Culture
The postcards which I have published are now nearly run out. I usually only have one in stock of the old and antiquarian - some cards are exceptionally rare: one of the Scottish ones went for £500 in an auction a few years back and the copy in my own collection cost me £300.
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Set of 8 cards, Romanies at Epsom, from old engravings, drawings and majority photos, between 1863 and 1936, the last a superb grandma’s ‘day school’. Others include wagons, horses, people, sweglers, flower making and tents. Price £2.50
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Superb set of 8 black and white postcards drawn by Amaletta. Each gives a traditional Romani recipe and a traditional Romani scene. Makes a superb set of wall pictures when framed. Real collectors’ items and increasingly scarce. £3.50.
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Set of 8 b&w thought provoking anti-racial/political/social cards by Amaletta: Subjects: Schools, computers, sites, police, pubs, ‘real’ Gypsies, religion, prejudice and political correctness. £2.50.
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Single card showing two youths bare knuckle sparring. £1.50
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Set of 7 full sized RP sepia cards from newly discovered (unfortunately rather grainy) photos taken 1922 or 3 of a Kentish Gypsy identified as Jim ‘Toodley’ Lee making his own ribbed wagon. His wife was a Smith but she cannot be identified from background Gypsies. Thought to have been taken at Parishes Farm, Swanley, but probably date from pre WW1. £3.50
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6 modern Romani/Traveller postcards of interesting scenes - Appleby (2), Big Green, flower making, New Forest law, Cocker Smith. £5.
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Cave dwelling, Arran. Extremely rare card showing cave dwellers on the west coast of Arran, possibly Machrie or Dougall. £60.
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