Sale No: 254
Lot No:2997
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection
CHILDREN: Well-developed collection of optimistic charming & whimsical artist cards all by Mabel Lucie Attwell, mostly 1940s to 1960s with some earlier, many with captions in French or English & French, some leporellos, the odd damaged card but the vast majority are fine to very fine unused or used. Ex Bernard Morris.
(280 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Dec-05-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 254
Lot No:2998
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection
GLAMOUR & FASHION: High quality collection of artist cards including American by Philip Boileau x84 & Harrison Fisher x143, Italian by Busi x12, Coribella x5 & Guerzoni x16 plus sets of 6 by Mauzan x2, Bianchi, Bertiglia & Malugani, French by Xavier Sagar x4 & S Bompard x12, Japanese James Eades & Co (Yokohama) x4, etc, emphasis on fashion with extravagant hats, outrageous costumes (& some very skimpy ones) & many with a romantic or coquettish flavour, generally very fine to superb unused. Many gorgeous cards.
(340 approx)
NUDITY & EROTICA: 1920s to modern mostly photographic cards with numerous highly suggestive motifs including passion, mermaids & water sports, bikini babes, Italian actresses, etc, many American plain backs of starlets in various states of undress, generally fine to very fine.
(150 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Dec-05-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 254
Lot No:3000
Symbol:C
ROMANCE: Four large albums of mostly pre-WWI Valentine's Day artist cards with a surfeit of cupids, hearts, courting chldren, flowers etc, many beautifully produced with lots of chromolithography, embossing & gold features, some Art Nouveau & Art Deco designs, mostly from America with plenty of postmark interest and Britain including Old Maid comic cards by Oliver Veal x5, lots of mostly tame Edwardian-era humour, generally fine to very fine unused or used. Ex Bernard Morris.
(750 approx) (Image1)