Angie looked at Tina and gave a smile reminiscent of her own. “Look what I found,” she said as she handed Tina a Christmas Post Card. It was in excellent condition with rich vibrant coloration. “Look at the detailing of the Santa going down the chimney,” Angie paused giving Tina time to look closer. “And, the moon lit Christmas Eve village scene in the background… Whoever the artist was they put a lot of time into the drawing.”

Tina flipped the card over and at the bottom corner was the Artist’s name Kathryn Elliott. Above her name was a postmark December 23, 1920. Tina flipped the card back over and read the sentiment again. “Perfect,” she said smiling. Tina then leaned over and gave Angie a side hug and a kiss on the top of her head. “She is going to love this.”

Tina and Angie made there way back to the front counter. “Do you have any vintage frames that this would fit into?” Tina asked raising a brow.

The storekeeper reached out and gently took the card and placed it on the counter. “Let me see,” she said raising a finger. “I think I have the perfect frame in the back. We just got a bunch of boxes from an estate liquidation of a woman who lived an interesting life.” The woman turned and quickly disappeared behind a curtain. She returned a few minutes later carrying what looked like a tarnished silver frame. She went behind the counter and put on her glasses that she had left behind. Tina could see that there was still an old picture in it of two women with their arms wrapped around each other with smiles on their faces as the storekeeper handed the frame to Tina. “It’s tarnished pretty bad and needs to be cleaned,” the storekeeper said slowly.

“It’s too big,” Angie said sadly as she put the post card up against the frame.

The storekeeper studied Tina as she turned the postcard around above the frame.

“No… this will work,” Tina said thoughtfully. “We’ll just have to have a professional framer put a colored backing on it.” Tina smiled at Angie and then looked at the storekeeper out of the corner of her eye. “We’ll take it.” Tina turned the frame over and over looking for a price. “How much?” Tina paused, “I will pay whatever you think is fair. We just need to take it with us now,” Tina paused, “It’s for a special Christmas gift for my wife.” Tina said looking at Angie as she spoke the little lie hoping the reason for her insistence would help the storekeeper with making the sell.