Greeting Cards & Bridge Tallies
Christmas Cards,Boyhood,Wildflowers
England: 1870s. An attractive 16mo Christmas card depicting a young blonde boy gathering wildflowers against a verdant background. The message at the bottom reads, "I Wish You A Happy Christmas". Includes a decorate embossed border. Measures approx. 3.5" by 2.5"
Price: $50.00
Greeting Card
Belfast and London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1890s. A charming greeting card depicting a young blond girl in a straw hat against a pastoral setting, with an inscription in ink on the verso: "Best wishes for Miss Hood from Lizzie". Printed poem on the front titled "The Best of Good.....
Price: $24.00
Pretend Play, Activity Game, Nursing, Greeting Cards, Birthday, Get Well
c1950s. Two (2) different children's greeting cards; one a birthday card puch out nurse and hospital room scene and the other a get well card with a punch out game, featuring a nurse and a doctor.Largest 7" x 5" when folded.
Price: $45.00
Greeting Cards,Ancient Egypt,Aesthetic Movement
Boston, Massachusetts: Bufford, 1879. An attractive holiday greeting card with depictions of the Great Sphinx of Giza and a drawing of an ancient Egyptian profile, with decorative elements from the aesthetic movement. The message reads "Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year". On the verso is a......
Price: $150.00
Christmas Card,Pastoral
London: S. Hildesheimer and Co. Ltd., c.1880. An attractive die-cut Christmas greeting card in the shape of a scroll with ivy, depicting a wintry pastoral village scene in the background. Early ink inscription to verso: "With loving Xmas greetings from Livia to dear Mama". Measures approx. 4.5" by 5.5". Chromolithographed.....
Price: $32.00
Pop-ups and Moveables,Best Wishes
Germany: 1890. A pop-up greeting made from four separate embossed die-cut scraps and a small ribbon pull tab, with embossed chromolithographed label below reading "Die besten Wunsche" ("Best wishes"). The four scraps used show a little boy holding baskets of flowers, two doves on a branch, three children playing with.....
Price: $100.00
Prang,Holiday Greeting Cards
United States: Louis Prang, 1880s? An attractive greeting card attributed to Louis Prang, wishing the recipient "A Happy Christmas and A Bright New Year!". Above the message is a sprig of cherry blossoms. Measures approx. 2.5" by 5.25"
Price: $45.00
Works by Children, Made by Hand, Greeting Card
Charming and naive. Cover decoration in red and green with letters in "for a" run together. The inside depicts what appears to be a self portrait of the child, Marjorie. The sentiment however is penned by an adult and reads "Christmas - Santa Claus is a good old chap. Who.....
Price: $45.00
Christmas Card,Pastoral
England: 1890s. A chromolithographed Christmas greeting card depicting a woman taking a walk through a wintry pastoral scene. Mica flecked snow. Below are four lines of verse attributed to Keble: "Sweet is the smile of home, the mutual look When hearts are of each other sure, Sweet all the joys.....
Price: $30.00
Christmas Card,English Composers
England: 1920s. A handsome Christmas greeting card signed by the English composer William Walton (1902-1983) for an unnamed friend or colleague. The inscription inside reads: "[From] William Walton. La Rosita. Dinard. Brittany. France." Most likely referencing a popular song from 1923, "La Rosita", and perhaps memorializing a night out with.....
Price: $22.00
Original Watercolor,Cherry Blossom,Birds,Christmas
United States: 1900s. Christmas greeting card ("Merry Christmas") with original watercolor artwork depicting a pair of song birds perched on a cherry blossom tree branch in front of a serene lake landscape. Card has rounded edges, and measures approx. 3.5" by 4.5"
Price: $45.00
Victorian Medievalism,Greeting Cards
Belfast, United Kingdom: Marcus Ward & Co., 1880s. An attractive chromolithographed greeting card produced by Marcus Ward & Co. of Belfast, using a border and proportions inspired by illuminated manuscripts. In the middle, a chromolithographed image has been affixed, and depicts a boy in a pink and yellow outfit waving.....
