Postcard News from Courthouse
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Vol. 3, No. 2, March 2007
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The new book Colorado
History: Insights and Views Through
Postcards
by Charles
Harbert is now available, see
details below for order information.
CourthouseSquare.net has the
Robert Bogdan/Tod Weseloh
new book, REAL PHOTO POSTCARD GUIDE, The People's Photography,
see details and order
instruction
below.
Place your order today for the Lyn
Knight Postcard and Paper Auction Catalogue! Auction Viewing-May 19,
20, 21, 22 or by appointment; Auction May 23,24, in Lenexa Kansas.
Details below or click HERE
for a Paypal Order Form or printer friendly mail order
form.
Get out to a Postcard Show....it'll do you
good!
UPCOMING SHOW - EVENT
INFORMATION
(Show Promoters, see info
below for listings in our Postcard News from Courthouse Square -Show
Calendar, $15 for 12 issues or until show date)
RBF Vintage Collectibles
Show
Fri: 10am-6pm , April 6th,, and
Sat 10am-4pm April 7th
Orange County Fair and Expo
Center, Bldg. 12
88 Fair Dr. Costa Mesa CA
92626
Visit www.rbfshow.com or call
619 273 9049
RBF Vintage Collectibles show April 6,7, 2007
Orange County Fair Ground, 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa,
California.Morgan Majors and Ralph Bowman will bring you a weekend
full of choice material in postcards, paper, and an array of vintage
antique collectibles, including all of the leading fruit and cigar
label dealers, photography, Movie Memorabilia, Pin-up Art,
Autographs, Transportation, Glass and Pottery, Coins and Paper
Currency, Sports, Travel Posters, and much more.
Along with the RBF Show, only 100 feet away is
a two day Antique Market, with 18 to 20 thousand people attending
over the two days. We are pleased to announce attending dealers from
all over the country, include John Butler, NV, Dennis Goreham of UT,
Jim Dehne of TX, , Doug Wayne of CA, Dan Da Palma of CA, Marty
Michaels of CA, Ralph Bowman of CA, Mike Bianca of CA, Dan Walker,
Hanu Barus, Wallflowers, Frank Frisch, Dusty and Janet Schmidt, Buzz,
Sara Sacs, Bob Nagle, Nick Farago of CA, Dave McPheters of CA, Roger
and Jeremy LeRoque of CA, John Nutting of NV, Ted Jackson of CA, John
Star of CA, Mark Santa Maria of CA, Sandy Cloud of CA, Bob Chatt of
CA, Don Ney of CA, Ron De Bijl of Holland, Norm Sturgis, CA; Frank
Gallucci, Sid Emerson, Steve Schelmale, John and Rosalinda Sheaffer,
Robert Sawyer, and many more!You can contact us by phone (619)
273-9049 or email: therbfshow@mac.com
18th Metro East Postcard
Show, Collinsville IL (St Louis)
Friday April 6, 9am - 6pm and
Saturday April 7, 9am - 3:30pm
VFW Hall
1234 Vandalia, Collinsville
IL
28 Dealers , Free Admission,
Free Appraisals
For Info: Danny and Kathy
Danielsen, 618-632-8771 or 618-277-4787
AA Paper Collectibles, PO Box
1208 O'Fallon, IL 62269, email,
stlramsfan31@hotmail.com
See ad below for more
information.
Little
Rock Metro Antique Postcard and Paper Americana Show and
Sale
Friday,
April 13, 2007, 10a to 6 p Saturday, April 14,
2007, 10a-4p
NOTE:THIS
IS A Friday-Saturday SHOW Great New
Location!!!!!
