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Cindy

I think this collection of Pancho Villa/Mexican Revolution items is best kept together. The appeal would be, I believe, to collectors of Mexican or US military memorabilia. Separating the postcard (which, in itself, if in excellent condition, may not fetch over $10 – 15) wouldn’t serve the collection well.

Anything that documents the provenance (that the items were actually gathered by your grandfather; who he was, etc.) should be carefully saved and kept with the collection.

I’m not familiar with values of military memorabilia, and would suggest that you submit photos of the entire collection to Worthpoint for a proper appraisal. As a family heirloom, the grouping is quite a treasure… and it may also be one to a collector.

An envelop of paper pesos dated 1914 from Chihuahua Mexico. Five of the cinco pesos are in consecutive numerical order. One veinte pesos dated 1914. Three cincuenta centavos dated 1914. All are marked
El Estado De Chihuahua pagara al portador en effectivo….conforme al decreto militar de fecha 10 de Febrero de 1914 CHIHUAHUA, Chihuahua, mexico.

These were collected by my grandfather who was in the U.S. Army participating in the hunt for Pancho Villa. Do they hold any other value to a collector?

While I’ve seen black-and-white real photo postcards of this short war between China and Japan in 1932, I’ve never seen color real photo postcards. If the cards really are original, color, excellent condition, 1932 RPs showing soldiers fighting in the streets of Shanghai, I believe you have a valuable item here.

Individual b&w cards of this conflict are rare, but sell well when offered, generally between $30-40 each. I have not seen a set such as the one you describe. Generally, sets sell for the sum of the individual cards plus a premium of $5-10 for the envelope. So with 16 cards in the set, it appears that you have an item worth $600-700.

What you describe is known to deltiologists (postcard collectors) as a “folder”, where images, printed on both sides, fold out when you open it. From 1937, this one is probably a “linen” – rougher paper than normal, with bright, sometimes garish, colors.

Unfortunately, folders have never caught on with mainstream collectors, and have little value. They are difficult to sell, and you’ll generally find them in dealers’ 25-cent to $1.00 boxes. In internet auctions, when they do sell, they’re often sold in lots, with individual folders fetching from $1 to $4.

If this one has sentimental value, it’s best kept in the family.

Dick Tracey, Terry & the Pirates, Snuffy, Smiling Jack and Moon Mullins were comic strip characters popular in the 1940s. Linen comic postcards using those characters – and some others – were made for soldiers to use to send to their friends and family back home. There were blanks for them to fill in things like their buddies’ names, likes and dislikes, what they had for dinner last night, the brands of products they like (in case people wanted to send Care Packages), etc.

Similar to the “Lazy Person’s Card” where people checked off items instead of writing them out, and “Mad Libs”, the popular fill-in-the-blank paper game, these cards were a fun way for servicemen and women to write home without spending a lot of time on the task.

In excellent condition, they can be found at shows and online in the $7-10 range.

Published by Famous Artists Syn,CPR 1943.

I cannot find any information on these.

The Love Pats cards are very cute, but have little monetary value. Cards from the 1970s can usually be found at Shows for $1.00 and less. I’ve seen these sell at auction in the $1 – 3 range.

Enjoy them for their intrinsic humor and value – they’re fun collectibles!

Best wishes, Bonnie

Could you tell me what they may be worth? Thank you

Postcards of Hitler, in excellent condition, usually sell at auction between $10 and $40 each, depending on how big the image of him is (for example, full body is better than face only) and what he’s doing (Hitler engaged in an activity, or shown with others will be more valuable than a portrait of him alone in his uniform).

“Hitler im Felde” is German for “Hitler in the Field”.

The card you have of him with his niece would probably sell on the high side of this range or higher, since it would be less common than Hitler in uniform or in the field.

However, the cards are sometimes slow sellers, since the number of collectors of WWII cards seems to be dwindling as people who had relatives in the War are aging and no longer with us. That’s not to say their value is less.

Cards of WWII German bunkers and other military installations are not as highly valued, usually selling around the $5 to $10 level.

Since these came from your grandfather, I would advise you to hold onto them and pass them along to your family, as a reminder of the War and his patriotic involvement in it. These postcards will grow in value as time goes by.

Best wishes, Bonnie

Sounds like you have a gallery card… from your description, it sounds like it’s a printed card on thick stock, rather than a hand-painted piece of original artwork.

These typically have plain (non-postcard) backs, and were intended to be given away, sometimes autographed by the artist in attendance, at art gallery shows featuring the work of the artist. Technically they are not postcards, though they can be mailed just like postcards.

If, on the other hand, it’s actually an original hand painted piece, it would be valued as original artwork. Sometimes artists hand-painted (and they still do) small items they could sell at a lower price than larger paintings. This is more common in touristy areas, such as lovely islands like Bermuda.

Ethel Tucker was a British artist, who lived from 1874-1962.
She did many watercolor pieces of Bermuda, and recent pieces have sold at auction for $200-300 (smaller than 10 x 12″ sizes).

Best wishes, Bonnie

Hitler/Nazi propaganda is a great collecting topic. Portraits of Hitler generally sell at auction in the $10-20 range. But if they are more candid shots, or they show him with other people or doing something, the cards are going in the $35-60 range. Estimates assume excellent condition (no bends, corner wear, staining, etc).

Political cards of the WW2 era are popular as well; I often see them at auction for $12-50, depending on how unusual they are, and what they’re touting.

Happy collecting – Bonnie Wilpon