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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1920s - Vintage French Sheet Music 'Mon Paris' - Lucien Boyer & Vincent Scotto - Paris-Voyeur Revue - Gershwin Fox-Trot Adverts
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Late 19th - Fancy Advertising Card - Customizable Blank Space - Charming Duck Illustration - Vintage Commercial Ephemera For Merchants
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1910s - Antique French Postcard - Hand-Colored Woman With Fish & Flowers Basket - Poetic Verse - Belle Epoque Collectible - Vintage Ephemera
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1900s - Vintage Paris Postcard Place de la Bastille with July Column - Historic French City View Ephemera Collectible
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Late 19th - French Literary Journals Le Conteur - Historic Illustrated Newspapers - Fiction - Biographies - Voyages - Collectible Editions
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1910s - Antique Handwritten French Menu Card - Elegant Dining Experience from 1911 - Vintage Culinary Keepsake
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1950s - Vintage French Glitter Sainte Catherine Greeting Card - Pink Red Roses - Blue Forget-Me-Nots - Antique Ephemera Collectible
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1900s - Antique French Chromo Card - Belle Jardiniere Advertising - Cherub Rooster Egg Music Sheet - Vallet Minot Paris Collectible Ephemera
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1950s - Vintage Ephemera Lot – French Letters, Invoices & Legal Documents from Notary Archive
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1920s – French Magazine - Le Chasseur Français - French vintage illustrated lifestyle & advertising publication
Regular price €14,40 EURRegular priceUnit price perSale price €14,40 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.