I’ve found that the best place to find collectible postcards is at art auctions. I was at an art auction in Eastlake, Ohio looking for stained glass and found them auctioning a lot of vintage collectible postcards. I bought the lot at the art auction and it contained almost three thousand beautiful collectible postcards.

The collectible postcards that are my favorite are all turn of the century and were sent for holidays. Valentine’s Day collectible postcards from the early 1900s are very romantic. The Christmas postcards have some really nice artwork. I was really fortunate with the purchase at the art auction because the assortment was so varied.

My collection of collectible postcards contains many different themes. I like the non-US card. I found an art auction that had a shoebox full of these postcards and they were from places like Bermuda, Zurich, Rio de Janeiro, Dresden, Germany, Ireland and even Istanbul. I had never owned a collectible postcard from Niger before that art auction.

People who do not collect vintage collectible postcards just don’t understand their value. They are usually not even mentioned as being part of an art auction. I go to art auctions every other weekend on the off chance that there will be collectible postcards on the auction block.

I am always so pleased when I find linen ere collectible postcards at an art auction. The auctioneer at most art auctions does not even announce the lot as linen postcards; he usually just announces it as vintage or old collectible postcards. His lack of knowledge of the subject almost always works to my advantage.

I have various collections of collectible postcards within the main collection. I tried for awhile to complete a set of state views in all linen era postcards. I can’t even count how many art auctions I attended before I even had thirty of the forty eight states. I know that I finally tired of the pursuit and have just put it on the back burner.

The holiday collectible postcards go to collectors of more than just postcards. I’ve seen people buy holiday collectible postcards at an art auction just to frame and decorate with them during certain holidays. I actually found five really nice vintage Christmas collectible postcards at an art auction and had them framed for my mother as a Christmas gift.

I went to an art auction and estate sale of a man whose grandfather had been a colonel army officer. The collectible postcards that I found there were fantastic. The officer had amassed 353 different postcards from India. It was amazing. They had been tucked into an album and never used and were in perfect condition.

For awhile, I thought that I wanted to collect postcards from soldiers in WWI. I found a two hundred piece lot of this type of collectible postcards at an art auction in New Haven. The mix of cards was British, French and German. It was interesting because some of the collectible postcards were censored. I’ve never seen censored collectible postcards before.

The most I’ve ever spent on collectible postcards at an art auction was $530 for four postcards. They were all from 1904 and they depicted automobile racing. They were in pristine condition. I doubt that I will ever find any more even remotely like this the rest of my life. They were exceptional.

Many people who are not fond of collecting vintage collectible postcards may not understand the true value that these art pieces hold. Vintage collectible postcards are rarely if not even mentioned as an integral element of an art auction. And while collectors and lovers of vintage collectible postcards take a lot of turns searching for more of these fantastic collectible items, art auctions are still considered a great place to find the best collectible postcards.

One time at an art auction in Eastlake, Ohio, there was a sale for a wide variety of vintage postcards. It contained about three thousand beautiful designs. Among the collectible postcards that were held for auction, about thirty percent were pre-linen. These pre-linen postcards were all made before the year 1930. The linen collectible postcards, which also comprise thirty percent of the total number of collectible postcards featured at the art auction, were made between 1930 and 1945. Forty percent of the lot for collectible postcards at the art auction was for early chrome collectible postcards, majority of them dating back from the fifties and sixties. Also, there were collectible pieces culled from the British museum series in the 1970s.

Linen era collectible postcards are also a popular choice. There are auctioneers in numerous art auctions who usually do not advertise the lot for postcards as linen and instead announce them as old or vintage collectibles. This could be attributed to their lack of knowledge in vintage collectible postcards. You can work this to your advantage and you can expect to have your own linen collectible postcards.

There are also exciting postcard collectibles from soldiers in World War 1. An art auction in New Haven featured two hundred pieces of this type of postcards, which had British, French and German mixes. Some of the pieces were even censored making it more interesting. Moreover, an art auction that featured four automobile racing postcards all created in 1904 was sold for a rather whopping $530. The winner of the bid must have gotten a good deal with the purchase since the postcards were in excellent condition and are exceptionally rare to find these days.

Collectors who view vintage collectible postcards as ‘more than just mere postcards’ rave for holiday collectible postcards. There are people who purchase holiday collectible postcards in art auctions and only frame and decorate them during the holidays. Some of the collectible postcards that were considered favorites among many auction bidders were all turn of the century. Valentine’s Day collectible postcards dating from the early 1900s are so romantic. Christmas postcards also come with highly creative artwork. With such a wide assortment of collectible postcards, you can choose as many as you like.