Saturday, February 26, 2000

Beginning at 10:00 AM

All items are sold in Lot Order.

                 The David Wilson Postcard Collection  Lots 1-364 Below,    Lots 365-751 Here

Lot   Description

        Click here for a photo of lots 001-020

1                  A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas, all red suits, condition good - very good. 30 cards.

2                  A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas, all red suits, condition very good-excellent. 40 cards.

3                  A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas, red, blue, purple suits, ex-near mint. 7 cards.

4                  A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas; red, brown, blue suits, 1 silk suit, very good-near mint. 9 cards.

5                  A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas; all red suits, good-very good. 25 cards

6            A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas; all red & green suits, 1 clap saddle, good-very good. 18 cards

7            A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas; red, blue, brown, and green suits, one clap saddle, one silk insert, one dye cut hold to light with corner missing, very good-excellent. 9 cards.

8            A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Halloween; 12 cards, good-excellent.

9            A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Halloween; 3 wall gelatin, 1 real photo party with mask, condition fair-good.

10          Winsch Halloween, embossed border, very good-excellent. Schmucker image Women in red witch’s outfit, demons in background.

11          Winsch Halloween; embossed border, excellent-near mint. Samuel Schmucker image Child in Clown Suite surrounded by owls.

12          Winsch Halloween, embossed border, very good-excellent. Schmucker image Child in Clown suite. Identical to previous lot.

13          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Ellen Clap Saddle, 25 non children, 21 children, 1 vote for women. Condition fair-excellent. 48 total cards.

14          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: German poster art of military; 8 cards, excellent-near mint.

15          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 22 Women; condition good-near mint.

16          Complete set of Jessie Wilcox Smith POSTCARDS, with envelope. Child in Garden, near mint-mint condition.

17          Complete set of Harrison Fisher Wedding Series #186-191 postcards, by Reinthal Newman. Near mint-mint, 6 cards total.

18          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 4 Round Oak Do-wah-Jack, near mint-mint.

19          Advertising paper doll postcard; by Mayer Boot & Shoe Company, Milwaukee, divided back, excellent-near mint condition.

20          Advertising paper doll postcard; by Mayer Boot & Shoe Company, Milwaukee, divided back, slight stain on front, good condition.

         Click here for a photo of lots 021-040

21          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 11 Philip Boileau cards, good-very good.

22          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 9 Novelty, image moves when heated, erotic. Near mint-mint.

23          2 Samuel Schmucker Valentines, silk inserts, Lady with Heart fair-good condition. Art Nouveau Women’s Head in Lily Pond, excellent-near mint condition.

24          Winsch Valentine, Samuel Schmucker images, 1910-1913, very good-excellent. One golf, 7 total cards.

25          Winsch Valentines, Samuel Schmucker, 3 cards, 1 signed “SLS”, good-very good.

26          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 4 black, 1 trade card (Clarence Brooks & Co, Varnishes), one alligator border.

27          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo people with their dogs, 2 feature a black man. Condition very good-excellent. 39 cards total.

28          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Hand tinted real photo, 64 cards. ex-near mint.

29          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Japanese art cards; military topics, 39 cards, good-very good.

30          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 15 REAL PHOTO STUDIO SHOTS WITH PROPS. Especially paper moons, good-very good.

31          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Women SUFFRAGE & Political; 39 postcards, fair-good condition.

32          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo, Hunting & Fishing 38 postcards, excellent-near mint.

33          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Boxing (6), including Bantam Weight Boxer Champion, excellent-near mint.

34          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 15 real photo bicycles & tricycles and 6 bicycle & tricycle cabinet cards, fair-very good condition.

35          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Alaska, 60 real photo, one commercial Thlingkat Ceremonial Robes (trimmed), good-excellent condition.

36          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Alaska, 12 postcards, many Totem Poles, excellent-near mint.

37          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Mail Carrier at the Forks, Hall Photo Co. Shepherd of the Hills Series, Notch Missouri, 2 postcards, excellent-mint.