Jacksonville
Community Center
I-40
East to US 67, North to Jacksonville Main St Exit, then West (left)
to Municipal Dr. then left at light.(Look for Watch
Tower)
Easy
to find....right at the interchange of Main St and US 67 in
Jacksonville Arkansas (501 982 2613). Lots of great motels in the
area. Jacksonville AR 72078
The Greater Chicago Postcard Show
May 4-5, 2007
Friday 10-6 and Sat from
9-4
Engineer's Hall Local 150, 6200
Joliet Road, Countryside, IL 60525
The Greater Chicago Postcard
Show is the largest event in the Midwest with dealers from around the
country and across the seas. We have over 100 tables of quality
merchandise that can meet nearly every collectors needs. Come join
the fun May 4-5 at the Engineer's Hall Local 150, 6200 Joliet Road,
Countryside, IL 60525 The show hours are Friday 10-6 and Sat from 9-4
for a $3 per day admission, You can buy an early bird weekend package
for $20 that lets you in both days at 8:30AM. If you are coming to
the show and want to share you want list with dealers, send it to
Chicagoshow@aol.com and your list will be forwarded to the dealers.
Hope to see you. Susan Brown Nicholson, promoter.
Jim
Taylor In Association with Tulsa Postcard Club
Tulsa
OklahomaAntique Postcard and Paper Americana Show and
Sale
Friday,
May 11, 2007 10AM to 6:00 PM- (Early Bird Admission Available
at 9:00am) Saturday, May 12, 2007
10am-4pm
Clarion
Hotel 2600 N Aspin, Broken Arrow, OK, 74012 (918 258 7085
ask for postcard show rate) Tulsa Oklahoma
Mail from our Newsletter
Members
Email from our
Readers.
We received this from Marilyn
Shrader, of the Mark Twain Postcard Club, Hannibal MO....she had a
good time at the show, and passed on some kind words that we of
course appreciate.
The post card collectors of the
Mid West would like to thank Jim Taylor for adding the Hannibal, Mo.
show to his show calender. This show was held March
9 - 10, 2007. Fifteen dealers from 5 states and postcard
collectors from around Kansas City, Mo., St Louis, Central Iowa, Osh
Kosh,Wis, Springfield Mo and Springfield, Il. plus many more
collectors from the area made the show a success. Also
traveling in for the show was "Mr. Branson" from Branson, Mo.
He had some interesting stories to tell and very enjoyable to visit
with. Lots of cards and many good deals were
made.
We were sorry Jerry &
Helen Schmidt were unable to be with us. Take care Jerry
and get well soon and hope to see you at the next
show.
Marilyn
Editors note: If you think you
might have a Quincy Illinois card that no one else has, contact
Marilyn, I've tried for years to find her something new. She works at
it all year round, and rarely finds one she doesn't have. You can
email her at: buzmar@insightbb.com. Thanks Marilyn for all your help.
Jim T
Get out to a postcard show, it
will do you good.
Lyn
Knight Postcard & Paper Auctions (Del's Paper
Treasury)
ORDER YOUR CATALOG
TODAY!!!!
Real
photo postcards, photography, printed postcards, posters, covers,
broadsides.
BIG NEWS FROM
LynKnightAuctions.com: First Huge Auction to be May 23,-24.
See Ad below for
Details!
Lyn Knight Auctions has long been a leader
in the fields of U.S. and World Paper Money. Since we hope to carry
our philosophy of auctions to further the postcard and paper
collectibles fields, we are pleased to announce that Susan Brown
Nicholson has joined our team as Managing Director of postcard
auctions.
Our Spring 2007 auction is scheduled
for the week of 21st - 25th, with Preview Monday and Tuesday, May
21-22, Auction Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday(if necessary), May
23-25 immediately preceeding the Kansas City Postcard Show, and will
be one of the best selections of postcards ever offered for sale at
one time. This sale will include over 500,000 postcards, 20,000
advertising trade cards, and many pieces of ephemera. This
spectacular auction will be from the Jane Pepper Estate, the Curt
Teich Archives material from the Lake County Discovery Museum, and
the Danny Danielsen Collection, plus other consignors.
Click
here for a printer friendly order form for the
catalog.
Just
Click here to Visit Lyn Knight Postcard and Paper Auctions,, complete
form to get on his list.
NEW!