Price: $550.00
Betrothal Cards,Chromolithography,Coated Card,Jobbing Printing
Ghent, Belgium: Lithographers de Vande Steene, L. Defferrex, T. & D. Hemelsoet, and G. Jacqmain, 1850s. Five (5) finely printed betrothal announcements all around 1850. Printed on porcelain or coated stock. One is hand-colored and depicts Cupid at the center of a vignette surrounded by a floral wreath; a second.....
Price: $225.00
[Gender Roles][Visual Culture][Women’s History][Women’s Work]
United States: 1930s-1980s. We are presenting a collection of novelty greeting cards accumulated by an advanced collector over a period of thirty-plus years. This collection includes over 295 cards and was extracted from a much larger collection and includes only those depicting clear gender roles differentiation. Although presented in a......
Price: $3,500.00
Spring,New Year's Greeting,Embossed
England: 1870s. A nicely designed 16mo greeting card, made from embossed coated stock adorned with gold and printed in color. In the center oval, an embossed image depicts four spring crocuses with a pink banner below reading "A Joyful New Year". Coated paper. Measures approx. 3.75" by 2.5"
Price: $75.00
Christmas and Holiday Greeting Card
United States: 1920s. A charming greeting card for the holidays, depicting a boy and girl caroling with a lit lamp on a pole against a patterned background. The printed message below reads, "May happiness be yours throughout the Christmas Season and the New Year". Measures approx. 5.25" by 4.25". Signed.....
Price: $30.00
Love and Friendship, Georgian era, Printed Silk
1800. A deeply embossed card created in two layers with three different types of material. The top layer is a deeply embossed light olive color. The scene depicts a diety or lovely woman and two cherubs in a garden scene. Entwined vine border decoration with roses cascading above. A center.....
Price: $600.00
Greeting Card,Christmas
United Kingdom: 1890s? An attractive gilt and embossed Christmas greeting card, made from two embossed and gilt chromolithographed cards bonded together at the left-hand edge. When the upper card is lifted, a message is revealed that reads, "Christmas joys and truest pleasure May the season bring to thee! Peace and.....
Price: $22.00
Early Education, Holiday Greeting, Photography
Grant, MI: 1900. A 3" by 5.5" lightly coated stock Holiday Greetings card from Grant School. Images from photographs of a younger woman and am older man. If one were stereotyping it would suggest a teacher and a head master. The caption reads Grant School, Grant, Michigan, 1893-1900. Reverse is.....
Price: $75.00
Greeting Card,Watercolor
c.1900. Handmade greeting card with a picture of a monkey with ink inscription, "For Louisa, with love and good wishes for New Year - Nannie". Measures 3" x 5". Reverse is blank.
Price: $60.00
Hand-colored Valentine, Love and Friendship
[United Kingdom]: 1840s. A particularly beautiful hand-colored Valentine with the original postmarked envelope addressed to Miss Lydia M. Wales of Upton, Massachusetts. The image depicts a beautiful young lady reading a letter in a rose garden, surrounded by verse that begins, "One look of love from those bright eyes /.....
Price: $175.00
Siam, Elephant, Die-cut Card
c1900. A 3" x 5" top fold card. The front cover is cut in the shape of an elephant with it's trunk pointing downward It is captioned Siam. A yellow ribbon at top adorns the elephant. The inside page lists the following: Bancock 1840 Petchaburi 1861 Ratburri 1889 Pitsauuloke 1897.....
Price: $50.00
Christmas Card,Childhood
England (printed in Bavaria): 1910s? A charming Christmas card depicting a little boy in a train conductor outfit okaying train with his puppy. Die-cut, and can be folded so it stands up witht he boy sticking out of the background. Early inscription on verso reads, "From Charles + Harry Merry.....
Price: $28.00
Christmas Cards,Grandparents,Families
England: 1870s. A very sweet Christmas card depicting a little blonde girl at her grandfather's knee, with the message "A Happy Christmas". Features an attractive embossed border. On the verso is an early ink inscription that reads, With Jenny's love to Lilian". Measures approx. 3.5" by 2.25"
Price: $65.00