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Offline Ari

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« 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.



you can see i get multiples when possible.

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Re: Postcards
« Reply #1 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?

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« Reply #2 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.
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« Reply #3 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...

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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 12:45:21 PM »
Here are my only postcards... a group I stumbled into a while back.
























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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2013, 12:53:18 PM »
Oh wow, they are nice,
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« Reply #6 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... :-\
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« Reply #7 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 :)

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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 05:18:56 PM »
Very nice Harry I really like those postcards

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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2013, 05:02:02 AM »
Really nice Harry, drool worthy!
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Re: Postcards
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2015, 02:33:40 AM »
got this today at a swap meet

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« Reply #11 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

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« Reply #12 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.



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.  :'(

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« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2015, 12:32:57 PM »
Matt, those Metropolis cards are Fantastic!  faint2.gif  And look to be in prime condition, too.

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Re: Postcards
« Reply #14 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.
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« Reply #15 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.


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« Reply #16 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

       


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« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2015, 02:07:11 AM »
WOW, great! love them.
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« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2015, 04:08:25 AM »
^ yes what Ari says.I might think of collecting some retro ones too!



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« Reply #19 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.

     
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« Reply #20 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
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« Reply #21 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?

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« Reply #22 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 :)

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« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2015, 01:21:35 PM »
One of the 4 WWII plane cards is mounted upside down.



Hey, that one is flying down under, in OZ


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« Reply #24 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.
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