What a lovely find!
Any Volkswagens or Texas Post Offices?
David
Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Maybe you will post the QSL cards in the auction!
(Hint-Hint!)
Sears made a motorcycle ?!?
That looks like an awesome little hoarde! Have fun Tom!
My cousin owned a Sears motorcycle bck in 1974.
I'm jealous! That's a great auction lot!
That looks like an excellent lot looking a little better on the surface than most of the lots sold by postcard sellers who have gone through them first. As a seller myself (mostly pre linen) I'll check and see if a box lot is being sold by a person who has a couple of thousand single cards in their store. If so, I don't bother. Sometimes though a seller truly does pick up a box at a garage sale and if you do not have a decent sized store, you really can't list them one at a time and hope that they sell sooner or later. I only will buy them from a "non postcard seller". Sometimes they are good, sometimes not. I do better going around to the various sellers in our area (we live 25 miles from the so called "Antiques Capitol of the world - Adamstown PA" and look for those that are $1 each. I find some good ones that way. Nice find!
Greg
Greg,
Adamstown, Kutztown that whole region truly is the antiques capital of the world. Have you ever made it to Renninger's? That is one of the fond memories I have of spending time with my dad. Wish I lived closer.
Yes indeed, Renningers is fabulous as is Shupps Grove. We only do Renningers in the summer as they are open only Sundays, and that would interfere with Church. Over the summer we'll do a Saturday night service as the choir does not sing (my wife being part of that) during the summer. Shupps we do monthly. Other places we'll do on our trips as well. Of course it is just me that enjoys it, so my better half reads in the car or crochets. It is though, usually a two part trip as the mornings are spent antiquing and the afternoons we visit a greenhouse that she loves - and I get to push around the huge shopping cart, plant carrier for a couple of hours. We both come home happy!
Sears even sold cars, badged with their own brand name - Allstate. An Allstate was really a Henry J, built by Kaiser. The Henry J was ahead of its time - it was a compact car before there ever was anytrhing called a compact car.
If I remember right the Eaton's Company sold house kits. You ordered the kit and when it arrived you had all the materials to construct the house you ordered from the catalog. It was popular in areas where there were few trees, like the prairies of Canada. I'm sure I read this somewhere and I believe there is a club for people who happen to live in these homes.
Greg, I understand your concerns completely! I've been there where an entire lot I once bought was mostly generic Florida postcards of oranges and flamingos!
And since it seems we are having fun....
Here's some iconic Chicago landmarks. There are quite a few Chicago cards in my lot!
Some more fashion cards, I'm sure the first one was quite scandalous!
Some cute cards! A friend already asked for the cat card! Those kids look like Dick and Jane!
And names from long ago... Most have not been revived for good reason!
There are plenty more where these came from!
Here are some old automobile manufacturers...
First is the Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan. From the cars, this must be 1920s. Check out how many people are in the street. This was probably a shift change. Ford employed many people!
Next up is the Maxwell - Briscoe Automobile Factory in New Castle, Indiana. This card was mailed in 1911. Maxwell started building cars in 1904, after Jonathan Maxwell left Oldsmobile. If you haven't driven a Maxwell, don't feel bad, they were only made through 1925, when taken over by Chrysler. This factory was used until it's demolition in 2004.
Bottom left is the Chalmers Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan. Postcard is dated 1914. Chalmers roots started in 1899, but the name dates from 1908 to 1923 when it was purchased and became Chrysler. Isn't the auto industry history interesting?
Our last card is of the Ransom E. Olds Hall of Engineering in Lansing, Michigan. He started Oldsmobile and merged into the start of General Motors. Olds was forced out and in response, founded the company REO using his initials. Diamond Reo Trucks were manufactured through 1975.
Don't even ask! These cards are all keepers for my automotive collection! See Less
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I was intrigued by a box of postcards for sale on eBay so I threw in a bid. Much to my surprise I won. Even more to my surprise was when it actually was delivered. The box was larger than I had imagined and weighed 18 pounds. Even a better value!
And I was suspecting that a large lot coming from a dealer would be pretty well picked over. I was hoping it was picked oved by postcard folks and that I'd find some interesting cancellations for my collections, Ben Franklin and New Jersey. I was quite pleased to find that the lot contained all kinds of goodies. It's like they took a huge dealer stock and just divided it up into boxes without even looking.
So here's some of the goodies I found....
