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New York City, Midtown view from Empire State Observatory
For many years, this was it. We know there are contemporary cards with views from the same location. If you have some time to kill, you could compare the scenes. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 10133339
Price: $3.00
New York City, Sky Line
To give you an idea how old this (unused) card is, the caption says that while Manhattan Island was “purchased from indians for $24, (it) is valued now at $40,200,000. … Land here is worth from $200 to $600 a square foot.” The dangers of being too specific in a postcard caption! Card by Irving Underhill. Grade: 1

Code: 10133340
Price: $3.00
Old Fort Niagara, French Military Kitchen, The Castle
Unused Curteichcolor 6C-K134. Aging somewhat. Grade: 2

Code: 10133341
Price: $0.50
New York City, John F. Kennedy International Airport, gardens and fountains
Unused Dexter Press card DT-80123-B (NY-107) from 1964. Haven’t been there lately, but the area might not be so open now? Grade: 2

Code: 10133342
Price: $2.00
New York City, St. Moritz Hotel, view
The full name on the card: St. Moritz on-the-park, and this was the view of Central Park, upper Manhattan, and the Palisades. We are grateful to Wikipedia for telling us this: “The Hotel St. Moritz was a luxury hotel located at 50 Central Park South, on the east side of Sixth Avenue, in New York City. The structure was extensively rebuilt from 1999-2002 and today is a combination hotel/condominium known as The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park.” We will also tell you this was once owned by Donald Trump. Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 10133343
Price: $1.00
New York City, Lower Manhattan skyline showing Brooklyn Bridge
Unused Plastichrome card P3869, perfect for someone trying to put together a time-lapse view of the imposing New York City skyline. Grade: 1

Code: 10133344
Price: $1.00
The Rensselaer
Unused card 147424, and we’ll just repeat some of the caption: “The ‘Rensselaer’ Ran from State St. Troy, to New York City from 1909 thru 1936, dismantled in 1941.” Grade: 1

Code: 10133345
Price: $1.00
New York City, St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Not postally used, but with a message (not in English) and address on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 10133346
Price: $0.50
Albany, State Capitol
Mailed from Albany in 1910 with stamp and clear postmark; also some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 10133347
Price: $3.00
Greetings from Albany, State Capitol
Unused “local” card 32156, with some smudges on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10133348
Price: $1.00
Long Beach, L.I., Group of Bath Houses and Bathing Beach
Addressed for mailing, and stamped, but that seems to be as far as the writer ever got. Grade: 4

Code: 10133349
Price: $2.00
New York City (North Beach), La Guardia Airport
Nice card, mailed in 1955 with two one-cent stamps and postmark. Yes, folks, it did actually look like this once. Grade: 1

Code: 10133350
Price: $4.00
New York City, City Prison (The Tombs)
On this unused Success Postal Card (No. 1106), one of the most acerbic captions ever (“Dismal structure of Egyptian architecture …”). Wikipedia leads us to think this was The Tombs II, out of IV. An old and atmospheric card no matter how you look at it. Grade: 2

Code: 10133351
Price: $5.00
New York City, Rizzoli Bookstore
Mailed internationally in 2020 with three different stamps, none of them cancelled. Only because of that, Grade: 3

Code: 10133352
Price: $0.50
New York City, Statue of Liberty
This is almost the minimum we charge for any card, especially one like this that’s been mailed. We know that postcards of the Statue of Liberty are not in short supply. This one however has something that most others don’t: an uncancelled, round, 2020 Global Forever stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 10133353
Price: $0.50
Ausable Chasm, Hell’s Gate
Unused Curteichcolor card 6DK-1642, whose caption writer ran out of ideas even before the writing started. Grade: 1

Code: 10133354
Price: $2.00
New York City, The Frick Collection, Court, Looking South
Unused, unattributed, aging card — otherwise clean. Grade: 1

Code: 10133355
Price: $1.00
Livingston Manor, Shandelee Lake, Waldemere Hotel
Unused, older “local” card. Grade: 1

Code: 10133356
Price: $2.00
New York City, Hotel Algonquin
Unused, somewhat aging card with serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 10133357
Price: $2.00
New York City, Belcrep
We’re not certain what’s at that address now, but it’s not likely to be this Belgian Fine Food Restaurant. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 10133358
Price: $1.00
Massena, Thomas Hart Benton Murals
The murals celebrating the completion of the St. Lawrence – Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project, and depicting the Jacques Cartier discovery of the St. Lawrence Valley, were hung in the New York Power Authority Visitors’ Center in Massena in 1959. The unused postcard, though, is with us. Grade: 1

Code: 10133359
Price: $1.00
Oriskany, Trinkaus Manor
This restaurant was famous locally until it burned down in 1992. Google is replete with stories and context surrounding the seasonal decorations and other elements of Trinkaus fame. The unused postcard has a small plain white sticker near the upper reverse edge — maybe someone’s earlier price was there — but there’s not a lot more we can say. Grade: 3

Code: 10133360
Price: $1.00
New York City from the New Jersey shoreline
With the Empire State Building as its focal point, this card was mailed in 1986 with a 33-cent stamp and readable postmark. The caption says “This picture makes one remember that Manhattan is an island,” to which we might reply “No, it doesn’t”. Grade: 1

Code: 10133361T
Price: $2.00
South Fallsburg, Main Street
When you have this unused Dexter Press card 27021 (17) in your hand, the colours look almost radioactive. Eye-catching to say the least; no smog there. Grade: 1

Code: 10133362
Price: $3.00
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Track
Unused Dexter Press card D6232 (56194-B), serrated edges, showing “one of America’s oldest racing centers”. Grade: 1

Code: 10133363
Price: $2.00
Lake Placid, Whiteface Mt. Ski Center
What makes this unused Dexter Press card 57714-D an “Olympics Postcard” is the logo on the front, but the caption explains that this is more of an ordinary day on the slopes. Serrated edges, slight browning. Grade: 1

Code: 10133364
Price: $3.00
Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay
“One of the most beautiful racing tracks in America” according to the caption on this unused card. We would like to let Wikipedia tell its (edited) story: “Sheepshead Bay Race Track opened in 1880 … the track would continue to operate as a horse-racing course until 1910 when horse betting was criminalized in New York state. Afterward it operated as an auto racing track from 1915 to 1919. The decline of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track, along with the construction of amusement parks at nearby Coney Island, led to the decline of Sheepshead Bay as a tourist destination. Passenger rail service on the Manhattan Beach Branch ceased in 1924, the line was formally abandoned in 1937, and the former race track site was subdivided for the construction of housing.” So, not beautiful enough. The card is, though. Grade: 1

Code: 10133365
Price: $4.00

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