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AEDVintage Valentines of Romantic Couples (6)
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461 Littlefield Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94080
United States
Turner Auctions + Appraisals was founded by Stephen G. Turner to complement and expand the capabilities of Stephen G. Turner Associates, a San Francisco-based auction and appraisal consulting firm founded in 2004. Turner is a seasoned auctioneer and professional appraiser of personal property with o...Read more
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LiveApr 12, 2026
Libraries, Art, and Ephemera Turner Auctions + Appraisals LLC sturner@turnerauctionsonline.com
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- Lot Description
A group of six circa 1880s Valentine cards: 1.) Vintage Valentine card with illustration of young couple with water, text "Love is Greeting" inside. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches; Medium: paper, ink printed. Condition: Yellow from age, paper layer residue on back, smudges on back. 2.) Valentine with three tier frames, illustration of flowers on back, silver ornate frame with large oval opening on center, gold open ornate frame with illustration of two hands and two birds near lower right corner, tan background with pink, white and blue flowers; printed greetings inside. Medium: paper, ink printed. Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 inches. Condition: Yellow from age, corrosion on gold, two detached sections at fold, glue and paper residue on back overall. 3.) Valentine with pullout gold and ivory ornate center frame with two flowers on sides, young couple on background with gold and various flowers; printed greetings inside. Medium: paper, ink printed. Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches. Condition: Yellow from age, various paper and brown residue on back, loss on top and bottom left corners on back. 4.) Vintage Valentine card with young couple on green background with silver & white ornate pattern; greetings inside. Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches; Medium: paper, ink printed. Condition: Yellow from age, residue lower left corner. 5.) Vintage Valentine card with young couple, gold ornate background; greetings inside. Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches; Medium: paper, ink printed. Condition: Yellow, some smudges on back. 6.) Vintage Valentine card: St. Valentines Greeting. Valentine with illustration of a young couple with text St Valentines, Greeting on center, gold, pink and gray design frame; printed greetings inside. Medium: paper, ink printed. Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Condition: Yellow from age, paper layer residue on back, gray smudges overall on back, creases on lower corners on back. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, Inc. SFO Museum Deaccessioning Project SFO Museum is conducting a review and downsizing of our holdings that fall outside our collection focus. In the museum profession, this process is called deaccessioning and is a regular part of responsible collections management. It ensures that the museum’s limited staff resources and storage space are allocated to objects that support and promote the core focus and purpose of the collection. Since the early 2000s, SFO Museum’s permanent collection has been defined and guided by the following statement: The collection focus of the San Francisco Airport Commission Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum (AML) is to collect objects and media that document the development, legacy, and cultural context of commercial aviation and the airline industry with an emphasis on the West Coast and Pacific Region, as well as the history and development of San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Since that time, the museum has collected objects, books and archival materials that are tightly focused on the history of commercial aviation and SFO. However, before this collection focus statement was crafted, the SFO Museum accessioned a wide variety of objects, both aviation-related and non-aviation-related alike, that do not fall within the bounds of our current collection focus. To meet our program objectives, SFO Museum has implemented a comprehensive review of its collection holdings acquired through purchase between the 1990s and early 2000s, identifying aviation and non-aviation-related objects that no longer support our collection focus. Objects acquired through donation are not part of this deaccessioning project. The deaccession candidates currently occupy 20% of available museum storage capacity while representing less than 1% of usage in our public programs. The deaccession process adheres to the highest professional standards in accordance with the American Alliance of Museums, San Francisco Airport Commission, and the City and County of San Francisco. Any revenues generated from the public sale of deaccessioned objects will be held in trust, designated for the future acquisition of objects for the San Francisco Airport Commission Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum. Through responsible collections stewardship, SFO Museum believes that this initiative will help to support our mission for many years to come.
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