The Sweetheart Express Auction (February 2021)

Lot of 57 San Francisco street scene postcards by various publishers. Real photo postcards, chromo-litho. Pacific Novelty (10); Wiedner (10); Britton

Lot of four postcards depicting San Francisco Victorian architecture: three of the Hobart Mansion, a large private residence converted into a Dry Good

Lot of 48 postcards depicting sailing ships and harbors and marinas of San Francisco. 38 unused, 10 postmarked. Clipper ships, streamships, fire boa

Lot of 21 real photo postcards from around the San Francisco Bay Area: several from Berkeley (1907), Port Costa, Oakland, San Leandro, Alameda, Vallej

Railroad vignette on this Wells Fargo Collection envelope from Mr. Kendall in San Jose to Pagano & Co. of Redwood. Blue ink, 4 1/2 x 10 inches. ...

Lot of 22 RPCs & other cards from San Joaquin County: Lathrop, Stockton, Ripon, Manteca. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Californi...

Lot of 29 amber tinted real photo cards, most published by Edward H. Mitchell. Street scenes, churches, buildings, Lake Chabot. Date: Country (if

Lot of 61 vintage postcards from San Leandro; a store card; 1902 document from the San Leandro Court Reporter. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Lot of 30 real photo postcards from San Leandro. Downtown Plaza; Peralta House; street scenes, churches, City Hall, Public Library. Date: Country

Lot of five real photo postcards from San Lorenzo, the town between San Leandro and Hayward. A bridge and creek, the public school, and a street scene

Lot of 44 mostly real photo postcards of Santa Clara. A couple of chromolithos of Eberhard Tannery. Santa Clara Mission, Santa Clara University, stree

Lot of nine postcards (8 RPCs): Knights Ferry; Oakley; Modesto; Coulterville; La Grange. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: S

Rare view of "The Route to the Yosemite on the Yosemite Valley Railroad." Men and women standing along the tracks. Nicely colored. Unwritt...

Two nice real photo postcards from Curry Studios depicting the waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California. Both of the cards are postmarked Yo

Lot of seven early postcards: three from Antioch; two of the Spring Valley Gates at Sunol; two of Elmhurst School, Elmhurst. Date: Country (if not

Lot of 54 postcards depicting California movie theatres 43 unused, 11 postmarked. Cities all over the state represented, including the first theatre i

Lot of five real photo postcards of the California oil wells. Oil well burning near Maricopa; largest drill bit in the world, Coalinga; a roustabout

Lot of 32 vintage post cards from sunny California: 12 card set from the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition; 16 card views of Hollywood; San Fr

Lot of 12 real photo postcards, all postmarked or written on. Places in California: Camp Connell; Preston; Eugene (Stanislaus County); Exeter; Palmer

Lot of five early real photo postcards from the Monterey area: Salinas, 1921; Rainbow Bridge on Highway One; Country Scene, Gonzales, 1909; Pacific G

Lot of 20 real photo postcards of the Carquinez Bridge, construction of the bridge, and the Carquinez Strait before the bridge was built in 1926. The

Lot of seven real photo postcards from Sequoia National Park, La Grand, Madera, Willows, Hanford, Lake Yosemite. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

Lot of nine postcards from Colusa and Tehema County. Red Bluff, Mineral, Cache Creek,Colusa, Woodland, Arbuckle, Tuscan Springs. Date: Country (if

Lot of 17 postcards from Lake and Mendocino counties. Bartlett Springs, Cazadero, Clear Lake, Adams Springs, Seigler Hot Springs Hotel, Fort Ross. Mos

Lot of 50 mostly real photo postcards from little places in California: Laytonville, Duncan Mills, Brookdale, Gilman Hot Springs, Seven Oaks, Decoto,

Lot of 13 postcards and one Wells Fargo & Co. Express label from Shasta, Cal. Redding; Kennet (under Shasta Lake now); Pitt River; Alturas; Goos...

Lot of nine real photo postcards of Mt. Diablo, near Concord in Contra Costa county. The 3860 foot mountain can be seen from hundreds of miles, and it

Lot of 17 real photo postcards of Mt. Shasta and vicinity. Mt. Shasta City; Shasta Retreat; Shasta Lodge Auto Court; Shasta Springs; Dunsmuir. Date:

Lot of four postcards from the Native Sons of the Golden West: three from the San Francisco convention of September 9, 1910; one from the Tuolumne Pa

Lot of 17 postcards from Grass Valley, Nevada City, Washington, Plumas County, Sutters Fort, and others. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cal

Lot of 11 postcards: Needles, Riverside, Elsinore, Niland, El Centro. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Provenance: Ken Pr

Lot of 16 incl. real photo postcards from California's central coast: Santa Barbara Hotels and earthquake damage; Missions: Santa Ynez, San Buen...

