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U.S. Capitol, Rotunda, Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)
Unused old B.S. Reynolds card R-45533, in great condition. Grade: 1
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U.S. Capitol, Westward Ho! (Emanuel Leutze)
Unused old B.S. Reynolds card R-48010, in great condition. Grade: 1
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U.S. Capitol, Rotunda, Surrender of Burgoyne (Trumbull)
Unused old B.S. Reynolds card R-48011, in great condition. Full name of the artwork: “Surrender of Burgoyne, Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777.” The artist was John Trumbull. Grade: 1
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U.S. Capitol, Rotunda, De Soto’s Discovery of the Mississippi River
Unused old B.S. Reynolds card R-48008, in great condition. Full name of the artwork: “De Soto’s Discovery of the Mississippi River, May, 1541,” by W.H. Powell. Grade: 1
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Palais des Beaux Arts
Vintage postcard mailed in 1929 with stamp and nearly full postmark–of which half is in English. One perforated edge (from a set), and some staining. Grade: 3
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Pittsburgh Harbor – 1900 (William E. Reed)
Unused card showing a painting by this artist. Grade: 2
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I miss you (Koiuta)
Japan-based advertising card mailed sometime after 2000 with three Japanese stamps but indistinct postmark. Grade: 1
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British punk couple
Card mailed in 1984 from USA with two stamps and two Denver postmarks. Grade: 3
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Leadveille Ice Palace (Herndom Davis)
Unused card with serrated edges showing the painting, by Herndom Davis, that hangs (or hung) in the Vendome Hotel in Leadveille, Colorado. Grade: 1
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Queen Elizabeth I (Zuccaro)
Painting from 1592. Card from somewhat later. Unused Plastichrome card P29456 (D-173), beginning to age–unlike Her Majesty. Grade: 1
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Emperor’s Andrence in the Imperial Palace
If you go to Google to look this up, or even to define the term “andrence,” you may leave as confused as we are. But this is a painting from the 18th century, in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and on an unused postcard from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Two cards are available. Grades: 1
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Surrender of General Lee to General Grant (Guillaume)
Unused card. Grade: 2
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The Resurrection of Flesh (Salvador Dali)
Mailed from USA in 2009 with a $1 stamp and Denver postmark, along with postal barcoding. Grade: 1
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Claude Monet, Banks of the Seine, Vetheuil
Unused card from Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Grade: 1
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Oh! why do they call me the Gibson girl?
Over many years since this card was mailed from Wilkinson, Indiana in 1909 with its one-cent stamp, it has been in an album, has been handled by countless hands, and yet has survived. Very, very rarely do we say: “if this card could talk …” Grade: 3
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Childhood’s Favorite Nook
Postmark shows the card (and its one-cent stamp) was mailed in 1910. The card has aged, the pencilled message is heavily faded. You can sit and coax something out of it. Grade: 3
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Rasikapriya, Bundi school, illustration (India)
Card was mailed from Bombay in 1974, with two stamps and only a small part of a postmark. Grade: 3
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Ghost Clock (Wendell Castle)
We had the privilege of seeing the real sculpture at the Renwick in Washington and can attest to its uncanny resemblance to a cloth-draped clock, which it is definitely not. Our thanks to Beau for the card which we now offer to you. Grade: 1
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Aloha
Hawaii via Holland. The card was produced in the Netherlands, and mailed from Japan (with stamp and partial postmark) in 1996 or so. Grade: 1
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Iridescent Diffraction Foil
Alas, there’s no way the scan can capture the holographic brilliance of this card. You could think “aluminium foil combined with kaleidoscope” or you could just read the caption, which we quote here verbatim: “When light is exposed to this card it is reflected from the closely spaced parallel lines in the pattern, producing spectral colors. These iridescent colors are different from ordinary colors in that they change with movement of the card, light or position of the viewer.” In any event the effect is spectacular–and those paper clips move, too. Unused. Grade: 1
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Moulin Rouge
This ubiquitous Toulouse-Lautrec poster now on a postcard. Fully written on the reverse but then mailed in an envelope. Grade: 4
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On the Waterfront (Hong Kong)
A 2010 production for the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Six unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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David Murray Black Saint Quartet (Hong Kong)
Six unused cards are available from this March 2010 performance for the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Grades: 1
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Merchants of Bollywood (Hong Kong)
Bollywood: India. Performance: Hong Kong. These four unused cards are postcard-sized but fully pre-printed on the reverse so it would be hard to mail them. Grades: 1
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Cafe de los Maestros (Hong Kong)
Two unused cards are available for this 2010 performance in Hong Kong. Grades: 1
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Stretched Connotations (Hong Kong)
Four unused cards are available. They are fully pre-printed on the reverse but if one was determined to mail them as postcards, one could. This was an exhibition of art on canvas, during March 2010. Grades: 1
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The Crucible (Hong Kong)
Two (unused) cards are available, fully pre-printed on the reverse, so it would not really be possible to mail them as postcards. Grades: 1
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Tunis on My Mind (de Looper)
This 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in 2010 with three stamps, postmark, and postal barcoding on bottom reverse. Grade: 1
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Glimmerglass Opera (USA)
This card was mailed from Albany NY in 2010 with 98-cent stamp, postmark, and postal barcoding on bottom reverse. Grade: 1
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Main Paths and Bypaths (Paul Klee)
The painting is in a museum in Germany. The card was mailed from Lithuania in 2010 with three different stamps, a blue “Pirmenybine” airmail sticker affixed, and full if blurred postmark. Grade: 2
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Donizetti, The Daughter of the Regiment (Hong Kong)
Postcard-sized but fully pre-printed on the reverse and not meant to be mailed in the conventional way. Three are available. Grades: 1
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Power of Women (Mel Ramos) (Hong Kong)
Contemporary art exhibition in a Hong Kong gallery. Unused card. Grade: 1
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City in The (China)
We’re not sure of the provenance of this card, but the caption just reads “City in The” and the card was mailed from PR China in 2012 with two stamps and Shanghai postmark. Grade: 1
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The Great British Show (Hong Kong)
Three cards are available. The reverse is black with white writing, so conventional posting is not possible. Grades: 1
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Moomin character (Finland)
A cow? A horse? The fantasy of Moomin cards, this one mailed from Finland in 2010 with Aurora Borealis stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 2
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The Virgin and the Barfly
Book cover artwork, mailed from USA with $1 stamp in 2011. Grade: 5
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Elephant and phone booth
Mailed from Finland in 2011, stamp, faint postmark, and Priority label. Address label affixed. Grade: 4
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Chris Ware, Jacket for McSweeny’s 13
Mailed with a 98-cent stamp and full Grand Rapids MI postmark, the card has USPS barcoding and abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 5
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Banksy graffiti, London
Mailed in 2010 with 67p stamp, partly legible postmark, orange postal barcoding on reverse … Grade: 2
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Letnii Sad, Sergei Sidelev (Russia)
Mailed in 2010, this art card has four stamps and full postmark–very good of its kind. Grade: 1