Western New York Postcard Club
A Club For Collectors Of Vintage Postcards
Meetings are held via Zoom. Links
are emailed to club members
and guests. To request a link,
please send an email to
Michael Bloch. If you opt-in
to our email list below, you
will receive the links for each meeting.
Club Dinner – Tuesday, December 12 – 6:30
Fruit & Salad Co. on Route 96 in Bushnell’s Basin
Club Pays for dinner!
You must RSVP by Friday, December 8
Send an email to Michael
Wednesday, November 15 at 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Monday, November 13 at 7:00 PM
The Secret Life of Postcard Artist Phil May
Presentation by Anne Ross
Don’t miss this presentation.
Monday, October 9 at 7:00 PM
Art, Culture, Tradition and Inspired Change in Early New York City Restaurant Postcards
Presentation by Kyle Jolliffe
Don’t miss this presentation.
Monday, September 11 at 7:00 PM
Detroit Publising Company Postcards
1895 – 1935
Homage to THE WONDER CITY
Presentation by Michael Langenstein, postcard artist and collector.
Don’t miss this presentation.
A Dealer’s Perspecive on the Photo Postcard
Market & Collecting
August 7, 2023 – 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Presentation by Erin Waters. Erin has a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from New York University
Don’t miss this presentation.
Who Killed Hugo Tuck? – A Postcard Publishing Mystery
July 17, 2023 – 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Presentation by Anne Ross
During the Victorian and Edwardian eras, postcard publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons struggled to keep a family skeleton in the closet. His name was Hugo Tuck. Hugo carried a secret that could destroy his father’s publishing company. At Raphael House in London, all was not merry and bright.
Don’t miss this presentation.
PLEASE NOTE
There will not be a meeting in June.
Reseeing Linen Postcards
May 15, 2023 – 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Presentation by David Freund
David recently purchased a huge pile of linen postcards online. He will disccuss what he found in the pile.
After his MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop, Freund taught at Pratt Institute and Ramapo College. In 1978 he received an NEA grant to photograph gas station culture and environments, published as Gas Stop in 2016 by Steidl. Exhibitions include Light Gallery, New York and the George Eastman Museum, Rochester. His work is in the collections of MoMA, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Don’t miss this presentation.
October 8, 2023
SHOW CANCELLED
Due to lack of available dealers.
Annual Postcard Show And Sale
Millions of postcards from dealers from throughout the northeast United States. Show runs 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM. Perinton Community Center on Turk Hill Rd in Fairport, NY
View Recordings Of Past Meetings
Homage to the Wonder City – Detroit Postcards of NYC. – Video
Photo Postcards – Collecting and the Market – Video
Who Killed Hugo Tuck? – Video
Reseeing Linen Postcards – Video
McDonald’s Postcards – Video
How to Sell Your Postcards – Video
Cement and Concrete on Postcards – Video
Curt Teich Postcards and Factory Representative G.I. Pitchford – Video
Japanese Attack On San Francisco – Video
Factories That Printed Postcards – Video
People In The Workplace – Video
Newberry Library – Curt Teich Collection – Video
New York State Carousels – Video
Public Transportation in New York City – Video
Real Photo Postcards – Video
Mark Jones Talks About Postcards – Video
Postcards Between Two Lovers – Video
About Postcard Collecting
Collecting vintage postcards is an enjoyable hobby. In incorporates history, photography, different methods of printing and production. The mjority of postcards collected are from the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Postacrds were very popular in those years and most families had postcard albums in their homes to showcase the postcards people sent them in the mail.
The Golden Age of Postcards was from 1907-1915.
What do people collect? People collect postcards of the following categories:
Hometowns
Specific Cities, states and counties
Advertising
World’s Fairs
Holloween
Valentine’s Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Automobiles
Boats
Airplanes
Covered Bridges
Hotels
Restaurants
Main Street Views
Pets
Courthouses
Government Buildings
Real Photo Postcards by local photographers
Trains
Disasters
Famous People
Construction
And there are many more categories.
Collectors typically buy postcards from postcard dealers at postcard shows and online from eBay and other websites. Prices range anywhere from 25 cents to $50 and more. A wide variety of postcards are readily available for less than $10 each.
Many cities have local postcard clubs and many of these clubs host annual postcard shows with multiple dealers selling thousands of postcards.
There are many books about postcards and collecting postcards. One excellent book is Postcard America by Jeffrey Miekle.