The
Vincent
Soboleff Gallery
The
Crown Jewels of Alaska Postcards
John H. Grainger of Ketchikan, who
collected Alaska postcards for decades, and was the author of Directory of Alaska Postcards: 1897-1940,
had this to say about Vincent Soboleff postcards in interviews with
the Anchorage Daily News and the Juneau Empire: "Probably less than a
dozen different cards
were produced, and Soboleff may have made only a few of each, says
Grainger, who doesn't remember ever seeing a duplicate. The undivided
back on the Soboleff cards indicates they were made before 1907."
"Among the rarest [Alaska] postcards are those with a single, undivided
back and photo
that was hand-painted by the photographer. They're beautiful," says
Grainger.
For more info on the Soboleff's, see Alaska Journal, Winter 1971, Vol
1, No. 1, pages 29-33.
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Alaska Oil & Guano Co.
A magnificent hand-colored
Vincent Soboleff postcard of the Alaska Oil & Guano Co. in
Killisnoo, Alaska.
The card was hand-colored by Vincent. It's in very good
condition, with a crease on the tip of the lower left corner.
On the back is written "Alaska Oil & Guano Co's Mess House.
Men entering at 12:00 p.m. for lunch. Four cooks at the gate, the
next yellow house with blue top is the Company's store."
Alaska Oil & Guano Company was a herring reduction operation at
Killisnoo, where Vincent's father was the Russian Orthodox Priest
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Undivided back, therefore pre-1907.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $1250.00
plus $15.00 postage & packing & insurance (international orders
extra). for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
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Killisnoo Russian Orthodox
Church
The card was hand-colored by
Vincent. It's in good
condition. You can see where the emulsion on the glass plate was
peeling on the left.
Undivided back, therefore pre-1907.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $950.00
plus $12.00 postage & packing & insurance (international orders
extra). for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
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Vincent Soboleff as Boat
Builder
The card was hand-colored by
Vincent. It's in very good
condition. Has a misty look to it. This is the best Vincent Soboleff
postcard I've ever found in 25 years of looking. The woman with the
dark "tie" is Vera Bayers. Vera Soboleff Bayers was Vincent's sister,
and was the mother of Capt. Lloyd H. "Kinky" Bayers, a famous old
Juneau character.
Divided back, therefore 1907 or later.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $2500.00
plus $20.00 postage & packing & insurance (international orders
extra). for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
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Vincent Soboleff, himself,
working under the boat,
with hammer in hand!
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Killisnoo Town View
The card was hand-colored by
Vincent. It's in very good
condition.
Velox, triangles up.
Undivided back, therefore pre-1907.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $1150.00
plus $12.00 postage & packing & insurance
(international orders
extra).
for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com |
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