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Sale 78

ASDA 2008 Mega Event Auction

U.S. and Foreign Postcards

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2324		U.S. Postcards, Early Aviation Outstanding Collection, a exceptional holding of 280+ items relating to pioneer and early aviation in 3 binders, features many vintage real photo postcards from 1904 to 1920 with a great variety of planes and pilots, also photographs, labels and more, review will prove rewarding, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 2325		U.S. Postcards, Retail Stock, many hundreds sleeved and priced in 2 long boxes, noted Lincoln related, Santa Claus, comic, some real photos, Indians, good variety, inspect, very good to excellent. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2326		/o U.S. Postcards, San Francisco Glitter, truly amazing assemblage of 400+ vintage glitter cards, incl. scenes, Chinatown, and earthquake, etc., must be seen to be appreciated, mint and used, good to excellent. Estimate $800-1,200. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2327		/o U.S. Postcards, California Real Photo, very worthwhile collection of approximately 225 real photo postcards, nice selection of Mill Valley, incl. Mt. Tamalpais, Muir Woods, Gravity Train, also Murietta Hot Springs, Napa, Nevada City, Oakdale and Oakland, mint and used, good to excellent. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2328		/o U.S. Postcards, Panama-Pacific, Other San Francisco Expo Real Photos, substantial group of approximately 265 real photo postcards, featuring 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo, Admission Day, Portola Festival, various parades, souvenir cards, street views, buildings and others, mint and used, good to excellent. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 2329		U.S. Postcards, Group of Better Items in a Binder, over 75 in sleeves and priced, incl. Santa, political, disasters, Indians, real photos with several street scenes, worth inspection, nice condition overall, very good to excellent. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2330		U.S. Postcards, Modern "Orbs of Beauty" Lot, thousands of frontal nudes in full banker box, an apparent series with heavy duplication, circa 1950's and 1960's, a "risque" lot for our sale, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2331		/o U.S. Postcards, Oldtime Group, Couple of hundred, value in nice group of Pan-Pacific incl. "View Book", few holiday, etc., few Foreign, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2332		U.S. Postcards, Vintage Group With Interesting Cancellations, interesting assortment of over 200 vintage with a variety of cancels, incl. flag, DPO's, Pan-Pacific Expo, territorials and others, many better topical cards with worthwhile images, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2333		/o U.S. Postcards, Linen Humor Group, interesting assortment of about 35 different images, in groups of approximately 20 each, mostly sexy themes, also hundreds of other cards in similar groups from Texas, Utah and Wyoming, 1000+ cards total mint and used, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Unsold
Lot 2334		U.S. Postcards, 1909 William Taft Inauguration Card, m.s. March 4th, 1909 in message area, Washington, D.C. Mar 5, 1909 machine cancel ties 1¢ to photo card of McKinley with printed "Sincerely yours, William Taft" at bottom, lovely early item, Excellent. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2335		U.S. Postcards, Movie Star Related Group, approximately 600 modern cards, featuring movie star icons, incl. various Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Elvis, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Natalie Wood, Frank Sinatra, The Rat Pack, S.F. etc., great stock for retail gift shop, mint and used, good to excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2336		U.S. Postcards, 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition Panorama, by Edw. H. Mitchell, San Francisco, copyright 1915, 6 cards attached in horizontal format showing the entire exposition at night, folds between the 6 cards, still stunning piece, Very Good. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2337		U.S. Postcards, Accumulation in Box, nearly 1500 cards, all periods represented with a good showing of pre-1930, mostly views with some greetings, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2338		/o U.S. Postcards, Real Photo Studio Portrait Postcards, group of over 45 vintage featuring studio shots, mint and used, good to excellent. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $75
Lot 2339		Foreign Postcards, Accumulation of Thousands, filling 4 banker boxes to the brim, plus about a third of another, real photos to chromes, majority U.S. with Foreign scattered throughout, needs sorting and pricing, mostly mint, many surprises in this lot, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 2340		Foreign Postcards, Eclectic Group, 175 "add-on" and tint card with great variety of topics features many better cards seen with both mint and used, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2341		Foreign Postcards, Vintage Accumulation, approximately 400, incl. cards with interesting cancels, Foreign stamps and U.S. stamp issues #294, 323, 328, 370 and 397, interesting fronts and backs here, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2342		/o Foreign Postcards, South Seas Real Photo Postcard Group, over 25 better real photo postcards from Samoa, Pago Pago, Fiji, Suva etc., mint and used, good to excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 2343		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2344		Foreign Postcards, Over 300 Mostly Used, Mostly 1900 to 1940's period, incl. group of Spain (2 Spanish Morocco usages) with few used to Latin America, incl. views, people, some U.S. ships incl. Private Mailing card, USS Tonapah real photo, wreck of Steamer Larchmont showing dead bodies, U.S. buildings, Holiday, German group incl. Gruss Aus, few unused, Good to Very Good. Estimate $120-140. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2345		Foreign Postcards, Finland 1952 Olympic Games Comedy Group, 9 colorful unused cards (series 62/10) framed with flags of participating countries with comedy caricatures depicting various sports scenes, very unusual items, Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $92
Lot 2346		Foreign Postcards, Switzerland "Stamp" Selection, 18 mostly mint, couple slight faults, overall clean. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold

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