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Morphy Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Online Only Postcards, Ephemera, & Advertising
Auction Date
12/15/2025 - 12/15/2025
Sale Number
#121525
Total Lots
504
Sold Lots
276.0
Lots Sold
54.76%
Unsold Lots
228
Total Sales (USD)
30,848.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
27,950.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
132,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
50,750.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
229,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
13.44%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1315

LOT OF 12: FRENCH MONTHLY JOURNAL POSTCARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
1127

COLLECTION OF 8: SCRAP BOOKS WITH VARIOUS VINTAGE POST AND TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 832.00
1128

LARGE LOT OF: VINTAGE CIGARETTE EPHEMERA CARDS

 N/A USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 480.00
1129

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE MOVIE STARS CIGARETTE CARDS

 N/A USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 352.00
1011

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 352.00
1136

LOT OF 5: VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 320.00
1050

LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AMERICANA GENERAL ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 320.00
1258

LARGE LOT OF: MUTOSCOPE RISQUE ARCADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
1261

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
1201

LOT OF 18: VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL BY GAYAC BALLERINAS POSTCARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 288.00
1085

LOT OF: VINTAGE DIE CUT HEINZ PICKLES CHILDREN ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 288.00
1373

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE STORE FRONTS POSTCARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1010

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1009

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 288.00
1122

MASSIVE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 800.00 USD 288.00
1106

LOT OF: VINTAGE FOOD ADVERTISING AND OTHER TRADE CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
1387

LARGE LOT OF: VARIOUS VINTAGE NATIVE AMERICAN REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 900.00 USD 224.00
1294

LARGE LOT OF: VINTAGE RPPC PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WORKING POSTCARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
1126

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS AND EPHEMERA

 N/A USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 224.00
1131

BINDER WITH: VARIOUS VINTAGE CIGARETTE AND TRADING CARDS

 N/A USD 100.00 - 600.00 USD 224.00
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.