Nude Belle Epoque Artiste with Lyre circa 1905 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDLovely young woman with lyre, in this Belle Epoque image utilizing the classic Grecian motif, which was very much in vogue at the time. Blank backed card, in very nice condition, probably...
View ArticlePierrot et Pierrette, East of the Sun, Monochrome Couples Romance, circa...
12.00 USDGreat Pierrot image, ravishingly red, by Fotocelere in Paris.By the time the 1920s rolled into view, a little of the gilding had rubbed off the picture postcard's "golden age." Some of the...
View ArticlePierrot et Pierrette, Tea for Two, Monochrome Couples Romance, circa 1920s by...
14.00 USDPierrot et Pierrette, Tea for Two, Monochrome Couples Romance, circa 1920sThe rosy glow of romance :) Lovely Pierrot image published by Fotocelere in Paris. This company's home was in Turin,...
View ArticleChristmas Sprite, Elise De Vere, Rides Holly Branch, Reutlinger, circa 1905...
17.00 USDGreat hand-tinted seasonal montage of a Leopold Reutlinger portrait of stage performer Elise De Vere superimposed onto a holly branch in a wintry night sky. Not certain how many images there...
View ArticleHand-Decorated Postcard with Ribbon and Lace, Early 1910s Germany, by NPG. by...
22.00 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...
View ArticleLovely Young Woman in "Costume Grecque," by Stebbing, circa 1910 by...
18.00 USDWonderful postcard printed by Monsieur G. Piprot, of "Etoile" Paris. Piprot (himself a photographer as well as being a publisher) often worked with this card's photographer, Professor Edward...
View ArticleReserved for Becky. Please do not purchase unless you are Becky. Thanks by...
18.00 USDOh my! This proves our theory that pinstripes and pearls go beautifully together! Great image. This card goes just a bit beyond the point, we think, where if we were watching the old movie,...
View ArticleUnusual Family Photo. French RPPC, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
26.00 USDWe call this an "unusual" family photo because my great aunt Marishka and her brother, my great uncle Fedor, have only on rare occasion posed for an out of doors photograph in natural...
View ArticlePoirot Investigates! French RPPC, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
24.00 USDWhen, on a Tuesday in August of the previous year, Monsieur Hercule Poirot was visiting friends in the charming town of Bargemon (that little jewel of Provence), his host, the venerable Comte...
View ArticleHand-Colored RPPC, Family Picnic in Horse Pasture, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
24.00 USDA superb RPPC. So many wonderful expressions on their faces. So many bottles! And that crusty bread, mmm. It is very seldom that we come across a hand colored RPPC. Great detail.Please examine...
View ArticleFlorence Ziegfeld's "A Parisian Model," Broadway Success, circa...
18.00 USD"A Parisian Model," was a very well liked Broadway musical produced by Florence Ziegfeld (of Ziegfeld's Follies fame) in 1906/07. You will notice that, on our card, it is referred to as "Anna...
View ArticleMia May, German Silent Movie Star, Playful in Veil. Early Ross Verlag, circa...
19.00 USDWelcome to "Idols of the 1920s," where we hope to provide a special, cozy place for those of you who long to linger among the stars of the early silver screen, the hoofers and songbirds of...
View ArticleThe Children are Rescued! Return from Fairyland. French RPPC, circa 1910s/20s...
24.00 USDSurely Oncle Paul Bernot was the hero of the hour! When Mariette, Jean, Lucie and Peter wandered by mistake into the Enchanted Forest, they were taken prisoner by a band of renegade Brownies....
View ArticleBulgarian Flapper, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWelcome to "Idols of the 1920s," where we hope to provide a special, cozy place for those of you who long to linger among the stars of the early silver screen, the hoofers and songbirds of...
View ArticleBelle Epoque Actress Suzanne Miéris as Eunice, in Quo Vadis, circa 1901 by...
14.00 USDA very unusual image of actress Suzanne Miéris, playing the part of the Greek slave, Eunice, in Émile Moreau's Quo Vadis, probably at the Théâtre Antoine, Porte-Saint-Martin, in Paris. Quo...
View ArticleAutographed Lucy Doraine, Hungarian Silent Film Star, Ross Verlag, circa 1925...
39.00 USDGreat autographed card. A rare, early silver screen item.Lucy Doraine was a very popular star of the silent screen. She was born Ilona Kovacs in Budapest, Hungary in 1898. We've recently heard...
View ArticleBoudoir Doll Poses with French Soldiers, WWI era, Rare RPPC by redpoulaine
26.00 USDWhile searching for old postcards of girls and their dolls, we found a number of cards like this one, showing images of WWI era soldiers having their picture taken with a doll. If we'd found...
View ArticleBeauty in Contemplation of Beauty, Blue Tinted French Postcard, circa 1920 by...
14.00 USDLovely image, classical motif, might have been produced a decade earlier, but is dated on the reverse 1920. So charming. The jeweled teardrop clasp at her shoulder is amazing.Please examine...
View ArticlePierrot et Colombine, Shady Grove, Monochrome Couples Romance, circa 1920s by...
14.00 USDAh, romance, plucking passion's purple plum :) Lovely Pierrot image published by Alfred Noyer of Paris.Following the "Great War" (1914-1918), and by the time the 1920s rolled into view, a...
View ArticleThree Young Japanese Women with Book, 1907-1918 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDCharming! Gorgeously hand-colored Japanese picture postcard of three friends reading together.Sometimes it seems as though almost every other old Japanese postcard we find online that features...
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