Miscellaneous World Picture Postcards (see Also Amongst The Indi
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 935
Symbol: C
Huge carton of albums etc with strength in Great Britain with many better cards including 1899 court-size chromolitho of Manchester Views, 'Titanic' x3 (two with faults but presentable), streetscapes with signage, Tuck's 'Kings of England' Undivided Back chromolithos, 1911 Coronation Aerial Post to New Zealand, Guiness 'Alice in Wonderland' advertising cards x6 (originals, not the later reprints), etc, postmark interest including scarce double-oval 'POSTED IN ADVANCE/M.R/1904/FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY' & similar for 1905; also New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Aden, Cocos Islands 'The End of the Emden' hand-tinted real photo card, Malta 1915 St John Ambulance 'HELP THE WOUNDED!' chromolitho to GB with KGV ¼d strip of 4, United States including 1950s 'Mt Hood Skiway' (Oregon "flying bus"!); subjects including Animals, Ships, Social & Advertising, etc, condition variable. Allow at least an hour to view.
(Qty 1000++) (Image1)
Estimate AU$850
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 936
Symbol: L
Reference library including 'The Picture Postcard and its Origins' by Staff [London, 1979]; 'Picture Postcards of the Golden Age - A Collectors Guide' by Tonie & Valmai Holt [London, 1971]; 'The Picture Postcards of Raphael Tuck & Sons' by Smith [UK, 2000] plus Index.
(Qty 15 books) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 937
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Original two-volume family collection, the first with some better Australian topographicals including Melbourne suburbs, an array of greetings types & several WWI "silks" in well above-average condition; the second being mostly unused cards from a pre-WWI world tour to England, France, Cape Verde etc, plus many WWI Daily Mirror and similar types, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 938
Symbol: C
Box of mainly greetings types, plus a range of British comic postcards; a few European views; books of 'moderns' including 'Tolkein's Hobbit' & 'Australian Childrens Classics'.
(Qty c.1000) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 939
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Ex-dealer's stock in plastic tubs x13 arranged by Country & Subject all priced & ready to sell, the majority are 'Golden Age' cards including real photos, noted larger sections of topographicals from Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain (partly broken down by County), India, USA, etc, the subjects include Advertising, Aircraft noted Imperial Airways "Helena" & 'New Military High Speed Plane' real photos, Churches, Exhibitions, Hotels, Military, Shipping noted 'SS Lusitania', Silks, Street Scenes, etc, etc, quite a number postally used with potential postmark and/or postal history interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 76kg.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 940
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ADVERTISING: Huge accumulation of 'Moderns' in albums & loose in three archive boxes promoting wide range of Australian and worldwide products & companies, movies, theatre productions, concerts, events, exhibitions, etc, many are 'free' cards, all appear to be unused, condition generally very fine. Weighs 29kg.
(Qty 1000s)
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 941
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTISTS: Accumulation in 12 albums including lots ot topographical images especially Great Britain Salmon & Tuck Oilette cards oftowns and coastal scenes, also Europe and worldwide including Asian hand-painted & woodcut cards, pen & ink etchings, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 19kg.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 942
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
CHILDREN: Accumulation in 20 albums including some chromo-lithos and lots of artist and comic cards featuring subjects including school, sport, seaside, romance, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fantasy, animals, woodcuts, religion, greetings, etc, also some posed photographs including real photo cards, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 31kg.
(Qty 1000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 943
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
COMICS & CARTOONS:
Accumulation in 12 albums including quite a number of "signed" cards from artists such as Arthur Moorland, Reg Carter, Ralph Roland, Bamforth, Carey, Tempest, Payne, Pinkins, etc, subjects run the gamut from children, sports, automobiles & social incompetence through to the more usual seaside humour with plenty of somewhat-dated sexual innuendo and politically incorrect subjects including 'hen-pecked husbands' and 'long-suffering wives', etc, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 18kg.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 944
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ENTERTAINMENT: Accumulation in ten albums including some theatres & performances but mostly film stars from the 1930s onwards (some PPC-sized with blank backs) arranged A-Z noted James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Gregory Peck, Shirley Temple, etc, a number with printed signatures and a few with what appear to be original autographs, also some moderns including Elvis, 1990s movie advertising, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 13kg.
