Miscellaneous paper bits & pieces

These are items that didn't sell, or that I'll never list, and I'd love for them to find a new home.

I'm happy to send one, a few, or all to anyone who wants them. Postage cost should be pretty low. If you'd like more info, like the size of any items, please let me know.

If more than one person would like the same item, I'll draw a name out of a bowl in a few days. Thanks!

p.s. The black, white or cream borders on the outside of the images aren't part of the items themselves.

1. A one-sided Victorian chromolithograph greeting card.



2. A vintage postcard with a photo-offset image of a mushroom-shaped formation in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado.




3. A Victorian chromolithograph trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Company (the cream-colored border is not part of the card).





4. A 1910 chromolithograph greeting postcard.





More items in the next post...

 

5. A 1911 chromolithograph greeting postcard.





6. A chromolithograph Victorian trade card advertising a boot and shoe store in Massachusetts.



7. A chromolithograph Victorian trade card advertising a piano and organ hall in Philadelphia.



8. A chromolithograph Victorian trade card advertising the White Sewing Machine Company in Cleveland.





9. A mid-20th century Swiss botanical postcard, probably produced using the photochrom method.





More items in the next post...

 

10. A mid-20th century Swiss still-life postcard, probably produced using the photochrom process.





11. A 1906 British ad.



12. A 1901 chromolithograph nursery catalog cover.



13. An antique chromolithograph one-sided religious greeting card.



Two more items in the next post...

 

14. A vintage art postcard featuring a painting by John Singleton Copley.





15. Two vintage real photo French postcards with pansies, where the coloring has changed in interesting ways over the years.



And that's it for now!

 

Pat Parker, I am interested in No. "3. A Victorian chromolithograph trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Company (the cream-colored border is not part of the card)." I would enjoy it because of the piano and organ lessons advertised on the reverse. I would chuckle each time I read "The judge to be some disinterested expert player from abroad."

I could probably sit half the evening imagining all the locations which might qualify as "abroad."

I still remember being 10 years old and playing the piano (along with other students of Miss Holowell) in a judging of our skill(s) (or lack thereof LOL) by three members of the Piano Guild who traveled all the way from Chicago to our small community to judge us. I still have my Piano Guild pin from that long ago date somewhere around here.

 

YourTurn, wasn't that a wonderful contest? I imagine that in 1883, the award money offered was quite a lot, too. And I love the front of that card as well.

 

I would like to be in the queue for the Garden of the Gods, and the British Advert one?

 

Pat, I used an on-line calculator (dollar inflation) and it showed that in 1883
$10 was worth $232.56 in 2014 money, $25 = $581.40, and $50 = $1,162.79. That was a wonderful first-prize money amount for a young piano student.

 

Sure, Messi.

If anyone else would like the British ad, I have lots of ads from the same source (1906 issues of a British weekly) and could pop another one up.

YourTurn, wow, that really would have been great for a student.

 

The piano contest winner...$50 of 1883 dollars would be worth:$1,162.79 in 2014.............

 

Sorry yourturn.I just saw your post,LOL.....

 

I would love to be in the hat for....

12. A 1901 chromolithograph nursery catalog cover.

Perfect to decoupage onto an old wooden box.

15. Two vintage real photo French postcards with pansies, where the coloring has changed in interesting ways over the years.

 

I'd like to be in the drawing for #1 - the one-sided Victorian chromolithograph greeting card. Didn't we try to identify the type of dog on that one in the "old hangout place"? -- Were you the one who posted it there, or was it somebody else?

 

Figtree3 said: "Didn't we try to identify the type of dog on that one in the "old hangout place"?"

I think it looks like an old-time Spitz. That was an almost ubiquitous moniker for smallish dogs (now they would be almost medium-size what with teacup this and thats running around). They were usually either white or black dogs (and referred to as a White Spitz or a Black Spitz) which looked like the one on the card.

 

Spitz (type) dog photos

https://www.google.com/search?q=spi...5dZ7uWwBMnlgrAB&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=615

 

I'd like the "boot and shoe store in Massachusetts" one. To me that's the most curious of the bunch. I like the piano contest one as well... and the catalog cover (but don't include me in the draw for those). They're all interesting.

 

Shiloh, the girl would look great decoupaged!

Fig, I probably did ask for help on the AB to identify the dog (my memory is terrible these days). Isn't he a sweetie?

YourTurn, thanks for the info.

After posting on the AB, what I put in my listing was that it was a puppy, and that although it was called a "German Spitz" when the card was created, the name of this breed was changed to "American Eskimo Dog" during World War I.

Moreotherstuff, it's one of a series of cards I had advertising the same establishment, each with a different fantasy image. I really liked them and think this is the only one I have left. My DH and I visited Shelburne Falls a few years ago and walked over a neat old trolley bridge that goes over the Deerfield River. The bridge is only used now for foot traffic and was turned into the "Bridge of Flowers" with a lovely floral display in the warmer months. Also, according to Wikipedia, Bill Cosby and his wife are residents.

I'm really enjoying sharing these things here! It's getting harder to sell these types of items, plus these days buyers rarely even say thank you, let alone ask or discuss anything. This is a lot more fun!

 

Pat, yesterday I had one devil of a time posting my Asian pics in order and the like....and I failed....but you posted yours perfect. I guess I need more practice. I have some stuff I think I will post in about a week on the Giveaways

 

Shiloh, maybe you were having a browser issue? I use Firefox, in case it makes a difference.

What I've been doing is clicking the "Upload a File" button below the post and then selecting the images (one or two usually) that I want to insert. Doing that puts little icons below, and then I click "full image" next to each image in the order I want them to post.

Usually that works, but sometimes it puts in extra images. To delete an extra image, I put my cursor right after it in the reply window and hit backspace.

 

I can post a pic or two and no problem but yesterday was a nightmare, the pics were all over the place and where I typed it all went poof. Maybe I was just too tired and had too many pics to post. Next week I will do it a bit differently. Instead of making aall of my pics "full image" I will makwe them where they scroll. I am beat. My days are night and my nights are days. So its nap time for me now.