Materials on the History of Portrait Postcards

On the history of the trade in portrait or posed genre photographs. 1) Cardboard 36 x 28 cm with 5 photographs of a studio and its postcard sales of portraits as merchandise, plus 2 selection photographs 24 x 30 cm, each with 20 Paris cityscape postcards and their two original glass plate negatives 30 x 40 cm. – 2) Theater magazine "Paris-Portrait" 1879, 4 issues each with a female performer as "Photoglyptie" 9 x 13 cm, as well as 4 female performers from "The Theatre" from 1894 onwards. – 3) 80 postcards of reigning monarchies from 1895 onwards, showing their descendants and hereditary princes to the people, in very good condition and mostly representing the best possible craftsmanship and artistic quality for their respective eras. – 4) Approx. 200 postcards of children engaged in various activities, dating from 1895 to 1920, including 15 postcards of toddlers and babies. – 5) Approx. 200 congratulatory postcards from children in various languages, dating from 1895 to 1930. – 6) Approx. 130 postcards, mostly of women, with captions accompanying love scenes. – 7) 54 postcards of children only, with captions. – And: 8) 60 postcards of women only, without captions. – Note: Most European dynasties lost influence after 1918, but postcards of film actors portraying illusions increased. Material for historians and authors on the topic of the visual representation of rulers and the people.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)