Loads of old advertising postcards. These aren't even the good ones!
Old time costumes and a lot of comic cards. I thought I might be able to interest my wife in these, but nothing doing!
Planes! A bunch of these, plus old airport shots with prop planes. Note the Zep, A-100 was actually British. A keeper for sure!
Trains! Here's a representation of cards, at least all on rails.
And Automobiles!
And I'll finish off this post with some boats!
Still tons to sort thru. Loads of early land marks, motels and the like. I'm having fun!
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
What a lovely find!
Any Volkswagens or Texas Post Offices?
David
Ottawa, Ont. Canada
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Maybe you will post the QSL cards in the auction!
(Hint-Hint!)
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Sears made a motorcycle ?!?
That looks like an awesome little hoarde! Have fun Tom!
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
My cousin owned a Sears motorcycle bck in 1974.
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
I'm jealous! That's a great auction lot!
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
That looks like an excellent lot looking a little better on the surface than most of the lots sold by postcard sellers who have gone through them first. As a seller myself (mostly pre linen) I'll check and see if a box lot is being sold by a person who has a couple of thousand single cards in their store. If so, I don't bother. Sometimes though a seller truly does pick up a box at a garage sale and if you do not have a decent sized store, you really can't list them one at a time and hope that they sell sooner or later. I only will buy them from a "non postcard seller". Sometimes they are good, sometimes not. I do better going around to the various sellers in our area (we live 25 miles from the so called "Antiques Capitol of the world - Adamstown PA" and look for those that are $1 each. I find some good ones that way. Nice find!
Greg
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Greg,
Adamstown, Kutztown that whole region truly is the antiques capital of the world. Have you ever made it to Renninger's? That is one of the fond memories I have of spending time with my dad. Wish I lived closer.
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Yes indeed, Renningers is fabulous as is Shupps Grove. We only do Renningers in the summer as they are open only Sundays, and that would interfere with Church. Over the summer we'll do a Saturday night service as the choir does not sing (my wife being part of that) during the summer. Shupps we do monthly. Other places we'll do on our trips as well. Of course it is just me that enjoys it, so my better half reads in the car or crochets. It is though, usually a two part trip as the mornings are spent antiquing and the afternoons we visit a greenhouse that she loves - and I get to push around the huge shopping cart, plant carrier for a couple of hours. We both come home happy!
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Sears even sold cars, badged with their own brand name - Allstate. An Allstate was really a Henry J, built by Kaiser. The Henry J was ahead of its time - it was a compact car before there ever was anytrhing called a compact car.
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
If I remember right the Eaton's Company sold house kits. You ordered the kit and when it arrived you had all the materials to construct the house you ordered from the catalog. It was popular in areas where there were few trees, like the prairies of Canada. I'm sure I read this somewhere and I believe there is a club for people who happen to live in these homes.
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Greg, I understand your concerns completely! I've been there where an entire lot I once bought was mostly generic Florida postcards of oranges and flamingos!
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
And since it seems we are having fun....
Here's some iconic Chicago landmarks. There are quite a few Chicago cards in my lot!
Some more fashion cards, I'm sure the first one was quite scandalous!
Some cute cards! A friend already asked for the cat card! Those kids look like Dick and Jane!
And names from long ago... Most have not been revived for good reason!
There are plenty more where these came from!
re: The Huge Postcard Debacle!
Here are some old automobile manufacturers...
First is the Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan. From the cars, this must be 1920s. Check out how many people are in the street. This was probably a shift change. Ford employed many people!
Next up is the Maxwell - Briscoe Automobile Factory in New Castle, Indiana. This card was mailed in 1911. Maxwell started building cars in 1904, after Jonathan Maxwell left Oldsmobile. If you haven't driven a Maxwell, don't feel bad, they were only made through 1925, when taken over by Chrysler. This factory was used until it's demolition in 2004.
Bottom left is the Chalmers Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan. Postcard is dated 1914. Chalmers roots started in 1899, but the name dates from 1908 to 1923 when it was purchased and became Chrysler. Isn't the auto industry history interesting?
Our last card is of the Ransom E. Olds Hall of Engineering in Lansing, Michigan. He started Oldsmobile and merged into the start of General Motors. Olds was forced out and in response, founded the company REO using his initials. Diamond Reo Trucks were manufactured through 1975.
Don't even ask! These cards are all keepers for my automotive collection! See Less
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