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Birthday Cards

Set of four original collages, 'Happy Birthday' cards by Joel Jaecks
By Joel Jaecks
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This set of four birthday collage cards are rare early examples of the small-scale collages that
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Shirt
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards, etc
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1990s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Pastel Portrait of a Shakespearean Woman with Pearls
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards, etc). During the 1980s and 1990s she did
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
birthday cards, etc). During the 1980s and 1990s she did hundreds of drawings and paintings at the free
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1990s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

After Showers – Maine Coast, an the anti-aging oil painting by Edward Christiana
Located in Hudson, NY
Christmas and Birthday cards for his friends and co-workers. He is still a favorite amongst collectors in
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Norman Rockwell Framed Lithograph Willie takes a step - 1971.
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
. He painted his first commission of four Christmas cards before his sixteenth birthday. While still
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément by Maurice Utrillo - Street scene in Paris
By Maurice Utrillo
Located in London, GB
. His stepfather, the painter André Utter, and his mother selected cards that reproduced his favourite
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1910s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Nialas at rest", 19th Century watercolour by German painter "Wilhelm Kuhnert"
By Wilhelm Kuhnert
Located in Madrid, ES
his 60th birthday, she died. Kuhnert died on February 11, 1926 during a recovery stay in Flims
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1920s Naturalistic Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Cardboard

"Lion on the move", 19th Century watercolour by German painter Wilhelm Kuhnert
By Wilhelm Kuhnert
Located in Madrid, ES
his 60th birthday, she died. Kuhnert died on February 11, 1926 during a recovery stay in Flims
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1920s Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Cardboard

Trotting Horses Harnessed to a Lightweight Fly. Cecil Aldin. Original Drawing.
By Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, R.B.A.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
dog show which he sold to Graphic around the time of his twenty first birthday. From this small
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

The Blessing, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Galang received this floral arrangement as a gift from her children on her birthday. "Small and simple
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Four-panel Japanese Byobu Folding Screen depicts a scene of Egrets, 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene of Egrets resting in a forest. The dark, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand-painted detail really make this an att...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Period Japanese Oxidized Silver Leafed Folded Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This naturally oxidized silver-leafed folded screen is a stunning and unique work of art. The screen was originally evenly colored, but it oxidized over time due to exposure to the e...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Romantic Mixed-Media Sculpture Titled Hand of Time
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Mixed-media thoughtful assemblage sculpture of a leather gloved hand embellished with porcelain flowers, floral beaded adornments, and skull, provocatively holding a pink clock face ...
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Early 2000s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Leather

Alain Delon Music Entertainment Unit model AD800 - Italian Design 1975
By Alain Delon
Located in Milan, IT
This AD800 music entertainment cabinet is a rare and radically exciting object: its totemic design, flashy use of brass, and lacquered wood and acrylic top elevate a simple music cab...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Cabinets

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Metal, Brass, Enamel

Lee Hurst (3/4 Figure, Hands Together), Mixed media on Pergamenata parchment
By Howard Tangye
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Hawks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The hawks painting of this four-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of silver leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wooden lattic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Vintage Pair Chinese Gilt Carved Wood Foo Dog / Guardian Lions Figurines
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here are a pair vintage Chinese gilt and carved wood Foo Dog/Guardian Lions figurines Wonderful craftsmanship with the hand carving that has gone into this pair, from the pa...
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Giltwood

Art Deco Hagenauer Wien Figural Sculpture, Diana with Greyhounds
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This dynamic sculpture was designed by Austrian sculptor Karl Hagenauer, known for his iconic Art Deco decorative objects and furniture designs. This piece is composed of nickel-plat...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet (French, 1859-193...
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Busts

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Carrara Marble, Siena Marble

Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, tall two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting scenes from the Classic Japanese 11th-century literary work "Tales of the Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu. The dark, ric...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Like A Song
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith explores the area between Pop Art and Surrealism and expresses it in one-of-a-kind original works on canvas, paper or wood. With the use of found images he tells slightly ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

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Linen, Mixed Media

Grand Tour Charcoal and Watercolor Architectural Drawing, circa 1800
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Grand Tour charcoal and watercolor drawing executed by an English tourist in Italy, circa 1800, depicting a gentleman peering over a staircase balustrade in a Baroque interior surrou...
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Antique Early 19th Century European Grand Tour Drawings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Freya (Seated Backwards), Mixed media on grey board
By Howard Tangye
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Other Medium, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Pen, Felt Pen, Permanent M...

