Cauldron of Curiosities Auction, 2024 October

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.