CardCow Vintage Postcard Blog

I listed 700 great linen postcards this week. Many views, and a few interesting advertising cards - like this Wallpaper Delivery Van. Both the front and back of this rare card are great! Linen advertising cards like this one are always in demand. Partly because they are so rare, but also because of the great imagery and cross-domain appeal.

I found myself in Baltimore not too long ago. I wouldn't recommend it. I went to the National Museum Dentistry. Really. It wasn't too bad actually, and you don't have to fight your way through the crowds of schoolchildren like you do at the Smithsonian. I did like this postcard of the monkey dentist and the hippopatamus . Mounting with clear corner tabs like this behind a nice matte is a good way to go if you don't want to use any adhesives. I don't think I've seen any other cards from this (French?) series. If you happen to know more about this artist or series please let me know.

I keep a close eye on postcard prices. I thought it would be useful to do a monthly post on the most expensive postcard sales, so I decided to post those in a new blog: http://valuablepostcards.blogspot.com/ I'll try to update it monthly...

New York Resident Magazine used a few of my Large Letter postcards from the east coast, along with some vintage views for a feature article in their June issue. The large letter cards in particular always seem to add a nice "retro" feel to any travel article.

I listed this card with the little tuba player a few weeks ago, and I knew it would sell quickly. Children and music instruments are always popular topics. And of course the caption is great!

I was at the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, NH not too long ago and along with many nice historical prints in the lobby and halls, they also have a huge framed postcard display: I think this is the largest single group of framed cards I've seen on display.

I spent most of last month in Milwaukee. One place I visited was Johnson Controls. You've probably seen their products - they've been making commercial thermostats for around 100 years. They have a little museum in their lobby that shows some of their products over the years. On one wall of the lobby they had this display of postcard images mixed in with images of their products. I'm not quite sure what they were going for here since there wasn't a description, but I'm guessing the old postcards represented buildings that had installed Johnson Controls products. They had quite a few cards from the early 1900's and some Chromes. Kind of a neat way to display them though - as you can see it has a 3-D look, with each of the cards suspended off the glass behind it.