Last Sunday, we visited the International Collector's Fair in the city of Utrecht. Twice each year, this is the spot for an amazing assortment of antiques, bric-a-brac and second-hand trinkets. The postcard section is not as big as it used to be, but still, we met interesting people, bought dozens of postcards and other memorabilia, and had a lot of fun. And we did find some rarities and curiosities (for us anyway), which we like to share with you today and next Sunday.
![Walt Disney]()
Vintage postcard. In 1932, Walt Disney received an honorary Academy Award for creating Mickey Mouse.
![Max Maxudian in Napoleon (1927)]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 462. Photo: publicity still for Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927) with Max Maxudian as Barras.
![Adolphe Engers]()
Adolphe Engers. Dutch postcard, no. 47759. Photo: Hilde Meyer-Kupfer.
![Adolphe Engers in A jó tündér (The Good Fairy)]()
Adolphe Engers. Dutch postcard, no. 949. Photo: publicity still for the stage production of A jó tündér/Die Fee/The Good Fairy by Ferenc Molnar, written in 1930.
![Heinz Rühmann and Gustl Starck-Gstettenbaur, Strich durch die Rechnung (1932)]()
![Toni van Eyck and Gustl Starck-Gstettenbaur in Strich durch die Rechnung (1932)]()
Left: Heinz Rühmann and Gustl Starck-Gstettenbaur in Strich durch die Rechnung/The Upset Plan (Alfred Zeisler, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. VII, 3. Photo: Ufa.
Right: Toni van Eyck and Gustl Starck-Gstettenbaur in Strich durch die Rechnung/The Upset Plan (Alfred Zeisler, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. VIII, 4. Photo: Ufa.
![Otto Wallburg in Strich durch die Rechnung (1932)]()
![Otto Wallburg and Adele Sandrock in Das schöne Abenteuer (1932)]()
Left: Otto Wallburg in Strich durch die Rechnung/The Upset Plan (Alfred Zeisler, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. IX, 3. Photo: Ufa.
Right: Otto Wallburg and Adele Sandrock in Das schöne Abenteuer/Beautiful Adventure (Reinhold Schünzel, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. IX, 2. Photo: Ufa.
![Truus van Aalten and Roland Varno in Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934)]()
Truus van Aalten and Roland Varno in Het Meisje met de Blauwe Hoed/The girl with the blue hat (Rudolf Meinert, 1934). Dutch postcard, no. 1.
![Truus van Aalten and Roland Varno in Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934)]()
Truus van Aalten and Roland Varno in Het Meisje met de Blauwe Hoed/The girl with the blue hat (Rudolf Meinert, 1934). Dutch postcard, no. 8.
![Omar Sharif]()
![Omar Sharif]()
The young Omar Sharif. Left: Egyptian collectors card, no. 7. Right: Egyptian collectors card, no. 29.
![Giulietta Masina in Le notti di Cabiria (1957)]()
Giulietta Masina in Le notti di Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957). Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. 3380. Photo: N.V. Standaardfilms.
![Louis Armstrong]()
Louis Armstrong. Vintage postcard, no. 111.
![Rutger Hauer in Floris (1969)]()
![Rutger Hauer in Floris (1969)]()
![Rutger Hauer in Floris (1969)]()
![Rutger Hauer in Floris (1969)]()
Rutger Hauer in the TV series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969). Photos: Gerard Soeteman. Top - down: Dutch collectors card, no. 21, no. 28, no. 44, no. 65, all 1970.
![Johnny Hallyday by Tibet]()
![Jacques Dutronc by Tibet]()
Left: Johnny Hallyday. Right: Jacques Dutronc. Belgian collectors cards by Clark, Brussels. Illustrations: Tibet.
![Peter Sellers]()
Peter Sellers. Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. 284.
Source: Verzamelaarsjaarbeurs.
Vintage postcard. In 1932, Walt Disney received an honorary Academy Award for creating Mickey Mouse.
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 462. Photo: publicity still for Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927) with Max Maxudian as Barras.
Adolphe Engers. Dutch postcard, no. 47759. Photo: Hilde Meyer-Kupfer.
Adolphe Engers. Dutch postcard, no. 949. Photo: publicity still for the stage production of A jó tündér/Die Fee/The Good Fairy by Ferenc Molnar, written in 1930.
Left: Heinz Rühmann and Gustl Starck-Gstettenbaur in Strich durch die Rechnung/The Upset Plan (Alfred Zeisler, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. VII, 3. Photo: Ufa.
Right: Toni van Eyck and Gustl Starck-Gstettenbaur in Strich durch die Rechnung/The Upset Plan (Alfred Zeisler, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. VIII, 4. Photo: Ufa.
Left: Otto Wallburg in Strich durch die Rechnung/The Upset Plan (Alfred Zeisler, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. IX, 3. Photo: Ufa.
Right: Otto Wallburg and Adele Sandrock in Das schöne Abenteuer/Beautiful Adventure (Reinhold Schünzel, 1932). Dutch quartet play card, no. IX, 2. Photo: Ufa.
Truus van Aalten and Roland Varno in Het Meisje met de Blauwe Hoed/The girl with the blue hat (Rudolf Meinert, 1934). Dutch postcard, no. 1.
Truus van Aalten and Roland Varno in Het Meisje met de Blauwe Hoed/The girl with the blue hat (Rudolf Meinert, 1934). Dutch postcard, no. 8.
The young Omar Sharif. Left: Egyptian collectors card, no. 7. Right: Egyptian collectors card, no. 29.
Giulietta Masina in Le notti di Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957). Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. 3380. Photo: N.V. Standaardfilms.
Louis Armstrong. Vintage postcard, no. 111.
Rutger Hauer in the TV series Floris (Paul Verhoeven, 1969). Photos: Gerard Soeteman. Top - down: Dutch collectors card, no. 21, no. 28, no. 44, no. 65, all 1970.
Left: Johnny Hallyday. Right: Jacques Dutronc. Belgian collectors cards by Clark, Brussels. Illustrations: Tibet.
Peter Sellers. Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. 284.
Source: Verzamelaarsjaarbeurs.