Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe





Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe

We have added several good old postcards from former Eastern Europe countries.
Some are lithographs, some from small towns.

Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe: HERE

Monday, January 14, 2013

Darling Postcard with little Girls, Doll, Cat, 1918



vintage darling postcard


Decorative, lithographed postcard, depicting 2 little girls in Victorian dresses, one sewing, one reading from a book.

A little cat and doll in the cradle are on the floor.

Used as field post in Austria in 1918, censor-strike, upper right corner with a crease, otherwise good condition.

Artist signed: LD

Thursday, January 03, 2013

Japanese vintage Postcard with Birds and Flowers. 1907

Japanese vintage Postcard with Birds and Flowers. 1907

Qing Dynasty Leisure Seal


Attractive postcard with Japanese motif, depicting birds on a tree, poppy flower, partly gold print.
Used in France in 1907. Good condition.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Old Chinese Yi Xing Teapot 宜兴茶壶 unusual Shape

Old Chinese Yi Xing Teapot


Attractive old Chinese Yi-xing teapot from first half of last century. Unusual shape with a scholar and twigs of a pine tree.

The bottom mark reads ? 店葭制

There are 2 small chips at the lid, otherwise good condition.

7,2 x 3,2 x 4,2 inches (18,5 x 8,5 x 10,3 cm) 

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Temple of Buddha Canton, China 1843. Antique Etching

Qing Dynasty Leisure Seal


Temple of Buddha Canton: Mid-19th century etching depicting the altar of the famous Cantonese temple with monks and musicians in front of the altar.

Engraved by W.H. Capone after a drawing by Thomas Allom.

Thick printing paper, 7,5 x 5 (19 x 12,6 cm) in is the actual print, 11 x 8,2 (27,6 x 20,5 cm) the complete sheet.

Good condition, clean and fresh. It looks great when matted and framed.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Dimbur Postcard Gypsy Village, Suchohrad, Dimvar

Dimbur Postcard Gypsy Village, Suchohrad, Dimvar


Antique postcard with Gypsies on Dimvar



Suchohrad , Dimvar – Dimburg. Old s/w postcard: “Czigany tanya – Zigeuner Ansiedlung“ (Gypsy Village). 

The postcard depicts 3 Gypsy children in front of a Gypsy village.

Unused, very good condition. 1918 Suchograd (German: Dimburg, Hungarian: Dimvar) is a village and municipality in Malacky District in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky, north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava.

More Eastern Eurpe Postcards at: HERE

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Mela Köhler Mas Postcard Girl and Toys

Mela Köhler X-Mas Postcard Girl and Toys

Mela Koehler Postcard


Mela Koehler: Art Deco Postcard, depicting a little girl kneeling in front of her Christmas tree and looking at her toys.

Published by Munk in Vienna as Nr. 1187.

Not postally used but a few lines with pencil at reverse. Good condition.

This one is not a common Mela Koehler postcard.

Friday, November 09, 2012

Drawing by Richard Geiger: Jewish Gentleman talking in the Streets.

Jewish Gentleman talking in the Streets. Authentic Graphic by Richard Geiger




Richard Geiger: Authentic drawing from app. 1910, depicting 2 Jews in a street, talking.

Artist signed: Geiger R. Size: 29 x 20 cm ( matted 31 x 7,8 cm) 7,8 x 10, 6 inches (matted 12 x 15 inches), good condition.

Richard Geiger (Austrian, 1870-1945) was active in Budapest and Paris. Richard Geiger began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Grepenkerl and Eisenmengen. Later he went to Paris to work in the studio of L. Flameng. After 1893 Richard Geiger worked in Budapest als genre painter.

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