Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of two white roses bordered by a few of their leaves. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." Card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning, a few specks of surface chipping on front, and slight wear to edges and corners. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during the late nineteenth century. View More...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a surreal scene in which a woman wearing a fancy outfit (hat, pink sash and shoes, and green dress] stands atop a blue egg as three yellow chicks run about. The egg is cracked open and empty. It is unclear if the woman or chicks emerged from the egg. Possibly published on the occasion of Easter or springtime. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3" x 5." Card is very clean and intact except for light age toning and a small crease in the lower-left corner. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are a... View More...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a woman walking on a path in a rural village. Beautiful scenery with soft lighting, muted colors, a hazy yellow sky, cottages, a church, and green foliage. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and slightly bumped tips. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during the late nineteenth century. View More...
Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a beautiful wooded landscape with a country house. A field of daisies is shown in the foreground. The background shows the house, semi-concealed by trees, and more forest in the background. Landscape is shown as a vignette which is bordered by silver foil. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3 1/4" x 4 1/4." Card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning, slight bumping to edges and corners, and a few small indentations. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards ... View More...
Original pen and ink drawing. Drawing is black-and-white and shows the facade of Mission Santa Barbara with the title appearing above and below it in stylized lettering. No date, circa 1930s-1950s. 12" x 15 1/2." Pencil inscription on back. Drawing is very clean and intact except for age toning, a few small wrinkles and creases, and small spots of discoloration mostly limited toward outer edges. Very Good. View More...
Original pencil drawing for the movie, The Night Walker. Doubles as an advertisement for Helene Curtis Industries, Incorporated. Gray, black, and red pencil (and perhaps also crayon or pastel) on three layers of tracing paper stapled together at the four corners and a couple times at the top and bottom edges. Features stylized text and an illustration beautifully rendered by hand. The following is the text: "see the Natural Silver Look of Barbara Stanwick; featured in William Castle's 'The Night Walker,' a Universal Release starring Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwick; Get the Natural Silve... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. No date, circa 1922-1926 (printed "AZO" stamp box on back with no decorative shapes in the border). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall but has slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few small wrinkles, and slightly bumped corners. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a street scene in front of the Grand View Hotel in Parker, Arizona. In the foreground in a man riding a horse. Cars are parked to the left. A crowd of people are gathered in front of the hotel to the right. Back ... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is used but is not postmarked nor has a stamp. An address to W. H. Otterson of Mesa, Arizona and a name ("Olive" or "Oliver") are handwritten in black ink on back. No date, circa 1907-1917 ("Velox" stamp box with four diamond shapes in the corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, and slight wear to extremities. A Near Fine copy. A postcard showing a composite photograph of four views of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam near Phoenix, Ari... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Title printed in white lettering on front. Back of postcard is printed upside-down relative to photo on front. No date, circa 1904-1918 ("AZO" stamp box design with four upturned triangles in corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a view of the Roosevelt Dam looking downstream. The composition features the wall of the dam... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. No date, circa 1904-1918 (printed "AZO" stamp box on back with four upturned triangles at the corners). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall but has slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few tiny marks, and a vertical crease running top to bottom in right margin on front. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing four men posing in front of the "S. H. McKnight, General Blacksmithing" shop. The shop is in the shape of a shed or barn and appears to be situated in a small canyon in an ar... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is used. Postmarked February 24, 1914 in Arizona. Green 1-cent George Washington stamp tipped in on back. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall but has slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, and slightly bumped corners. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a man posing with his dog and team of horses drawing carts behind him. They pose in front of a barn in what appears to be a flat landscape in misty light. The sender of the postcard ["Gen. C?"] writes his friend, Bert Otterson, who lives in... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Space for correspondence and recipient's address on back. Text on back is upside-down relative to photo on front. No date, circa 1904-1918 ("AZO" stamp box with four upturned triangles in corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall but has slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, and slightly bumped corners. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a view of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam near Phoenix, Arizona. The Roosevelt Dam is built on the Salt River and forms the re... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. Space for correspondence and recipient's address on back. No date, circa 1904-1918 ("AZO" stamp box with four upturned triangles in corners printed on back). 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall but has slight age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A postcard showing a cropped view of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam near Phoenix, Arizona. The Roosevelt Dam is built on the Salt River and forms the reservoir, Theodore Roosevelt La... View More...
Original black-and-white photo post card. Postcard is unused. No date, circa 1903-1911. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact except for light age toning on front and back, minuscule surface wear, a few wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Near Fine copy. A postcard showing a view of the partially completed wall of the Roosevelt Dam. A touring party with a motorized vehicle observes the wall from an outcrop in the foreground. The Theodore Roosevelt Dam is built on the Salt River near Phoenix, Arizona and forms the reservoir, Theodore Roosevelt Lake. The dam was ori... View More...
A black and white photograph of Merle Alcock. No date, circa 1915-1920s. 7 1/4" x 9 1/4." Original stamp on the back says, "Merle Alcock, Contralto." Photograph is clean and undamaged except for some very slight rippling. Merle Alcock (1884 or 1890-1975) was an American contralto singer who performed with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, and Philadelphia Symphony. In 1915, Alcock appeared with the New York Symphony Orchestra where she became known as a contralto. She gained much recognition and performed at the New York Metropolitan Opera for several ye... View More...
Original black-and-white photograph of Tomales High School in Tomales, California. A landscape view shown from an angle. The school is in the middleground, a field of grass and a wooden fence are in the foreground, and a tree is in the background. Photo mounted on black matboard. Photo has sepia tones. No date, circa 1912. Matboard measures 6 1/2" x 5 1/2." Photo measures 4 3/4" x 3 3/4." Former owner's handwriting on back in ink, a brief description of the subject in the photo and perhaps a signature. Photo and matboard are very clean and intact overall. Photo is age-toned with some... View More...
Original political poster announcing a "Dump Reagan Rally" at the Oakland Tech Auditorium in Oakland, California. Circa 1984. 14 3/4" x 21 1/4." Poster is very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling, slight age toning, a few tiny closed tears along the edges, and four pin holes in top and bottom margins. A Very Good copy. Original political poster rallying against President Ronald Reagan. The poster features the slogan, "Reagan's Gotta Go!," in red lettering and a political cartoon of a leg and foot labeled, "Labor and Friends," kicking out a caricature of Ronald Reagan who holds t... View More...
Original studio portrait photograph. Cabinet card photograph, Circa 1890. 4 1/4 X 6 1/2 inches. Printing on back shows this photograph is from the Nadar Studio in Paris. Portrait of Carolus Duran (1837-1917) was a an award winning French portrait painter and sculptor. He was especially regarded for his portraits of women and his stylish depictions of members of high society. Photograph has a very small spot on the lower left. Clean copy. View More...
Printed text, including identifying and publishing information, is in Russian. Original black and white postcard photograph that shows Ilya Repin seated, painting at his easel. No date, circa 1880s-1890s. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." Postcard is very clean and intact overall. There are two staple holes at the top. A Near Fine copy. Ilya Repin (1844-1930) was a Russian Realist painter. He is considered the most renowned Russian painter of the nineteenth century. View More...
Original poster printed in dark green ink on beige paper. Stylized lettering and illustration of a woman featured at center. No date, circa 1895. 15" x 23." Poster is clean and intact overall but has age toning throughout, a horizontal crease at center, a split along center crease that comes in from left edge about 1 1/2," a few tiny chips and closed tears along edges, slight wrinkling, and a few bits of tape or tape residue on back and lower-left corner. A Very Good copy. A beautiful promotional poster for the 1895 Modern Life Library edition of Gyp's famous novel, A Gallic Girl. A Gal... View More...
