includes 164 real photos, 72 lithographs. The highlight is the 155 featuring the White Fleet. Outstanding lifetime endeavor. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 1171 | | Over 110 advertising cards with a wide variety of products. Runs from the early period to the 1950’s. Includes real photos and lithographs. An entertaining group. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 1172 | | Memorable dealer’s stock of 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair postcards. Over 280 neatly sleeved, posted and unposted cards. Reasonable duplication. Various printing styles, destinations, cancels, auxiliary markings, etc. Interesting messages written by fairgoers to friends, family members, and business associates in the U.S. and abroad. Clean, fresh stock, with unused cards often in like-new condition. Carefully organized. Includes over 20 “Hold-to-light” cards. Appealing to collectors and historians alike. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $475.00 |
| 1173 | | Choice 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Collection. Professional postcard dealer’s personal collection of 128 all-different postcards, including eleven "hold-to-light" cards. Posted and unposted material, in desirable condition. Contains numerous items that went through the mail and exhibit clear cancels and auxiliary markings, along with playful or serious messages. Impeccable organization, with all cards displayed in clear pocket pages and arranged according to various publisher-printers. View the many photos for more information about this attractive lot. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $200.00 |
| 1174 | | Sophisticated accumulation of 1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition postcards. Twenty-one posted and unposted cards in firm sleeves with some annotation. Overall clean, fresh condition. Great representation of assorted official images, with shade varieties, flaws, etc. Includes a few mailed cards with out-of-period cancels. High retail value. | Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
| 1175 | | Lifetime collection of about 120 Decoration Day cards. Appears to be all different including 35 Clapsaddle and 40 Tucks. Condition mixed. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $300.00 |
| 1176 | | a wonderful collection of 769 different “large letter” cards. They are well organized with very nice quality throughout and no Chromes. A great start to this popular area. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $270.00 |
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