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Title: Postcards
Post by: Ari on February 21, 2013, 08:13:51 AM
Anyone else collect them?
well surprise surprise I do.
Actually so does my mother.

But I have a collection of Movie related postcards.
they have them on racks for free at cinemas here, and some cafes etc. when Im in the cit (dont have them here) I get as many as I can manage and embarrass my daughter.

Havent taken pics yet, but heres the box.

(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/aririchards/Misc%20paper/POSTCARDS_zps94e7867e.jpg)

you can see i get multiples when possible.

Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: rdavey26 on February 21, 2013, 11:31:08 AM
Damn Ari that is a lot of postcards. How many double, triples, or more do you think you have there?
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on February 21, 2013, 11:33:41 AM
You can generally tell by the pattern on the side, although some are same film, different image. The edges are the give always.
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Charlie on February 21, 2013, 11:34:03 AM
I have a bunch of them from when I was in Brisbane and I've (of course) picked up a Lentacular Black Swan and the LaBoca Black Swan set...
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Harry Caul on February 21, 2013, 12:45:21 PM
Here are my only postcards... a group I stumbled into a while back.

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/1-2013-02-21121836_zps1beb89b0.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/4-2013-02-21122234_zpscd2ff04c.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/3-2013-02-21122225_zps592400c3.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/2-2013-02-21122217_zps2d739005.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/8-2013-02-21122208_zpsfbb3ba78.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/7-2013-02-21122201_zpsf2d72bb7.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/6-2013-02-21122153_zps3766f8ff.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/5-2013-02-21122146_zps1b06af0f.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/4-2013-02-21122139_zpsa94dd0bf.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/3-2013-02-21122130_zpsb3cfad6c.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/2-2013-02-21122117_zpsea96b88e.jpg)

(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/1-2013-02-21122104_zpsff4b5bc9.jpg)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on February 21, 2013, 12:53:18 PM
Oh wow, they are nice,
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: paul waines on February 21, 2013, 01:02:06 PM
Very nice Harry. thumbup

Yvonne s the postcard collector, she has thousands of them. Mostly local stuff, but many other places, not so much film related.

I do have a few film cards, but where they are is another matter... :-\
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Harry Caul on February 21, 2013, 02:43:57 PM
Thanks.  All of them but the Heim card at the end are part of an original release set of 12 cards by Verlag Ross (http://rosscards.com/History.html).  I was actually missing the final card until I finally tracked down in Eastern Europe a few weeks ago.  It is still in transit or I would have posted it. 

The signed Heim card is just icing on Metropolis cake :)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: rdavey26 on February 21, 2013, 05:18:56 PM
Very nice Harry I really like those postcards
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: lynaron on May 12, 2013, 05:02:02 AM
Really nice Harry, drool worthy!
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 11, 2015, 02:33:40 AM
got this today at a swap meet

(http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag423/harrybootlace/Misc%20Nonsense/Misc_3_zpsailoenw2.jpg)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Mirosae on October 11, 2015, 05:31:21 AM
@Ari....Blimey... I thought "he" was a "she"...

@ Matt, that signed card is a treasure. Anything from that film is. I will need to send a convoy to your Treasure Island soon ... :P
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 11, 2015, 12:22:37 PM
Anyone else collect them?
well surprise surprise I do.
Actually so does my mother.

But I have a collection of Movie related postcards.
they have them on racks for free at cinemas here, and some cafes etc. when Im in the cit (dont have them here) I get as many as I can manage and embarrass my daughter.

Havent taken pics yet, but heres the box.

(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/aririchards/Misc%20paper/POSTCARDS_zps94e7867e.jpg)

you can see i get multiples when possible.



Ari, a couple years ago, I was in a second had store, and found an album of post cards from the early 1920s-later 30s. They are not film related but have imagery from various World Expositions, cities, travel, animals, unique scenes, architectecture etc and all manner of very cool and what look like hand tinted cards, in some cases too.

The cool thing is that these are all sent to and from the same Italian family members, so there is that correspondence on the backs of many, too, as well as them having US stamps from those years and decades. Some, too, are new (never used).

I picked it up for a few bucks as I love the images. I think the album contains about 150 postcards. I will snap some pics and post a few here, too but none are movie related, unfortunately.  :'(

Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 11, 2015, 12:32:57 PM
Matt, those Metropolis cards are Fantastic!  faint2.gif  And look to be in prime condition, too.

