NVCA
Auction 2010-4
Deadline for Bids: January 20, 2011
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for closer inspection, with additional images. All items are described to the best of our
ability and may be returned if not as described. Sizes in inches are
approximate. Minimum bids are stated; increments are $1.00. Postage is extra.
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Let’s recycle Love!!
Lot 1. Volland die-cut boy and girl; 2 Cupid heart love tokens, - one signed, Tuck; 3 postcards, one Tuck. 7 items. $25.
Lot 2. Majestic open-out, elaborate gazebo. Fragile, minor damages, needs TLC.
9 1/2 in. x 12 in. $75.
Lot 3. Fancy lady’s green paper lace photo album, circa
1870; and a letter valentine and envelope (2 1/4 x 3 7/8) to
Whiting, VT, ink-stamped “5, 19 Feb”, back flap has
diamond-shaped wafer with bar of music and message: NOW’S THE HOUR. $60.
Lot 4. 2 Layered collage cards: pink W 1/2 , and a 3-layered one with silver base, scraps, darker lace. $30.
Lot 5. Lace quarto, satin center with built-up wreath and scraps,
maker’s name removed from central area, but appears to be Mansell.
Minimal edge damages. Note: scan is darker to show lace detail. 8
x 10, circa 1850. $125.
Lot 6. Gilded Jewish New Year stationery with scrap of family at dining
table, blank inside; and an open out card with roses and green
cellophane, as for a Valentine; English and Hebrew verse stamped on the
base. Opened, reveals Rabbi and worshipers in Synagogue holding floral
branches. Head of one dove is missing. $80
Lot 7. Crisp heavy cardboard open-out: women in glen, one
feeding hearts to swans, the other, leaning upon stone column, watching
cherubs draping rose garlands. Signed: To my Cherub Grandma. $45.
Lot 8. Transportation motif -- four die-cut cards depict
the many ways to deliver Love: horse carriage, train, bus, and
airplane. $30.
Lot 9. Nine lovely cards -- perfect for giving or saving -- and one die-cut cherub with pull-out rose. $50.
Lot 10. Three die-cut movables; a parrot attached to cage with
metallic chain, a dog chained to the doghouse, and one parrot
delivering a Valentine to a little boy, in the style of Twelvetrees;
approx. 7”x 7” $50.
Lot 11. Two collage cards: one is a four-layered collage
with scraps, blue satin and silk fringe -- slight tear on
reverse, a sweet Whitney/1-- a yellow base, red center, and another. $35.
Lot
12. Transportation motif -- easel-backed heart standup
shows a cannon burst of hearts and a helium airship (zeppelin)
decorated with heart and garland of roses; and a moveable die-cut
airplane. $25.
Lot 13. Printed Valentine letter addressed Fair Lady and signed, Valentine,
envelope (2 1/2 x 4 1/2) addressed and sent from Albany, stamped
“2” in red ink. Cameo-embossed wafer seal on reverse flap: “Enquire
Within”. $75.
Lot 14. Elegant layered Valentine, brightly colored motto sheet
tipped inside, with a penned message on the reverse; and a smaller Esther Howland, motto printed on inside, embossed NEV 5 on reverse, and printed code letter M. $100.
Lot 15. Four postcards: child amid daisies is artist-signed J.Johnson,
on reverse, Boston 1914; Winsch, 1912 - woman in a golden
cartouche; doves and embossing; and one designed as a slate -- the
words written as a chalk message. $15.
Lot 16. Four movables -- some in need of TLC: bike
messenger, hat is mended; googly-eyed girl -- eyes move but something
missing from the base; marching pigs with boy missing a shoe; artist
paints message upon a heart; also lilac and lovebird charm string with
original tasseled cord, and a die-cut floral heart. Six pieces. $25.
Lot 17. Six movable die-cut cards -- fun children’s styles -- all fine condition. $30.
Lot 18. A sweet pair of little girls with movable sunbonnets, signed Tuck. $20.
Lot 19. A pair of heart-shaped cards with red ribbon bows,
numbers inserted into slits -- one is 1, the other 2; signed Tuck. $25.
Lot 20. Tuck card opens to reveal image of a beautiful Victorian woman. $25.
Lot 21. Two adorable children, artist-signed Mary Frances Hayes, published by Nister. $25.
Lot 22. Holiday group of 14 pieces, including W, love tokens, hidden name, place cards, and a golden pull-down. $50.
Lot 23. Octavo collage, clean and crisp red and pink “M” series (McLoughlin probably), and elegant square card, blue/gold, and another. $50.
Lot 24. McLoughlin-style blue collage with envelope, plus square and heart-shaped examples. $40.
Lot 25. Two blue McLoughlin-style collages with envelopes, one small scrap missing, $40.
Lot 26. Fourteen hearts to share -- beautiful variety. $70.
Lot 27. Amusing die-cut cards -- monkeys to a girl with applied hair! 7 cards $45.
Lot 28. A Lover’s Dozen -- 14 ready to send! More images on request. $75.
Lot 29. Transportation motif -- baby carriage, wheelbarrow, camel, a bicycle, a snail/boat, and four cars! $70.
Lot 30. Pull downs, children, etc. Valentine’s Day Holiday group of 14 -- a lover’s dozen. $60.