Colorado History:
Insights and Views Through
Postcards
by Charles
Harbert
This is the first Colorado postcard book in
many years and the most comprehensive in terms of the scope of images
and its historical content. The new 315-page book contains 275
high-quality color and black and white images of towns and people
throughout the state. Written with historical themes, it includes
chapters on Mining, Agriculture, Small Towns, Denver, Tourism, Fun
Times, Hard Times, Postcard Photographers, and portfolios on
Occupations and People of Colorado. It also includes helpful
appendices on the history and dating of postcards as well as the nuts
and bolts of postcard collecting. The book contains many outstanding
images of street scenes, store fronts, interiors, railroad depots,
mining, horse drawn wagons, baseball, brewery, Indians, etc. This is
a highly desirable book for any collector of postcards. It is
available in both soft cover and leather-bound, limited-edition
hardback copies.
Charles (Chuck) Harbert, a member of the
Wichita and Denver Post Card Clubs, began his working life as an
organic chemist at Pfizer. He is one of the inventors of Zoloft, the
world's leading antidepressant drug. Since retiring in 1999, Dr.
Harbert has devoted more time to the study of postcards and
history.
Order Now!! Soft $50.00, plus $5
shipping.
Limited Edition Hard Cover $175.00, plus $5
shipping.
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NEW Postcard Reference~~~
NOW SHIPPING!
Real Photo Postcard Guide
The People's Photography
Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh
September 2006 Syracuse University Press
Cloth $39.95, plus $5 shipping.
8 1/2 x 11, 288 pages, 367 black-and-white
photographs, appendixes, bibliography, notes, index
"I would not be suprised if this book becomes a bible for serious
collectors of real photo postcards." -- Bruce Nelson, The Postcard
Collector
From the end of the nineteenth century through at
least a third of the twentieth century, Americans became avid
consumers and collectors of an incredible number and range of photo
postcards. The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative,
comphrehensive, and practical treatment of this photographic genre.
Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and
observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its
history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like
dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. Celebrating both
their artisitc and documentary value, the authors bring to light
photo postcards as marvelous pieces of Americana and a vital part of
our photographic legacy.
* Illustrated with over 350 stunning photographic
postcards taken from archives and private collections from across the
country.
*Reveals the ways in which photographic postcards
document the social history of America including everything from
patriotic homecomings to race riots, lynchings, and natural
disasters.
*Several chapters devoted to technical
considerations of production, characteristics of superior images,
collecting categories, and methods of research for dating photo
postcards and investigating their photographers.
*Three extensive appendices devoted to dating
cards and photographer's biographies.
*A must for collectors, dealers, curators,
historians, and anyone interested in the visual documentation of
early 20th century America.
Robert Bogdan is Distinguished Professor
Emeritus of Social Science at Syracuse University. He is the author
of many books including Exposing the Wilderness: Early
Twentieth-Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers and Adirondack
Vernacular: The Photography of Henry M. Beach, both published by
Syracuse University Press. Todd Weseloh was the librarian/archivist
at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse and has been an active collector
of postcards since 1976
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Cloth $39.95, plus $5 shipping.
(above is cover
scan)
* 70+ pages, 8 1/2 x
11 *2400 detailed
listings *Over 200 Large Letter included
*Index of every card by
inscription*Index of artist
*Over 110 publishers
included *More than 100
color illustrations (thumbnails)
*"Unidentified" publishers
described
This new checklist titled Comic Postcards of
WWII has been in the works for the past year, and is ready to go. It
also includes large letter military linens. This new and updated list
includes considerably more data than previous resources. A
helpful feature of this new publication is an index of cards by the
inscription on the cards face that indicates the name of the
publisher. Since many cards are difficult to identify, this is
of great help to the collector. Color illustrations are included
to define the style of various publishers, including previously
unidentified publishers. This list has been authored by Dr. Thomas O.
Garnhart, author of the popular Checklist of Curt Teich Linen Comic
Postcards. $29.95 plus p/h. Click
here for order info.
or order now from CourthouseSquare.net,
using Paypal
Checklist
COMIC POSTCARDS OF
WWII- $29.95 + $5 p/h
Order Now!!
Checklist
of Curt Teich Linen Comic Postcards
by
Thomas O.
Garnhart
The Checklist
of Curt Teich Linen Comic
Postcards is the first
definitive and systematic cataloging of linen comic postcards by this
quality printer and publisher. Amidst the growing popularity of
linens, it is a valuable resource for both collectors and dealers.
Some 1548 detailed entries list cards in order of the production.
