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Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08.
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
postcard text on verso. Among Kokoschka's earliest prints were a series of 14 postcards, the current work
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

Large Kodak No. 2C Folding Pocket Camera/Leather Case c.1914
By Eastman Kodak
Located in San Francisco, CA
film, commonly known as the postcard format.  
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Postcards

Materials

Brass, Chrome

"Lead Us Not Into Temptation" Original 1899 Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"Amen" Original 1899 Art Nouveau Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" Original 1899 Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"On Earth as it is in Heaven" Original 1899 Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"Forgive Our Trespasses" Original 1899 Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"Our Father Who Art in Heaven" Original 1899 Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"On Earth as it is in Heaven" Original 1899 Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Antique Russian Abramtsevo Vase Hand Wood Carving Painting by Boehm
Located in Sweden, SE
packed for shipment. E. Boehm russian painter, a popular designer of postcards. She was born in Saint
Category

Early 20th Century Russian Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Acrylic, Wood, Lacquer

Risque Pedicure by Angel, Les Ongles, Boudoir style, Female Illustration
By Suzanne Meunier
Located in Miami, FL
assignment for a French Postcard. It's a very early form of Illustrated Pin-up Art. It depicts an elegant
Category

1910s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Watercolor

Love Me, Love My Horse
By Clarence Underwood
Located in Fort Washington, PA
", postcard, Stokes Co., 1907 Also illustrated in "Girls of Today". Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company
Category

Early 1900s Antique Postcards

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Large Kodak Folding No. 3A Camera with Mahogany Inlay c.1910
By Eastman Kodak
Located in San Francisco, CA
designed to take a variant of 122 format film, commonly known as the postcard format.
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Postcards

Materials

Metal, Brass, Chrome

Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Miniature Mica Paintings C.1830
Located in London, GB
cart with two men seated beneath a domed canopy. Micas were created as souvenirs – the postcards of
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper

Print of Nantucket Daydreams, by Henry S. Wyer, Nantucket, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
also noted for his bound albums, postcards, and a number of classic books collecting Nantucket history
Category

Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper

Arthur Deleu (1884-1966) - 1937 Oil, After The Rain
Located in Corsham, GB
, inscribed in Dutch and dated to the reverse. There is also a postcard attached at the reverse with a note
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Postcards

Materials

Oil

"Salon des Cent" Original 1897 Art Nouveau Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Palm Beach, FL
developed. He designed and published postcards, theatre and advertisement posters, numerous illustrations
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

Early 20th Chalkware Bust attributed to Esther Hunt c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
, postcards, and colored ceramic figurines. She also did portraits of children in France, beach scenes at
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Postcards

Materials

Composition

Memories from Marina di Pisa by Nino Costa - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
Memories from Marina di Pisa is an Autograph Postcard Signed by the Italian painter Giovanni Costa
Category

1890s Modern Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Traveling on the Liverpool Manchester Railroad, 1831, " Raphael Tuck Son
Located in Milwaukee, WI
October 1866, selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, the latter being the
Category

1890s Other Art Style Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

Pair “Faux Bamboo” Frames With Old Italian Shell Prints With Overwritten Text.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
1900s, it was common to write letters and messages on picture postcards, often embellished with colorful
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Other Antique Postcards

Materials

Faux Bamboo, Paper

William Matthison Trinity College Cambridge watercolour University Graduation
By William Matthison
Located in London, GB
the University of Oxford which were made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Postcards

Materials

Watercolor

The European Macabre Dance N.3 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.4 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.40 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.2 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.8 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.10 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good conditions. Alberto
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.7 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.38 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.1 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.28 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance n.25 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good conditions. Alberto
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.37 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.12 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good conditions. Alberto
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.5 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.6 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
By Alberto Martini
Located in Roma, IT
, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"San Salvador: Station d Hiver des Arthritiques" Original Color Lithograph
By Ernest-Louis Lessieux
Located in Milwaukee, WI
postcards. He had a long career as a watercolorist that included scenes from the French front in World War
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Récupérant Du Carburant Pour L’Hiver Gathering Winter Fuel The Great War Period
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
’. He was also the creator of a series of postcards and advertising posters. Today, some of his works
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

19th Century White, Black, Flowers and Portrait Kilim Karabagh Rug, circa 1940s
Located in Firenze, IT
even postcards with views from around the world that, despite a coarse knot, where cleverly made.
Category

