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I went to an auction and bough a box full of stuff I wanted to have, hidden down under one of the bottom flaps were these cards. http://imgur.com/0ah20pE What I know: They're from the early 1900's (1900-1930) They're lithographs of various works of art. They seem to be in a series. The French text states where they were located, who painted them and the title of the piece. My first thought, based on the reason I bought the box, is that they may have been tobacco cards, but those were generally more risque. They're slightly larger than a contemporary playing card so the size is right, but they don't match any that I've been able to find. I also thought they could be made for some sort of viewer, maybe as a salesman sampler for art lithographs? Any information on the cards, or even the logo in the upper left corner would be cool.
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Mar 23, 2016 18:00
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Yeah for sure, the reason I first thought tobacco cards was because I bought a box of pipes to clean up and smoke and it came with a bunch of other tobacco related poo poo like pipe tools, tobacco pouches etc. I looked into tobacco cards specifically before I ruled them out, while not all of them are risque none matched these.
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Mar 23, 2016 20:12
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Yeah, I've been looking for a while now and I can't find a damned thing about them. I thought they were really cool which is why I decided to try to figure out what they are instead of just tossing them in a box in my closet.
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Mar 25, 2016 02:47
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