Love; Friendship
Domestic Abuse in Advertising,Gender and Marriage in 19th Century America
New York, New York. J. Marett. Troubling to modern sensibilities, but revealing about gender roles and stereotypes in 19th century New York: a small trade card advertising a grocer with an image of a husband beating his wife with a stick, subtitled "Happy Home". Measures approx. 1.75" by 3.75"
Price: $60.00
valentines, raphael tuck valentine, frances brundage, honeycomb, open-out valentine, early 20th century valentine, valentines with children
An embossed, die cut, 6 3/4 " x 7 1/2" heart shaped valentine. The cover is adorned with a double row of pink forget-me-not hearts bordering each of two joined hearts with printed ribbon tying them together is captioned "From Heart to Heart". The heart is pierced with an arrow.....
Price: $35.00
Moveables and Accordion-Style Pop-Ups
Germany: 1880s. A most charming German greeting card with a clever mechanism: when the embossed die-cut scrap is pulled down, the red tissue paper flower unfolds and reveals itself along with a hidden message wishing the reader happiness. The scrap depicts a rosy floral arrangement sitting atop a birch wood.....
Price: $100.00
Humor,Postcards,Original Photographs,Female Friendship,Studio Photographs,Souvenirs and Momentos, , ABAA-RBMS-2023
United States: c.1915. Original photograph of two young women, mounted onto a thick embossed Private Post Card with the message "I am still single how are you?". The humorous novelty postcard would have been produced for the two women in a professional photographer's studio as a charming momento. Embossed card.....
Price: $125.00
Lace Paper,Flora,Embossed Scrap
England: 1850s. An attractive octavo Valentine with intricately produced lace paper, depicting wild roses and lace surrounding a young couple. Opens to reveal two scraps: one embossed with two birds, and the other depicting a swan with the phrase "I am yours and thou art mine". Larger floral scrap to.....
Price: $125.00
marriage, Japan, William Rae, souvenir, advertisement
Kobe, Japan: William Rae, ?1930? This tri-fold pamphlet details the Japanese wedding ceremony, starting from the arrangement of the couple by their family, to their wedding ceremony and what life for the bride is like after the wedding. The pamphlet was created by William Rae as a way of stirring.....
Price: $125.00
Business Archive, Love and Friendship, Valentines, Design and Samples
1850-1906. An important archive of business correspondence and ephemera amassed by the Valentine maker and collector Jonathan King Jr. (1836-1911), maker of some of the most whimsical and fanciful valentines in Victorian England. This archive of King material is notable for its design and draft material, proofs, and notes by.....
Price: $9,200.00
Women's Fashion Design
[Hendersonville, North Carolina]: March 23rd, 1908. A letter written to "Dearest" from "Your devoted friend", giving the heartbreaking news of the death of an acquaintance, Mrs. Gurley of Hendersonville (tragically, her husband Professor E.W. Gurley would die later that year in November, leaving their daughter Fayetta Gurley orphaned). The author.....
Price: $225.00
Hand-colored Valentine, Love and Friendship
[United Kingdom]: 1840s. Lithographed Valentine with hand coloring, depicting a handsome couple against a rural countryside town backdrop, and with verse below: "Licensed by Valentines Saint, / Our sex on this day may reveal / The hopes, and the fears, and the plaints, / That on others they're forced to.....
Price: $275.00
Love Tokens, Love & Friendship,
United States: 1880s. An accordion-style, heart-shaped folding love token pocket (4.25" by 4.5") with navy ribbon closures at top and bottom. Chromolithograph in gold with hand-stenciled coloring, it features a few lines of pretty verse on both faces: "fair Flora sends these treasures here, The pride of all the blooming.....
Price: $175.00
Masculinity,Venereal Disease,Public Health,Sex Education,Eugenics
Washington, D.C. U.S. Public Health Service, 1937. A government-issued public health pamphlet on sex education and venereal disease for American men in the armed forces in 1937, featuring an image of a rugged man climbing a mountain on the upper wrapper with the word "MANPOWER" in all caps. Covers the.....
