posted on October 6, 2005 07:29:55 PM
I have some postcards sent between family members in the early 1900's. They have messages and clear postmarks (amazing thing is, no street address, no zip - just recipient and town on the address) is there any particular info that I need to include when listing these other than obvious condition?
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posted on October 6, 2005 07:36:22 PM
It depends on what kind of postcards they are.. view, photo, greetings...are they artist signed? who published them?
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posted on October 6, 2005 07:45:31 PM
On is a city view, one would probably just be of interest to horse people, the others are tourist site cards, from DC, and Canada. One has where the card was printed (a Blind Institute), two list the publisher (SH Kress & Co).
Just list that type of info? Do I include the message in the description? (one cracks me up - It's a "Honey-Do" list)
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posted on October 6, 2005 07:49:53 PM
There were a bunch of Real Photo cards also but I am saving those - I realized they weren't just photos of some guys in front of a huge blacksmith shop - it is pics of my great great (great?) uncles in front of THEIR huge blacksmith shop. I want to do some more research.
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posted on October 6, 2005 07:57:24 PM
Ok it sounds like they are view cards - don't expect much from Washington DC Niagara Falls Williamsburg Smoky Mountains etc..if there is something unique about them make sure you put in title to grab attention. You don't need to quote the message but by all means if something strikes you as interesting, mention it. You could also scan the back. I don't mention the publisher unless it is a "collectable" one ..I don't think Kress cards (dimestore) qualify. Sounds like the blacksmith shop is fabulous but I don't blame you for not wanting to sell it!
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posted on October 6, 2005 08:10:04 PM
Thank you! These were in a box of keep if you are interested, sell if you are not my mother sent. If it had not been for reading the boards here I probably never would have paid much attention to anything other than the messages. Thanks to you the photo cards caught my attention and once I really looked at them I realized just what they were. The fun part was that until then, we never knew that they had been blacksmiths, much less owned this huge shop. Whodda thunk the boards would help me discover family history. Thanks
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posted on October 6, 2005 09:24:40 PM
Fenix: In addition to what has been suggested to you here, when I'm selling older postcards that have been mailed I list the sender and the recipient, in case someone is searching for ephemera for that name. I've had really good luck selling old family postcards, esp. real photos, of things like a church in L.A. with old Model T's in front of it. (That one was picked up by a historian who's doing a pictorial block-by-block book of what USED to be on the L.A. streets and isn't any longer. He was thrilled to get it for $15 or $20.)
posted on October 6, 2005 09:34:49 PM
Good for you Adele. Los Angeles is a good postcard market. Washington DC on the other hand STINKS..I think you could list a postcard signed by a PRESIDENT himself and no one would buy it!
I used to do the sender/recipient name thing until I realized that it only got me a handful of sales and took tons of time (I am not a typist), It is a good idea and very much appreciated by the geneology people. Who knows - Fenix may find a long lost cousin that way!
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