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About Cherryland Postcard Auctions
Since 1976, Cherryland Postcard Auctions have been offering antique postcards for sale to both collectors and dealers. We have had postcard auctions closing every five weeks for the past 35 years.
Postcard Auctions - Our Current Auction has over 1800, mostly individual, postcard lots with descriptions and photographs.
Bids are placed by simple web form, email, telephone or by mail.
Monthly Postcard Store - A monthly selection of over 2000 postcard at 50-70% off in our Postcard Store.
At the end of the month they will be replaced by another selection of different cards.
(Show Promoters, see info
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Calendar, $15 for 12 issues or until show date)
2012 Antique Postcard & Paper Americana
Show Schedule
Get Out to a Postcard Show....It will do you good!
Show Promoters, advertise your shows in our newsletters. $15 per show, runs untill after show occurs, email jmtaylor@ipa.net ____________________________________________________________________
Always check with contact person for a show before planning trips.
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Feb 18-19
Greater Seattle Postcard & Paper Collectibles Show
Kent Commons
Saturday, March 10, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Early Bird available at 8:30am)
Sunday, March 11, 9:00AM to 4:00 PM
NOTE:THIS IS A Saturday and Sunday Show
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Austin
(formerly Woodward Hotel and Conference Center)
3401 S. Interstate 35 @ Woodward St
Austin, TX 78741
Early bird admission ($5) will be available at 8:30 am Saturday
Regular admission is $3
Call for Dealer Information: 1.888.451.0340
LOTS OF FREE PARKING, Restaurants, Hotels, ( Wyndham is host hotel, call 512 448 2444 )
NOTE:THIS IS A Saturday and Sunday Show
Note: SXSW is a citywide Film Festival and Music Event and begins about the same time as our show, hotel rooms must be booked well in advance to get a room in the area.
Spring 2012
Greater Chicago
Postcard and Paper Show
April 21, 22, 2012 (Saturday and Sunday)
Engineer’s Hall (Local 150 IUOE) 6200 Joliet Road, Countryside IL
Best Western Countryside 708-354-5200, Holiday Inn 708-354-4200
Show Hours Saturday 10-6 pm, Sunday 9-4 pm, Early Birds at 9:00 each day
For additional collector and dealer information:
Jim Taylor, PO Box 399, Neosho MO 64850
Email: postcards@courthousesquare.net Call toll free: 1.888.451.0340
THIS IS A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOW
Same dates, same great venue. Dealers call or email for contracts.
Mark Twain Postcard Club Show
Saturday April 28, 10a - 6p(Early Bird at 9a)
Sunday April 29, 10a-4p
Quincy City Center Hotel
201 S 3rd St Quincy IL62301
217.222.2666
Details and dealer contract info: Jim Taylor, 1.888.451.0340
jmtaylor@ipa.net
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April 28-29
San Diego Postcard & Paper Collectibles Show
Al Bahar Shrine Center
Show and Sale
Friday May 11, 10 AM to 6 PM (Early Bird at 9am)
Saturday May 12, 10 AM to 4 PM
Clarion Hotel
Exit 145th St, Broken Arrow Expressway 918.258.7085
2600 N Aspin Broken Arrow OK 74012
Details and dealer contract info: Jim Taylor, 1.888.451.0340
Antique Postcard & Paper Americana Show and Sale
Friday,, 10AM to 6:00 PM- (Early Bird Admission Available at 9:00am)
Saturday, , 10am-4pm
Quality Inn
1612 N. Providence Road Exit 126, I-70
Columbia, MO 65202 1.573.449.2491
Details and dealer contract info: Jim Taylor, 1.888.451.0340
jmtaylor@ipa.net
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June 23-24
Greater Seattle Postcard & Paper Collectibles Show
Kent Commons
Dont forget our Dallas Metro Postcard and Paper Show right before the Wichita International Show in October, 2012.
Lots of new details coming soon!!!
