nick8086 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) Any one an expert on this stuff.. I have cars, vintage stuff.. etc . Just under 2000 Items.. That was in a scrap book of his trip to the races in 1950 with his army buddy.. It was a big deal to get a post card to remember your trip.. I think we have some stuff from all the states.. He did not collect them. He just saved them from a trip.. Edited October 27, 2016 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studemax Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I have a massive collection of postcards portraying land speed racing cars, 60's show cars (kustoms and dream cars), and hot rods. Still growing, too - but it's getting harder to find stuff I don't already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_in_nh Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Anyone have Fred Marriott's LSR "Rocket" from 1906 -1907 on a postcard? Saw one years ago.... should have acquired it - but that was before my interest in steam powered vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Nick, are you asking because you wish to sell your collection? If so I might be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) On 10/27/2016 at 9:16 AM, 46 woodie said: Nick, are you asking because you wish to sell your collection? If so I might be interested. Every thing is for sale some day.. I just started to clean out my parents house.. Get it ready to sell.. Edited October 29, 2016 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I have a LOT of period pictures, postcards, etc. Generally a picture or post card is worth almost nothing. A picture or postcard of a common car or place is worth nothing to a little bit - couple of bucks at most. A picture of a rare or interesting car can bring more, 10.00 or less in small format, usually. I have seen a couple of great pictures of Auburn Speedsters taken in the 1930s in large format go for over 100.00. Some very unique racecar pictures can do well too. Postcards of places have a little value to the people that live there or have fond memories of that place. I have not seen really valuable postcards but perhaps they exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Among my collection of collections I have about 7 albums filled with early automotive postcards. Started collecting years ago and my focus was (and still is) early stuff. Although I've added later gas stations, etc, they need to at least have visible pumps out front to be of interest. My "real-photo" postcard collection is only a small portion of them. I love the artsy-type cards depicting early autos, motoring scenes, or even humorous situations from the early 1900s when the car was just becoming popular. Recently did a short program for our club on collecting automotive postcards. It's something that is cheap and doesn't take up a lot of space. Plus, you get to read someone else's mail! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Fred Marriott's LSR "Rocket" I remember seeing that post card.. Not sure if he sold it or not.. Edited November 1, 2016 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldenguy Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I have been saving early automotive post cards for years. One of my favorites is a hand painted old car with an elegantly dressed woman behind the wheel that was sent to a quite young man, his age younger than 12, was marked on the card. The postmark was 1909. Another is a photo card of Glenn Curtiss the aircraft pioneer, standing beside the Airocar he built powered by one of his famous motorcycle engines. --Bob-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Missed you at Hershey! I also have a couple of hand painted postcards - this is one of my favorites. Probably painted over another card of some kind, but a clever and quite personal way to send greetings. stuff like this isn't done these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Hi, Where is the postcard collection that Austie Clark left? I have many of his cards and even have some for sale at my flea market space in Hershey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Hi Bill, are you talking about the cards showing photos of cars in Austie's collection? There were piles of them at the museum and they still show up on the internet (check ebay). I assume he must have had other old cards in a collection but am not aware what became of those. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Bill, thanks for reminding me about Austin Clark, a true gentleman. We both lived in the same town and he would always invite people back to his place after local car shows. The remnants of his automotive museum on eastern Long Island were still there although heavily overgrown the last time I was out east. Could be a shopping mall now. Great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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