Delft plate - Ship in sail off the coast. Glasgow C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style, with a ship coming to land; bunches of grapes around the edge. See Michael Archer, Delftwarem m233 no B258 for a similar example, which h...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Scottish Neoclassical Pottery

Materials

Earthenware

Antique Bible Print the Stoning of Saint Stephen by J. Luyken, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Prints

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Paper

Vintage Ceramic Scottie Dog Figure - The Townsend Ceramic and Glass Co. Florida
By Townsend & Co.
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage 1970's American sculpted ceramic Scottish Terrier figure by The Townsends. Depicted in a seated position this Scottie dog has been sculpted with incredible lifelike details. ...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

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New England Landscape
By Kei Masuda
Located in New York, NY
publications, calendars, and greeting cards, including several for UNICEF. He was named "official poster
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1990s Realist Landscape Paintings

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ABS, Acrylic

New England Landscape
New England Landscape
H 19.5 in W 25.5 in D 2 in
Oil painting of an English Bassett Hound dog portrait in an interior.
Located in Woodbury, CT
birthday. He is self-taught although he used to study paintings in Municipal art galleries from a very
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

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Oil

Stock Exchange. 2002, oil on canvas, 180x150 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bastejs, Riga, Latvia 2011 HEAD SHOT! EMANCIPATION! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HEGEMONS' HYGIENE! GROUND ZERO! HORSE
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Nude Woman, Realist Figurative Charcoal Drawing
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards, etc
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Basquiat Area 1985 (Basquiat birthday Area 1985)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
occasion of his December 19th, 1985 birthday at the much historic, 1980s NY nightclub, Area. A VIP invite
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

„Winnie the Pooh“ Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1977.
Located in Cologne, DE
adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Winnie Pooh on a birthday party with tigger, rabbit and so on. Keywords
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1970s Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Color

Oil painting of an English Bassett Hound dog portrait in an interior.
Located in Woodbury, CT
birthday. He is self-taught although he used to study paintings in Municipal art galleries from a very
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil painting of an English Bassett Hound dog portrait in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
birthday. He is self-taught although he used to study paintings in Municipal art galleries from a very
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil painting of an English wire haired terrier dog or puppy
Located in Woodbury, CT
birthday. He is self-taught although he used to study paintings in Municipal art galleries from a very
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Norman Rockwell Lithograph "Extra Good Boys and Girls" (Signed)
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Detroit, MI
. Rockwell found success early and painted his first commission of four Christmas cards before his sixteenth
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Fishing Trawler Boat
By Witold Gordon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Les Fleur du Mal dedicated to Marie on her birthday, 16 July 1920. It is appropriate at this point to
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Raleigh Tavern Doorway In Williamsburg Virginia by Kenneth Harris
By Kenneth Harris
Located in Hallowell, ME
of Christmas cards one year. He was commissioned to do many portraits and some murals for at least
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20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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Birthday Cards For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of birthday cards for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Photorealist, contemporary and modern versions of these works for sale. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the birthday cards on 1stDibs that include elements of beige, brown, gray, white and more. Wilhelm Kuhnert, Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, R.B.A., Jo Galang and Maurice Utrillo took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, paper and crayon, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large iterations of these items, so small birthday cards measuring 10.44 inches across are available.

How Much are Birthday Cards?

Birthday cards can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,425, while the lowest priced sells for $500 and the highest can go for as much as $215,000.