38          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Indians, 43 total postcards, 6 from Iowa, plus 7 Martin Indians, very good-excellent.

39          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Political: Star of the West; Bryan, used wof. Comic card referring to Bull Moose party. 2 Lounsburry (golf). Good-excellent.

40          Novelty Political campaign, pin cushion postcard, Presidential Timber, copyright 1908, fair-good condition. Plus 2 leather cards, Roosevelt 3rd term, near mint-mint condition.

         Click here for a photo of lots 041-057

41          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 6 Art Deco, Switzerland. Very good-excellent condition.

42          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: German military; pre- WWI, printed and real photo, including General von Below, condition good-excellent. 34 cards total.

43          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 Japanese real photo mostly Geischa postcards, very good-excellent.

44          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 35 Japanese art cards, good-excellent condition.

45          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 4 Installment sets, 3 alike fish by E.C. Kropp Co., 1 Arthur Thiele rabbit. Fair condition.

46          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Artist signed, Orozco, 6 postcards, Mexico, excellent-near mint.

47          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 3 Doll postcards, 2 Rose O’Neill Kewpie, Gibson Art, one Black child with black doll Levi, condition good-very good.

48          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Halloween; 5 H.B. Griggs, 2 Tuck #150, 3 signed clap saddles, condition fair-very good.

49          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent.

50          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 7 real photo transportation, firetruck, Minister’s vehicle, Ferry, Horsedrawn. very good-excellent condition.

51          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 21 real photo Iowa, some main streets, very good-excellent.

52          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 28 real photo Iowa, Train depots, very good-excellent.

53          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: approx. 50 real photos Iowa main streets, very good-excellent.

54          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 50 real photos including Iowa main streets, very good-excellent.

55          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 50 real photos including Iowa main streets, very good-excellent.

56          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 50 real photos Iowa main streets, very good-excellent.

57          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 1890 Kate Greenaway almanac. Good-excellent condition. Miniature book approx. 2”x3”.

         Click here for an photo of lots 058-075

58          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo, women with unusual hats. 80 cards. ex-near mint.

59          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santa Claus, red suits, 1 black Peter. 45 cards, good-very good.

60          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Santas; 19 cards, all red suits, 2 black & white, good -very good.

61          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Halloween; 28 cards, Clap Saddle, Whitney, condition fair-very good.

62          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Santas; good-very good, 10 cards.

63          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Halloween; 15 cards, Brundage, Clap Saddle, good-very good.

64          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo exaggerations, 68 mostly Martin, very good-excellent. Some duplication.

65          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 58 Japanese art cards; all the same publisher, very good-near mint.

66          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 42 Japanese art cards; military topics, 14 linen views of the Philippines, condition good-near mint.

67          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 7 Art Deco Women, Busi Mayer, Hardy. Condition very good-near mint.

68          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 4 Luna Park Poster Art, Vienna 1910, condition good-excellent.

69          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 7 Cats; 1 Felix, 3 Lewis Wain, heavily embossed PFB, 1 velvet added. Cond. good-very good.

70          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 Real photo; musical instruments & bands. Excellent-near mint.

71          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 25 Children with carriages, 5 Coat carts. Very good-excellent.

72          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 10 Howard Chandler Christy very good-excellent.

73          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 7 F. Earl Christy, 5 College Girl series, good-excellent.

74          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Exposition; 3 Trans Mississippi, 4 miscellaneous, one album Exposition de Arts decoratifs Paris 1925. Good-very good.

75          POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75A       POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75B       POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75C       POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75D       POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75E       POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75F       POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

75G      POSTCARD: Hold to Light, transparency, Black image with tambourine, designed by Ellam. Near mint-mint.

         Click here for a photo of lots 076-093

76          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Hold to Lights; approx. 20, fair-good. 1904, Salt Lake City, Boston, Christmas European.

77          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 8 Black postcards images, “Pick the Pickaninnies”, Kornkinks, Lewin, Gassaway, Ullmann. Fair to very good.

78          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 11 Real photo and 3 commercial bands. All Iowa, excellent-near mint.

