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Postcards For Sale about Guitar, Lute, Lyre, Zither, etc.

Guitar

picture of postcard Pub No: 51784/3 Pub: Amag Desc: An der Weser. Voluptuous lady playing guitar (staged).
Our ref: PC4387 Cond: Postally used in 1928. Stamp neatly removed. Remains of paper hinges on rear, left edge shiny - perhaps from tape.
£2.50
$4.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 62071/2 Pub: Amag Desc: Gold'ne Abensonne. Photo of girl playing guitar to man, with poem.
Our ref: PC4386 Cond: Postally used in Italy in 1920. Good condition.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 127 Pub: B Desc: Frau Musika. Drawing by Rammelt-Bürger of lady with guitar and music.
Our ref: PC4396 Cond: Unused, light edge wear.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 34704/6 Pub: BNK Desc: Real photograph of a young lady with rose and guitar (or long necked mandolin ?)
Our ref: PC4354 Cond: Used, but not postally, in 1918. Light surface spotting, otherwise good.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 209/1 Pub: ERB Desc: Real photograph of a young man serenading a lady with a guitar (or long necked mandolin ?)
Our ref: PC4355 Cond: Postally used from Austria to Berlin. Date uncertain ?1910s? Light edge chipping, light crease in one corner.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 209/5 Pub: ERB Desc: Real photograph of a young man serenading a lady with a guitar (or long necked mandolin ?)
Our ref: PC4356 Cond: Postally used from Austria to Berlin. Date uncertain ?1910s? Good condition.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 2895 Pub: Kleiner Verlag, Berlin Desc: Ständchen. Drawing of man serenading with guitar, by F W Müller.
Our ref: PC4392 Cond: Unused, edge and corner chipping.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 2 Pub: Knoch, Vienna Desc: Eine Heurigenpartie. Unsigned drawing of a group at a Heurigen, including guitar player.
Our ref: PC4390 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.50
$4.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 660 Pub: Minerva Desc: Srdecne blahoprani. A birthday postcard (I think !) with drawing of guitar player.
Our ref: PC4389 Cond: Postally used in Prague (with Bohemia and Moravia stamp) in 1940. Creases from album mounts, some franking on face.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 65 Pub: NBC Desc: Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstage ! Birthday postcard showing lady with Guitar.
Our ref: PC4385 Cond: Unused, light edge wear.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 38 Pub: Nordwestdeutscher Kunstverlag, Goslar Desc: Ein günstiger Augenblick. Sepia reproduction of drawing by ? M Vollbert ?, with old woman dozing and lovers with ornate guitar.
Our ref: PC4394 Cond: Postally used in 1912. Light edge wear.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 487 Pub: SVD Desc: Nie kehrst du wieder goldene Zeit. Drawing, signed by K Hänsel, of man in rowing boat serenading two girls with a guitar.
Our ref: PC4395 Cond: Used, but not postally, in 1917. Light corner wear.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 3043 Pub: Wohlgemuth & Lissner, Berlin Desc: Das erste Lied. Drawing signed by Corneille Max of young child with guitar.
Our ref: PC4398 Cond: Used, but not postally in 1918. Good condition.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 378 Pub: Zehrfeld, Leipzig Desc: Wein, Weib, Gesang. Wine, woman and song: drawing by Schulze of man in passionate embrace with guitar carrying girl, amid wine bottles.
Our ref: PC4393 Cond: Postally used in 1919. Light edge wear.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 1037 Pub: Desc: Man playing guitar to shy girl with knitting, with poem in Czech ? ! Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4388 Cond: Postally used in ?1902? A little grubby, otherwise good condition.
£2.50
$4.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 3232 Pub: Desc: Die besten Wünsche zum Gebrutstage. A birthday postcard with a drawing of a girl and boy with guitar singing.
Our ref: PC4391 Cond: Postally used in 1930s. Light creasing, some ink doodloing on face.
£0.75
$1.25
picture of postcard Pub No: 4226/6 Pub: Desc: Ein Heldenlied. Drawing by C Schaller of a soldier with a lady playing the guitar.
Our ref: PC4397 Cond: Postally used (no stamp) in 1917. Edge chipping, crease in bottom left corner.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Real photograph of lady playing guitar.
Our ref: PC4399 Cond: Used, but not postally. Good condition.
£2.50
$4.50

