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ARTIST CardS: JA TURNER: Extensive collection of Bush Scenes from various series, noted as being almost complete "Total needed 7"(!), some scenes are duplicated but have different colouration or embellishments etc & some have advertising for Swallow & Ariell Biscuits, RA Dickinson Shoes & Boots (Hawthorn), Chittick Bros Bakers (Seymour) and Ward Lock & Co PostCard Retailers, also a couple of novelty types & a few tiny versions with 1923 calendars printed on the reverse, finally a lovely "Where Flow the Southern Seas" folder with four of Turner's paintings & four B&W photos (very fine), condition variable but many are fine to very fine unused or used. Ex Shirley Jones. With a copy of Shirley's book "A Quiet Painter: James Alfred Turner" (2009) in which many of these Cards are illustrated. [Kevin Crotty's selection of 50 Turners sold at the Prestige auction of 8/5/2013 for $776] (140+ items)
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