Lot of 35 incl. real photo postcards from: San Jose, Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Mayfield, and vicinity. Earthquake damage at Stanford. Dat

Lot of 14 RPCs: Currys Lebec Lodge; Kern River Canyon; Agua Caliente; Mt. Pisgah, Poe; La Quinta; Desert Hot Springs; Joshua Tree National Monument;

Lot of 20 postcards from Yuba and Yolo Counties: Yuba City, Yuba River, Marysville, Smartville, Davis, Woodland. RPCs and linen era cards. Date: C

RPC: Drilling in Lower half of Big Heading, Climax. At one time the world's biggest molybdenum mine. Undivided back, unwritten. Date: Count...

Lot of six real photo postcards from Florida: Biscayne Blvd. on a Sunny Winters Day, Miami; Ft. Myers; Brevard Avenue, Cocoa; Mira-Mar Hotel, Sarasot

Two real photo postcards showing Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator delivering first airmail from U.S. to Panama in 1929. One shows him in the cock

Lot of 139 Hawaiian postcards. Five real photo postcards with white border;30 older chromo-lithos circa 1907-15. Most 1950-1980 chrome cards. Date:

Rare white border, undivided back real photo post card: Ike Springer's Hot Springs Station "On Highway 40, near Fernley, Nevada." Offe...

Seven postal covers postmarked Reno and Goldfield 1906-1922 addressed to H. F. Heitman, Esq. of Savannah, Georgia. Mentioned in Fred's bottle b...

Lot of 18 postcards and 6 postal covers from Reno Nevada. Postcards date from 1910 and depict street scenes and The Golden Casino, Harrah's, UN...

Five real photo post cards of Tonopah: "Jim Butler's Tent," typical prospectors (1909 postmark) "The Bottle House," birds ey...

Group photo of a large group of supporters for Pike for Sheriff, standing in front of The Western. Horseless carriage dates it early 1900s. Date:

Railroad vignette with red ink on a Wells Fargo & Co's Express COD envelope from Dr. Hood of Battle Mountain to Mrs. J. Monteros of Cortez...

Lot of fourteen Nevada postcards and a "menu" from the New Sagebrush Brothel of Carson City. Postcards include: Meadow Valley Wash (1908);...

Lot of five real photo postcards from the Silver State: G.A.R. Parade, Reno, 1913; 150 man transport for building the Boulder Dam; "Some Clouds...

Lot of five real photo postcards: The Pit, Copper Flat, 1910; K.C.C. at McGill; Ruth, Nevada; Copper Flat, postmarked 1908; litho chrome of the corner

Lot of 17 real photo postcards from Oregon: Oregon Caves, Sacred Heart Hospital, Medford; Spruce float, July 4th parade, 1918, Hammond Oregon; Columbi

9 colorized postcard of Oregon Caves, Chateau, Ore. , Mt. Hood, pioneer Villag and the bridge over the Columbia River. 19 RPC : The Chateau Oreg

Lot of two real photo postcards from South Dakota: 1) the Gottschalk Theater Fire the night of July 20, 1910, Aberdeen; 2) Man in an ice house postmar

Lot of 32 postcards from Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mostly chromo litho. Mostly buildings. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Vi

Lot of ten advertising postcards: Rockford pocket watches; Campbell Soup; Pillsbury flour; Lindbo Pharmacy. Two store cards: Rasin Fertilizer Co. Dat

Lot of ten cards depicting trucks and wagons advertising a business: Garford Motor Trucks; Sight seeing car, Portland, Oregon; Pueblo Hardware horse w

Lot of 31 postcards that didn't fall into any sorting group: Ceylon, Vietnam, Pit River, Cleveland waterfront; a leather post card, an invitatio...

Lot of eleven artistic postcards signed by the artist. Happy New Year, Christmas and animals. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove

Lot of six embossed postcards of the man-in-the-moon spouting poetry. And a 1906 card by Gene Carr, "Pals." Date: Country (if not USA)...

Lot of nine artistic postcards depicting flowers. Embossed, all unwritten, labelled "Postkarte". Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

Lot of 31 postcards of airplanes. Seven from the dawn of aviation: Farman biplane; U.S. Air Mail Port, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Schroeder flying machine; b

Lot of 53 real photo postcards featuring children with their dolls. 37 unused, 16 with postmarks or written on. Circa 1905-1915, undivided and divided

How cute is this: a lot of 17 real photo postcards of children with their teddy bears. 11 unused, 6 written on or postmarked. Circa 1905-1915. Date

Lot of seven real photo postcards of CCC camps in the 1930s. Idyllwild, CA; Seeley, WI; Cooper Flats, CA; Lake Hughes; Camp Raco, MI. Six unused, one

Real photo postcard of a water system with bucket. Humorous explanation in pencil on reverse describing a Rube Goldberg operation. Rare. Date: Cou

Lot of 23 postcards of celebrities: Elvis; James Dean; Humphrey Bogart; Delores Del Rio; Jackie Kennedy; Marion Marlowe; Paul McCartney; Marilyn Monro

Lot of twelve color photo postcards of Ronald Reagan: with Queen Elizabeth, Nancy, his favorite horse, Margaret Thatcher, Pierre Trudeau, Fred, VP Bus

Lot of 22 postcards depicting scenes of movie production. Mostly real photo postcards, a few chromo-litho. "Gone With The Wind," Jeannette...

