Vintage Krampus Postcard. The Lute-Krampus. Unused postcard I fine condition. Artist signed H. Z.

In the Alpine regions the Krampus is represented by an incubus demon in company of Saint Nicholas. Krampus acts as an anti-Saint Nicholas where instead of giving gifts to good children, he gives warnings and punishments to the bad children.

Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in the first two weeks of December, particularly in the...
Publisher: Strohschneider  

Old Pilot: Sleep tight tonight….Graphic Photo by Noel Lawson Funny vintage photo of a graphic by Noel Lawson "Sleep tight tonight your Air Force is awake". It depicts a funny looking, old pilot.

Size: 7 x 10 cm. Fine condition.
 

Radiograph: Old Lithograph from 1899 Decorative old lithograph related to X-rays. It depicts a bird a snake and a hand as they appear on an x-ray screen.

Size: 12 x 9.8 inches. Vertical centre-fold, fine condition. Published in Germany ain 1899
Circa: 1898
Publisher: Brockhaus  

Unusual Postcard with Tulips. 1906 Decorative, tinted postcard with a very modern touch. It depicts tulips against a black background.

Sent as postcard from Hungary to Austria to a well known collector of postcards, Baron Ripp.

Fine condition.
Publisher: Magyar  

Tree Grown Through Car. Funny Vintage Postcard. Funny old postcard from app. 1910: " Tree Grown Through French Dump Car at San Pablo, Panama".

Incredible how the tree could grow like this!

Unused postcard. Published by Vibert & Dixon, Panama.
Publisher: Vibert  

Handkerchief from the 1940-50s: Wild Animals and Black Kids. Vintage handkerchief from the 1940-50s with 2 little black kids, playing with a flamingo. An elephant, camel, giraffe and palm trees are nicely arranged all over the handkerchief.

11,5 x 11,2 inches, cotton, minor aging ( 2 brown sots at the lower margin).
Manufacturer: unknown  

Strange, early Erotic Postcard. Couple and Donkey. Old tinted postcard from pre-1910 in kind of a cabinet photo. It depicts a lady half undressed and her squire. A Donkey is standing aside.

Unused postcard, undivided back. Fine condition.
Publisher: unknown  

Antique, tinted Photo: Kids with angry Hen. Pre 1900 Lovely, antique photo ( in kind of a carte de visite) depicting a boy and a gild at the countryside, being scared by a angry hen which is protecting their chicks.

The photo is pre 1900 ( app. 1890+), size: 2,6 x 4 inches, the lower corners are rounded, otherwise clean and fresh.
Circa: 1890
Manufacturer: unknown  

Lilliputian Couple. Vintage Postcard from 1912. Lilliputian couple form the "Zeynard’s Marvellous Midget Circus. Tiny Town – The Big Show".

The postcard depicts a lady and a gentleman, well dressed. Text by hand "There are the engaged couple".

Used as postcard in Australia in 1912.
Manufacturer: Swift  

Vintage Postcard of a strong Lady. App. 1920 "Mitzi, the Queen of all Giant Ladies". German print in postcard-size ( 3,8 x 5,5 inches ), no imprint at the reverse.

"Mitzi" was an attraction at shows in the 1920s due to her unusual weight and body-size.

Fine condition
Manufacturer: private  

Funny French Vintage Postcard Carnival. Appr. 1910 "Carnaval de Nice XLIII" ( 43rd Nice-Carnival ). Vintage postcard from app. 1910. Unused, fine condition.

The postcard shows a man riding a huge pelican, surround by masses of people attending the carnival. Published by Byleen Frères in Nice.
Publisher: France  

10 Million (!) German Marks of Stamps on 1 Cover. Germany 1923. Unusual cover from the time when you needed to be a Millionaire to post a letter: Germany 1923: A strip of 5 overprinted stamps, 2 Million on 5 Thousand German-Marks, on a postal cover.

Fine condition.
Manufacturer: Germany  

Shark eating Lady. Funny Postcard from 1902. Newport to Wien. Funny lithographed postcard depicting people in Victorian-Style swim wear and a screaming lady looking out of the moth of a big shark.

Sent from Newport to Wien in Austria in 1902. Fine condition.
Publisher: Newport  

Mud Bath: Funny, small, antique Watercolor. Pre 1900 Funny old watercolour form the 1890s. It is made in the kind of Carte de visite, the actual painting pasted on a piece of cardboard.

The painting depicts a fat man who enjoys a mud bath and is just moving from the basin with mudpack into a basin with fresh water. Mud is dripping from all of his body.

Size: 2,5 x 4 inches.
Publisher: unknown  

Romantic Krampus Postcard from 1908. Lovely Krampus photo postcard from 1908. The Krampus is visiting a pretty lady. He doesn’t look that frightening this time – and the lady seems to be delighted too. Scarce postcard.

Used as postcard in Austria in 1908. Slight corner knocks, fine condition.
Publisher: unknown