Value ranges are provided to identify the comparative
desirability/rarity of each postcard. Detailed information is given
about each entry, including inscriptions, series names, and
indicators of which are WWII related and which are black racial
stereotypes. $24.95 + p/h visit
this link for details and scan of cover.
Use Paypal, Order Now from
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$24.95 + $5 p/h
NEW RICK GEARY SHOW
CARDS
34. 2007
Hannibal MO , Antique Postcard & Paper Americana Shows Mar
9,10, 2007, Mark Twain and Mississippi River
Here are some links to some
of our favorite postcard websites and ebay sellers. Be sure to visit
our website for images and more great postcard collecting
information.
For a complete listing of
the postcard shows produced by Jim Taylor and CourthouseSquare.net
visit
http://www.courthousesquare.net
Some great postcard Auction
sites include: (more to come!)
- Ebay, Ralph Bowman,
thousands of listings, click on thepapergallery2
05.06
- Playle, Ebay, Skurfan
Postcards, state views by the thousands, click on
/SKURFAN/
or seach seller id "skurfan" on ebay 05.06
- Ebay, Hal Ottaway, Ebay ,
great postcards and other fabulous collectibles, click on
taos
05.06
- Ebay Ron from Holland,
click on GLOBALHISTORY
Views and Topicals Worldwide, every month 1000 plus cards in
auction. Email EURODELTIOLOGY@wanadoo.nl
05.06
- Ebay, sebagopaper
great real photo postcards and other paper 05.06
Other Postcard Related
Events and Sites
Postal History News from Jim Mehrer
Our friend Jim Mehrer
conducts bimonthly Postal
History Mail Bid Sales
containing thousands of individually described covers and postcards.
Jim also offers a wide selection of reference literature titles and
storage supplies for collectors and dealers. To visit Jim Mehrer's
Postal History, click HERE.
--
Are you looking for a
postcard show or stamp show near you? Visit Jim Mehrer's Show
Calendar for Collectors of Stamps, Postal History and Postcards by
clicking HERE.
CLASSIFIED
ADS
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Looking for a series of Santa Fe,
New Mexico postcards made with woodcut printing technique and
identified by Gustave Baumann on the reverse side of the postcard.
Hal Ottaway, PO Box 780282, Wichita KS 67278. hottaway@cox.net ...
06.06
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I'm always buying better U.S.
Postal History material. What do you have for sale? Email Jim Mehrer
at mehrer@postal-history.com ... 06.06
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WANTED TO BUY: PRE-1950 VINITA
OKLAHOMA POSTCARDS AND OTHER ITEMS. Jim,
jmtaylor@ipa.net....05.06
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FOR SALE: Newsletter Classifieds,
see below, or email for details Classifieds@CourthouseSquare.net,
Newsletter is Free, Classifieds are inexpensive. 05.06
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WANTED TO BUY - Veterinary
Related Postcards & Trade Cards including the topics of animal
freaks, animal welfare, antivivisectionists, pet cemeteries,
rendering, lice, insecticides, pesticides and
parasitology. Trenton Boyd:
BoydT@missouri.edu 07.06
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Wanted: Cold War collectibles,
Navy ship photos, bomb shelters, patches, Civil Defense, weapon test
photos, nuke related, email postcards@courthousesquare.net
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BUYER: We are always buying
collections and accumulations, all state views and topical postcards,
also travel, photos, brochures, movie, Hollywood, props, costumes,
stills, call Ralph, Paper Gallery, 1-760-749-9737,
ralph@papergallery.com 05.06
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WANTED "HALL PHOTO CO."
CARDS
I am working on a book about the
postcard photographer George E. Hall. He was in business from
1906-1918 and worked exclusively in Stone and Taney Counties,
Missouri. He made approximately 900 real photo view cards of the
Shepherd of the Hills area which includes the towns of Branson,
Hollister, Galena and Reeds Spring. I am seeking examples of his work
and would like to purchase what you have. If you have something and
do not wish to sell then I would appreciate having a scan or a
photocopy of the image. This would help document our checklist of his
output. Contact: C. Trenton Boyd 09.06
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Jim Taylor
Courthouse Square Antique
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