Jim Taylor and Courthouse Square Antique Cards
Presents
Fall 2012
Greater Dallas
Postcard and Paper Show
Oct 12, 13, 2012
Southfork Hotel
1600 N Central Expressway, (Exit 29, East side of Expressway)
Plano, TX 75074
Great hotel, good food and nearby shopping areas. Lots to do. Light rail nearby, and airport shuttles available.
Show Hours Friday 10-6 pm, Sat 10-4 pm, Early Birds at 9:00 each day
For additional collector and dealer information:
Jim Taylor, PO Box 399, Neosho MO 64850
Email: postcards@courthousesquare.net Call toll free: 1.888.451.0340
This show is being produced by Jim Taylor, and CourthouseSquare.net, and is produced in the Spring and Fall, annually. Dealers call or email for contracts.
Come To Dallas, follow us to Wichita
"On the Way to Wichita"
"Wichita Warm-Up"
Our New Dates for the fall show, the weekend before Wichita week, make it a natural.
ADMISSION: $3.00 for both days regular admission (10 am Friday, and 10 am Saturday)
$5 Early Bird available for 9:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Great Vintage Postcards, Rare and Beautiful Original Turn of the Century Postcards, for sale in all price ranges!
We will also have archival postcard supplies, and reference volumes, for sale. Plus free Barr's Postcard News issues while supplies last. This show is held annually. The top dealers and collectors of Texas historical postcards and photographs are expected to attend.
Bring copy of this email or show us on your cell phone for $1 off any admission.
A large educational exhibit of collector prepared show boards will be judged, with a $50 Gift certificate for the Best of Show. Any postcard collector attending is welcome to bring a board. Call 1.888.451.0340 for details.
A special thanks to the Dallas Postcard Club for their help in promoting and the production of this show, and especially Janet Boots, Terry Christensen, Wally Chariton and George Cook. Thanks for all the help.
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35th Wichita International Postcard Club Show
October 20 and 21, 2012
Wichita Postcard Club's great listing of real photo images by the
Indian Territory photographer famous for his portrayal of Native
Americans, settlers, and historical Plains States real photo
postcards.$12, plus shipping, use paypal at our website.We
have this title in stock, ready for immediate shipment.
Another great important check
list of Real Photo Postcards, by the famous Kansas photographer,
William H. "Dad" Martin. This includes varieties and rarieties of the
famous Martin Exaggerations, Western Themes, Native Americans, and
more. More than 46 pages, 3 hole punched and in a report
cover/folder.
CLASSIFIEDS: Email to me for next issue. jmtaylor@ipa.net
WANTED: Appleton, Minnesota postcards of any kind. In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s Appleton (MN) had a booming flour mill and was the hub of western Minnesota agricultural activity.
Contact: Larry.Christenson@gcsu.edu
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I want to buy pre-1930s postcards of Noel, MO and Elk Springs, MO—including the Ginger Blue area. ALL subjects are wanted. Please send inquiry or scan to sheilaowens@hotmail.com
WANTED: By Jim Shaw, Americusthailes@yahoo.com
We want Illinois postcards from Magnolia, Illinois; Hennepin, Illinois; and Warrensburg, Illinois. Email me if you have any. Thanks, Jim
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Wanted To Buy:
Arkansas Mineral Springs Postcards, Letters and Memorabilia - Baker, Armstrong, Bogg, Ashley, Lithia, Eureka Springs, etc. - 1800s-1920. Provide picture and asking price.
Fresh Inventory, BULK DEAL- New to market, First time offered for sale.
• 38 boxes of sleeved comics (Disney, SiFi, etc.) with ±125 per box
(±4750 comics). These are priced at ±$4.00 per comic x 4750 = $19,000.00
retail (unless re-priced at a higher value).
• 26 boxes of sleeved advertising sheets (numerous categories) with
±200 per box (±5200 sheets). These are priced at ±$8.00 per sleeved sheet x 5200 = $41,600.00 retail (unless re-priced at a higher value).
