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Footnote to Bare Life (M. Erhardt)
In Vienna’s Secession Museum (for ultra-contemporary art). Kerry asked what category could hold this card. Now he knows. Mailed from Vienna in 2013 with stamp, full postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 2
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Buchsenmacher Rosi
We Googled her–a real person, on this card mailed from Vienna in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Kaiser Leopold I (J. Thomas)
Talk about looking rude in drag … card of the Emporer in a theatre costume in 1667. Mailed from Vienna with stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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The Millinery Shop (E. Degas)
In The Art Institute of Chicago, and on an unused card highly aged and with an abrasion on lower left reverse corner. Grade: 3
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Vesper Sculpture and Design (USA)
We choose to list this unused card under “Art” and not “Advertising”. Grade: 2
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The Lewis Chessmen – King
“Walrus ivory chess piece from the hoard found in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides; mid-12th century,” now in The British Museum. We do love the look on the King’s face, much as he might have felt if he knew he would some day be on a postcard. Unused. Grade: 2
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Alfred Sisley (P-A. Renoir)
Aged, unused card of this oil work in The Art Institute of Chicago. Grade: 3
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Patches of Moonlight in a Forest, Winter (A. Kuindzhi)
The original painting is in the State Russian Museum. The postcard was mailed from Russia in 2013 with three stamps, cancelled with a pen, and full postmark. Grade: 4
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Rongbaozhai, Beijing
Mailed from PRC in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Jane dans la Creme
A French card, mailed from Finland in 2013 with stamp and partial Tampere postmark, along with Priority label affixed. Grade: 3
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Gnome
Gnome is where the heart is. Mailed from Poland in 2013 with two stamps, two postmarks, and blue Priorytet chop. Grade: 1
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Inclusive Arts (set) (Hong Kong)
This is a set of four cards issued by Hongkong Post as its “Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 49”. All four cards are different; the scan shows just one. In maximum card style (but these are not maximum cards), the pre-printed postage matches the card. We have three unused sets available. One has no postmarks (Grade: 1, $9). One has special first-day-of-issue Inclusive Arts postmarks in the shape of an artist’s pallette (Grade: 1, $14). One has Hong Kong GPO first-day postmarks (Grade: 1, $12).
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The Kiss (G. Klimt)
High-quality, unused card from Vienna. Grade: 1
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The Virgin (G. Klimt)
Extremely high-quality, sturdy, gold-embossed unused card from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. Grade: 1
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Alley in the Park (G. Klimt)
Extremely high-quality, sturdy, gold-embossed unused card LAG-957 from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. Grade: 1
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The Dancer (G. Klimt)
Extremely high-quality, sturdy, gold-embossed unused card LAG-1157 from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. Grade: 1
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The Kiss (G. Klimt)
Extremely high-quality, sturdy, gold-embossed unused card LAG-888/2 from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. Grade: 1
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Naval Review, April 1893 (R. Bracklow)
Gelatin silver print now in the New-York Historical Society. Card however was mailed in 2013 with a round “Global Forever” stamp, postmark, and USPS bar coding on both sides. Grade: 3
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Weathercocks (Nida)
Mailed from the U.K. in 2013, with three stamps, postmark, an abrasion on the front, and quite a bit of orange postal barcoding on the back. Grade: 4
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Barrio Fiesta (F. Amorsolo) (Philippines)
Artwork on a card mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, and postmark. Grade: 2
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Appreciation of Famous Chinese Paintings. Lin Liang
Our title is the English caption; a short additional caption in Chinese probably explains more. Card mailed from PR China in 2013 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Inge Löök / 11 (Finland)
A very nice British lady living in the Netherlands mailed this card from the famous Finnish artist Inge Löök (a pseudonym), #11 in that series, to Hong Kong. Dutch stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 1
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La Grande Vitesse, Grand Rapids (Michigan, USA)
Mailed in 2013 with three different stamps and readable postmark, this card features an Alexander Calder sculpture. Grade: 2
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The Love of Souls (J. Delville)
Mailed from USA in 2013, with round Global Forever stamp and readable postmark. It has been fairly evenly cut from a page of similar cards. Grade: 3
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My Neighbor Totoro (set) – front
A brilliant set of 32 unused cards, made in China, of this Japanese iconic figure. We have left it in its original wrapping but have Photoshopped out the original price–don’t worry. Scan 30400381B shows the back cover of the set, with 31 cards. We’re not sure what’s on #32. Ask us for exact postage rate. Grade: 1
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My Neighbor Totoro (set) – back
See item 30400381A for description.
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Jolly Roger – Case Closed! (Manga) (set of 32) – front cover
Japanese manga, featuring Detective Conan, but the cards were published in China. There are 32 cards in this set, and scan 30400382B of the back cover unaccountably shows 31 of them. We have left everything intact in the original wrapping, and Photoshopped out the original price. Grade: 1
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Jolly Roger – Case Closed! (Manga) (set of 32) -back cover
See 30400382A for description.
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Anastasiya Stolbova (Russia)
Work from this young Russian artist on a card mailed from Perm in 2013, with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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The Discovery Walk
Mailed in 2013 from the USA, with three different stamps. Some postal creasing. Grade: 2
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Relativity (M.C. Escher)
A brilliant, imaginative artist’s work on a postcard mailed from Texas in 2013 with a round “Global Forever” stamp, and postmark. Postal barcoding on both sides. Grade: 3
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All roads lead to somewhereorother (A. Fletcher)
Oversized (5-1/8″ x 7-1/2″) card mailed from the U.K. in 2013, with stamp, postmark, blue By Air Mail label, and orange postal barcoding. There is about a 1/4″ tear on the left edge. Grade: 4
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Shroombaya, 1994 (D. Jones)
Unused advertising card, aging. Grade: 2
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Water of Life (Thailand)
This card measures about 6″ x 8-1/2″ and somehow survived mailing without being torn anywhere. It has captions in Thai and English, and is for “The 2nd White Elephant Art Award Exhibition By Thai Beverage Public Company Limited” in 2013 in Bangkok. (Elephants are very big in Thailand, pun intended.) Moreover the card has five stamps, three faint postmarks, and a blue Airmail label. It’s an ad card that manages not to look like one. Grade: 2
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Minsk – Say “No” to Discrimination (Belarus)
This is an ad card from an art competition conducted by the Council of Europe. Mailed in 2013 with two stamps and full if mostly obscured postmark. Grade: 1
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Magic Eye
People either learn to “see” Magic Eye, or they don’t. We’re lucky, we can. Can you? Fine example mailed from Canada in 2013 with three different Superman stamps, 1.5 commemorative postmarks, and blue bilingual Air Mail label. Grade: 1
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Chinese Opera
Unused card, older, made in Taiwan. Grade: 1
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Sweet Snail (F. von Bayros)
Unused card from 1995. Grade: 1
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Song of the Raven (J. Abraham)
Unused card from this Yupik Eskimo artist. Grade: 1
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One of Those Days (J. Abraham)
Unused card from this Yupik Eskimo artist. Not creased, but with a very minor dent. Grade: 2