79          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Creameries & Elevators; 33 real photo, 7 commercial, all Iowa. Fair-very good.

80          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Festive Days, all Iowa, real photo, very good-excellent. 34 real photo.

81          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Parades: 50 real photo, Iowa. Very good-near mint.

82          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 9 Real photo Merchants Carnival 1909 Maquoketa, IA, photographer Hamley, near mint-mint.

83          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 24 real photo montage, trolleys & airplanes. All Iowa. excellent-near mint.

84          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 38 real photo Iowa School, all identified, all with children. Excellent-near mint.

85          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 33 Real photo Iowa multi-views. Excellent-near mint.

86          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 30 Real photo, Iowa sports teams, Baseball, Football, Basketball, men & women’s teams. Excellent-near mint. Including: Dexter, Bettendorf, Bagley and more.

87          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Iowa baseball teams, 9 real photo. High school & University, plus Fort Madison Prison Hopefuls ball team, all lifers, includes 2 black men. Excellent-near mint.

88          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 10 Real photo Billie Sunday, Iowa and Illinois, 2 of baseball teams. Excellent-near mint.

89          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Service Stations and outhouses: 60 postcards, 18 real photo, excellent-near mint.

90          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: English Evangelical: 26 cards, mostly real photo, excellent-near mint.

91          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 77 University of Wisconsin, near all real photo, mostly military cadets. excellent-near mint.

92          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Mexican Border War: 12 real photo, Raids by Poncho Villa, photographer Whorne & Co., Executions and burning bodies, very good-near mint.

93          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Oddities, Freaks & Midgets: 5 real photo, 19 commercial, good-very good.

         Click here for a photo of lots 094-111

94          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 49 Advertising postcards, American & European, fair-very good. Buster Brown, Eclipse Bicycle Break, Cornkinks, Meat Slicer.

95          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 74 Cowboys & Cowgirls; real photo, most identified, including 101 Ranch and Rodeo, excellent-near mint.

96          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real Photo Football (5) & Basketball (13), men & women, nearly all identified. excellent-near mint.

97          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 18 Real photo Baseball teams, very good-excellent.

98          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 83 Arizona real photos, excellent-near mint.

99          A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 10 real photo motorcycles & trucks, fair-very good condition.

100       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Horses and Mules, working and passenger, approx. 90 postcards, fair-excellent.

101       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 43 Real photo Lumbering Industry, many identified, excellent-near mint.

102       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 52 Real photo Farming, many identified, very good-excellent.

103       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Automobiles, approx. 150 postcards, good-excellent condition.

104       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 30 Oil & Mining, mostly identified, very good-excellent condition.

105       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 38 real photo Banks, mostly identified, mostly Midwest, very good-excellent.

106       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 14 Real photo Factories, mostly Midwest, mostly identified. Very good-excellent.

107       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 45 Miscellaneous real photo, mostly disasters, very good-excellent.

108       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 15 Real photo fire related, very good-excellent.

109       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 6 real photo Barber related, vg-excellent.

110       A GrouP OF 33 POSTCARDS: Real photo Transportation Trains & Train disasters, mostly identified, fair-excellent condition. Mostly Midwest.

111       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Lodging 16, including 3 Claims Shacks, very good-near mint.

112       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 11 Oxen cart, 6 Dog sleds postcards, good-excellent.

          Click here for a photo of lots 112-128

113       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 4 Child Labor, good-vg condition.

114       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 150 Real photo generic houses, very good-excellent.

115       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 8 Dionne’s, good-excellent. 3 with children.

116       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 14 multiple babies postcards, 11 Walter Wellman, fair-very good condition.

117       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Exaggeration 12 postcards Stanley, Johnson Photographer, “How We Do Things” Series including one card with frogs, fair-very good.

118       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 40 Real photo exaggeration Coles Studio, Martin postcards, excellent-near mint.

119       A GrouP OF 20 POSTCARDS: Real photo Fraternal organizations; mostly Midwest, 12 of BPO Elks Headquarters, Elgin, Illinois including 11 interior shots. Very good-excellent.