• 7 boxes of matted adverting (various categories) with ±300 pieces
priced at ±$12.00 = $3,600.00.
• Other boxes of open (un-sleeved) stock ready for retail sale with
±3000 sheets @±3.00 per sheet = $9,000.00.
With a retail price of ±$73,200.00. Owner is asking $20,000 or best offer.
Contact: Tim Klinger
479-521-3779 Email - tklinger@hpa-106.com
Wanted Postcards of Horses that are named, Disneyland and Disney World. I
welcome approvals. Email first, marcia@ntin.net
Marcia Miner
5962 Michael Rd
Sanger TX 76266
Wanted - any Post Card related to the old Warner Hotel in Chicago,
please contact paul.gruszka@quill.com
Hospital Collection For Sale
How would you like to have a postcard picturing the hospital where you were born?
Well there is a possibility that I might have one in stock, as I recently purchased a collection of 6000 postcards going back to the year 1902. If I have your hospital the price is $5.00, postpaid. USA only.
Just drop an email to me at rgnpcs@optonline.net and give me the name of the hospital, and city where located. I will check and see if I have it, and let you know yes or no.
Richard
I collect items from Hillsboro and other Montgomery County, IL towns. I collect postcards, tokens, bottles, advertising, and other items of interest from the towns of Butler, Chapman, Coalton, Coffeen, Donnellson, Farmersville, Fillmore, Harvel, Hillsboro, Hurricane, Kortkamp, Irving, Litchfield, Nokomis, Ohlman, Panama, Raymond, Schram City, Taylor Springs, Waggoner, Walshville, Witt, Van Burensburg and also the Litchfield-Hillsboro Chautauqua.
Thanks in advance for checking your stock!
Jim May
There is only one postcard I want, image attached. I am assisting to restore a US navy steam cutter of this type, have been collecting data on these vessels for many years, and this is the best image I have found of these boats in use. I sure would like to have one of these cards. I believe it is a photo-card.
Sincerely,
Keith Sternberg
historian, steam engineer, machinist, compass adjuster
navigator@rockisland.com
WANTED TO BUY
BEST OF THE BEST
ST JOSEPH MISSOURI REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS and HOLD TO LIGHT SANTAS.
TOP DOLLAR PAID,
Mike Hawk, Sedalia MO,
Ebay seller id SKURFAN
We have over 10,000 items in our Ebay Store, Visit us soon.
I WANT TO BUY OLD NEW ORLEANS POSTCARDS. ESPECIALLY
BUTTERFLY PATTERN CARDS AND PANSEY PATTERN CARDS AND MARDI GRAS
CARDS AND LSU CARDS. THANKS RENO DARET
Buying US and Foreign postal history (both covers and postcards) - ie: old letters with stamps - with or without correspondence, both personal and business - Chris Warner - 785-224-3539 - postchris@cox.net - Topeka, Kansas
Subjects: A. All silent film related cards (film scenes, actors, etc. including
Silent Film Cowboys.)
B. Scantly clad women pinup cards (before 1940)
C. All cards copyright 1930 (Aviation, Fan, etc.)
D. Radio Stars of the 1930s, especially cards in color.
E. Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties in colors (not B & W).
2. Card Type: Real photo postcards
Subjects: A. Silent Film Stars w/ Film Co. name showing on front of
card (these include Kalem, Edison, Essanay, AB,
Vitagraph, Selig, Lubin, Balboa, American, Thanhouser, etc.)
B. Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties
C. Scantly clad (risque) women, especially from the 1920s.
My name is Ladd McIntosh.
Dealers may contact me at this e-mail address: Filmnutz@aol.com,
or phone me: 661-702-9933.
I am looking exclusively for postcards of Jewish temples and synagogues throughout the US and world.
Hello!
