Auction Reports

Morphy Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Online Only Postcards, Ephemera, & Advertising
Auction Date
12/15/2025 - 12/15/2025
Sale Number
#121525
Total Lots
504
Sold Lots
276.0
Lots Sold
54.76%
Unsold Lots
228
Total Sales (USD)
30,848.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
27,950.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
132,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
50,750.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
229,500.00
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
1129

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE MOVIE STARS CIGARETTE CARDS

USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 352.00
1011

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 352.00
1136

LOT OF 5: VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS

USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 320.00
1050

LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AMERICANA GENERAL ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 320.00
1258

LARGE LOT OF: MUTOSCOPE RISQUE ARCADE CARDS

USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
1261

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS

USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
1201

LOT OF 18: VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL BY GAYAC BALLERINAS POSTCARDS

USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 288.00
1085

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

USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 288.00
1373

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE STORE FRONTS POSTCARDS

USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1010

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1009

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
1122

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

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
1387

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE NATIVE AMERICAN REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS

USD 100.00 - 900.00 USD 224.00
1294

LARGE LOT OF: VINTAGE RPPC PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WORKING POSTCARDS

USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
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

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  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000