Echoes from the Past
Welcome to Authentic Wonders – a home for timeworn papers, handwritten memories, and forgotten beauty. The same trusted shops known on Etsy since 2021 — now available directly, with the same care and reliability.
Our full collection is available here, with many pieces not listed on Etsy.
Postcards · Letters · Ephemera · Trade Cards · Engravings · Vintage Paper Collections
Freshly Unearthed Finds
A selection of newly discovered paper relics, freshly catalogued and ready to find a new home.
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Mid 19th - 2 Large Vintage Chromolithograph Illustrated Cards - Weather Themed Victorian Artwork - Man Wiping Brow - Woman With Umbrella
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1910s – 540 Pages Almanach Hachette – Vintage Hachette Almanach – Early 1900s French Illustrated Yearbook
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1890s - Two Large Vintage French Chromo - Paris 1878 Universal Exhibition - Palais du Trocadéro - Belgian Pavilion - Shoes Advertising Card
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1870s - Stunning newspaper "Le monde illustré" with beautiful engravings - French newspaper from 1872 - 16 pages
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Late 19th - 2 Trade Cards - Parisian Haberdashery Advertising Chromos - Humorous Sailor and Strongman Illustrations - Vintage Ephemera
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1920s - Vintage French Sheet Music - 'La Dac-Dac-Dactylo' Fox-Trot - Art Deco Typist Cover - Salabert Editions - Paris & New York
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1900s - Vintage Parisian Gare Du Nord Postcard - Horse Drawn Carriages - Historic French Railway Station Scene - Antique Ephemera
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1910s - Antique French Postcard Amitié - Floral Friendship Greeting Card - Vintage Polka Dot Lettering Art Nouveau Ephemera
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Mid 19th - Antique Hand-Colored Print - Wild Ducks Ornithological Engraving - Mallard Pochard Waterfowl Art - French Natural History Plate
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1940s - Vintage French Paper Ephemera Lot - Historical Documents for Junk Journal - Scrapbooking - Collectible Antique Papers
Regular price €13,20 EURRegular priceUnit price perSale price €13,20 EUR
Trusted by Thousands — Since 2021 on Etsy
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On Etsy since 2021
Authentic Wonders began on Etsy in 2021 and is now also available directly — offering the same trusted service, in a more direct way.
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8,100+ Sales
Across our three Etsy shops (Authentic Wonders, ChezTatieLaBelle and ThePostcardBazaar), we’ve made over 8,100 successful sales — shipped with care worldwide.
Why shop directly here?
A broader selection · Directly from the source · Secure Shopify checkout (major credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Shop Pay).
Handpicked Pieces
We’ve fallen in love with these pieces, and we think you might too.
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1960s - 5 or 10 letters between a French couple - French letters in their envelope
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1910s - Set of 30 French Sower Stamps Collection - Semeuse Marianne Philately - Vintage Used Postage Marks - Historical Ephemera Lot
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1960s - 1970s - 5 or 10 letters from a mother to her daughter and her son-in-law - Handwritten letters in their envelope
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1960s - English correspondence from France – Set of 15+ sheets (30 pages) – Handwritten romantic letters – Vintage letters on paper
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1900s - 1930s - Lot of 30 Vintage French Postage Stamps – Multicolor “Semeuse” Design – Early 20th Century Collectible Ephemera
Regular price €4,20 EURRegular priceUnit price perSale price €4,20 EUR
Why We Do What We Do ?
"It started with a fascination for old postcards and handwritten letters — and slowly became something more. A quiet ritual of searching, sorting, preserving. Of pausing over a name, a signature, a postmark.
These papers are not just things — they’re echoes. Echoes of people who once wrote, lived, loved.
We’re here to give them a second life, and to place them into the hands of those who understand what they are: not just paper, but memory."
Vincent @ Isabelle.
Recently Found a New Home
These pieces have just found a new home — quietly chosen, carefully sent, and now part of someone else’s story.