The Poodle and the Bear
Erin Fogarty
One of the great things about collecting antique dog postcards is finding sets, particularly when you have the dog set-up in an unusual manner. 
It is a real thrill, coming across other images from the same weird or bizarre photo shoot.
I have discovered the images in this article over the past two years. The poor poodle wears a more pained expression in each image. He really is a long-suffering chap. These are hand-tinted real photo postcards and you can expect to pay upwards of $45 on eBay for one of these in good condition.
The subject matter appeals to collectors of
- Poodles
- Real photo postcards of dogs
- Trick dogs
- Dogs in studios
- Any collector who has an image from this set
- And that's before we get started on the bear; pull along toys; antique toys etc ...
In the case of an artist illustrated postcard (as opposed to a real photo postcard) publishers often commissioned sets by the same artist which would be numbered or themed. These, too, are highly sought and completed sets in good condition fetch a premium price. Unfortunately, with our poodles here, we have no way of knowing the size of the set.
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