Vintage Valentine Cards For Sale
Finding Vintage Valentines Day Cards
The following are a few interesting Saint Valentine’s Day traditions and folklores:
- In the middle ages young unmarried men and women pulled names out of a bowl to see who their designated Valentine would be and wore that name on their sleeve for an entire week. This, by the way, is where the old saying “he wears his heart on his sleeve” comes from and it means that others can clearly see his feelings.
- Some believed that birds can predict and publicize a young woman’s future as follows: if a young woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day she will marry a sailor, if she saw a sparrow she will marry a poor man but be very happy and if she saw a goldfinch she will marry into wealth.
- Twisting the stem of an apple on Saint Valentine’s Day and chanting a rapid succession of names of the opposite sex will predict who one will marry. The name which is verbalized at the precise moment when the stem breaks will be the future spouse.
- Slicing an apple in half on Valentine’s Day and counting the seeds is a predictor of how many children one will have.
- Wooden spoons were given as Valentine’s Day gifts in Wales. Hearts and keys were carved into these spoons to communicate, “You unlock my heart!”
- In several countries, a young woman who kept Valentine’s Day gifts given them by a young man was tantamount to accepting a marriage proposal.
- Originally, love seats were simply wide chairs to accommodate one woman and her very wide skirts. Love seats later became S-shaped courting seats with two sections. The courting couple could sit together yet not very close.
- If a person found a single glove on Saint Valentine’s Day, their intended future mate will have the other one.
Miss Esther Howland is the first known person in the United States who sent Saint Valentine’s Day cards and commercially produced Saint Valentine’s Day cards were publicly introduced in the 1800s. Today, the greeting card industry estimates that approximately one hundred and ninety two million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, thus making Saint Valentine’s Day the second most popular greeting card giving occasion after Christmas.
All the store bought cards are very nice but they are mass produced and there is little of the artistic and the unique about them. Why not celebrate your love this Saint Valentine’s Day by sending or giving your loved one an antique and vintage Valentine’s card. Yes, you are absolutely right. Vintage Valentine cards are a bit more expensive but they are worth every penny because they are true collectors’ items, they are beautiful works of art that are often framed to decorate the home and they will be cherished forever.
You can find a huge selection of extraordinary vintage cards in mint new and like new conditions dating back to the early 1900s on eBay. Some are pop ups, some are stand ups, some are fold outs and some are double sized cards. Some depict cupids, some display hearts, other have flowers and children and bunnies and much more. With so many differences they all still have a few things in common — their irresistible charm, their quiet elegance, their innocent sweetness of years gone by, their artistry and their uniqueness.
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