Holiday Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Americana, & More (December 2020)

Approx 90 postcards designed by artist Ellen Clapsaddle, for year-round holidays: Valentine's Day (20); St Patrick's Day (7); Easter (8); Me...

Seems that Leap Year of 1908 popularized a claim that eligible bachelors were fair game for single women looking to get hitched. These humorous cartoo

This is a collection of 30 postcards. Decoration Day was proclaimed in 1868 to commemorate the Civil War dead. After WW1 (The Great War), the day was

About 300 vintage cards celebrating the New Years. Publishers include Winsch (the most famous post card artist), Tuck, German publishers of embossed c

Very colorful group of New Year's and holiday postcards. 150 in all. Many nice ones printed in English but produced in Germany. A great dealer ...

Here are about 35 postcard themed for St Patrick's Day. Full of green and gold, harps, shamrocks, and leprechauns. Some have embossed relief. Bu...

About 500 vintage post cards, c 1902-1915. Most are the usual green and Irish themes. Few with artists signatures. Date: Country (if not USA): S

A collection of six art nouveau style postcards in the Winsch back type style with St. Valentine's Day illustrations featuring young women done ...

A collection of three art nouveau style postcards in the Winsch back type style with St. Valentine's Day illustrations done by Samuel L. Schmuck...

A collection of eight Winsch back type postcards, all with art nouveau St. Valentine's Day illustrations done by Samuel L. Schmucker with four h...

A collection of about 13 art nouveau Valentine's Day postcards in the Winsch back type style. Multiple artists including Samuel L. Schmucker (18...

A collection of six art nouveau style postcards in the Winsch back type style with St. Valentine's Day illustrations likely done by Samuel L. Sc...

This is a collection of 60 July 4, Grand Army of the Republic and other patriotic themed postcards. These are very colorful and portray themes like

One hundred RPCs and Litho patriotic postcards featuring the American flag, from various U.S. states, c1900-1945. States include North Dakota, Utah, C

Fifty RPCs and litho postcards featuring U.S. flags, c1907-1943. Several are canceled with stamps, the rest blank or with some writing. A few are from

Show off your patriotism with this collection of about 140 U.S. patriotic themed postcards featuring flags, fireworks, parades, and other celebrations

A wide variety of RPCs and political ephemera, including two senate cards from the 1950s, from the U.S., c1903-1960. Most are RPCs, many canceled with

A collection of 60 postcards relating to various political scenes and personalities. Cards include George Moscone, Eisenhower, Buchanan, and various

Some spectacular G.A.R. badges are on this group of 35 colorful litho postcards, mostly from the U.S., some foreign, c1907-1917. Includes two blank RP

Sixty litho political postcards featuring many cartoon renditions of Uncle Sam, c1907-1918. Several are canceled with stamps, including one with a Duk

A large collection (250) of postcards featuring the first president. The collection covers Washington's life in private, military service and as...

Group of 18 colorful postcards with a common George Washington theme. Some are action, others are static like the famous cherry tree, as President, et

Lot of 40 postcards depicting Abraham Lincoln, his homes, his memorials and achievements. Quite a few of the cards are embossed. Various publishers an

This is a group of 8 Abraham Lincoln centenary postcards, six of which are taken from carte di vitas. All these are blank. Please see photos for more

A collection of 15 postcards, featuring presidents Grant, McKinley and Harding. The Grant group features a Tuck Thank You card, an RPC of Grant'...

Lot of five includes four RPCs and one magazine clipping of President William McKinley, from the U.S., c1901-1907. Two RPCs are canceled (in memoriam

Twenty-five colorful and humorous litho postcards about President William H. Taft, from the U.S., c1908-1915. Fourteen are canceled with stamps, mostl

Seven postcards featuring humorous caricatures of Taft, from 1908-1911, San Francisco, Montana and Kansas. Includes six litho cartoons and one RPC. Th

Twenty-one RPCs featuring the 27th president, William Howard Taft, in public, from the U.S. and France, c1904-1910. Includes six canceled from Califo

A large assortment of 59 views of President Taft on the election trail, and following the election traveling throughout the U.S., with cancel dates 19

Lot of 39 RPCs of President Taft portraits, from the U.S., c1908-09. Fifteen are canceled with stamps, from different U.S. states, the rest blank or w

Two specialty postcards from the U.S., c1906-1909. The White House is depicted in a "turn and view" photo and on the other, presidential c...

Seventeen pre- and post-election RPCs and litho postcards of William H. Taft, from the U.S., c1907-1911. President Taft's portrait is featured i...

