Auction 273 of 14 Mar 12

Post Cards (1616-1651)

Trains & Ships

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
1616 1616.jpg */o Steamboat 'Quincy', two different views of this Mississippi steamer, one posted from Muscatine, Iowa in 1906 EST 25-35

Large Lots

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
1617 na */o MASSACHUSETTS, 1905/1970, 44 different, most unused, various scenes, buildings, etc EST 40-50
1618 1618.jpg */o Lot of 12 featuring U.S. industries: tire mfg, sugar, tobacco, produce, candy, cotton, mostly scenes of buildings, etc EST 20-30
1619 na */o Lot of 12 U.S. Stockyards, mostly Chicago, early to 1940's, all sleeved EST 25-35
1620 1620.jpg */o Lot of 12 featuring Children, US & Canada, some signed, retail to $9, most sleeved EST 50-75
1621 na */o Lot of 49 cards featuring uniformed solders on parade, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, female marching bands, etc, mostly moden EST 50-75
1622 1622.jpg */o 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition, 8 different, 3 used, balance unused, VF EST 75-100
1623 na */o U.S Post Offices, 35 different, many older EST 75-100
1624 1624.jpg */o SANTA CLAUS, 16 different, 1908/1920, retail values to $30 EST 100-150
1625 na (*) Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm, 18 different cards with scenes from childhood to adult, some real photo EST 25-35
1626 na */o US, Canada & Europe, lot of 350+ different, trains & train stations, commercial ships & ports, sports & recreation, churches, motels, pin-ups, scenes, military, etc, some very unusual, early to modern EST 125-150
1627 1627.jpg */o France, WWI, 28 different views, mostly ruins of Reims after the retreat of the Germans, one colored, VF lot EST 25-35
1628 na */o Germany & France, about 400 different, much early Alsace region, 60% pre-1920, famous people, monuments, scenes, etc EST 125-150
1629 1629.jpg ** Europe, lot of 26 different featuring men in suits of armor, VF EST 50-60
1630 na */o US, box of 374 featuring holidays, birthdays, patriotic, local scenes, historic places & things, etc, some real photo, tinsel, glitter, early to modern, most FVF-VF EST 125-150
1631 na */o Lot of 9 better U.S.: incl Alma, Kans High School, Utica, NY & Central City, Nebr post offices, East Grove St, Morrison, Ill, Old Round Church, Richmond, VT, ++, owners's retail price . 79.00
1632 na */o France, 26 cards, mostly from 1950's, incl real photo, Eiffel Tower, churches, scenes, etc EST 40-50
1633 1633.jpg */o EXHIBITIONS, 12 different cards, mostly British Empire Exhibitions, also Pan-Pacific & Leige in Belgium, VG-F EST 25-35
1634 1634.jpg */o FRANCE, 10 early cards incl Romantic, balance incl church, bridge, monuments, etc, most VF EST 25-35
1635 1635.jpg */o France, 1911, lot of 26 different featuring early planes and pilots, + 6 late from France, Greece & 4 Britain, clean l;ot EST 50-75
1636 1636.jpg */o France, Paris Exposition 1900, 9 different cards, one used from Belgium to Canada, balance unused, VF EST 75-100
1637 na */o Over 450, mainly from Europe especially France & Germany, over 25% WWI military scenes incl shells & artillery, canon, patriotics, balloon, many troops, etc, b balance older thru 1970's, wide range of topics, many would retail $%-$10 or more, some flts, but most FVF-VF EST 150-200
1638 1638.jpg */o France, 1922 Colonial Exposition, 7 different cards, one colored, all VF EST 50-75
1639 1639.jpg */o 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair, 13 different cards, most VF EST 75-100
1640 1640.jpg ** Japan-Russia War, 6 different multicolored, 5 showing meeting of different men, one showing line of men passing between rows of soldiers, all VF unused EST 50-75
1641 1641.jpg */o THANKSGIVING, 10 different, all early & sleeved, most with turkey EST 50-75
1642 1642.jpg ** PIN-UPS, ca1950 from Italy & German, 51 cards, some duplication, all VF EST 50-75
1643 na o Leather post cards, 7 different, comic designs, all actually mailed around 1905, VF EST 50-60
1644 na */o Lot of 12 better from 1905/1912 incl Valentine, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Santa, New Years, etc EST 100-125
1645 na */o Lot of 18 different Real Photos, all ore-1920, incl Ice Cutting, Stone Cutting, Painters, oversized Manitou, Colo Balancing Rock, etc EST 75-100
1646 na */o Post Offices, lot of 24 different, 4 Canada, balance US, almost all real photos, most pre-1920, all sleeved, incl 1906 embossed Milwaukee EST 50-75
1647 na */o Transportation, lot of 258 incl Subways, Trans & Trolleys, Trains & RR Stations, Buses, etc EST 125-150
1648 na (*) Worldwide SPORTS: 357 cards incl Bull fighting, tennis, fishing, canoeing, football, baseball, sailing, etc, older to modern EST 150-175
1649 na */o 36 cards featuring 'blacks, mostly from Africa & Caribbean, from 1905, but most from 1950's-80's EST 35-45
1650 1650.jpg */o 1926/1940's, lot of 17 different featuring 'blacks, many picking cotton, etc, 2 used, balance unused, al sleeved EST 50-75
1651 na */o U.S. & Canada: show box loaded with 700+ cards, just about everything from George Washington to Expositions, trains, airplanes, old greeting, real scenes, patriotic, etc, many sleeved better items EST 400-500