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Okay, So I'm a bit of a Basket Case... Lovely German Postcard, circa 1905...
14.00 USDProbably intended as an Easter Greetings card, the clarity of this print is marvelous, and it's awfully cute, no? Very nice unposted condition with minor wear to edges and corners.Please...
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Charming Japanese Postcard, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
11.00 USDLovely image. We are guessing at the date as somewhere around 1910. We have no experience with old Japanese postcards, but sometimes put one in the shop when we are particularly charmed by it....
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Lucy Florval, at the Marigny, circa 1900. Hand-Tinted Mignonette of...
22.00 USDLucy Florval, dancing her way into your heart...your book too, if you should so choose! :) This Belle Epoque postcard is of a variety known as a "mignonette." Probably printed in Germany, this...
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Japanese Village Woman and Children, Hand-Tinted Card from Japan, 1920s by...
17.00 USDWonderful hand-coloration on this Japanese card that shares so many beautiful smiles! Posted in 1921, this appears to be a commercially used card, sent by a travel booking agent, to confirm...
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Cleo de Merode Surreal Hair Image, circa 1900, NPG by redpoulaine
38.00 USDWonderful find! Pre-1904 undivided back card, which allowed for no writing on the backside apart from the recipient's address. So, messages were written on the front, and publishers had all...
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Pina Menichelli I, Italian Silent Film Star, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDDid your knees just go weak? Don't be alarmed. Signorina Menichelli has that effect on many people! One of the most beautifully expressive faces of the Italian cinema, Pina Menichelli,...
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Pina Menichelli II, Italian Silent Film Star, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDDid your knees just go weak? Don't be alarmed. Signorina Menichelli has that effect on many people! One of the most beautifully expressive faces of the Italian cinema, Pina Menichelli,...
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Pina Menichelli III, Italian Silent Film Star, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDDid your knees just go weak? Don't be alarmed. Signorina Menichelli has that effect on many people! One of the most beautifully expressive faces of the Italian cinema, Pina Menichelli,...
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Pina Menichelli IV, Italian Silent Film Actress, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDDid your knees just go weak? Don't be alarmed. Signorina Menichelli has that effect on many people! One of the most beautifully expressive faces of the Italian cinema, Pina Menichelli,...
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French Nude, Mlle. Mireille, in the Mirror. P-C Paris, circa 1920s by...
39.00 USDClassic mirror theme nude! This gal's hair is always kinda wild! Love this perm :) Gorgeous Art Nouveau pendant. We haven't been able to find any history on this wonderful model, who over the...
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Mlle.Gregoire, Belle Epoque Performer by Sazerac, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDOne of our favorite, and most magical, subgenres of "Lovely Lady" postcards has to be that of the marvelous maenad. These are somewhat idealized, and presumably toned down, versions of those...
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Little Girl Blue. Hand-Tinted Risque French Postcard Image, circa 1900 by...
19.00 USDAnd where is the girl who looks after the sheep?Why, under the haystack, of course!Wonderful card, which although very tame by today's standards, we will file under the heading of "risque" by...
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Anatema, Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov, Moscow Art Theater, 1909 by redpoulaine
44.00 USDIn terms of the Russian Theater, this magnificent card is an important historical artifact for a number of reasons.The play, Anatema, was written by Leonid Andreyev, a greatly loved writer,...
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Hot Pink Polar Bear Romance by P-C Paris, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWe do love these garishly colored monochrome tinted cards of the 1920s. Great image we've had in the shop a few times, though never in pink before. This one was published by one of our...
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Sizzling Lia de Putti Image, circa 1920s, Unknown Publisher by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWow! Great image published by what appears to be a real fly-by-night outfit. No printed text on the card face (which was a huge money saver in terms of printing), Hand-written name on the...
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Nude with Pearls III, Alfres Noyer, circa 1910s/20s by redpoulaine
33.00 USDOne out of a wonderful series of images published by Alfred Noyer. This was a very popular series of cards that we believe were photographed by J. Mandel. There is no photographer attribution...
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Maenad in the Morning, Jugendstil Epoche Stage Performer, circa 1903 by...
11.00 USDOne of our favorite, and most magical, subgenres of "Lovely Lady" postcards has to be that of the marvelous maenad. These are somewhat idealized, and presumably toned down, versions of those...
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Hand-Decorated Postcard with Ribbon and Lace, Early 1910s Germany, by NPG. by...
26.00 USD***Warning*** Very geeky deltiology stuff to follow (even the word "deltiology," a term coined in the 1940s for postcard collecting, is kinda geeky, no? :).Postcard collecting is the world's...
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Superb Photographic Portrait by Edgar Schmidt of Dresden circa 1900 by...
11.00 USDWonderful image of a beautiful young woman in gorgeously sensible Victorian attire. German photo by Dresden photographer Edgar Schmidt, taken probably sometime in the late 1890s.Please examine...
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A Girl's Best Friend 13, German Postcard of a Woman with her Horse, circa...
9.00 USDWe are opening up this section, "A Girl's Best Friend," temporarily, in order to display this lovely little collection of women and their horses we came across recently. This is a popular...
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