Early 20th Century Armenian Antique Postcards

Materials

Wool

A Fine Austrian Oil on Canvas "Portrait of a Young Girl in a Sailor s Suit"
By Hans Zatzka
Located in LA, CA
of Zazka's charming works were photographed for commercial and collectable postcards. Though no
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Postcards

Materials

Oil

“Lost Love”
Located in Southampton, NY
artictic postcards and silhouettes. He had succes in England as well.
Category

1920s Victorian Antique Postcards

Materials

Archival Paper

Elderly cobbler reading paper peering out window
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Board Signature: Unsigned Postcard illustration; publisher: (The
Category

Early 1900s Antique Postcards

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

William Matthison Balliol and Exeter College Oxford University watercolour
By William Matthison
Located in London, GB
which were made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Postcards

Materials

Watercolor

William Matthison All Saints and Carfax in Evening Oxford University watercolour
By William Matthison
Located in London, GB
which were made into postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Postcards

Materials

Watercolor

William Matthison Oriel Street and St Mary s Oxford University watercolour
By William Matthison
Located in London, GB
postcards. Priced at seven for a shilling, they were only available from E Cross of Pembroke Street. Raphael
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Postcards

Materials

Watercolor

Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Miniature Mica Paintings C.1830
Located in London, GB
of 19th Century Indian gouache paintings on mica. Micas were created as souvenirs – the postcards
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper

Original lithograph by Poulbot of a scene from the first world war. This lithogr
By Francisque Poulbot
Located in PARIS, FR
. During the Great War, he signed posters and patriotic postcards, which earned him house arrest during the
Category

1910s Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Garden and Spindle, " Pair of Art Deco Paintings Celebrating the Swedish Home
By Simon Gate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
this pair for a series of posters and/or postcards that celebrated the traditional folk arts and
Category

1920s Swedish Art Deco Antique Postcards

Materials

Paint

Early 20th Century Dutch Girls Chromolithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
career in lithography in 1889. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5,000 comic
Category

Early 1900s Realist Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
started to paint postcards that were sold in a shop in Saint Petersburg. At the age of nineteen, he held
Category

1920s Constructivist Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Rare Palestine Antique Hebrew Judaica Yahrzeit Synagogue Sign Memorial Plaque
Located in Surfside, FL
produced Jewish-themed color postcards, greeting cards, Jewish National Fund stamps, and maps documenting
Category

Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Postcards

Materials

Lithograph

"Don t Tread on Me" Hooked Rug, Ca 1880-1910
Located in York County, PA
in presenting the correct number of states. Some versions of a classic postcard illustrate a 13
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Postcards

Materials

Wool

Wiener Werkstaette Arts And Crafts, Beaded Bag, by Maria Likarz-Strauss, c 1919
By Maria Likarz, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
designed postcards, advertisements, posters, wrapping paper, stationery and marbled paper (Tunkpapiere
Category

1910s Austrian Art Deco Antique Postcards

Materials

Animal Skin, Goatskin, Silk, Beads

Antique Eastman Kodak 3A Folding Pocket Camera with Leather Case
By Eastman Kodak
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Anastigmat Lens 6.3. The 3A Folding Pocket Kodak, Eastman Kodak's first postcard format camera, was
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Postcards

Materials

Aluminum

Une Consultation de Sigmund Freud by Hubert - Denis Etcheverry (1867 – 1950)
Located in Knokke, BE
popularity through its reproduction as a postcard. Beyond his artistic endeavors, Etcheverry also expressed
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Postcards

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Mechanical Raphael Tuck Sons Paper Toy St Bernard and Calf
By Raphael Tuck Sons
Located in Haarlem, NL
October 1866, selling pictures, greeting cards and postcards. Their company was one of the most well-known
Category

Early 20th Century European Antique Postcards

Materials

Paper

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Antique Postcards For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique postcards for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique postcards was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and brass. Antique postcards have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique postcards made by Art Nouveau designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique postcards over the years, but those made by Louis Wain, Leonetto Cappiello and Alphonse Mucha are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Postcards?

Prices for antique postcards can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique postcards begin at $75 and can go as high as $16,500, while the average can fetch as much as $510.