Cardboard box top for Calissons from Félix Potin, Paris, France. Circa 1880 to 1910. Price: $17.00 Size: About 8 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/4″ For the collector of antique items from the French company Félix Potin or for the…Read More…
Category: Art Nouveau
Young Man’s Dream, Circa 1910
Two pals in Newsboy caps, skinny tie, bow tie and sweaters Our guy from the top left, looking distinguished and contemplative, with pipe Divided back, Real Photo Postcards, unused. Cyko stamp box. Circa 1910. Price for the set of two: …Read More…
The Tree Spirit
This postcard is signed by artist E. Weaver. Biographical information was not found online but Sherry Arent Cawley, in Berrien County, author of one of the Postcard History Series put out by Arcadia Publishing, describes the artist as “…a very…Read More…
Easter Day
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked April 6, 1914 from Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania. Price: $10.00 “The world itself keeps Easter day, And Easter larks are singing; And Easter flow’rs are blooming gay And Easter bells are ringing.” That’s a lovely poem…Read More…
Fae’s Keepsake
Here’s an Art Nouveau heart-shaped bit of ephemera. The back just has one word, “Fae” written in pencil. It shows a country path veering off to the right of a cottage in the distance. It is no surprise that the…Read More…
Why On Earth Don’t You Write
There is a Cora A. Seeley, age about 32, single, listed as a servant on the 1905 New York State Census, Saratoga County, living with Herbert A. Shaw, his wife Edna, and daughter Mary. Curiously, the census taker only marked…Read More…
Pretty Soon I Owe You A Letter
“Pretty soon I owe you a letter, I must confess; Will write In a week Or may be In less.” The sender wrote: “Dear Lottie, Youre out of luck were going to Camp Taylor. Henry and Clara were over last…Read More…
Scenes On The Blue River, Kansas City, Missouri
Divided back, unused postcard. Publisher: The Elite Post Card Co., Kansas City, MO. Made in the U.S.A. Number/Series: 127 A-16656. Circa 1908 – 1914. Price: $8.00 Another Art Nouveau style postcard from The Elite Post Card Co. of Kansas City,…Read More…
Views On Indian Creek, Dallas, Missouri
Divided back, unused postcard. Publisher: The Elite Post Card Co., Kansas City, Missouri. Made in the U.S.A. Number/series: 157. A-16684. Circa 1908 – 1914. Price: $8.00 “Views On Indian Creek, Dallas, near Kansas City, MO.” Beautiful postcard with Art Nouveau…Read More…