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Auction Name Online Only Postcards, Ephemera, & Advertising Total Sales (USD) 30,848.00
Auction Date December 15, 2025 - December 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 27,950.00
Sale Number #121525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 132,600.00
Total Lots 504
Sold Lots 276.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 50,750.00
% of Lots Sold 54.76% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 229,500.00
Unsold Lots 228 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 13.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1315

LOT OF 12: FRENCH MONTHLY JOURNAL POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
1127

COLLECTION OF 8: SCRAP BOOKS WITH VARIOUS VINTAGE POST AND TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 832.00
1128

LARGE LOT OF: VINTAGE CIGARETTE EPHEMERA CARDS

 USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 480.00
1011

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 352.00
1129

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE MOVIE STARS CIGARETTE CARDS

 USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 352.00
1050

LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AMERICANA GENERAL ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 320.00
1136

LOT OF 5: VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 320.00
1258

LARGE LOT OF: MUTOSCOPE RISQUE ARCADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
1009

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
1010

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1085

LOT OF: VINTAGE DIE CUT HEINZ PICKLES CHILDREN ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 288.00
1122

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1201

LOT OF 18: VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL BY GAYAC BALLERINAS POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 288.00
1261

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS

 USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
1373

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE STORE FRONTS POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1106

LOT OF: VINTAGE FOOD ADVERTISING AND OTHER TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
1126

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS AND EPHEMERA

 USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 224.00
1131

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE CIGARETTE AND TRADING CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 224.00
1256

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE MUTOSCOPE RISQUE ARCADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 224.00
1271

LOT OF 8: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AND WHITE PRISON POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 224.00
1294

LARGE LOT OF: VINTAGE RPPC PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WORKING POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
1387

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE NATIVE AMERICAN REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS

 USD 100.00 - 900.00 USD 224.00
1053

LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AMERICANA GENERAL ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 192.00
1076

LOT OF: VINTAGE FOOD ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 192.00
1123

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 192.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.