Six RPCs, most of President Taft riding in automobiles, from New York, 1909-1910. Includes two canceled with stamps. Date: 1909-1910 Country (if not

Ten RPCs of William H. Taft in the Philippines and at the Panama Canal, from the U.S. and Panama, c1902-1912. Includes one canceled with stamp, the re

Fourteen RPCs, most featuring President Taft and Vice President Sherman, in jugates, from Illinois, Nevada, New York, Massachusetts and Washington D.C

Twenty-five RPCs and Lithos featuring portraits of William H. Taft, from 1908-1910, Kansas, California, Kentucky and Iowa. Includes nine canceled with

Twenty-two RPC and Litho postcards of President William H. Taft, all with portraits in oval, from several U.S. states including Colorado, Massachusett

Lot of 10 includes nine RPCs and an inauguration advertisement, from the U.S., c1909. All different views of William H. Taft's inauguration and ...

Ten RPCs of President William H. Taft at parades and events in various U.S. states, c1909-1911. A blank RPC is of Taft at Redlands, Calif., Oct. 12, 1

Ten RPCs of President William H. Taft and his family, from Missouri, Massachusetts, New York and Maine, c1908-1909. One canceled with stamp, the rest

Six RPCs of President Taft making train stop speeches, from 1909-1910. Two from Clarksville, one Goodland. Show crowds, close-ups and trains. Blank, s

Lot of 22 William H. Taft-James S. Sherman, and William J. Bryan-John W. Kern RPCs from the U.S. presidential election of 1908. Seven are canceled, si

Twenty RPC's related to the 27th President, William Howard Taft. Group shows images of Taft's summer home in Beverly, Massachusetts, a trai...

Lot of 36 RPCs and litho postcards, mostly of presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan who lost to Taft in 1908, from the U.S., c1906-1915. Seven

Look to be all different, 25 cards in all. Some are very nice, early real photo cards. William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska. Bryan was a famous

Bryan, the famous orator, ran for president three times. These cards all depict the Bryan for president theme and most also picture his V.P. candidate

Eight different postcards, a few with dupes of two or three. Twelve postcards in all. Most in average to better condition. Date: Country (if not U

Seventeen RPCs and litho postcards featuring the 26th U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and 32nd U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from the U.S. with

Ten postcards depicting Roosevelt, his family, or his homes. Roosevelt served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. A few are

Most of the postcards feature Billy Possum (referring to Taft) in humorous photos. It just goes to show that politics has always been a rough and tumb

Four real photos with two showing Roosevelt making speeches and two in poses with his family. Circa 1907. The card showing Roosevelt leaning on the ra

Nineteen RPCs featuring the 22nd and 24th president, Grover Cleveland, and the 28th president, Woodrow Wilson, from the U.S., circa early 1900s. Two a

Nice group of cards depicting Woodrow Wilson. Sixteen in all. Circa 1917. In average to better condition. View photos for closeups. Date: Country

Nice group of 13 postcards depicting Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923-1929. The lot includes some

Ten postcards depicting F.D.R. and Herbert Hoover. Hoover presided over the Great Depression and F.D.R. endeavored to get us out of the ditch with the

Various postcards of the two presidents. Six different cards of Carter, a couple of them with many duplicates. Twenty seven of Carter overall. Ten dif

Nice lot of Nixon and Reagan postcards, 35 in all. Twenty-five are Nixon related, many family photos. Lots of duplication here. One of the cards has 1

Fifteen blank litho postcards with inset photos of early U.S. presidents, c early 1900s. Presidents are the 3rd (Jefferson) through the 21st (Arthur),

Twenty-seven litho postcards featuring U.S. presidents of the 1800s-early 1900s, including 23 Tuck's postcards, one with the date 1908. One seri...

Major collection of covers from the USS Macon zeppelin, 1932-1935. There are 500 covers in this collection, thought to not have any duplicates. The co

Lot of 6. Two are postmarked w/stamps. One RPC of blimps over Grant Park, Chicago. One of US Navy Blimp flying over Queen Elizabeth super liner.

Lot of 14. Eleven are postmarked, several w/stamps. These are humorous cards. Some depicting zeppelins and others are blimps. Street scene of zepp

Lot of 8. Four are postmarked w/ stamps (1,3,9 cent). One RPC of USS Akron and Goodyear blimps over Miami. One of the construction of the USS Akron.

