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by CollectIreland
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

oldpostcarder wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:14 am Wow! These are stunning and the price too! Intrigued to know why and who/what is OAS?
Oliver Adelaide Swanzy (OAS) (1881 – 1974)

More about her on my blog here: https://irishpostcards.wordpress.com/postcard-artists/ :)
by CollectIreland
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

After another fallow period not helped by lack of time for searches I stumbled on two previously unseen OAS cards on eBay this morning. I briefly toyed with the idea of making offers and then thought better of it and went ahead with the BIN option. €60 including p+p from the USA - yikes! They are un...
by CollectIreland
Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:38 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Who is the top postcard AUCTION house???
Replies: 12
Views: 84398

Re: Who is the top postcard AUCTION house???

oldpostcarder wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 10:16 pm Try eBid ... much cheaper and easier to navigate!
You forgot to mention the reason it's easier to navigate - there's nothing on it compared to eBay and even Delcampe. :D
by CollectIreland
Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Who is the top postcard AUCTION house???
Replies: 12
Views: 84398

Re: Who is the top postcard AUCTION house???

I tried signing up to sell on eBay today - having put all the Brexit/Global Shipping etc. to one side - but I fell at the final hurdle as they wanted me to link to a bank account on their list. The only one with a branch in the Republic on the list was the Ulster Bank and they are leaving the Irish ...
by CollectIreland
Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:28 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

Little enough coming up for sale these days and so I made another mercy purchase this morning and bought this untitled, unsigned and unposted, card on eBay for just £1.49 including p+p! Judging by the appearance of the card - an early undivided back - it's probably the best part of 120 years old. No...
by CollectIreland
Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:06 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Fred S Howard postcard artist
Replies: 12
Views: 56425

Re: Fred S Howard postcard artist

Super set of cards but I'm afraid I can't throw any light on the rescue.
by CollectIreland
Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:26 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

After a lean few months I picked up this little work of art on eBay tonight for just £5.95 including p+p. Christchurch Priory in Dorset - a lot of detail packed into a small space. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUzDcVOEXQS3gMTo30nxy7Bs-5lm94N03EGV5NmZY93vHkWjrfOZmg0-VqXuP60OgDsCo...
by CollectIreland
Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Who is the top postcard AUCTION house???
Replies: 12
Views: 84398

Re: Who is the top postcard AUCTION house???

eBay is still the best by far for buying but I gave up selling there a good while ago. Brexit, the dopey Global Shipping Programme and then the messing about with the payment system was the final straw. Being based in the Republic of Ireland, I have had to resort to having all my purchases from eBay...
by CollectIreland
Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:45 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard passion!
Replies: 3
Views: 28376

Re: Postcard passion!

Judging from my own experience I would agree that postcard and stamp collecting are in terminal decline. Obviously the valuable items will still find homes with investors and an increasingly elderly pool of serious collectors but young people have zero interest in collecting anything. They have litt...
by CollectIreland
Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ewdLiHzDGm0/YXHBmKFTvgI/AAAAAAAAnOE/GDog6xoxe6UbohN3NnrQURD6lPq95_t2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/S.S.%2BStanley%2BHall.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CtlMI0OhRzs/YXHD9n-OvmI/AAAAAAAAnOM/91vxZT_eKr4G9d0I_UaPPgXAwopmMVWCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s884/SHALL2.jpg Another recent eBay purchase - the S.S...
by CollectIreland
Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:07 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Where is everybody?
Replies: 29
Views: 126187

Re: Where is everybody?

I have asked this question here before and to quote the postman in "Oh, Mr.Porter" when he observed Will Hay planting his lobelias - ' you're wasting your time '. It has to be down to the age profile of postcard collectors, the laziness of the PTA dealers (the bulk of whom neither post her...
by CollectIreland
Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

I picked up these three Dartmoor cards on eBay recently - just £20 - and by the same hand as the first card in this thread but from a different dealer. No clue as to who the artist was but they were certainly talented https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MRQcJ0PB3M4/YUD4FGxvkTI/AAAAAAAAnE4/Z3gG0D5Vt2oMlMSu-8P...
by CollectIreland
Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: HipPostcard
Replies: 2
Views: 14158

Re: HipPostcard

Thanks, I'll have another try before chucking my hat at it.
by CollectIreland
Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:57 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: HipPostcard
Replies: 2
Views: 14158

HipPostcard

Does anybody else use the site: https://www.hippostcard.com/ I tried repeatedly to sign-up today but it won't accept my chosen password and without being signed I cannot contact customer support. There's plenty of stuff listed on the site but it seems strangely inactive and their FB and Twitter link...
by CollectIreland
Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:24 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Hand Painted Postcards
Replies: 24
Views: 91074

Re: Hand Painted Postcards

Another OAS acquisition after a few months famine - I'm still in the market for any other examples!

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