THIS AUCTION IS FOR A MAXFIELD PARRISH PIED PIPER POST CARD FROM 1915. THIS POST CARD ADVERTISED THE PALACE HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO. MEASURES 3X7 INCHES. IN GREAT CONDITION, COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL. SEE OUR OTHER PARRISH ITEMS ON EBAY RIGHT NOW. WOULD LOVE TO COMBINE FOR SAVINGS ON SHIPPING. FEEL CONFIDENT BIDDING WITH US. WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING PARRISH FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND DEALING FOR OVER 20. ALL OF OUR PARRISH LISTINGS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ORIGINAL AND AS DESCRIBED. CLICK ON OUR "ME" PAGE FOR INFORMATION ON OUR YEARLY PARRISH SHOWS IN BOTH PA AND NH. THERE IS A STRONG CHANCE THAT PARRISHES GRANDAUGHTER JOANNA WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, IF NOT TO MAKE A FORMAL APPEARANCE, JUST TO CHAT ABOUT THE LIFE AND ART OF HER FAMOUS GRANDFATHER. PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS WELL BEFORE AUCTIONS END AS I AM NOT ON COMPUTER 24/7. PAYMENT IS TO BE RECIEVED WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS. THANK-YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

A little history- Colonization, however, was about to fail. As he did in Guyana, Napoléon III set up in New Caledonia a penal colony, as provided by the Law of 30 May 1854, that prescribed the transportation of criminals into the colonies. Due to its remote and isolated location, New Caledonia was used to lock political prisoners. Like in Guyane and in order to insure populating, the released prisoners were forced to stay on the island as many years as thay had been sentenced, too. The first group of 250 convicts landed in New Caledonia in May 1864. More than 4,300 political prisoners were jailed on the territory after the insurrection of the Commune de Paris in 1871. They were joined by thousands of Algerian Arabs and Berbers who had revolted the same year in the eastern part of Algeria. However, the majority of the convicts were French criminals; from 1864 to its closure in 1897, the penal colony housed more than 20,000 prisoners. In 1870, Nouméa had only 300 inhabitants, including 100 seamen. I lived in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Island in 1973-1974. I sailed from the Solomon to New Zealand and stopped in Noumea the capital of New Caledonia to reprovision. I aquired this artifact at one of the few antique stores. As you might see in some of the other items posted I collected articles made form shell. This is an original artifact from the penal colony of 1864 (see above). This is a nautilus shell and has been carved to show a likeness of a naked women. The rest of the nautilus is intracally carved. This piece is of museum quality or for the discerning collector of this genre.

Up for your bidding is this unbelievable lot of antique/vintage postcards from the mid to late 1880's to early 1940's. Some Linen, some feel like a suede, and some have gold embossed edges. (Please link to my photo show of all the postcards below). You can click the link and it will pop-up on your screen for a slideshow. After researching what I had (using www.tpa-project.info) and a few other research sites - I've found that I have some of the earliest German, Austrian, Vienne, and Ukraine postcards. NAMES INCLUDED: NPG, SALON J.P.P., TH. E.L.S., W.R.B.&CO., KILO, G.BD.GERIE, ERKAL, TSN SERIE, F.H.&S., WENAU - RUBEN DEHIA, D.K.& CO.P(Salon International), S.V.D., PAUL HESCHER, STOCKHOLM, VERLAG VON E.A. SEEMAN IN LEIPZIG, M.J.S., TH Eismann, Peter Luhn, Herman Ludewig, Scheibe, Buettner, Schmidt, Miesler, Krug, Rokat, Suess, Finkenrath, Obpacher, Postkarte, Schlossstr, Dresden, The Major Lion Trademark with initials E.S.D, E. Pinkau & Co, Leipzing (with job/card number and dot/dash code), Peter Luhn (star logo - peluba), plus many more, also many marked: NOWEHCKA KAPTA(they look like silver/lead bluish/silver colored. (PLEASE SEE PHOTO'S). There is a total of 428 Postcards. Some are signed by the artists, there are 14 used. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL QUESTIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING. Also, if you would like to see all of the individual postcards I can email them to you at your request. Or, you can go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarpat/show/. HAPPY BIDDING........