| PICTURE POSTCARDS — United States and General Foreign |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 1200 |  | Humongous Hoard of Postcards and Ephemera. Approximately 20,000 items in ten boxes. Focus is on U.S. postcards, with a noticeable presence of foreign cards. Attractive mixture of ordinary and unusual. Topics include landscapes, military, holidays, humor, street scenes, advertising, architecture, etc. Variety of sizes, styles, and types. Posted and unposted, like-new and worn. Contains one box of baseball cards and related items. Needs culling, sorting, and TLC. It’s raining postcards, hooray! Get out your umbrellas. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2000.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00 |
| 1201 | | Complete Postcard Business in One Lot. Successful bourse and eBay merchant retired and packed up his stock. Over 18,000 items in twelve boxes. Primarily foreign postcards, with a significant presence of U.S. material, including picture postcards, postal cards, etc. Useful mixture of ordinary and unusual. Features landscapes, military, holidays, humor, street scenes, advertising, architecture, famous people, common people, families, real photo images, etc. Just about anything and everything! Variety of sizes, styles, and types. Posted and unposted, like-new and worn. Enormous range of dates. Many sleeved. Loaded with gems. Clean and ready to go. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2000.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00 |
| 1202 | | Retail-Friendly Stock of Postcards. Beloved dealer Bob from the northeastern U.S. cleaned house, and this lot is the result. Over 12,000 items in 8 large boxes. Plenty of U.S. postcards, with a hefty helping of diverse foreign cards. Attractive mixture of ordinary and unusual. Topics include landscapes, military, holidays, humor, street scenes, advertising, architecture, famous people, common people, families, etc. Variety of sizes, styles, and types. Posted and unposted, like-new and worn. Many sleeved. Enormous range of dates. Hundreds and hundreds of real photo postcards. Ready to be priced and incorporated into a bourse or eBay stock. Perfect for the single card seller. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 1203 | | Foreign and United States Postcard Fantasy. Three cartons of treasure and trash for collectors of postcards from around the world. Over seven thousand items to delight the sophisticated collector. Features cards of standard and continental size, with various printing methods, usages, and countries of origin represented. Posted and unposted. Diverse subject matter. Mixed condition and occasional duplication. Includes three binders of political postcards focusing on presidents and their families and two binders of cards with out-of-the-ordinary cancels, auxiliary markings, etc. Also contains a shoebox of miscellaneous common FDCs, mini-stamp packets, and unsorted items. Photos provide an overview of the lot’s scope. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $650.00 |
| 1204 | | Massive collection of 615 different ocean liner, lake steamer and river boat cards.. Mostly pre 1940 with many pre 1920. Includes several famous vessels. The 39 real photos adds to the value. Not to be mixed. | Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 1205 | | Over 50 cards featuring various, mostly U.S. entertainers. Runs from the early period to 1930’s. Couple duplicates. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 1206 | | Postcard Dealer’s Stock Reduction. Three cartons of posted and unposted cards from a popular Pacific Northwest bourse and eBay merchant. Includes thousands of standard and continental postcards. Many dates, countries, styles, topics, etc. Especially strong in cards from the United States and Scandinavia. Features diverse stamps, cancels, and auxiliary markings. Huge variety and pleasing condition. Take a look. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 1208 | | No-Rhyme-or-Reason Mini-Hoard of U.S. and Foreign Postcards. Over 800. Mixture of ordinary and unusual. Topics include patriotism, military, holidays, humor, street scenes, religion, factories, regional costumes, architecture, etc. Variety of styles and types. Posted and unposted, like-new and worn. Contains some U.S. postal cards as well. Fun lot to view and calculate. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $85.00 |
| 1209 | | Accumulation of 58 cards. Variety of subjects, including holidays like Valentines Day and St. Patricks Day. | Cat. Value: S.B. 160.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 1210 | | collection of 144 Bamforth cards with the black and white hymn, song and comic varieties all represented. Also, includes the limited edition catalog by Scherer-Silman. | Cat. Value: S.B. 130.00
Price Realized: $70.00 |
| 1211 | | Become a World Traveler Without Leaving Your Easy Chair. Two cartons of posted and unposted QSL cards for your consideration. Many dates, countries, illustrations, etc. Includes attractive stamps, cancels, photos of operators, and cultural information. Browse hundreds and hundreds of cards for a glimpse into the fascinating world of radios and radio operators. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 1212 | | A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That. Two cartons containing over 2,500 standard and continental postcards, plus some postal cards. Mainly U.S., with some foreign thrown in. Late nineteenth century to 1950’s and a few contemporary cards. Posted and unposted, like-new and damaged, clean and dusty, ordinary and eye-catching. Features landscape views, city scenes, holidays, people, etc. Assorted printing methods. Worth a look. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 1213 | | Not for Every Taste. One carton containing approximately 1500 standard and continental postcards. Wide variety of styles, printing methods, and topics. Includes many cards from the United States and Europe. Posted or unposted, like-new or somewhat worn, useful or throw-away. Should be loads of fun for the right person. | Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $95.00 |
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