Versailles Postcard book

[paulb104]

We're going through some more of my late father-in-laws stuff and I see a small book of postcards. I've seen them before, nothing out of the ordinary. This one happens to be of Versailles so I decide to take it home to price and sell.

Every postcard in the book is stamped, like the person was on some sort of tour. Again, seen it. There's two extra postcards, too.

Here's the thing. Whoever had this book was from the German Peace Delegation from the Signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and the stamp is dated June 23, 1919. The two extra cards and some of the ones in the book are also dated July 1, 1919.

This book ties in with the end of World War 1.

The book would be worth twenty five, maybe thirty dollars, but now I don't know.

 

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[bill_wabo]

Saw few 1920 versions of the carnet for 15-20 euros on french ebay. PM me if you need some translation.

 

[paulb104]

Thanks for checking! Did those books have the German delegation stamps?

 

[Daryn]

Awesome find. Regardless of value, it's a keeper.

 

[paulb104]

Well, it's a seller. That's kind of the point, to assess the value so it can be sold.

 

[huntsman53]

Did your wife's family come over from Germany? If so, then it may have belonged to her' Grandfather or an Uncle but then again, it could have been purchased in an Antique Shop.


Frank

 

[paulb104]

Did your wife's family come over from Germany? If so, then it may have belonged to her' Grandfather or an Uncle but then again, it could have been purchased in an Antique Shop.


Frank

No, this was a purchase.

 

[Daryn]

Well, it's a seller. That's kind of the point, to assess the value so it can be sold.

Sometimes the value in an item isn't $ but rather the history of the item. An item may be worth $5.00 but priceless to a family or a museum. That's what I meant.

 

[paulb104]

Sometimes the value in an item isn't $ but rather the history of the item. An item may be worth $5.00 but priceless to a family or a museum. That's what I meant.

Oh, I wholeheartedly agree!

For instance, one of the items in the collection I'm working on is ephemera. Specifically, it is a 1905 Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations Homestead Patent issued by the US Government. I'm trying to find a descendant of the recipient.

I also have a stick pin love token (circa 1910) of/from the Sorosis Club, and I'm currently trying to contact an active Sorosis Club to see if I can find someone who wants it, rather than just putting it up on ebay or something.

This book though, gets sold. There's no identifying marks. There are postcard collectors, Versailles collectors, France collectors, World War 1 collectors, who would be interested in it.