REAL PHOTO CARDS SOLD ON ONLINE AUCTIONS + PRICES REALISED
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:35 pm
The prices being realised on various online auction sites for real photo postcards with Tasmanian views appears to be quite
buoyant at present with some spectacular results being obtained for unusual and scarce items.
I have commenced this topic not for the purpose of proclaiming "you paid too much" or "wow that's a lot" but to create a record
of cards which are selling (with considerable competition) for amounts much higher than for your "run of the mill" RP items and to
try and work out the reason why.
For example, this card with a 1920s view of the Coronation Hotel at Scottsdale was sold recently on eBay for AU$48 (I put in a paltry
bid of $18.50!)
[attachment=0]coronation hotel ppc.jpg[/attachment]
The card (published by W.E. Rose and numbered "7") was described: "Coronation Hotel, Scottsdale, Tasmania. Circa 1923. Very good condition. Real photo. Unused"
I am uncertain why the seller dated the card as being from c.1923 (seems a little too precise for an approximation!!) but I would think it's definitely from the 1920s.
Why AU$48 ?? .... my thoughts: 1) is this card by Rose Stereograph Co, from Victoria or is it a different "Rose"??? ...if the latter it would be very rare; 2) I haven't
seen this card before which is not an infallible test of rarity but I have now viewed many 1000's of Tasmanian cards and so I am getting to be a little more confident
in using this subjective criterion and 3) hotels are popular topics, especially country pubs. The dog waiting outside the door of the bar for it's master may have been a
compelling reason to bid high as well!
Any other ideas?? ... it's a nice card.
buoyant at present with some spectacular results being obtained for unusual and scarce items.
I have commenced this topic not for the purpose of proclaiming "you paid too much" or "wow that's a lot" but to create a record
of cards which are selling (with considerable competition) for amounts much higher than for your "run of the mill" RP items and to
try and work out the reason why.
For example, this card with a 1920s view of the Coronation Hotel at Scottsdale was sold recently on eBay for AU$48 (I put in a paltry
bid of $18.50!)
[attachment=0]coronation hotel ppc.jpg[/attachment]
The card (published by W.E. Rose and numbered "7") was described: "Coronation Hotel, Scottsdale, Tasmania. Circa 1923. Very good condition. Real photo. Unused"
I am uncertain why the seller dated the card as being from c.1923 (seems a little too precise for an approximation!!) but I would think it's definitely from the 1920s.
Why AU$48 ?? .... my thoughts: 1) is this card by Rose Stereograph Co, from Victoria or is it a different "Rose"??? ...if the latter it would be very rare; 2) I haven't
seen this card before which is not an infallible test of rarity but I have now viewed many 1000's of Tasmanian cards and so I am getting to be a little more confident
in using this subjective criterion and 3) hotels are popular topics, especially country pubs. The dog waiting outside the door of the bar for it's master may have been a
compelling reason to bid high as well!
Any other ideas?? ... it's a nice card.
