Best Antique & Collectible Postcards

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pixar Animation Studios with film and concept art from every Pixar feature-length and short film to date.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These are really cool, unique post cards that are absolutely beautiful."
"Some are the cards are super cute and awesome while some are eh and ok. Great gift for a Disney freak."
"These are very durable cards with lots of illustrations from Toy Story, some from CARS and the rest from other PIXAR movies."
"The images used are stills from the films or sketches of characters and scenes from the films during the planning stages, and a handful of pictures that look like they were drawn by children. I like to send the occasional post card to my preschool students to encourage them to use the postal service and send along a little cheer (who doesn't like getting a postcard?"
"He needed something on a large empty wall but I didn't like the idea of having frames on every wall space and I already had cool cartooney outer-space stick ons on two of them."
"I am impressed also by the thickness and quality of the cards - they have a nice weighted feel to them (but won't cost more to mail)."
"I bought them to use for postcrossing, but it will be hard to mail some of them, They are so cute."
"Great deal for postcards!!"

The second deluxe full-color set of creepy Krampus greeting cards (reproduced from scarce vintage designs) contains 20 high-quality cards with blank interiors―two each of 10 different images―and 21 red envelopes enclosed in a keepsake decorative tin box. His books include: Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (2013), Krampus: The Devil of Christmas (2010), and The Life & Times of R. Crumb (2008).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This set of cards is as awesome as the first."
"I love Krampus, so naturally I had to own these."
"These cards will surely haunt my friends throughout the Holiday season."
"Very cool, I wish they had a clever sentiment inside though."
"Husband order, he thinks they are wicked funny, me not so much."
"These were a hit."
"My Halloween/haunted house friends found these amusing and thier main complement was the artwork."
"My 18 yr old daughter loved thses."

Postcards from Penguin: One Hundred Book Covers in One Box by none. This is a collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. And whether they're for classics, crime, reference or prize-winning novels, they still follow Allen Lane's original design mantra.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good quality, interesting, and fun."
"Good value, good selection."
"Combined 40 of them into a poster and hung them in my living room."
"Great collectors set."
"Great quality for the price."
"Great value -- extra heavy card stock, and the illustrations!"
"Loved it."
Best Antique & Collectible Postcards

Wilkes-Barre, located along the Susquehanna River in the Wyoming Valley, is the county seat of Luzerne County. Elena Castrignano is the author of Wilkes-Barre in Arcadia Publishing’s Postcard History Series.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Interesting book on an interesting city."
"Bought this as a Christmas stocking stuffer for a family member."
"I bought this as a birthday gift for my 90 year old neighbor."
"A wonderful way to remember or discover views of the turn of the century in Wilkes-Barre."
"My husband, who was born in Wilkes-Barre, absolutely loved this and is still pouring over it."
"Nice book full of old time information."
"One day, a few summers ago while visiting my hometown we drove to all my favorite childhood places. While enjoying homemade ice cream straight from the farm there, my Dad noticed one of these books on display from his hometown Wilkes-Barre PA."
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For the first time, this book brings together high-quality reproductions of the entire original series, as well as the hard-to-find sequel from 1994, rare and never-before-seen sketches, concept art, and test market materials. Also included are an introduction by series co-creator Len Brown and an afterword by Zina Saunders, daughter of the original artist, providing an insider’s behind-the-scenes view of the bizarre and compelling world of Mars Attacks. “It’s like a mini-museum of alien grotesquerie between two solid covers, depicting all the iterations of the series, with further treatments by modern illustrators, and sketchbook reproductions, and names, dates, and times. The Topps Company, Inc. , founded in 1938, is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The Mars Attacks card set featured artwork portraying a Martian invasion of Earth and all the horrors it would entail."
"A fantastic book that brought back a lot of memories."
"It is pretty rare, however, to see a movie based on a set of trading cards, but back around the turn of the century, Tim Burton did a version of Mars Attacks. The front of the cards would illustrate something from the invasion, typically, a relatively graphic version of the Martians (or their giant insect minions) killing people in creative and/or vicious manners."
"these many years ago, when I was in grade school, I had a dozen or so of the original bubblegum cards."
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book!"
"I remember my brother having these cards and my mom being horrified by them and they soon disappeared."
"This book features every card in the series in full color, many that I had never seen before, along with preliminary sketches, alternate versions and modern homage designs."
"This book reproduces the topps trading cards front and back with notes about the production of the art."
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Colorfully illustrated with photographs, portraits, and relevant artworks, this handsome hardcover is a visual treat too, making Letters of Note an utterly distinctive gift, and an instant classic. "While some might argue that the art of correspondence died with the advent of the internet, it was Letters of Note-a popular website sharing correspondence across history and spheres-that paved the way for the exceptional hardcover of the same name. The book's introduction aptly describes itself as "a museum of letters" that are as addictive as they are enlightening; featuring letters from Ernest Hemingway, Fidel Castro, Nick Cave, Elvis and more than a few world leaders. London-based author Shaun Usher compiled the collection of over 125 letters over the course of four years and the subjects span both private and public theatrics. In Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience (brought to you by the creator of the blog by the same name) you'll read letters spanning across centuries, from influential political leaders, authors, actors, murderers, and more. "This new book beautifully highlights fascinating letters ...The hardcover demands prime space on the coffee table." "Someone should write a love letter to a new book called Letters of Note . It's a splendid collection of all kinds of correspondence through the ages: Elvis Presley fans writing to the president, children making suggestions to famous cartoonists, a scientist's poignant love letter to his late wife."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There could have been a thousand letters here and I still would not have tired of reading. In the meantime, I will peruse his website, Letters of Note, to see if I can find more wonderful letters from personalities famous and obscure."
"Letters of Note by Shaun Usher. NOVEMBER 7, 2017 ~ LEAVE A COMMENT ~ EDIT. Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider AudienceLetters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. It was from “A Way with Words” a public radio show about the English language, including the origins of words, the usages, and good books that I came to know this lovely book. Of all the letters in the book, the following three letters resonate in my mind: (1) E. B. White’s letter to his gentleman acquaintance regarding the importance of having hope for humanity; (2) Anaïs Nin’s rebuking letter to a faceless collector of her co-authored “Erotica” for his demand of more prevalent racy contents; and (3) a nameless German’s woman’s letter to her husband asking him to take her back home from a dreadful mental hospital she was in."
"True to its title, this master piece contained missives that communicated a myriad of emotions, raised pertinent questions and advised the ones in need. The typography lends a rich grandeur which these letters of note truly deserve and needless to say, it evoke the emotions that come with holding a hard cover. Upon reading this work, one cannot help but think even though we as humanity have progressed in leaps and bounds in terms of technology and life style, have lost out a lot in the art of truly communicating and asking questions that makes us think long, hard, deep and all other attributes alike."
"This is a wonderful book that I will re-read many times."