Cauldron of Curiosities Auction, 2024 October

2 rare German & French Balloon postcards.

About 100 vintage German postcards of art, costumes, etc. Please see photo(s) for more details.

Three nice art cards, "Havenstein", "Schapbach"Wnd "Markgraflerin". Women in fancy dress. All signed Bumler. Good cond...

3 German postcards. Johanna Wolff poem?, 5 pfennig unused, 1921 Expo? postcard with black horse.

23 German postcards by Novitas, all the same series. Pfalz, Mausethurm, Remagen,Andernack etc.

1933 RPC of a German ship Captain with his autograph & signature on both sides. We can only read his signature as Carl Rie????? See photo.

9 German South Africa postcards, 4 are not split back. Half are RPC's. Natives, hunter with game, beach, dance ceremony etc.

Lot of 63 vintage German postcards: Leipzig (19); Mainz (6); Nuremburg (11); Potsdam (5); Stuttgart (9); Weimar (3); Weisbaden (10).

8 Greece postcards with 4 or 5 RPC's. Acropolis, Athens, Corfou, Libau etc.

A handmade postcard that has an Anders, Belgium postmark. The felt textured relief image is of a man, carrying a rucksack & walking stick. A nic...

7 Holy Land postcards, no RPC. Holy Sepulchre, Nazareth, Mount of Olives, Bethlehem, Dead Sea, Palestine etc.

18 India postcards with 4 RPC's Bombay, snake charmers, Port Arthur Regiment, camel drawn cart, Rewa elephant coach, Calcutta, dancing girls etc.

Silk woven postcards (4) from Italy, France & Canada. Two have postmarked, but no text. scenes include Toronto University, Basilica San Pietro,...

Several colorful postcards (30) of & from Italy. Included are several restaurants, shops, the Italian countryside, works of art & some of it...

A collection of 50+ Japanese postcards dated 1910s-on. Approximately 17 RPCs. A few postmarked, most unused.

A pair of postcards published in Japan, with U.S. presidents involved. Includes: Embossed postcard with U.S. Gen. Grant photo & illustration of ...

A collection of 6 postcards of Japanese Royalty, circa early 1900s. Colorful, mostly RPCs, all in Japanese language, with 1 stamped with seal on front

A group of 7 postcards related to Japanese ships. All color - 3 RPCs. Two with legible postmarks, 1912, Long Beach, Cal. & 1906, Yokohama, Japan...

A collection of 27 postcards of Japanese Women in Costume, a few with postmarks, from 1902-7. Colorful, with several RPCs.

A dozen postcards featuring Japanese Art, including Art Nouveau, 4 with postmarked from 1906-12. Most unused. Nice collection.

16 Korea RPC's. Capitol Building, Coronation Hall, Seoul, Pusan Harbor, white Buddha etc[ South Korea

2 Mexico War RPC's. c. 1910-19 with 3 dead Mexicans, US Navy sailor stretcher bearers.

About 25 Middle East postcards with about 10 RPC's. Mermaid(so they say!), Egypt, Sphynx, pyramid, camels, Cairo, Jericho, Jerusalem etc.[ Mid...

Man on motorcycle RPC. The writing on the bike says "Reading Standard" which is the name of a now defunct newspaper in England. Most likel...

14 Nigeria postcards, 8 RPC's. Twins with their mothers, on horses, yams on the beach, Lagos etc.

About 35 Panama postcards, no RPC's, with lots of Canal Zone, Alligators, Porto Bello, Columbus Statue, Plaza de Cathedral etc.

17 Philippines postcards with 4 RPC's. Manila, Agus Valley, Jolo, Inspection of Prisoners at Bilibid Prison, Camp Overton etc.

Extremely RARE postcard that comes from a 1935 German travel poster by renowned poster artist Jupp Wiertz, that sells for over $2000. Graphic art pos

A color litho postcard from Brussels, Belgium, titled "Exposition Universelle Bruxelles 1897." Two stamps with Bruxelles Exposition postma...

RPC postcard of a downtown section of an unknown town. Title reads, "Ruins of Central Arcade, Burned Feb. 1, 1909."

A humorous folding postcard with the words, "Buena comida me espera a juzgar por el olor que se aproxima" on front. Translated to English:...

A 1925 postcard of an ocean liner, D. Albert Ballin, Hamburg-Amerika Line, with two Deutsche Sea Post postmarks & three stamps. Germany to Ohio.

A RARE phonograph record postcard, Tuck's Gramophone Record Postcard, Series C, No. 11. "So Early in the Morning." Circa 1930s. "...

RPC postcard of S.A.R.Duca Daosta, by photographer F. Rota-Milano, c1925. "A distinguished gentleman of Italy," penned on verso. Unused. S...

An unused mechanical postcard of an illustration of the famous Strassburg astronomical clock, from the early 1900s. XRARE. Description on back in Germ

A Christmas color lithograph postcard of a child pulling a sled, followed by a crow, c1910. Signed "F.B". Illustrated by Fritz Baumgarten ...

Postcard reads, "For Owld Times Sake, The Shamrock for Ever" with gold gilt illustration of an owl and shamrocks and a packet of real sham...

An RPC postcard from the Philippines of a U.S. Mail wagon drawn by a cow. Embossed - Photo by S. Martinez. Unused.

RARE 1881 & 1891 pictorial advertising postcards. Includes: The Combination Gas Machine Co., Detroit, 1881; and The Parkin & Bosworth Co., m...

A collection of 10 postcards from the Gold Coast (Ghana) U.S./U.N., Africa, circa early 1900s. About 50% RPCs. Six are not split-back. Two are used. T

A collection of 20 different postcards featuring illustrations by German artist, Arthur Thiele. 9 are used, 6 of them postmarked c1908-18. All artist

A group of 5 different postcards by artist Fritz Bergen, c1899-1903. Bergen was a German painter, draftsman, graphic artist & illustrator who wa...

Pair of balsa wood postcards, c1910-20s. One German, illustration of N¸rnberg, Durerhaus, illegible year on postmark. The other unused postcard...

A collection of 4 RPC postcards of bands, c1910-17. Includes: title "U.S.A. Band" with Detroit postmark, 1917, correspondence about going ...

Pair of postcards featuring now politically incorrect black caricatures, c1912. One postmarked, the other unused.

A collection of 21 postcards depicting British East Africa, from the early 1900s. Three are postmarked with stamps, 18 unused. All RPCs.

Collection of 6 postcards, black and white photos of business exteriors, c1910s. One previously used, East Radford, Va., 1915. Others unused. Ice crea

Collection of 4 RPC postcards of business interiors, c1910s. Includes: "Souvenir of Opening, Nov. 28, 1914 I.N. Wood Jewelry Store Shelton, (WA...

A collection of 4 RPC postcards of the inside of butcher shops, 2 of hunting, c1900-10. Unused.

Collection of 6 postcards of cats, c1908-09. 1 RPC, 3 with artists' printed signatures. 3 postmarked, 3 unused or with penned writing on verso.