le monde des cartes postales

happy monday everybody! glad we’re all here to share another one  ;p

yesterday i met a wonderful couple at the lincoln road antique show here in miami beach, francis and monica.  they’re from the south of france and travel the world selling their incredible collection of french post cards. they’re in town twice a year and yesterday was my lucky day! you know i had to ask if they had any leo fontan, and of course they did. it’s a little banged up and used and i love it. at $10,  how could i refuse?

i couldn’t read most of the note. then again maybe i’m not supposed to!

anyway i forgot what a thrill postcards are. tangible,  living text messages.

they’ve always been the rage in paris. these old shots are from the cartes du timbres show at the champs–elysées that’s happened every sunday for a century, just like it will this weekend.

they’re fascinating to collect cause so many are one of a kind.  the buzz has hit the states and there’s going to be a big show at the hotel new yorker in the city in may and the couple is back to paris june 4th and 5th for the carte expo at Mutualité. (the building and the metro stop).

and for all you postcard aficionados who won’ t be able to make either one, check out postacard world magazine . they just published their second issue.  congratulations and best of luck, you recognized a genre that needed love!

oh wow, where did the day go? more soon!

ps thanks, paulette, for turning me on to the ebay stash of fontan’s cards…and just like that, a new obsession is born. just what i needed. how did you know?!