Lot of 8. B/W of Graf Zeppelin III and LT 127. Views flying over cities, rivers and buildings sin Germany. Street views and aerial views., view

Lot of 4. RPC’s of Zeppelin displaying Swastikas. Two ground views: one of LZ127 tethered and of it approaching to land. One flying over

Lot of 12. Seven are postmarked w/ stamps (10 cents). Three are Tuck’s cards. One 1907 RPC and possible two more.. Includes: Graf Zeppel

Lot of 15. Color and b/w, RPC’s All but two are postmarked w/stamps. One is a Tuck’s Post Card, Zeppelin over water, postmarked

Lot of 31. B/W w/RPC’s, one color postcard. Zeppelins flying over cities, rivers countryside’s. Street, aerial and views in it[x=

Lot of 32. Mostly b/w, a couple of color and RPC’s mixed in. FIve I cancelled stamps: three Germany, one Great Britain “Zeppelin

Lot of 5. RPC’s, b/w, Ground views flying over, airfields, great pic of the bottom and of the LZ-19 on ground w/nose in hangar., one of th

Lot of 20. Twelve are postmarked w/stamps (1.2.3 cent). Two RPC’s: Both postmarked and stamped. One of Goodyear home plant in Akron, H and

Lot of 10. Four are postmarked w/ stamps (1 cent, one of Statue of Liberty). Two RPC’s (b/w) : blimp offer Grants Park, Chicago and one of

This is a collection of Postcards, about 300 depicting cruise ship vessels from around the world. Exterior views, many are RPCs. An artist rendering

This is a collection of about 250 postcards depicting cruise ship interiors for motor vessels from around the world. Many RPCs. Interesting photos of

This is a collection of about 100 postcards, many colorized, of the Queen Mary. Many interior and exterior cards. Please see photos for details. Date

40 RPC's and postcards featuring riverboats around the country, including the Sacramento River, Bass Lake, Indiana, and of course the Mississipp...

A group of 15 RPC's and postcards featuring the United States Liner Leviathan. Images show the exterior as well as interior of the gigantic (At ...

B&W postcards including RPCs depicting ships wrecked and aground. A couple with ships rimed with ice. Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

25 Various RPC's and postcards featuring boats and ships over a few decades. Photos feature fishing boats to schooners to river boats, even a ra...

Sailing ships of all sizes from small sailboats to triple-masted tall ships. There are 14 color including chromoliths and 15 B&W with some RPCs....

25 assorted illustrated postcards featuring masted ships and yachts. There are military as well as merchants ships depicted. Some used, some blank. Pl

A beautiful group of 25 illustrated Greetings from California" postcards that feature Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stock" the Great ...

A variety of about 40 or so RPC's and postcards of various steamships in the earlier part of the 20th century. From Canada to Britain to the Uni...

22 beautiful full color postcards showing images of various US warships, including torpedo craft, submarines and a receiving ship. All are in good sha

Nine beautiful renditions on postcards of monitor warships for the early 1900's. Ships depicted in these colorful cards include USS Nevada, USS ...

14 action RPC's of US warships at sea in the early part of the 20th century. Cards show the "Great White Fleet" as well as ships from ...

A collection of ~48 postcards picturing US Navy ships and Navy life in the era bracketed by WWI and WWII. Good images of the state-named battleships s

This is a collection of U.S. battleships. A count of over 150 including dups. Many are chrome lithographed, others RPCs. This is naval history at your

This is a collection of sailors and marines, some on square -riggers many RPCs. About 90 count. Please se photos for details. Date: Country (if not

About 60 pieces including 8 B&W printed and 20 color postcards and ~30 pieces of related ephemera depicting Navy and Marine ships, people, and p...

A bounty of US Navy cruisers including, among others, Brooklyn, Colorado, Milwaukee, Olympia, California, Tennessee, New York, Boston, Washington, Sal

49 printed B&W and 58 color postcards features ships and Navy life in the era of WWII. Some humor cards and a 13-card group of the USS Delaware....

Artist L. R. Conwell depicted a series of US Navy men in affectionate poses with their gals, all are framed in gold-toned ink. This series is copyrigh

Around 20, humorous and scenic postcards featuring images and illustrations of the United States Marines. Leathernecks are shown at the firing line, i

Whatever floats your boat -- here is a collection of steamships, paddlewheelers, sidewheelers, liners, and even a scene of tall ships. There are 9 B...

About or so postcards featuring ships of all styles from tankers to transports and passenger liners. Some are photos, most are postcards. Some used, s

6 B&W printed and 4 color postcards of foreign battleships. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection ...

Tug boats hard at work doing what they do best; a dozen B&W RPCs and two color postcards. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov...

Over 50 RPC's featuring interior as well as exterior images of The White Star Cunard's RMS Mauretania (The Maury). Photos show staterooms, d...