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Tag Archives: postcard collecting

Happy holidays? A closer look at artists’ renditions of not-so-jolly Santa postcards

November 30, 2012 | Barbara Andrews | Leave a reply
Mailed from Brinker Hts., now part of Marion, Indiana, this is obviously a Santa for naughty children to avoid. The only clue on his expression is a frown line above his nose, but the switch in his hand spoils his image as a benevolent gift-giver. It’s a German-made card by an unidentified publisher.

Santa Claus is a jolly old elf beloved of children and postcard collectors, but some artists of the early 1900s gave him a less than sentimental image. Even when they got the beard and costume right, they didn’t picture him as someone you’d want in your living room in the middle of the night. Read More +

Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibit examines the postcard as art this fall

August 2, 2012 | Karen Knapstein | 1 Reply
Woman riding a bicycle with no hands, from a series issued by Continentalpneumatic. Publisher: ContinentalCaoutchouc und GuttaPercha Compagnie, Germany. Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive – Promised gift of Leonard A. Lauder.

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts exhibit “The Postcard Age: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection,” depicts postcards as an artistic medium, Oct. 24, 2012. Read More +

Postcards wage propaganda war on Prohibition

June 28, 2012 | Antique Trader Staff | Leave a reply
Comic Prohibition postcard

From its very beginning, America has been a thirsty nation. Postcards and ephemera were often used to wage the debate between the teetotalers and those who chose to partake. Read More +

Interest in real photo postcards, vintage chromes pushing values to new heights

April 20, 2012 | Barbara Andrews | Leave a reply
real photo postcard

What postcards are bestsellers today? The people most likely to have the pulse of the hobby are dealers who offer thousands of cards to the public every year. Read More +

Henry Rinn captures early Baltimore’s trials and triumphs on vintage postcards

February 23, 2012 | Antique Trader Staff | Leave a reply
Henry Rinn natural-bordered postcard

Henry Rinn Jr. loved roaming Baltimore streets in the late 1800s. With his penchant for photography and unusual perspective, Rinn left a legacy of 250 collectible vintage postcards and much, much more. His first series of black-and-white picture postcards started in 1898. Read More +

Postcards from the Société Anonyme

January 14, 2009 | Don Preziosi | Leave a reply

The Society Anonyme, a group made up of some of the most avant-garde artists of its day, can rightfully claim to be New York’s first museum of modern art. Read More +

Bite into Halloween postcards

October 9, 2008 | Jennifer Henderson | Leave a reply

No, this is not an article about vampires although, the new myth-expanding HBO series True Blood has generated curiosity. Instead, focus your attention on apples – commonplace apples – which appear frequently on antique Halloween postcards. Read More +

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