120       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 17 Novelty: train with hidden message, insert fingercards, and wood. Good-very good.

121       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: House of David, 17 postcards, all real photo, including 5 of the baseball team, girls band, train, hotel, park grounds, excellent-near mint.

122       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 12 real photo featuring blacks, very good-excellent.

123       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Artist signed, Barribal, 5 postcards, very good-excellent.

124       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: approx. 70 real photo Illinois, some Main streets, churches, hospitals, residence, businesses, train depot, interiors, very good-excellent.

125       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 31 real photo Main street Illinois, very good-excellent.

126       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 50 real photo Illinois, very good-excellent.

127       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 50 postcards, real photo Illinois, some Main streets, very good-excellent.

128       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Approx. 50 real photo, Illinois, very good-excellent condition, some Main street, several multi-view.

        Click here for a photo of lots 129-146

129       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 19 real photo Indiana, some Main streets, very good-excellent.

130       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 36 real photo Kansas, 12 Main streets, very good-excellent.

131       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 45 real photo Minnesota, several Main streets, very good-excellent.

132       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 23 real photo Minnesota, mostly Main streets, very good-excellent.

133       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: approx. 75 real photo Michigan, some Main streets, mostly beach areas & resorts, vg-excellent.

134       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 11 real photo Michigan Main streets, very good-excellent.

135       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 32 Nebraska real photo, mostly Main streets, very good-excellent.

136       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 34 Real photo Eastern States, 19 Main streets, very good-excellent.

137       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, some Main streets, approx. 40, very good-excellent.

138       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Western States, 21 Main streets, 8 Montana, 13 California, 16 Oregon, 16 Colorado, vg-excellent.

139       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 80-100 Washington & Wyoming real photo, including Cheyenne Agency School, very good-excellent.

140       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 16 miscellaneous real photo Main streets, very good-excellent.

141       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo Main street, North Dakota & South Dakota, 35 postcards, very good-excellent.

142       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 150 Real photo South Dakota, some Main streets, several Corn Palace, very good-excellent.

143       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 65 real photo Wisconsin, very good-excellent. Several Main streets.

144       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 65 real photo Wisconsin, very good-excellent. Several Main streets.

145       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent.

146       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent.

        Click here for a photo of lots 147-164

147       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Spencer, Thor, Cresco, Spirit Lake, New Hampton.

148       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Lake Mills, Clear Lake, Chleswig, Sloan, Garrison.

149       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Britt, Kiron, Sumner, Dewitt, West Branch, Carpenter.

150       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Mason City, Northwood, Adair, Walnut.

151       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Rockwell, Arthur, Columbus Jct.

152       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Diagonal, West Branch, Farley, Charles City.

153       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Laurens, Woolstock, Vinton.

154       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: LaPorte City, Reinbeck, Peosta, Marshalltown.

155       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 20 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Winthrop, Exira, Grundy Center, LeMars.

156       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 7 real photo Main street Iowa, very good-excellent. Including: Waukon, Paton, Edgewood.

157       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 28 real photo, Main streets, near all identified, very good-excellent. Including: Maywood, IL; Melvin, IA; Monticello, Wis.

158       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Real photo motorcycle, with life history of Henry Holtzman Rider on back. Very good-excellent.

159       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 23 miscellaneous real photo, good-very good condition. Includes Midget swing review, prisons, store interior, disaster.

160       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 45 real photo Railroad depot and train, very good-excellent.

161       POSTCARD: Real photo horse drawn ice wagon, excellent-near mint. Unidentified.

162       POSTCARD: Real photo Advertising, Butler & Rundle Feed & Hay Wagon, Cedar Rapids, IA, condition fair, printed pricing on back, circa 1915.

163       POSTCARD: RFD Wagon Christmas Greeting 1906, condition fair.

164       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: 10 real photo Occupation postcards, condition good-excellent.

        Click here for a photo of lots 165-182

165       A GrouP OF POSTCARDS: Oversized real photos: 26 California, Texas, Iowa, condition fair-excellent.

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