Awesome!!  clap clap clap
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 11, 2015, 09:47:20 PM
Ari, a couple years ago, I was in a second had store, and found an album of post cards from the early 1920s-later 30s. They are not film related but have imagery from various World Expositions, cities, travel, animals, unique scenes, architectecture etc and all manner of very cool and what look like hand tinted cards, in some cases too.

The cool thing is that these are all sent to and from the same Italian family members, so there is that correspondence on the backs of many, too, as well as them having US stamps from those years and decades. Some, too, are new (never used).

I picked it up for a few bucks as I love the images. I think the album contains about 150 postcards. I will snap some pics and post a few here, too but none are movie related, unfortunately.  :'(



good stuff, id buy them also. actually my MOTHER really collects postcards, haha, I am only part time/accidental collector.
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 11, 2015, 09:59:27 PM
good stuff, id buy them also. actually my MOTHER really collects postcards, haha, I am only part time/accidental collector.

Same with me.. that album happened to be on the counter, as I was paying for something else, and i was flipping thru it. The art, design and imagery on the cards, at that moment, made for my "impulse" buy.
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 12, 2015, 02:06:14 AM
Ari, here are a few quick snaps of the 230+ postcards in the album. As can be seen, old (now yellowing), sello tape was used to secure these onto the album pages.  Doh.gif

(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02579_zpsfaa9g5rq.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02578_zps0liwu9ae.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02580_zpsj0boj2p0.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02575_zps8iytcq3r.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02581_zpscow1n0zd.jpg)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 12, 2015, 02:07:11 AM
WOW, great! love them.
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: 50s on October 12, 2015, 04:08:25 AM
^ yes what Ari says.I might think of collecting some retro ones too!


Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 12, 2015, 04:29:49 AM
A few more.

One of the 4 WWII plane cards is mounted upside down. Some of the (230+) cards are on linen card stock like some 1930s film LC were printed on, too. Others look to be hand tinted, like the panda card below.

(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02633_zpsqb4ggd6x.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02630_zpsyvz99dyh.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02635_zpselykjxaa.jpg)  (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02634_zpsgyvr8jrn.jpg)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: paul waines on October 12, 2015, 11:27:11 AM
What a find Jeff, very nice.  If you want to keep posting we won't mind.... :D
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 12, 2015, 01:04:49 PM
Happy to, Paul. I havent looked at this album in a couple years.

The pics above were ones i snapped back then when i first got the album. So i will get it out, and see what other cards of possible interest might be in there.

Side question, Paul. Do you think the lighter fluid would also remove the tape from some of these cards, as it works on posters? Or with them being slightly thicker card stock, could the fluid (the moisture) cause swelling/separation or maybe damage to them? Any idea or thought?

Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Harry Caul on October 12, 2015, 01:16:46 PM
Thanks all for the nice works regarding the Metropolis postcards!  I ended up selling that set (including the signed card) a while back... it took me 3 years to complete!  Flash forward 2 years and I've located 8-9 towards set #2, can't remember the last count. 

The hunts are just as thrilling for me as the finds apparently :)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: 50s on October 12, 2015, 01:21:35 PM
One of the 4 WWII plane cards is mounted upside down.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02630_zpsyvz99dyh.jpg)


Hey, that one is flying down under, in OZ

Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 12, 2015, 01:36:44 PM
So true, Steve!!  ;D

And i was looking now, quickly again. As i think i mentioned, many of these were "used" (mailed to family members) with notes and messages on the reverse. And those are all stamped and have postmarks. The earliest one, after a quick look-thru again, has a postmark from 1915, so somewhat earlier than i first mentioned and recalled.
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: brude on October 12, 2015, 08:24:20 PM

[(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC02580_zpsj0boj2p0.jpg)

If I'm not mistaken (and I rarely am  wynk), they still use that Atlantic City postcard design today.
Great cards, Jeff!
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 12, 2015, 09:01:07 PM
Happy to, Paul. I havent looked at this album in a couple years.

The pics above were ones i snapped back then when i first got the album. So i will get it out, and see what other cards of possible interest might be in there.

Side question, Paul. Do you think the lighter fluid would also remove the tape from some of these cards, as it works on posters? Or with them being slightly thicker card stock, could the fluid (the moisture) cause swelling/separation or maybe damage to them? Any idea or thought?



it might on these remove some ink, also, not sure.

