ANTIQUE FRENCH COLOR POSTCARD of IPHIGENIE OPERA Lovely color photograph, printed in Paris France. Never used. #886 and L. Doucet on back, triple ply postcard paper.

Good condition, minimal wear, vibrant colors

from Wikipedia:

Iphigénie en Tauride
Iphigénie en Tauride (Iphigeneia in Tauris) is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. The French libretto was written by Nicolas-François Guillard. It was first performed in Paris on May 18, 1779.

Two years later, in 1781, as his last work for the stage, Gluck produced a German version of the opera, Iphigenia auf Tauris, for the visit of the Russian Grand Duke Paul to Vienna, with the libretto translated and adapted by Johann Baptist von Alxinger in collaboration with the composer. However, this somewhat altered version has generally been seen as inferior to the 1779 Paris version, which has been the version usually performed and recorded.

With Iphigénie, Gluck took his operatic reform to its logical conclusion. The recitatives are shorter and they are récitatif accompagné (ie. the strings and perhaps other instruments are playing, not just continuo accompaniment). The normal dance movements that one finds in the French Tragédie are almost entirely absent. The drama is based on the play Iphigeneia in Tauris by the ancient Greek dramatist Euripides which deals with Greek mythological stories concerning the family of Agamemnon in the aftermath of the Trojan War.

The borrowings Gluck made in this, his last significant opera, are numerous, and many scholars feel that they constitute a "summing up" of the artistic ideals he pursued throughout his career as a composer. Most of the reused music is his own, culled from his earlier, Italian-language operas or from his ballet Don Juan (1761). The Act II music for the Furies, for example, adapts music from Gluck's ballet. In at least one case, however, an aria in Iphigénie en Tauride is actually Gluck borrowing from himself borrowing from Johann Sebastian Bach; the Act IV number for Iphigenia, "Je t'implore et je tremble," is a parody of "Perchè, se tanti siete" from Gluck's Antigono, which in turn uses material from the Gigue of the Partita no. 1 in B Flat (BWV 825) by Bach.

 

ANTIQUE HUMOROUS FRENCH POSTCARD MAN & WOMAN SCENE French postcard, never used.

States:

Si lu savais combien sec est mon gosier, tu laisserais ton balai d'cote!

roughly transated:

"If read knew how much dry is my throat, you would leave your quotation broom!"

not exactly sure what the actual translation is, but it's pretty funny...the man is drinking, the oman is about to hit him w a broom and a spinning wheel lies on the floor on its side.

also:
"Autour des lits elos bretons"

Anyone able to better translate this?

Fun photo postcard!

Good condition.
 

ANTIQUE FRENCH LOVERS VICTORIAN EDWARDIAN POST CARD Splendid antique postcard that appears to be a hand colored photograph with its nice detail and vibrant colors. The young lovers are sitting outside on a bench with a bunch of flowers and trees and a lake behind them. The man appars to be reading her poetry or some other sort of literature. She wears nice empire style Edwardian attire and appears to be a bit smitten by her handsome suitor.

There's a "108" on the bottom left corner of the front; the back hs never been written on or postmarked and says "Fabrication Francaise" and "LUXOGRAPHIE". Also, a little round emblem with the letters that may spell out "A NOYER" is at the bottom center of the back.

Though not 100% mint due to minor creasing on the edges, the card is superb and suitable for framing or adding to any serious collector's finds!
 

ANTIQUE GERMAN VICTORIAN CUPID FOLD OUT VALENTINE CARD A Token of affection.

Apprx 4 1/4" by 3", late 1800s to early 1900s, Victorian Edwardian era, printed in Germany, signed on back to someone's sweetheart. Lovely fold out cupid, some wear to the edges but overall quite lovely and charming. Sold as found. Nice to display.
 

PR VICTORIAN 1910-14 VALENTINE's DAY CUPID POST CARDS Pair of post cards, both post marked, one from 1910 and 1914. One is made in Germany, the other appears to be from the US. Both have lovely embossed graphics, some soiling, lovely for a collection or display.
 

