Vintage Holiday Cards

Happy Sunday! Since reading Virginia Retro's post about vintage holiday cards I've been very envious of her collection. In fact I've read several posts about blogger's finding fab vintage holiday cards and I was feeling left out!
It's rare that I find any vintage greeting cards at the thrifts until now...

Instant vintage card collection~ yay!!

This Friday I was at the BFM and happened to wander through the books and cards sections when I spotted four mint box sets of cards each priced at a $1 each!! I couldn't believe it since I know antique markets charge a $1 plus per card. There are over 60 cards in total. 

An almost complete set of holiday stationary from Hallmark.

Christmas assortment of cards by Golden Splendor made in the USA ~21 cards originally retailed for $1.50

A Pair of Wishes by Gibson 

Have Fun on Christmas! by Gibson

Merry Christmas~ "Bet your boots" by Gibson

A complete box set of 20 vintage Hallmark Christmas cards originally retailed for $2~ can you believe I only paid $1!!

Hope your holidays are happy days!~Hallmark

Best Wishes for the Holidays and Happiness throughout the New Year~ made by Artis

Open House holiday invitation ~ made by Rust Craft of Toronto, Canada

Hope you have the Merriest Christmas ever! ~ Hallmark

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ~ Hallmark

The following two cards are Hi Brows which were made in the late 50s and were a division of America Greetings. I already have a couple of Hi Brows birthday and wedding cards. 

I love the humor and graphics of these cards.

 

Cover: Fa la la la la la la la 

Inside: and all that Jazz

Cover: Here's 500 bucks for Christmas

Inside: The South will rise again

Thanks to Virginia Retro I also learned a new word~ Ephemera

Have you ever scored an "instant collection" while thrifting?

Won't you join me for more thrifty finds at Sir Thrift A lot's Thriftasaurus and for Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound! 



Until we thrift again...

AJ