Dickens on eBay and Etsy

Some fun Dickens-related items have been popping up. Here's a set of cigarette cards from 1912 featuring Dickens characters -- pricey, but the seller does have the "Make Offer" option. And this seller has taken similar cigarette cards and made quilt squares out of them! (Why someone might want Squeers on his or her quilt, I'm not sure, but some of the others might be nice to have.) Over at Etsy, they have a number of creative things, including some beautiful drawings on pages from Dickens books.

And if you haven't yet seen Nina's lovely new Dickensian keychain from Etsy, head over to Wickfield and take a look!

Have you seen or bought any cool Dickensian art or collectibles lately?

Comments

[Nina]

Actually, my photos is a bit deceptive - it's a keychain I just laid across my book. :P

[Gina]

Oops! I did know that -- I was just being scatterbrained. :-) I'll fix it.

[Selenia]

I haven't purchased anything, but I would love anything A Christmas Carol-related. I've also always really wanted a Dickens bust but they're all so expensive. :(

[Christy]

What is a cigarette card?

[Gina]

A sort of trading card that was popular in the first half of the 20th century. They came with packs of cigarettes. Here's a pretty comprehensive article about them.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cigarette-card.htm

[David]

That wisegeek.com reference appears to be of British origin. That would explain why they manage to discuss tobacco cards without ever mentioning the Honus Wagner card, which is undoubtedly the most famous tobacco card of all time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206_Honus_Wagner

[John Crawford]

It was probably covered in the article that was linked but, the cigarette cards were included because they helped keep the cigarettes from getting bent or crushed. Essentially, they gave the pack its structure.

As far as the initial question goes, the only things I have bought as of yet, aside from books, would be two prints that I believe to be early works by the artist Joseph Clayton Clarke. He would eventually adopt the pseudonym "Kyd" when he became famous for his illustration of higher end Dickens collections.

I haven't been able to verify their authenticity as of yet but they feature a penciled "JCC" signature that I am assuming would have been used before the adoption of the name "Kyd"