19.00 USD
Welcome to our artifacts section. We decided we needed a place to showcase unusual items that present, beyond what they are themselves, unique historical qualities. Over time, we'll be shifting our autographed postcards into this section, as well as listing other very special items.
This section will almost necessarily remain small, because what we list in here will often be one of a kind. Have fun!
Monsieur Henri Varna (1887-1969) was a French actor, singer, lyricist, and is probably best known today for his time as the managing director of the Casino de Paris.
Mlle. Younma,Youma, or Younna, who lived at number 29 Rue de la Boétie, is not someone we've found any references to. Our fourth listing image is one of the street she lived on. The postcard is Not For Sale, and is not even one out of our collection, but we thought you might enjoy it. The calling card was delivered in the little envelope addressed to Mademoiselle.
As an artifact, this is certainly rare, and a fine piece of ephemera associated with the theater life of Paris. The days of calling cards are long past, and we date this item at 1910 just as a guess. What's more, in terms of its provenance, this comes from a French dealer who buys and sells. like us, old postcards and paper, and tells us that this was Henri Varna's calling card. We were intrigued, and hoped you would be too :)