Post card help, Brundage, 1912 and others

[PChammer]

Ok, I know when I'm beat and been trying to find something on these specific post cards but have yielded nothing. I thought with the name and date it would be a breeze but so far, it's about the only card "new years card" that I can't find from Brundage. Anyway, hopefully the pros here can shed some light on this.

Thanks!

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[PChammer]

One more pic..

 

[Bramblefind]

Not sure if you found this already -

eta - I couldn't get the link without making the page wide but use google books and you will find the book this image comes from-

Postmarked yesteryear: art of the holiday postcard
By Pamela Apkarian-Russell

 

[PChammer]

Not sure if you found this already -

eta - I couldn't get the link without making the page wide but use google books and you will find the book this image comes from-

Postmarked yesteryear: art of the holiday postcard
By Pamela Apkarian-Russell

Thanks for the picture. I did read similar things to it though and that's as far as I'm getting with it.

np with the link but you may be able to use the

[url=link****]name it whatever[/url]

BBC code example

Thanks,

Paul

 

[dg39]

Interesting greetings postcards. Not rare, not common. A search of Ebay will bring up some examples.. Normally sell for $3 to 6 dollars. Depends on condition. Also how bad a collector wants the card. I have seen $5.00 cards spiral out of control into $30.00 to $50.00 or more dollars just because several collectors want the card....
I have dealt in and collected for past 30 years. A fun hobby that can get out of controll. Depending on how rare..some cards can actually sell in the hundred's of dollars to fanatic collectors. Frances Brundage cards as well as other illustrators tend to be overvalued. They were printed in large quantity's.
DG

 

[Mackaydon]

Brundage's father abandoned the family when Francis was a teenager, and she began supporting herself through drawing and painting. Her first professional sale was to Louisa May Alcott, for a sketch illustrating one of Alcott's poems. In 1886, she married painter William Tyson Brundage. By 1900, she was engaged by publisher Raphael Tuck to illustrate children's books and soon began designing postcards for them. She joined publisher Sam Gabriel in 1910, designing postcards celebrating holidays and American traditions. Well into her 60's, she was still illustrating up to 20 books a year. In all, she is represented by only about 300 signed postcard designs, but the quality of her work places her in the upper echelon of postcard illustrators.
I would suggest more research on these cards due to their potential value.
Don........
PS: One onliners quote: "Vintage postcard collectors are enamored with the art of Frances Brundage. Her pieces are some of the most collectible. They continue to increase in value and demand some of the best prices."

 

[Mackaydon]

A clue to the Brundage postcard is (of course) the copyright date. A better clue is shown on the other side of the postcard--in the area of where the stamp would be placed. In this case it calls for a 2 cent stamp. Two cent stamps were required on postcards from 1917 to 1919 (raised for The Great War) then lowered again back to one cent till 1925. The rate stayed at 2 cents from 1925 through 1928. There was a third period of two cent postcards (1952-1958) but the style of your card looks more like one of the former periods.
Don.....

 

[PChammer]

Thanks Mackaydon and dg39 for all the information. I think a bit of a mix up on the back of the FB card, the actual back to the FB is the next set of 4 pictures down same spot upper right corner with the 1C Washington. The 2C is the Wolverine motel card I had mixed up the front and back since they were both bland looking
Sorry for the confusion. I think I am going to have to read a lot more about FB, she seems to have had an interesting life for sure.

Paul