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN ROMANTIC COUPLE 1912 POSTCARD 1912 postmark, illustration of a couple, double meaning card showing the woman applying rouge as her man stands over her, below it says:

It's enough to make any woman blush.

Very cute, some edge wear, good vintage condition.

 

1908 EDWARDIAN POSTCARD THE NAPKIN RING MOTIF UNUSUAL 1908 postmark, really unusual subject showing an animated Napkin Ring! A Raphael Tuck card, fair condition, shows wear.
 

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN DOUBLE SQUEEZE HUMOROUS POSTCARD 1907 postcard, slightly risque, shows a couple and a man squeezing his woman's hand and cheek. They look longingly into one another's eyes. Very sweet. Fair t good vintage condition, shows some wear, small writing on the bottom of the front.
 

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN DECO ERA VALENTINE CARD Made in USA. Aprx 2 3/4" by 4 1/4", good condition. Lovely poem on front, bright graphics. Good vintage condition.
 

1912 ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN DOUBLE MEANING POSTCARD 1912 postcard, double meaning, woman and man, at the top:

You will get in hot water

Very cute, funny card, edge wear is present, good vintage condition, nice color and interesting design.
 

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN WW1 ROMANTIC FRENCH PHOTO POSTCARD From my own collection, photo postcard, looks hand colored, soldier with a woman on his lap, says:

On 'les a! On 'les a!
les douces
caresses!

This was part of a collection of love letters that I bought many years ago.

Very good vintage condition, some edge wear. Very lovely.
 

EDWARDIAN POSTCARD SAILOR BOY AND GIRL ROMANTIC! Very cute, adorable, early 1900s, antique postcard, sailor boy holds hand of litle girl. At the top it says:

"and you must play you;re angry and try to draw away, and I won't really let you and I'll kiss you anyway."

Soooo sweet! Good vintage condition, some minimal wear on the edges, still nice though and great display!
 

FRENCH POSTCARD RAPHAEL ST MICHAEL MUSEE DU LOUVRE Museum postcard, old, lovely Saint michael killing a demon.

"Saint Michel terrassant le Demon"

Darkening on the edges, fair condition.


FROM Wikipedia:
Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello)[1] (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520)[2] was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.[3]

Raphael was enormously productive and, despite his early death at thirty-seven, a large body of his work remains, especially in the Vatican. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, but after his death the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when his more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models.

His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (from 1504-1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates.[4

 

1907 ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN HUMOROUS POSCARD Very unusual postcard showing a family at the table with a poem underneath:
A dozen kids began to shout while at the table there,
The baby took some sauerkraut and rubb'd it in my hair.

Too funny!

Good condition, some edge wear, very cool.
 

HUMEROUS EDWARDIAN DOUBLE ENTENDRE POSTCARD From my collection. A man with two women.

"Is the left one right, or is the right one left?"

No postmark, fair to good vintage condition, shows edge wear and some creasing, still a nice display and a fun card.
 

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN ART COMIC POSTCARD "I'd buy diamonds for you"

Lovely early 1900s postcard.

Good vintage condition. minimal wear.
 

ANTIQUE FRENCH POSTCARDS CHERUBS AUTUMN & WINTER Lovely color photograph, printed in Paris France. Never used. #874 and BAUDRY on back, triple ply postcard paper.

Cherubs on the front. "Autumn and Winter" or L'automne et l'hiver".

Beautiful graphics. Wonderful cherub angel putti motif.
 

1907 EDWARDIAN HUMOROUS POSTCARD TEMPTING PRESENTATION! Very funny, postcard of a couple, Edwardian or Victorian era, double entendre of a woman presenting her partner with tea, along the bottom it says:

A tempting presentation.

One cent cancelled stamp on the back, postmarked 1907, shows wear from age, good vintage condition.
 

ANTIQUE 1910 EDWARDIAN HUMORUS POSTCARD Funny postcard, "At it again?" showing a couple on a couch with a finger pointing elderly woman looking at them.

Good vintage condition.
 

ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN POSCARD WOMAN: THAT'S RIPPING. FUN! Fun English postcard, never used, minimal wear, early 1900s.