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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1900s - Vintage Handwritten French Dinner Menu Card, 1901 - Offering Classic French Cuisine with Truffled Pullets and Woodcock Pâté.
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Late 19th - Antique Fancy Card with Cherubs - Customizable Devise Card - Vintage Advertising Blank - Elegant Victorian Ephemera
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1900s - 6 French Advertising Trade Cards - Antique Ephemera with Illustrations - Charles Thibault Chemiserie - Historical Humorous Scenes
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1920s - Vintage French Menu Card - Elegant Lunch Dinner Service - Gilded Art Deco Motif - Fine Dining Historical Ephemera - 17 Mai 1923
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1900s - Kate Greenaway Illustration - Vintage Children Print - Antique Nursery Art - Edwardian Era Aesthetic - Collectible Artwork
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1910s - 10 Chocolat Pupier Trade Cards - Belgian and English History, Royalty, Military Collectibles - Set of Ten Illustrated Chromos
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1910s - Vintage French Easter Postcard - Charming Child with Eggs - Bonnes Pâques Greeting - Antique Document
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Mid 19th - Original Hand Colored French Print - Le Taureau L'Âne - Victor Adam Lithograph - Parisian Animal Engraving
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1900s - Vintage Paris Postcard - Horloge du Palais de Justice - Historic Parisian Landmark - Black And White Photography
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1950s - Vintage French Women's Craft Magazine Mon Ouvrage - Knitting Patterns - Embroidery Guides - Home Decor Ideas - Fashion & Lifestyle
Regular price €7,20 EURRegular priceUnit price perSale price €7,20 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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8,000+ Sales
Across our three Etsy shops (Authentic Wonders, ChezTatieLaBelle and ThePostcardBazaar), we’ve made over 8,000 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 - 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
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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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1920s - Lot of 30 Vintage French Postage Stamps – 15 cents - Brown “Semeuse” – Early 20th Century Collectible Ephemera
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1900s - Antique French Easter Postcard - Charming Boy With Toys And Broken Egg - Hand-Colored Photo Print - Paris Souvenir
Regular price €4,80 EURRegular priceUnit price perSale price €4,80 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.