Vintage Valentines Day Cards
My Box of Vintage Valentine Cards
In one corner of my game room I've got a box filled with someone's memories. Vintage Valentines Cards, heart felt greetings signed with love from someone long since gone to their reward. Bundled up in that plain old box are hundreds of long kept tender messages and well wishes dating back to the 1930's or so. Every time I move that box of old Valentines from one corner of the room to another, I can't help but think that they must have really meant a lot to their original owner during their life.
I came to own these vintage Valentines greeting cards by making one of my estate sale purchases that included box upon box of mixed up merchandise. I found them, carefully tied together with an old, worn out ribbon, in the bottom of one of the boxes. I couldn't help but feel a little bit melancholy as I flipped through them, and read Valentines Day messages sent by lovers separated by miles during a war I've only experienced through books and movies. Now it is time for them to move on to someone else. Perhaps they will become part of a new mother's scrapbook because she likes how the old fashioned images bring out the eyes of her little one on the "My First Valentine" page. These creative people give a second life to these forgotten treasures.
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 Valentines Day Card Very old Acceptable to Fine Condition Great Color Vintage  US $.25 |  Valentines Day Greeting Card Very Old Vintage Great Color Beautiful Condition US $.25 |
 Vtg Valentine Girl Eating Ice Cream US $.99 |  VALENTINES primitive tags VINTAGE VALENTINE scrapbook embellishment CRAFT TAGS US $.99 |
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Why Collect Vintage Valentines?
People collect vintage Valentines for a variety different reasons. Scrapbookers love the old graphics. The style is much different than what you find today filed on shelves in the supermarket. The messages are simple and sweet. They are perfect for giving a scrapbook a special added touch. Other people collect vintage ephemera like this because, like me, they feel like they are catching a glimpse into the past when they hold these old cards and read the messages written inside of them. Sometimes it is just a nice change of pace to find vintage Valentine decorations and cards that have nothing to do with today's trends. A Valentine text message just doesn't have the same personal touch.
For people who might want to look for these old Valentine cards on their own, I have a little bit of advice. First of all, the place to find them (maybe) is at estate sales. Don't expect them to be sitting out as a featured item however. Many times, family members either decide to save them for themselves, or they do not really think that anyone would be interested in owning old greeting cards that were already written on years ago. I see them from time to time, now that I look for them, but they are usually thrown into a box of assorted items that are one step away from the dumpster. If you don't see anything like that out for sale, consider asking the person in charge of the estate sale if there are any old greeting cards among what is being sold. Sometimes, they will help you to locate a hidden stash of them that they saw as things were being set up. It certainly never hurts to ask.
Category: old collectibles, Second Hand Books and Paper Items
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I collect old postcards, but I inadvertently started a small Valentine collection as well a few years ago. I bought a pretty big lot of postcards from a guy (about 15,000 cards), and there was a big bundle of old Valentines tossed in with the lot. I just put them aside at the time. Now it might be time to pull them out to check their value!
That sounds like a very nice bonus that you found there. I hope you find something valuable among them!
I personally collect old Christmas cards, but I can certainly understand the attraction of Valentines as well. They have some really cool images on them. If I was the scrapbooking sort, I could see myself using them a lot. Come to think of it, I probably have my old Valentines from elementary school hiding in a box in my parents’ house. I think I’ll have to check that out next time I head over there.