Saturday, December 17, 2005

Vintage seasonal Postcards: Xmas card, New Year greeting, Easter Postcard... collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Vintage Greetings

We have added quite a few old Xmas - Ney Years postcards recently. Mostly with pig, snowman, dwarf - motifs: Vintage seasonal Postcards: Xmas card, New Year greeting, Easter Postcard... collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Vintage Greetings: "Vintage Greetings - Seasonal Let's See What We Have Here
Vintage Greeting Postcards: We sell seasonal vintage postcards such as Xmas, New Year, Easter, Birthday aso."

Thursday, December 01, 2005

1895: Forerunner Postcard Sulden South Tyrol

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles 1895: Forerunner Postcard Sulden South Tyrol: "1895. Sulden South Forerunner Postcard: Decorative design with landscape, Schaubachh�tte with K�nigspitze and Sulden glacier. Floral graphic with Edelweiss at left side. Unusual large landscape design ond a forerunner post card. Sulden cancellation, B�heimkirchen arrival mark Very fine condition."

Monday, November 28, 2005

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Art Deco Sports Medal: Paddler 1933

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Art Deco Sports Medal: Paddler 1933:

"Decorative Medal, 2. best in paddling competition 1933.
Artist signed: E J. At the back is engraved: D. K. R. 1933 R1SEN.

Strong artistic impression.

Size: 2.1 x 1 inch."


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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

China 1908: Mail Kiukiang to Wien per German Postal Service.

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles China 1908: Mail Kiukiang to Wien per German Postal Service.: "Imperial China 1908: ?Pagoda in China?. Decorative postcards depicting a famous pagoda in Shanghai. Attached is a 4 cents coiling dragon stamp, tied by a Kiukiang March 30th ? cancellation ( Jiujiang ). Bilingual Shanghai April 1st transitional strike. Shanghai ? Deutsche Post Apr. 3rd ? German postal service cancellation. Clean and fresh, fine condition."

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Ivar Andresen: Autograph on Photo. CoA, 1926. Great Wagner Bass

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Ivar Andresen: Autograph on Photo. CoA, 1926:

"Ivar Andresen, Norwegian Bass. Autograph from 1926.

b/w photo, size: 3.5 x 5.5, signed “ Ivar Andersen, Dresden 1926 “

The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

During the last century many Scandinavian singers have achieved international fame. The most famous were the Norwegian opera singers Ivar Andresen and Kirsten Flagstad, the Finns Tom Krause und Martti Talvela, the Danish singers Peter Cornelius and Lauritz Melchior, the Swedish singer Birgit Nilsson, Joel Berglund, Kerstin Thorborg….."




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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Old Korea Postcard: South Gate Chosen with Tramway

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Old Korea Postcard: South Gate Chosen with Tramway: "Imperial Korea: Postcard with view of “ The South Gate, Chosen”. A tram, passengers and a western soldier at front. ( Chosen is Seoul now ) Printed in Japan. Unused, fine condition"


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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Friday, September 02, 2005

Qing Dynasty: Toggle, Fish-shape, Lacquer. Erotic

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Qing Dynasty: Toggle, Fish-shape, Lacquer. Erotic: "Chinese toggle / pendant in shape of a carp from the Qing Dynasty.
The head of the fish can be moved and gives view to 2 erotic scenes.

Size: 4.7 x 2.7 x 1.4 inches"

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Gwyneth Jones, great Soprano Autograph, 1978, Wien

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Gwyneth Jones, great Soprano Autograph, 1978, Wien: "Gwyneth Jones, born in Wales, living near Zurich now, studied in Siena and Zurich.

She made her breakthough in 1964 when she stood in for Leontyn Price ( Il Trovatore, Royal Opera House production ).
But it was her Wagner roles ( Bayreuth Festivals in the late 1960s, early 70s ) which made her that famous. She is a darling in Vienna and this autograph is from 1978 there.

She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1986."

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Art Nouveau Bronze Plaque: Grandmother's Devotion

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Art Nouveau Plaque: Grandmother's Devotion: "Decorative bronze plaque showing an old lady, praying.
Artist signed: A. Hartig, Wien 1910.

Fine Art Nouveau / Jugendstil object, fine details, decorative wording at top.

1.8 x 2.5 inches. 84 grams. Fine patina, no scratching."

Monday, July 11, 2005

Vaclav Havel Autograph. Signed Photo from 1989 - col8394

Vaclav Havel Autograph. Signed Photo from 1989 - col8394: "Václav Havel photo, 4 x 7 in. Signed with green pen in 1989.

Vaclav Havel, born 1936 in Prague was always very close to the intellectual and artist community in Czechoslovakia.
As an outcome of the Second World War Czechoslovakia fell under Soviet Russian and Communist domination in 1948 with serious effects on Havel's family. Vaclav Havel worked as a laboratory technician and took night classes to finish high school. As he grew into manhood he showed signs of dissent against the Czech Communist authorities' ongoing suppression of artistic and literary freedoms.