Price: $200.00
Reward of Merit, Made by Hand,
May happiness thy steps attend In this role of tears my friend And when this vale of tears is shed And we are numbered with the dead Oh! may we reach that happy shore Where we shall meet to part no more By "???" Frantz (most likely a sibling).
Price: $75.00
Valentine, Love & Friendship, Courtship
1830s. Single page sheet with two cut-out and applied lithographs of gents; one appearing to be a barber. A rather odd accompaniment to the verse that reads: Good Morning valentine Ye virgins who hear; learn example from this Take care how you finally to part with a kiss Conceal for.....
Price: $225.00
Valentine's Day
United States: 1850s. An attractive Valentine featuring delicate embossed paper, yellow coloring, and a large scrap in the central oval depicting a couple on their wedding day. Also features a bright red and gold scrap depicting an arrow piercing a heart. Housed in the original lithographed envelope addressed in ink.....
Price: $110.00
Pop-Ups and Moveable Cards,Birthday Greetings
England: c.1879. A charming pop-up/moveable birthday greeting card depicting a large bouquet of flowers. The message inside reveals itself when the viewer pulls gently on the bottom of the vase. It begins, "Awake! awake! it is the day you first beheld the sun..." Inscribed in pencil to verso, "Elizette Dec.....
Price: $100.00
Love Token,Hair,Bookmark
c.1870s. A charming token of love or friendship, make from a small scrap of silk, two locks of hair secured with thread and pink ribbon, and punch paper embroidered with the initials "C.M.". Measures approx. 1" by 4" Punch paper 18 holes per inch.
Price: $60.00
mechanical valentine, die-cut valentine, victorian valentine
A die cut 4 3/4 " x 4" valentine card. This card has a policeman driving a motorcycle with a side car filled with valentines and blue forget-me-nots. He is looking over his shoulder at a smiling girl holding a letter. She also is holding a heart. The sentiment on.....
Price: $18.00
Brothers and Sisters, Siblings, Valentine, Love and Friendship
[United States]: c.1850s. A sweet Valentine from brother to sister, with hand colored wood engraving, that reads: "Sister, there's magic in thy voice, / There's thrilling love within thine eye, / To make my bounding heart rejoice, / Or soothe it with thy tender sigh. / There's an angel lent.....
Price: $150.00
Chromolithography, Undergarments
France: c.1890. A cheeky April Fools Day card die-cut to resemble a skirt that, when opened, reveals a fold-out pop-up of a woman in her undergarments. The printed message inside reads (loosely translated): "First of April. When you take off your petticoat, I already find you pretty; but take off.....
Price: $125.00
Love and Friendship, Valentine, Women's History, Lace Paper
A 7" x 4 7/8" single-fold valentine with a delicately die-cut lace paper cover. A page of yellow backing paper is affixed inside the valentine with an applied forget-me-not visiting card. The lace paper depicts an elegant woman with finely die-cut and embossed petticoats and detailing on her dress. The.....
Price: $110.00
Love and Friendship, Lace Paper, Theorem
1850s. A 7" x 4 3/4" single-fold valentine with a lace paper cover. The lace paper cover has a solid center cartouche with large format leaves and flowering vine surrounding the cartouche. A hand painted lyre shaped vine and two applied hand colored flowers adorn the cartouche (in the style.....
Price: $100.00
Love & Friendship, Original Watercolor, Folk Art, Eternal Knot of Love
c1840s. A 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" hand penned and watercolor eternal knot of love with a continuous intersection verse committing one's affection. Of particular note in this love knot is the paired illustrations in the central grid. They include pairs or couples; a man and a woman, hands, hearts.....
Price: $725.00
Postcard,Valentine,Tuck,R F Outcault
A postcard valentine depicting a paper scroll with a Buster Brown like boy and his dog both with left eye winking. The boy is dressed in red, holding a freshly painted heart has paint splatter at his feet. The verse reads, “Heres a Wireless Telegram that I will Send to.....
Price: $22.00