Dealer special! Lot of 72 foreign postcards from all over the world: Siberia, Africa, Valparaiso, Grenada, England and many more countries. Set of fi

Lot of 28 risque humorous postcards including Carol Doda, Marilyn Monroe. Postmarks dating back to 1906. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ci

Lot of seven real photo postcards of lumber and construction, and two wooden advertising postcards. Steam shovel in motion Yellowstone Bridge; Work

Lot of 26 postcards with mermaids. Many cartoons. Real photo cards of The Little Mermaid of Copenhagen and one on Monterey Beach. Date: Country (i

Lot of 14 real photo postcards scattered through Illinois, Ohio, Indiana. 1908 Fourth of July Parade, Fulton, Illinois. Date: Country (if not USA)

Lot of eight postcards about mining. Four real photo cards: 250 feet below surface at Vulton Mine, Cal.; Sam McGee's Cabin, Whitehorse, Yukon; R...

Lot of five real photo postcards of mining: New Yellow Jacket Shaft, 1891; gold dredge in Hammonton, CA; Breaker boys, Driver Boys and Miners (child l

Lot of 58 postcards depicting movie theatres around the country. 40 unused, 18 postmarked. Mexico, Kwajalein, Honolulu, New Guinea and all over the U

Lot of 10 real photo postcards depicting musicians: violinists; piano players; a pep band out of Eureka; and young horse playing saxophone. Date:

Lot of four postcards: two historical cards from 1909 celebrating Peary's claiming of the North Pole for the United States: "What's The...

Red, white and blue private mailing card postmarked San Francisco 1898 featuring American Leaders: President Wm. McKinley, Gen'l Miles, Gen'...

Lot of seven postcards celebrating beer: Home of Schlitz (the beer that made Milwaukee famous); The Captain's Courtyard, home of Pabst Brewing C...

Two gents at the Hotel Bar with their bottle of Old Kirk Whiskey. Back undivided, unwritten. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Proven

Lot of 16 postcards and three photographs with women as the subject. Real photo, chromo litho and artistically drawn. Date: Country (if not USA):

Postcard by Osborn & Skinner, Photographers, Tonopah, Nevada. The ground and rooftops are snow covered. Some damage at top right corner with lit...

Lot of four rare post cards with six photos: each is a stereo pair! These are not stereoview cards, they are post cards. We've never seen these...

Real photo postcard postmarked Vantrent, California, 1913 of four men showing their poker hands, with chips on the floor. The gentleman on the left is

Lot of eleven real photo postcards of Michigan and Wisconsin: Main Street Baldwin, Wisconsin; Walnut Street Bridge, Green Bay; birds eye view of Gran

Lot of 62 real photo postcards of children: kids in wagons; kids with rocking horses; kids on wheeled devices; kids with toys; kids with toboggans. 3

Lot of 63 real photo postcards of children. 27 unused, 36 with writing, many identifying the subject child. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Lot of nine real photo postcards of disasters: storm wrecked Woodward Oklahoma, 1947 (2); horse carcass in a tree; King Lumber Co. fire, Wasco CA; She

Lot of 53 miscellaneous real photo postcards of life in early 20th century America. Houses, buildings, Nettie's Beauty Salon, Statue of Liberty,...

Lot of 11 real photo postcards showing the effects of tornados: six from 1908 Fairfield Nebraska; tornado 1913 Abilene Kansas; 1911 Antler North Dakot

Lot of 15 real photo postcards of trains, a train wreck, streetcars and a double decker car. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove

Lot of 7. Four with handwriting of which three have stamps 1905-17. Two no border RPC : Packet steamer under bridge, steamship S.S. Minnewaska by

Lot of 27 postcards concerning the Salvation Army. 19 unused, 8 postmarked. Scenes from summer camps, their float in the Rose Parade, soldiers in the

Lot of 24 historical postcards depicting Amish, Shaker and Quaker life.12 unused, 12 postmarked. Real photo and color litho cards. Date: Country (

Lot of 12 sports related postcards: Sporting News Advertisements; Alemite Lubricant; water skiing; fishing; lawn tennis; Los Angeles Coliseum; basebal

Seven different state postcards each featuring women. State seals at top right. Also, a Tuck Valentine Greetings card thrown in. Two are postmarked, 1

Lot of six street scenes: soldiers marching off to France, Indianapolis, 1917; Fraley Street, Kane, PA; Main St., Savannah Mo. Date: Country (if no

Lot of five postcards advocating suffrage for women: Easter and Valentine's Day cards. All unused. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ci...

Lot of 21 postcard concerning womens' voting rights. 10 postmarked, 11 unused. Circa 1910, divided and undivided backs. English and American ca...

Lot of eight postcards concerning womens' drive for suffrage. Dunston-Weiler Lithograph Company produces a series: these are numbers 2, 4, 5, 6,...

Lot of six cards from the Dunston-Weiler Lithograph Company's series on the suffrage issue. Numbers: 2, 2, 4, 5, 10 & 12. All written. Col...