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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Romy Schneider. Autograph and 2 Photos. CoA

Romy Schneider: Early, hand-signed UFA/Film Photo-Postcard. Signed with green ink.
Autograph and 2 Photos ( rather new). One shows the young Alain Delon, one the young Romy with a rabbit.



The Autograph is 3,5 x 5,5 inches ( repaired tear at left side), the photos are 5 x 7 inches, very fine condition.
The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Cute Postcard of a little Girl under a Waterfall. 1927

Lovely old postcard, depicting a sweet little girl, taking a shower under a waterfall, obviously freezing. The artist was Ball-Demont.



Used 1917 as postcard in Austria, sent in an envelope, so there is no stamp on it. Fine condition.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Rory Gallagher Autograph: Hand signed Photo. CoA

Rory Gallagher b/w photo, hand signed with blue pen.


The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Size: 3,5 x 5,5 inches. Very fine condition.

Rory Gallagher was an Irish blues/rock guitarist. He is best known for his solo albums throughout the 1970's and 1980's, and for his tenure in the band Taste during the late 1960s.

A multi-instrumentalist who gained a reputation as a gifted and charismatic live performer, Rory Gallagher's albums have sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide. He died in London, England on June 14, 1995.

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Mimi Coertse Autograph on b/w Photo

b/w photo of the young Mimi Coertse. Photo by studio Fayer in Wien.



3,4 x 5,4 inches. Glue remnants at the reverse otherwise fine condition.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Mimi Coertse (born 12 June 1932), is a South African soprano. She was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, matriculated at the Helpmekaar Girls High School in Johannesburg.

Coertse made her debut in January 1955 as the First Flower girl in Wagner's Parsifal at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Karl Böhm conducting. She also sang in Basle at the Teatro San Carlo. On 17 March 1956 she made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte by Mozart and remained with the Vienna State Opera until 1978. Her Covent Garden debut was in 1956, in the same role.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Russian Japanese War, Postcard seeing off Soldiers. 1904

Russian Japanese War, tinted postcard „ To see off troop for Russia". Japanese ladies seeing off the soldiers in a train.




Sent 1904 Tianjin to Lauban in Germany. Stamps missing otherwise fine condition.

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Friday, September 04, 2009

Fille Fellahin: Color Postcard of little Girl from Egypt.

Lovely vintage postcard from app. 1910 depicting a sweet little girl from Egypt. Entitled “ Fille Fellahin”.





Unused postcard in fine condition.

Fellah (Arabic: فِلاح‎) (plural Fellaheen or Fellahin, فِلاحين), also alternatively known as Fallah (Arabic: فَلاح‎) (plural Fallaheen or Fallahin, فَلاحين) is a peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East. The word derives from the Arabic word for ploughman or tiller.

During the time of the spread of Islam, it was used to distinguish between Arab settlers who were usually nomadic (i.e, bedouin), and the indigenous rural population (i.e, fellahin) of the conquered territories, such as the Egyptians and the Syriacs of the Levant.

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Tsingtao. Old Advertising Postcard The Grand Hotels.

China, Qingdao: Vintage advertising postcard, b/w, depicting the Strand Hotel and Grand Hotel plus annexes.




„The Brighton of the East" imprint at the reverse: „The Grand Hotels Ltd. Grand Hotel, Annex & Strand Hotel. Tsitgtao (!) N. China".

Unused, fine condition. MORE QINGDAO POSTCARDS

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

China vintage Postcard Caravan at Great Wall in Peking.

Peking 1910: b/w postcard depicting a caravan with camels at the Great Wall in Beijing.



Sent 1910 from Peking via Siberia to Wien. Stamp dropped. Bilingual Peking-cancellation and French Post in China-strike. Fine condition.

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Friday, August 07, 2009

Old Peking: Zhong Hua Gate. Vintage Postcard

Old tinted Peking-Postcard: „The Tsunhowamen Peking". ( mistakes in transcription ).



Published in Japan.

Unused, fine condition.

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Old Kashmir. Shooting Party. Color Postcard with Warriors.

Scarce vintage Postcard: “Shooting Party. Kashmere”. Color postcard depicting several Kashmiri men and 3 kids. Used as postcard in 1910.



The lower right corner is creased, otherwise fine condition.
We have many more ethnographic lots listed.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Zeppelin LZ127: Ticket and Photo

Zeppelin b/w Photo depicting the landing of the airship Graf Zeppelin L.Z.127 ( violet cancellation at reverse ) and authentic ticket for the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH Friedrichshafen.




Both items are authentic and from the 1930s.

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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Chinese Military. Chinese vintage Postcard with Advertising

Old China Postcard: Chinese Military. The postcard depicts Chinese soldiers from app. 1900.



There is an advertising at the reverse side for Medol, a remedy for scabies „Medol by William Pearson, Hamburg.

A few minor aging spots at the reverse, otherwise fine condition.

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