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Welcome to Bobbie Skye’s Variety Shoppe!
Curator of Ephemera
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Determining the value for vintage post cards is a subjective process.
As a deltiologist, I do my best to put a fair value on items at a bargain price!
I do careful research before listing an item in order to determine an honest price.
I determine the value of vintage post cards by
the age, the rarity, the condition, the publisher, and the interest of the postcard’s subject.
Take a trip down memory lane with the magic of a vintage picture postcard!
The postcard photos and images serve as a historical record of the past.
Evoking memories of time past and of how things used to be.
A truly historical look at our roots from a different time and age.
A vintage postcard is great for your scrap book
or
School projects!
Buy with confidence!
Money back guarantee if item is not as described!
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POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST Glossy Finish |
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Cute little fawn in a bed
of ferns. |
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Print Year |
Curteich No. 2C-K376 = 1952 |
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Era |
Photochrome Era
(1939-ongoing) “Chrome”
postcards began to dominate the scene soon after the Union Oil Company placed
them in its western service stations in 1939.
Mike Roberts pioneered his “WESCO” cards soon after World War II. Three-dimensional postcards also appeared
in this era. By 1960s, the standard
size of cards had grown to 4 x 6 inches. Photochromes
are not real photos but rather, printed cards done by a photochrome
process. To distinguish a printed
postcard from a real photo postcard, examine it under a magnifying glass and
you will see the dot pattern that is characteristic of printed cards. |
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Printer |
“Curteichcolor ®” Recreation from Kodachrome Original Curt Otto Teich, who immigrated to the United States
from Lobenstein, Germany, in 1896, founded the Curt Teich Company of Chicago,
which operated from 1898 to 1978 as the world's largest printer of view and
advertising postcards. Curt Teich postcards are easy to date using the
company production number printed on the postcard. |
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Size |
Standard Size: 5
½ X 3 ½ / 14cm X 8.9cm |
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Printing
Technique |
Photochrome 1939- 4-Color Process printing Full-color images are created on the printing press
by applying separate layers of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black inks
(CYMK). Photochrome cards were both more realistic looking and less
expensive. Thousands of colors can be reproduced by overlapping these CMYK
colors in various concentrations. Applied as tiny dots on the paper
the four CMYK colors combine to create the visual effect we know as full
color printing. |
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CONDITION |
Unused /Unposted Corners and edges in fair condition. Some smudges on back side. NO pinholes, creases, tears, smears, stains, or mold. |
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I SHIP ALL Post cards, magazines, lithographs, cabinet portraits and posters
in protective acid free sleeves.
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Bobbie Skye
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