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Sale 66

Worldwide Auction

Worldwide Postcards

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1823		Postcards: Stock of over 9000, Mostly Chromes and Linens, sorted into groups by various subjects, many in sleeves, topics include animals, fairs and Expositions, flags, humor, art, bridges, waterfalls, flowers, greetings, monuments, scenes, holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, few Halloween and Valentine's Day, State capitals, trains, ships, Indians, producers including Tuck, large section of foreign with many used, some earlier cards including real photos, overall fine, have a look. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,880
Lot 1824		Postcards: U.S. Expositions Stock, Approximately 2000 mostly unused cards, 1893 to 1935 (few later), including 225 St. Louis, also noted 1915 San Diego and San Francisco, Jamestown, Hudson-Fulton, Alaska-Yukon, Buffalo 1901, Columbian 1893, faulty to very fine, most good to fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1825		Postcards: Dealer's Decades of Accumulating, In 10 banker boxes, large majority U.S. and majority 1940's on, but better earlies hidden throughout, unpicked, mostly used, some with better cancels, all sorts of subjects, needs inspection and organization. Lot still being broken down at press time. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $4,830
Lot 1826		Postcards: 1909 Hudson-Fulton Collection, 20 different unused cards, mostly official postcards, beautiful color and condition, looks like they were issued yesterday, very fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1827		Postcards: Worldwide Valuable Vintage Collection, Nearly 240 beautiful vintage cards housed in 2 Safe albums, features women, children, actresses, nudes etc, including many valuable artist signed items, lovely lot to behold, inspection will prove rewarding. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1828		Postcards: Europe Quality Collection, Many hundreds of vintage postcards mainly from Austria (also Switzerland and other Europe), features views, hotel cards, real photo cards and topicals, including advertising, costumes, sports etc., housed in 5 Safe binders on high quality plastic pages, inspection recommended. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1829		Postcards: Better U.S. and Foreign Group, 103 individual and 1 set of cards, including expositions, nice group of embossed Washington, Philippines, Europe, German Zeppelin photo cards (reprints), U.S. #Q1 on "Ace of Hearts" card, Tucks, mostly clean, fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1830		Postcards: Early Aviation Group, Used, 35 early 1900's cards from France, showing planes, balloons and dirigibles, some military related, exceptional condition considering their age, overall very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1831		Postcards: Foreign Expositions, Approximately 300 mostly used cards from various European expositions, early to mid 20th Century, noted France, Belgium, Great Britain, good mix with several expo cancels, overall fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 1832		Postcards: 1920's to 1930's Mostly California Views, Approximately 200 unused cards (few used), some pre 1920 and a few post 1939, scattered real photos, noted group of Mission related, some scenes from Washington, DC and area, few holiday cards, 13 leather postcards, plus souvenir postcard books for Lake Tahoe and University of California at Berkeley, also pamphlet "Gems of the Jewel City" for the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, clean group, overall fine, worth inspection. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1833		Postcards: Angel Island, CA Military, 20 all different, used circa 1918 black and white cards, showing various views of the island installations, buildings or views, few with minor bends or edge wear, overall very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1834		Postcards: Approximately 3000 Mostly U.S., Mainly linens and later, but noted some earlier including European views, few used, overall very clean and fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1835		Postcards: U.S. Vintage Group, Selection of over 135 early vintage cards, features nice groups of Alaska, ships, San Francisco and Arizona real photo cards, various topicals and souvenir packs, worth inspection. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1836		Postcards: "Tuck" Foreign Lot, 190+ mint cards, good variety of countries and scenes, fine to very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1837		Postcards: Early 20th Century Guam, 57 unused cards, virtually all real photos, scenes include natives, streets, numerous U.S. military, overall fine, seldom seen group. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1838		Postcards: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Group, 19 mint cards, showing aftermath of quake, fine to very fine. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1839		Postcards: 1913 "Three Kaiser" Commemorative Cards, 3 different postcards showing view of Myslowitz, where the German, Austrian and Russian Empires met, all franked with adhesives from the various countries, fresh and overall very fine. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1840		Postcards: 1911 Real Photo of "Wright Machine", Date line Ft. Sam Houston, canceled San Antonio, 1911, lovely real photo of Wright airplane, very fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $108
Lot 1841		Postcards: Modern Lot of 900+, Mostly linens and chromes, virtually all used, about half U.S., half foreign of which majority are France and Germany, overall fine. Estimate $50-75. View details	Realized $115

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