Lute, etc

picture of postcard Pub No: 644 Pub: Abshagen, Dresden Desc: Goldne Abendsonne. Colour drawing by F Schenkel of girl playing lute to other children, including one girl with doll.
Our ref: PC4364 Cond: Postally used in 1921. 2 big creases in bottom left corner, edge chipping.
£1.00
$1.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 816/3 Pub: AL Desc: Photograph of a young girl with a lute. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4358 Cond: Postally used in Germany (back divided in use) in 1905. Good condition.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 84 Pub: Amag Desc: Lieder zur Laute, signed by E. Schneider. Picture of man playing lute to two ladies.
Our ref: PC4374 Cond: Unused, two corner dings.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 1585 Pub: B Desc: Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag. Birthday card. Colour picture of young girl with lute.
Our ref: PC4361 Cond: Used, but not postally. Light creasing and edge chipping, soe brown staining and chipping on rear.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 3003/3 Pub: GG Co Desc: Mignon. Tinted colour picture of girl as Mignon, with ? lute ?
Our ref: PC4353 Cond: Postally used (Feldpost) in 1918. One corner ding, otherwise good.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 332 Pub: Globus, Berlin Desc: Bildnis eines Lautenspielers. Serpia reproduction of a picture by A Carracci in the Dresden Royal Gallery. Back plain - so not technically a postcard.
Our ref: PC4365 Cond: Unused, good condition
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 2657 Pub: Kleiner Verlag, Berlin Desc: Trio, by G Köhler. Threee girls with lute.
Our ref: PC4371 Cond: Unused, edge and corner chipping.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 1131 Pub: Komst, Berlin Desc: Mißglückter Versuch. Unsigned drawing of boy with lute abd 2 shy girls.
Our ref: PC4360 Cond: Unused. Light corner wear.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 12 Pub: K Ph, Vienna Desc: Die Lautenschlägerin. Tinted, unsigned colour picture of girl playing a Lute.
Our ref: PC4373 Cond: Postally used in 1920. Corners dinged, otherwise good.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 735 Pub: Lepoarto Desc: Leise flehen meine Lieder. Drawing of young boy with mandolin ? serenading young girl, with words from Rellstab, signed EC.
Our ref: PC4367 Cond: Used but not postally, date uncertain. Light edge wear.
£1.00
$1.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 210 Pub: Neue Photographische, Berlin Desc: Lautenspielerin. Picture of a Lute player, by Bauer.
Our ref: PC4372 Cond: Postally used in 1921. Big crease in top left corner, tear in bottom margin.
£0.50
$1.00
picture of postcard Pub No: 236 Pub: R & J D Desc: Jan Vermeer: The letter. Painting of woman with lute receiving a letter.
Our ref: PC0534 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 334 Pub: Rehn, Berlin Desc: Ein Minnesang. Picture of a Minnesanger, accompanied by a lady on the lute, signed by Rob. Panitzsch.
Our ref: PC4369 Cond: Unused, edge and corner chipping.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 3132 Pub: Arthur Schürer, Schöneberg Desc: Mondnacht by Friis Nybo. Lady playing lute with moonlight reflected in sea.
Our ref: PC0550 Cond: Used (but not postally) in 1918?. Some small chips, otherwise good.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 14837 Pub: WSSB Desc: Colour drawing of girl with lute by lake, signed H Sch.
Our ref: PC4363 Cond: Postally used (Feldpost) in 1917. Album remains on rear, one corner dinged, light edge chipping.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 13 Pub: Desc: Angel playing a lute (detail) from a painting by Vittore Carpaccio. Back plain - so not technically a postcard.
Our ref: PC4370 Cond: Unused. Panel at right seems to have been painted over with black poster paint.
£1.00
$1.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 293 Pub: Desc: La presentazione. Black and white reproduction of the picture by Tito Conti, with Lute.
Our ref: PC4366 Cond: Postally used from Rome to Berlin in 1913. Stamp neatly removed, light corner wear, otherwise good.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 1317 Pub: Desc: Colour photo of young girl playing lute
Our ref: PC0508 Cond: Postally used in 1909. Addressee and signature scratched out, otherwise very good condition.
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Leise flehen meine Lieder. Drawing of man serendaing with lute. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC0527 Cond: Postally used in Bavaria, date uncertain. Light creasing and light foxing, otherwise good condition
£3.50
$6.25
picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Tinted picture of young boy on boat serenading young girl with lute. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4362 Cond: Postally used (in crayon) in 1904. Light edge wear.
£2.50
$4.50

Mandolin, etc

picture of postcard Pub No: 63103/3 Pub: Amag Desc: Real photograph of a couple on a (staged) boat, with a mandolin ?.
Our ref: PC4350 Cond: Unused, good condition
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 63103/5 Pub: Amag Desc: Real photograph of a couple on a (staged) boat, with a mandolin ?.
Our ref: PC4351 Cond: Unused, light patch of surface loss at top, otherwise good condition
£2.50
$4.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 4752 Pub: Schürer Desc: Mandolinenspiel, by Britta Barnekov. Lady playing mandolin.
Our ref: PC4376 Cond: Unused, light edge wear.
£2.00
$3.50

Lyre

picture of postcard Pub No: 2474-2 Pub: E Desc: Loreley (Lorelei). Real photograph of a young lady posing as a siren on rocks, with a lyre. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4378 Cond: Postally used in 1918. Stamp neatly removed. One corner dinged.
£3.00
$5.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 6159 Pub: JSC Desc: Ihr Lieblingslied. Drawing, signed by v. Erlang in 1917 of man serenading girl with lyre.
Our ref: PC4379 Cond: Unused. Edge chipping. Slightly miscut on rear.
£2.00
$3.50
picture of postcard Pub No: 111/8 Pub: NPG Desc: Real photograph of a young lady posing with a lyre. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4377 Cond: Postally used in 1902. Writing on face (of course), one corner dinged.
£3.50
$6.25

Zither

picture of postcard Pub No: 2531/32 Pub: Desc: Tinted Real Photograph of girl playing zither and man with hat.
Our ref: PC4380 Cond: Postally used (no stamp) in ?1911?. Light edge wear.
£3.50
$6.25