I am always looking for cards of my two favorite towns: Panama City, FL and St. Andrews, FL (a/k/a Saint Andrew, FL). I like all views and eras, but of course the older cards are most desirable! Also, a steamer ship called the Tarpon (which used to sail between Pensacola and Panama City) is another interest of mine. If you have any of these, please let me know and if you don't have any right now, I hope you'll keep me in mind in the future! Thanks so much!
janet givens
850-522-1028
I am interested in Norman Baker (Muscatine, Iowa - Laredo, Texas - Eureka
Springs, Arkanssa) , Baker Cancer Hospital (Muscatine or Eureka Springs) and
Pre-1945 Crescent Hotel (Eureka Springs) postcards and memorabilia.
A Carnival Cruise Lines postcard collector needs your help in finding these two postcard items. 1. Postcard is a dusk port view of CELEBRATION. It has two white lines border. The card is coded C-7 where the stamp gets affixed. Offering $35.00 in mint condition. 2. A MARDI GRAS postcard album, 10 postcards with 10 same mini-cards. The caption on the first postcard probably reads" We've Got the Fun Tss Mardi Gras. $50.00. Contact Rudy Friederich, rudyfr@gmail.com
Pre-1960 US & Canadian small town, small airport view postcards. Especially looking for county airports, private fields, etc., with no commercial airline service.
Most wanted have one or more aircraft in image.
tp1956@gmail.com
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Wanted: Exceptional rppc about animal/human relationships. Especially looking for cards about: Taxidermy, Roadside exhibitions, zoos, circus, sports mascots, vaudeville, show animals. For scanning to use in a book to be published by well known press.
Bob Bogdan
157 Stevens Orchard Road
Orwell, Vermont 05760
802-948-2664 rcbogdan@syr.edu
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Hundreds of scans with prices of picture post cards, on many topics.
Just send an email to me at rgnpcs@optonline.net
and ask for scan list.
As soon as I receive your email, I will send the list to you, and you can choose the topics you want to see.
Richaard
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Wanted: Real Photo cards (and/or photographs) by Frank Schlueter and Henry Heiman who worked in the region around Houston, Texas from about 1900. Known locations, besides Houston, include Webster, Richmond, Rosenberg, Galveston, Dayton, Freeport, New Gulf, Corsicana and Galveston Bay. Schlueter worked in Fayette County, in Central Texas, before coming to Houston. Contact Larry Turner at jklturner@sbcglobal.net. Thanks.
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Wanted to Buy: Real Photo postcards of USS Texas, especially Scout plane. Ken Wilson, kenwilson@hillcountrytx.net
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Wanted to buy postcards... Cornish litany cards - They are sometimes called by other names (Devon litany, west country litany, Scottish litany) but they all have the following text in common... From Ghoulies and Ghosties and long legetty beasties & things that go bump in the night.. Good Lord deliver us!
Cards from the Jack O'lantern Lodge in Eagle River Wisconsin. I actually collect anything and everything from this place.
Animated veggies, especially mushrooms
Please contact Debby debrameister@hotmail.com
(New News from Debby)
I just put out a 2nd edition of my book. It's almost twice the size and has a new section showing contemporary artist's versions of the litany. There is also a new link www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1545171
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looking to buy pre-1930 Bailey Island Maine cards. I pay by
cash. Please scan to Rhubarb48@aol.com or mail approvals
to: Hannah Campbell, 1325 Robinson Avenue, Havertown, Pa.
19083
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Collector wants "Cold War" related photos, postcards, and documents, particularly relating to space and strategic weapons race with Soviet Union. email jmtaylor@ipa.net.
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Just wanted to let you know that I have listed several thousand new postcards in my SKURFAN eBay store. I also have reduced many prices on some of the other cards. Thanks...Mike H.
Ebay id SKURFAN or to sell your cards to us, especially early University of Nebraska Football real photos, email skurfan@charter.net
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Wanted to buy: Diving Horse Real Photos, Diving Horse Advertising and anything related to diving horses. Please contact Sarah at seduzynski@yahoo.com
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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: Trenton Boyd: BoydT@missouri.edu 07.06
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