(Qty few 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 945
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
EXHIBITIONS (NON-PHILATELIC): Accumulation in four albums & loose with lots of Great Britain including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Franco-British, Crystal Palace, Wembley, etc, plus Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan etc, and New Zealand Christchurch, Auckland & Dunedin exhibitions, a few real photo cards and a number used with exhibition postmarks, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 946
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
FLORA & FAUNA: Huge accumulation in 35+ albums featuring all manner of animals including cats, dogs & pigs (both real-life depictions as well as anthropomorphised cartoons), horses & hunting, reptiles, mammals, birds, butterflies, etc, also zoos, gardens, flowers, trees, etc, many are 'Golden Age' cards including some artist cards from all around the world, also some Australian and a quantity of 'moderns', condition variable but many fine to very fine. Weighs 32kg.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 947
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HUMOUR: Extensive mostly English collection of humour in four large albums with lots of genuinely amusing cards plus plenty of double entendres, erotica and downright smut, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. [The illustration is above Lot 937]
(Qty 1000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 948
Symbol: C
MILITARY: Large volume of PPCs & military mail with strength in World War I and emphasis on New Zealand, also Australia, GB, France, Belgium, Egypt etc, lots of evocative covers with postal history interest, the numerous PPCs include patriotics, battlefields, bomb damage, camps in England, humour etc, some with captions censored, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A very interesting lot.
(Qty 300 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 949
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY: Accumulation in 15 albums mostly World War I with many from Great Britain with range of regiments & soldiers in uniform but also featuring Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary and Eastern Europe troops & battles including real photos, artist cards & a few 'silks', some cards used with military postmarks plus a few documents & ephemera, subjects include ships, submarines (and U-Boats), tanks, guns, even an airship, camps, barracks, military exercises, the Red Cross, then patriotics including comics & cartoons, also a few WWII including planes and two 'Tea Revives You' complimentary cards, some featuring earlier conflicts including famous generals, Napoleon, Nelson & Waterloo, a couple of albums of moderns, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 25kg. Another fascinating lot.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 950
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MODERNS: Massive accumulation of post-WWII to modern cards from around the world in albums in 18 archive boxes, noted lots of Great Britain, Europe, New Zealand, USA, also some Asia, Africa & South America, includes topographicals, advertising, events, transport, art, tourism, etc, etc, quite a number postally used some by airmail to Australia, condition generally very fine. Weighs 225kg (for real; not a typo!). Must be collected: bring a van!
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 951
Symbol: C
RACISM: Mostly British artist cards - with a few Australian & American types - that run the gamut from affectionate paternalism to the cringeworthy and downright disgusting, providing an insight into what was considered 'acceptable' around 100 years ago and tempered only slightly by those featuring the innocence of childhood, inter-racial relationships & black people living in a white man's world, condition variable but generally fine to very fine used or unused. WARNING: the content - especially the use of derogatory language - will offend so discretion in viewing is recommended.
(Qty 120 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 952
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
REAL PHOTO CARDS: Worldwide accumulation with lots of people & places (some identified), noted album of mostly individuals & family groups and another of suburban & country houses & dwellings, a few disasters showing aftermath of floods, fires, etc, also two 1930s albums with photographs (not PPCs) of a Pacific Islands trip including of time on board the ships 'Orcades' & 'Katoomba' and then views of New Zealand, Sydney, Fiji, Samoa & Tahiti, condition quite variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 12kg. Excellent social history lot crying our for research. [The illustration is above Lot 949]
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 953
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ROMANCE & GREETINGS: Accumulation in 19 albums and loose in large shoebox including lots of artist cards, subjects range from Marriage to Birthday, Christmas including snowmen, New Year, Easter and other religious themes, etc, also group of 'silks' and novelty cards with glitter, feathers & other 'tip-ons', stamp montages, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 22kg.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 954
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ROYALTY: Accumulation in seven albums the majority 'Golden Age' cards including real photos, lots of Great Britain including KEVII Coronation chormo-lithos x4 one with London 'PAID' cds, also European noted Napoleon and others plus worldwide featuring portraits, weddings, funerals, royal reviews, residences, visits, monuments, etc, one album of 1952+ onwards plus a few other moderns, condition variable with the cards in one album mounted in place but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 15kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 955
Symbol: C
WALLETS: Archive box full of postcard wallets from Australia and around the world, most are tourist types from the 1930s up to 1970s, a few have been postally used, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 9kg.
(Qty 100+) (Image1)
