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 40 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).
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Vincent Soboleff
signed postcard
View of Killisnoo
The card was signed by Vincent. It's in good
condition.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $750.00
plus $7.00 postage & packing & insurance
(international orders extra).
for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com |
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Vincent Soboleff
postcard of his father's
Killisnoo church
The card was made and converted to a "hold to the light"
postcard by Vincent.
It's in good condition.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $350.00
plus $6.00 postage & packing & insurance
(international orders extra).
for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com |
Vincent Soboleff
postcard
of
Clutch Rock,
Killisnoo
It's in good condition with a corner crease.
[shelf locator: glass bookcase # 2] $295.00
plus $6.00 postage & packing & insurance
(international orders extra).
for info email dick@AlaskaWanted.com
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