December 15, 2025
Tag: Oscar Wilde
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Three Tragic Lives
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Three women of extraordinary beauty, talent, and wealth whose lives could be the outline for an anthology of tragic short stories are portrayed in this remembrance. Two were dead before age 50, the other shunned by the world. Helene Held, Nance O’Neil, and Gaynor Rowlands are forgotten today but postcard collectors know their faces and…
Past Article
July 6, 2025 6 Comments
Most postcard collectors have mysteries to solve. Here is an example of a mystery that lasted 31-years (1994-2025). It is amazing that it wasn’t forgotten, but the answer came when your editor purchased a BBC magazine in a New Jersey bookstore.