Greeting Cards & Bridge Tallies
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
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
troy kinney, personal Christmas greeting, etchings, drypoints
1930. A grouping of etchings and drypoints of various dancers created by Troy, and used by Troy and his wife Margaret as New Year greetings. The earliest, 1916, depicts a pre-Revolutionary couple in a minuet style dance. Through the years the portrayals included ballerinas, mythical satyrs, classical and whimsical risqué.....
Price: $950.00
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
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
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
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
Chromolithography, Movables, Christmas Cards, Lace Paper
United States: 1870s. A particularly charming movable greeting card on lace paper wishing the recipient "A merry Christmas and a happy new year" (recto). When the pink ribbon tab is pulled, the icy holly branches part to reveal a bucolic wintry landscape scene. Embossed with gold and chromolithographed; measures 4.5".....
Price: $75.00
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
Original Watercolor,Greeting Card,Bookmark
United States: c.1900. A delicate and charming original watercolor on die-cut card, offering an Easter greeting ("Bright be thy Easter") alongside a sprig of Forget-Me-Nots and a country sunset. It is accompanied by a light green-blue silk bookmark with fringe decorated by the same artist in watercolor, with a sprig.....
Price: $55.00
childhood ephemera, greeting cards, get well cards, activity books
Chicago: Whitehall, 1950. A colorful illustrated folder with side clasp depicting fairy tale and anthropomorphic characters. Two sections within each containing six (6) books and envelopes. The set includesThree clowns of Yetti Putti wishin' book / Rob Fink ; illustrations by Eoina -- Poncho the elephant wishin' book / Rob.....
Price: $125.00
Humorous Greetings and Valentines,Turkey, Mechanical
London, England: R. Canton, 1850s. A charming moveable turkey greeting card produced by R. Canton. When the turkey's head is lifted, it can be moved to show the animal popping up towards the viewer. R. Canton was a London lithographer known for his vinegar valentines, prints, and moveables. This example.....
Price: $125.00