19.00 USD
Beautiful card! The scanner does not do justice to the colors, particularly the gold highlights that gleam but do not in the scan (a typical problem we encounter with metallic inks and paints).
This card is very nicely embossed. We've altered the color levels in the fourth image scan so that you can get an idea of the detail work. It would be understandable if when seeing a finely embossed card like this one, you imagined it being passed through a big heavy machine with a die pressing out these details. This is the post-industrial world we grew up in, after all! But when this card was produced, pre-WWI Europe was still testing its industrial wings. Cards like this one were embossed by women who earned their daily bread in little workshops in the Quartier Latin in Paris, tapping away with little hammers. This isn't a particularly important detail when it comes to the end result perhaps, but we do appreciate that it was done by hand :)
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully-insured, first class shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will not charge for postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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