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Yingge Ceramics Museum – Pao-chia Lin (Taiwan)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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have a Booday (Taiwan)
The sender of this card from a Taiwanese artist explains a bit about the design and background. Mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark and blue name chop. Grade: 1
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Blue Lake (K. Smith)
Mailed from USA in 2012 with two stamps and readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Paris, Musee du Luxembourg, Whistler
We wanted to tell you where the painting is now, and a little bit of the back story, but when we went to read about it, we threw up our hands. This famous painting, often called “Whistler’s Mother” though that is not the correct name, has really been around. Unused, very old and aged sepia card. Grade: 3
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It Doesn’t Look Good (Kaj Stenvall) (Finland)
Mailed from Finland in 2012, with stamp, postmark, and Priority and other labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Happy Friends (PR China)
To be honest, we weren’t certain where to put this set of 36 unused cards–here, or as “Greetings,” or under “China” (where we got them), or “Romance,” or “Comic,” or several others–so we settled on just one category: “Art”. The scan shows how they look altogether in their original plastic wrap and cardboard case. The “Good Luck” card is just one of the 36 different cards, on a wide variety of happy greetings-type themes. Grade: 1
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Pasila suburb (T. Salo) (Finland)
Art by Thelma Salo on a card mailed from Helsinki in 2012 with Aurora borealis stamp and legible postmark. Address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Hiromu (Japan)
We would like to know more about the art, and the artist, but there’s no caption on this unused card. Grade: 1
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Annie Sprinkle, Slut
Annie Sprinkle is real, albeit a pseudonym. The card is also real, and unused. Grade: 1
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Hiromu art sketches (set of two) (Japan)
The scan shows the covering piece of paper (upper left) along with the two different postcards in this set. Unused, Grades: 1
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The Discovery Walk
Part of the Little People Postcards series, an unused 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card. Grade: 1
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Geburt Christi (Germany)
Glasfenster im Hauptchor des Regensburger Domes Anfang 14. Jh. Mailed from Germany in 2012 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Jonge Roetensteeg, 1999
Mailed from USA in 2012 with two stamps and readable postmark. Minor postal creasing on lower right corner. Grade: 2
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Crestwood Commuter Station, 1946 (N. Rockwell)
This art became the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on 16th November 1946. And here it is as a postcard, mailed from USA in 2012 with stamp and postmark and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Love Under Stress
In fact a Dutch ad card, not postally used but with a long message taking up the entire reverse. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Ruidoso, “On the Road to Monte Cristo” (New Mexico, USA)
Unused, unattributed B&W card of artwork by Kathryne Hail Travis. Grade: 1
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Orchid, 1987 (R. Mapplethorpe)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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It’s Raining Here … (Taiwan)
Unused art card from Taiwan, in original Cellophane wrap–we have clipped out the original price, in the scan. Grade: 1
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Can tomorrow be a sunny day? (Taiwan)
Unused art card from Taiwan, in original Cellophane wrap–we have clipped out the original price, in the scan. Grade: 1
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Identification (Taiwan)
Unused art card from Taiwan, in original Cellophane wrap–we have clipped out the original price, in the scan. Grade: 1
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Capi Europe
Modern art. Mailed from Netherlands in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Horse racing (L. Afremov) (Belarus)
Mailed from Belarus in 2013, with stamp and two postmarks. Grade: 3
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I. Blumbergs (1943)
This unused card has that caption on the front, and then this (in four languages) on the reverse: I. Blumbergs (1943). R. Blaumanis. Brief Lesson in Lovemaking. No other attribution. Grade: 1
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The big escape
Mailed from Germany in 2013, with postmark and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 1
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Woman in a Corset (Toulouse-Lautrec)
With stickers, and taped labels, and so on, you will only want this card–mailed from Netherlands–if you particularly want this painting. Grade: 5
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An Asian celebration in ice
No, not Harbin, but “Ice Alaska,” an annual festival. This photo dates from 1989 but the card was mailed in 2013 with five stamps and partial postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the front, but it blends in. Grade: 3
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Pastels (set)
A set of seven unused Dream Postcards from China, with QR code for your further information. Grade: 1
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Yana Fefelova (Belarus)
Mailed from Belarus in 2013 with three overlapping stamps and large postmark over a Prioritaire chop. Grade: 1
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Betzalel Academia of Art (Israel)
The entire card is in Hebrew but the sender kindly explains everything on the back. Mailed in 2013 with two stamps (not cancelled) and a large extra chop of something looking like a Cheshire Cat. Grade: 4
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Fresco in Cave 320: Flying Asparas (Prosperous Tang) (PR China)
It’s likely the Chinese caption on the front gives more information. The card was mailed in 2013, with large stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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The Sacrament of the Last Supper (S. Dali)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D1779. Grade: 1
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Both Members of This Club (G. Bellows)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D775. Grade: 1
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The Lovers (Picasso)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D1856. Grade: 1
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The Tragedy (Picasso)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D1860. Grade: 1
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The Scream (E. Munch)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card B11106. Grade: 1
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Cakes (W. Thiebaud)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D2997. Grade: 1
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The Thinker (Le Penseur) (A. Rodin)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card A76. We would give this to Acorn, but they lost the last one. Grade: 1
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Open Window, Collioure (H. Matisse)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D3025. Grade: 1
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Untitled (M. Rothko)
In Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Unused card D2954. Grade: 1
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Der Beethovenfries (G. Klimt)
In Vienna’s Secession, the mural. Card mailed from Vienna in 2013 with stamp and postmark, and Priority label extending beyond the edge. Grade: 3