Havel was somewhat involved in the Prague Spring of 1968, an episode where Czech intellectuals enthusiastically supported moves, then being sponsored by Alexander Dubcek, for a liberalizing reform of the Czech Communist system.

A Soviet invasion of August 1968 suppressed the Prague Spring. Havel protested with the result that the authorities banned his works. The authorities offered him several opportunities to leave the country but he declined as he had decided to remain in Czechoslovakia and work for change holding the view that 'the solution of this human situation does not lie in leaving it.'

In 1977 he helped orchestrate and produce Charter 77, a document supported by hundreds of Czech intellectuals, that demanding that Czech citizens be afforded basic human rights such as had seemed to be promised in the Helsinki Agreements.......

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Gilbert Rolland Autograph. Very old, Silent Movie Star.

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Gilbert Rolland Autograph. Very old, Silent Movie Star.: "Gilbert Rolland autograph on a Rose of the Golden West (1927) Photo.

This was one of the most famous movies of this Mexican leading man. Originally trained as a Bullfighter he conquered Hollywood in the 1920s

Mary Astor, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Montagu Love, Flora Finch, Harvey Clark, William Conklin....were his partners in this movie.

Very early, scarce autograph."

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Authentic Movie Poster Draft for The black Whale, 1934 - col8038

Authentic Movie Poster Draft for The black Whale, 1934 - col8038: "Decorative watercolor as draft for the famous movie " The black Whale " ( Zum schwarzen Walfisch ) by Fritz Wendhausen, starring Emil Jannings.
Size: 11 x 9 in. ( complete item incl. margins, 7.7 x 5 in is the size of the graphic )
Scarce item. Artist signed SB 34
Artist Hans Sussenbeck was designer for posters, postcards, magazines. Monarchist before WWII, politically right during the Nazi regime � and awarded with States honors afterwards. German actor Emil Jannings made his professional stage debut at 18. In 1906 he was invited to join Max Reinhardt's theater in Berlin.
In 1927 Paramount signed him and he moved to Hollywood. Jannings won the very first Best Actor Academy Award for his first two American films, The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927). Because of his thick German accent, the advent of sound ended his American career. He returned to Germany in 1929.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he was enlisted to participate in the state's propaganda machine. At war's end Jannings was blacklisted by the Allied authorities, and he never made another film. He died five years later, lonely and bitter. Fritz Wendhausen was a popular film director in the 1920-40s. His Peer Gynt, was rather an adaptation of of Ibsen's motifs which presented ideology and propaganda of that time though."

Monday, May 30, 2005

collect.at Autograph Maria Cebotari, early Photo

collect.at Autograph Maria Cebotari, early Photo
Maria Cebotari was discovered by Count Alexander Virubov. The bot married and moved to Paris and later Berlin. Cebotari took singing lessons and in 1931 Fritz Busch took her to Berlin. 1941 Bruno Walter engaged her for performances at the Salzburger Festspiele.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

collect.at Shelley Winters Autograph. Old Ufa - Universal International Photo

collect.at Shelley Winters Autograph. Old Ufa - Universal International Photo
Authentic autograph, Size: 3.5 x 5.5 in. Bend at lower left corner.

The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Winters signed a Columbia Pictures contract in 1943, mostly playing bits except when loaned to United Artists for an important role in Knickerbocker Holiday (1944). The breakthrough came with her role as a "good time" girl murdered by insane stage star Ronald Colman in A Double Life (1947).

Friday, May 13, 2005

collect.at: The Heir Prince of Chosen

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Old Korean postcard: The Heir Prince of Chosen. Scarce postcard showing the young Korean Prince with 2 medails on his jacket. Very fine condition. Mint.

collect.at authentic Emil Ertl Autograph

collect.at authentic Emil Ertl Autograph
Clean letter, handwritten by the famous Austrian writer.

Dated. 12. 30. 1922

Size: 11 x 9

Friday, April 22, 2005

1900: Letter of Baptism. Very decorative, unusual and delicate. @ rubylane

Most attractive letter of Baptism from 1900. Such Baptism commemoration postcards / - letters ( Taufbrief ) normally were rather simple.
This one really stands out with all the miniature work involved.

The actual letter is in the cover under the 3 dimensional art work. It all comes in the original paper box:
1900: Letter of Baptism. Very decorative, unusual and delicate. - col7951a

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Fred Astaire Autograph on Photo Postcard. CoA - col7920

American entertainer Fred Astaire surely was the greatest dancer ever seen on film. Here is a great autograph by him: Fred Astaire Autograph on Photo Postcard. CoA - col7920

Saturday, January 08, 2005

1914: Decorative Litho Print for Feist – Sekt ( Sparkling Wine )

1914: Decorative Litho Print for Feist – Sekt ( Sparkling Wine ):