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Comments47Views6.3KBookmarks5Likes0C.Klein - Artist Signed Postcards‹123›
I've noticed several postings on the internet which have the wrong information regarding one of the greatest still life painters of all time, Catharina Klein, and I thought I would share with this group my research on her. Many of the reference books listing her are incorrect.
Catharina Klein ...48 comments Most recent by jmalo2329February 11Artist Signed PostcardsTags: artists russian featured -
Comments10Views2.5KBookmarks2Likes0Guide: How much are my postcards worth?Many people have been asking "How much are my postcards worth?". I would like to use this discussion to set up a few "general rules" for determining the value of a group of postcards. Please add your own ideas and suggestions in the comments and I will update this list ...
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Comments24Views1.3KBookmarks4Likes0Identify Reproduction Halloween Postcards‹12›
I recently found 15 Halloween postcards. Only 1 is signed Ellen Clapsaddle. They all appear to be similar themed cards. One has a green cat, several with black cats, etc.
Any suggestions on how to determine the artist of the unsigned cards. Several have early ... -
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Comments20Views924Bookmarks1Likes0Do You Have A Jackalope Postcard?
I read a blog about jackalope postcards today that got me thinking about jackalopes. It said "If you're a postcard collector there's a good chance you've got one or two jackalopes packed away." The post has trivia about jackalopes and information about Bob Petley, a postcard publisher and ... -
Comments9Views918Bookmarks1Likes21939-40 GGIE Sally Rand's Nude Ranch (NSFW)
I'm looking for information on the Sally Rand's Nude Ranch set from the 1939-40 Golden Gate Exposition. Does anyone know what the #1 card in the 1939 black & white real photo set looks like? I have eight numbered cards (#'s 2-9) from what I believe to be ... -
Comments8Views908Bookmarks1Likes0Ship Postcards are my Passion
Since my childhood ships have been my passion, in this context soon I became a ships enthusiast, as well as a ships postcards collector having a ships postcards collection presently containing more than 35.000 official company ships postcards.
Madeira is an island, so the ocean for us is our ... -
Comments10Views897Bookmarks1Likes1Susan Nicholson: Leather postcards vary in price
Leather postcards vary in price
By Susan Brown Nicholson (published with permission)
Originally Published: November 2002
Many dealers, including myself, get calls from non-postcard collectors about getting help in evaluating a postcard album they have had in the family. After a few preliminary statements about how it is impossible to evaluate ... -
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Comments28Views817Bookmarks5Likes2National Postcard Week May 6 - 12, 2012‹12›
I hope you are all planning your National Postcard Week postcard. The dates are
May 6-12, 2012.
If you need ideas, guidelines or other information, check out www.npcw.multiply.com for more as well as over 4000 views that have been made since 1984, the first year. If you would ... -
Comments12Views788Bookmarks0Likes0Artist: Francis Cugat
Does anyone have any other information about an artist by the name of Francis Cugat ? He appears to have been the brother of Xavier Cugat (band leader). His other claim to fame is that he drew the original 1925 cover art (Celestial Eyes) for the novel ... -
Comments10Views783Bookmarks0Likes0How To: Care for Your Postcards
If you want to keep your postcards safe there are some definite things to avoid:
1. Don't store postcards in plastic containers for long periods of time.
2. Never keep them in the film & sticky back kind of photo album!
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Comments4Views708Bookmarks0Likes0The Legend of the Hodag
In 1893 newspapers reported the discovery of a Hodag in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It had "the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end". ... -
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Comments22Views649Bookmarks4Likes1Artist: L. H. Dude Larsen‹12›
L.H. "Dude" Larsen a cowboy artist and poet. He was an oil painting artist whose work was made into postcards. If you have more biographical information please let me know the source so I might add it to this article.
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Comments15Views639Bookmarks0Likes0Chimeras of Notre-Dame
Below are several postcards depicting chimeras found on the facade of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. A chimera is an artist's sculpted creation of a creature composed of body parts from different animals; they sometimes include human body parts, too. (After all, man is an animal.) ... -
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Comments3Views625Bookmarks0Likes0U.S. Postcard Club National Listing
Postcard clubs are important to the hobby and we are delighted to support them! Start a discussion about your postcard club. List where and when you meet and how to join. Post your entire newsletter with photos. Make postcard friends!
Below is a listing of Postcard Clubs in the ...
Who decided these would make good postcards?
In philately a maximum card is a postcard with a postage stamp placed on the picture side of the card where the stamp and card match or are in concordance. In most cases, the cancel is also related to the image on the front of the card and ...2.jpg)
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I was once a collector and have a good number including some from USA.
Whilst not postcards they are perhaps collected and enjoyed in the same way as a Maxi-card is enjoyed having both image + stamp/s.
I once had a huge collection of NZ covers which I sold off with most of my stamp collection, however I came across a few in ...Howdy, Stranger!
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