Vintage Christmas Cards

I bought three scrapbooks of circa 1910 greeting cards, mostly Easter and Christmas. Some birthday. Many are larger cards with historic sites on them. I know that vintage or antique greeting cards can be very collectible, but I don't know which ones are more desirable to collectors. I would like to sell them on eBay, but how do I choose which ones to list?

The collectibles market depends largely on condition followed by uniqueness. You should see whether you can get them out cleanly. You should list (or otherwise group) them by topic or historic site and look up examples on the internet from other dealers. You may wish to sell/offer some of your less attractive examples first in order to see if they will sell (if you are offering a fixed price) or what they get at auction. As I recall, when I was looking for specific images and they were found on post cards, people sometimes offered single and sometimes small batches/lots

2010-03-12 08:05:59 by the diva

These are the cards I made for Jade's card fundraiser that she's sponsoring for 66MsClaudia. Please visit Jade at Jaded Studios for more ...

the cards are 16 beautiful colored drawings of the old cartoons, there is, I will list them. Fritz & Hans, Jungle Jim, Prince Valiant,Little Iodine,Buz Sawyer,Flash Gordon,Mandrake the Magician,Henry,Myrtle,Grandma,little Annie Rooney, and more

You really need to take them to a professional appraiser. Phone a local comic books dealer to ask about appraisers in your area.

2009-05-17 19:14:27 by Shirley A

Price: $22.00

A great value that makes sending Christmas cards fun and easy.
24 assorted glittered flat cards with envelopes
100 - plus assorted stickers, 3 rubber stamps and red ink pad

I found a complete box of "Religious Scripture Assortment 50 Religious Chirstmas Cards" made by Hawthorne & Sommerfield and under that it says 110.

There is no date on this box although it looks old, no barcode, etc. I found it at a small local thrift store and had intended on using them this year.

Does anyone know where I can find out how old these cards are?

Thanks!

The first question (and it's not clear from your question) is which country are you in and where did you find them? If you're in the US, then you start by contacting the Secretaries of State in various states to figure out where the country was located and when they were in business. If you're in Canada or the UK, then you have to work through similar channels, or work with a reference librarian to find the history of the company.

No barcode puts it pre-1980. From there, you're left to research the company itself, compare fonts on the cards to various trends, etc.

2007-09-07 11:48:34 by I ♥ old VW's

Price: $6.95

I see alot of people selling vintage images they got from vintage cards (birthday, christmas etc...) and then they put it on a cd and sell it. First of all, why can they do it and then they tell us we cant use the images and make crafts and sell them. Also...how can I get these images and be able to use them to make small crafts to sell?
What are the steps I need to do?
thanks

Copyrights expire 70 years after the creator's death. So vintage patterns and art are becoming public domain. Once the person takes those images and puts them to cd you have to respect the copyrights for that CD which includes not selling items made using the CD. Sometimes if you politely write to the maker of the CD you can be granted permission. As far as getting vintage images you just have to start searching old people's attics and then you have to research the copyright. Which is frankly, a lot of work.

2008-07-28 14:27:41 by pri b

I cannot find a pattern I once saw - you take about 6 or so holiday cards, cut them into certain four sided shapes, and stich them together with yarn. One final 5 or 6 sided piece for the bottom and you have a simple bowl.

It's probably a kid's craft, but I want to make one out of some vintage Christmas cards.

Any source for this???

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/christmas/c ard-basket.shtml
Here's a site:)

2007-10-16 10:28:33 by K.B.