But that tape looks like its brittle and dry and might come off with nothing (?)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 12, 2015, 11:45:12 PM
Thanks Ari, re: the writing on the back, tho, if i were to try the lighter fluid, I would be careful and dab only those tape areas.

On many (most) of them, the tape has come off very easily. It's more the tan residue mark left on many of the cards. Are those residue marks a permanent thing? Or is there anything that will remove or lessen their appearance?

cheers
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 12, 2015, 11:47:23 PM
Not sure, I know from POSTERS (thinner paper) often this tape somehow makes the paper SEE THROUGH when removed. Don't know how. So I suspect it permeates the paper.
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 13, 2015, 12:03:49 AM
Not sure, I know from POSTERS (thinner paper) often this tape somehow makes the paper SEE THROUGH when removed. Don't know how. So I suspect it permeates the paper.

It's not that these marks (or that the adhesive residue) has made these areas "see-thru"; but there remains those small, tan residue areas. Maybe the thicker postcard stock was a saving grace, of sorts?? Dunno, tho.  dontknow.gif

Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 13, 2015, 12:05:08 AM
I wouldn't personally worry about it, the only value is the pleasure from having them and looking at them, (IMHO)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 13, 2015, 12:17:31 AM
I wouldn't personally worry about it, the only value is the pleasure from having them and looking at them, (IMHO)

True, true and true. I was more just curious, as postcards are not something i normally go for.

I love them. And the thing is... many have loosened from the album, as the tape has gotten so brittle and the a good number of the cards have broken free from the tape hinges. For those that have come loose, I removed the tape tabs (2 yrs ago).
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 13, 2015, 12:21:13 AM
I love them too, haha, exactly the sort of thing I would buy if i saw them.
The fat boy postcard I got the other day, the lady had HUNDREDS of postcards, I asked if she would sell the lot in a deal, she said
$3 each or $2 each of you buy 200
So, for me thats not a good deal. :)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 13, 2015, 12:43:12 AM
I experimented with the lighter fluid, on a card that had been damaged and torn (way back in the day, when someone wanted the postage stamp, I'm guessing, so the upper left corner was gone).

There was tape (that hadn't fallen away and was secure on the card) and residue, yet the lighter fluid did nothing to remove either...  :'(

More testing, I guess, needs to be done.

Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 13, 2015, 12:55:44 AM
good luck
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 13, 2015, 01:01:24 PM
Ari.. i will do as you suggested and leave them alone.

No need to risk the writing on the back, which, because these were all sent to the same Italian family in NY, tells a bit of a story, from others who were traveling in other parts of the world, and sharing their hellos etc with them.

Thanks again.



Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 13, 2015, 07:59:11 PM
4 more cards. These were produced and printed in 1933, for The Century of Progress World's Fair held in Chicago. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_Progress). From what I read, the actual buildings were painted in bright, vibrant colors, so the cards must reflect the actual look of each.

The cards were printed by the Reuben H. Donnelley Corp, also in Chicago. All are copyright 1933. It appears that the original art for each was done in watercolor. The cards are all called "Deeptone (stamped on the back of each), maybe referring to the print process that produced the deep, rich color. None of these 4 were ever used, nor mailed.

"The Lagoon At Night"

(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC03793_zpsqz81cfek.jpg)



"Owens-Illinois Glass Block Building"

(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC03792_zpsxvgwtwlx.jpg)



"North Midway Luncheonette"


(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC03795_zps0e39igeg.jpg)



"Travel and Transport Building"

(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC03797_zps2lf6scc8.jpg)



Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: erik1925 on October 13, 2015, 09:18:16 PM
If I'm not mistaken (and I rarely am  wynk), they still use that Atlantic City postcard design today.
Great cards, Jeff!

Thanks, amigo.

cheers
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Ari on October 13, 2015, 10:06:52 PM
LOVE THEM

(please change your will to something appropriate to this fact thanks)
Title: Re: Postcards
Post by: Stefano on November 23, 2019, 01:03:08 AM
I love old postcards.  Whenever I go to an antique show, I can spend so much time at the booths that have postcards, just thumbing through them.

I haven't come across any movie-related postcards, but I mostly collect pre-1930s cards, so they probably didn't make a lot of movie-related stuff for the public back then.

I collect old European towns (pre-WWII, before they all got bombed out).
And real photo postcards (RPPCs), which were developed from the negatives directly onto the card face.  They are often one-of-a-kind scenes showing fashion and social history.  They are also often hand-tinted, which lends a vibrant - if characteristic - vintage look to the images.