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Vintage Gift Greetings: Re-Purposed Cards
The collectible old cards that are mounted onto these display folders were originally issued 50 to 150 years ago as trade cards and post cards.
Above: Vintage Gift Greetings Spinner Rack
located in Fort Collins, Colorado, at:
Walnut Creek Antiques & Vintage Boutique Shop
YES! The authentic antique postcards affixed to fronts of these greeting cards date from 1900 to the 1960’s.
Most of the cards are circa 1910’s, and many have quaint hand-written messages on the reverse, as well as original One Cent stamps and dated cancels from towns all across America.
Some of these greeting cards feature original Victorian advertising trade cards even dating from as early as the 1870’s!
“Vintage Gift Greeting Cards” can be hand-delivered on holidays or special occasions, or they can be mailed with the enclosed envelopes.
Once received, these valuable “gift cards” can be exhibited on a desk or shelf using the folding card as a simple display stand,
or the mounted antique cards can be removed from the tabs on the card folders and then added to an archival album or personal collection.
Each card is handmade and unique.
OR… Make your own with a: Card Kit – $2.00
Includes: Blank card, corner tabs, envelope.
Personalize Your Greetings:
Birthday / Anniversary / Thank you / Thinking of you / Holiday… etc.
Mount any Post Card, Photo, Art Work, Magazine Illustration, etc.
Add a simple message.
YOUR picture will be worth 1,000 words!
Don’t spend $6 or more for a Mass-Produced card when you can
easily create a personalized gift card to convey how much you really care!
Vintage Gift Greetings Spinner
located in Fort Collins, Colorado:
Walnut Creek Antiques & Vintage Boutique Shop
Collectors: Then and Now
These pages will also feature stories and “brief notes” about Victorian Trade Card collectors, old and new.
By the numbers, the hobby is experiencing more advertising trade card buyers today than at any time in its history. These pages will explore the generations: “Original” Collectors from the 1800’s, “Modern Pioneer” Collectors from the 1900’s, and the “21st Century” Collectors building “new” collections today.
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OLD NEWS: Editor Dave Cheadle
TCCA Journal Editor and Co-Founder at work
FLASHBACK: “Back in the Day” – – 1992
1992: The child on Dave’s lap is his son, Evan. Dad is now gray, and Evan in now 6’4″ with a degree in Philosophy and now has a career in Architecture.
FLASHBACK: Collectors Gathered
Trade Card Hobby History: 1995 National Convention Report
“TCCA members gather around census leader Bill Mobley to examine a variant during the Soapine census meeting. Dozens of ‘uncataloged’ Soapine stock cards turned up at the meeting, leading to animated discussions about which cards should be included.
Left to right: Jay Last, Jeff Hirsh, Bill Mobley, and Dave Dawson.”
Russ Mascieri
Russ at the 1996 Convention
This photo and caption appeared in the Fall 1996 Advertising Trade Card Quarterly. The story with this photo from our 2nd Annual TCCA Convention noted:
“The convention was, to quote Bill Lee, ‘as good or better than last year’s.’ Our attendance was up, with 134 registered for the full convention, plus many members who came for the show and activities which were open for the public. Our banquet count was 111, up from 92 our first year….”
Bill & Carol Mobley
Denver PostCard Shows & Updates
The Denver Postcard & Paper Show is unique to Denver. Why? Because of the many friendly faces and the variety of merchandise at every show! It is one of very few shows in Colorado that offer a wide variety of antique and collectible postcards but also trade cards, stereoview cards, photographs and other paper ephemera. For beginning collectors there are even bargain boxes of cards starting at 25 cents each. Read more….