125.00 USD

This beautiful piece of Higgins glass is one of Frances and Michael's early pieces made in their home studio between 1948 and the early 1950s before their partnership with Dearborn Glass. The piece has a hand-etched signature.

Small and wonderful, the fused glass piece has a striking pattern of muted oranges and pink. Originally intended for use as an ashtray, the dish has indentations on two sides.


Founded in 1948, Frances & Michael Higgins began producing their now famous art glass in their Chicago apartment using kilns set up behind their sofa. Using the ancient art of glass fusing, the Higgins created the quintessential art glass of the Mid-Century Modern era.

The ashtray is 4" x 4" and is in very good vintage condition with no cracks or chips.

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75.95 USD

Beautiful edition of Hottenroth's classic Le Costume Chez Les Peuples Anciens et Modernes is filled with line illustrations and color plates illustrating the history of clothing and fashion.

The book covers clothing, jewelry & ornaments, armory, hats, and more. The vintage reference book is a treasure trove of information and ideas about clothes and costuming.

The vintage book is in good condition showing typical wear with fraying around the edges and at the top and base of the spine. Paper is tanning from age. A few pages have light soiling. Color plates are vibrant and in very good condition. The ex-library book has pencil markings and a red "Glen Ridge Free Public Library" stamp on the title page. The library stamp can be found again at various points throughout the book. The color plate opposite the title page is splitting from the book at the top (approximately 3 inches). The library card due date envelope and bar code tag on the back endpaper. The book is written in French with no English translation.

Le Costume Chez Les Peuples Anciens et Modernes by Fr. Hottenroth
Traduction Par M. John Bernhoff
E. Weyhe, New York
In French; 6 1/2" x 9"
No Publication Date, Circa 1929; 213 Pages; Fully illustrated with black & white line drawings and color plates.

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19.95 USD

You're sure to hit a strike giving this fun retro lucite keychain to the bowling enthusiast on your gift list. Unused and with its original Swank price tag, the silver-tone metal keyring is attached to a round lucite disk with a bowling bowl and pin inside of it.

Keychain is in excellent vintage condition and comes in a gift box ready for giving.

Measurements: 4" long total length; Lucite disk 1 1/4" diameter

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175.00 USD

This antique Steamer & Hose Milton Bradley sectional puzzle made it from the 19th to the 21st century in amazing shape. The vintage toy comes in its original decorative box. Dating from the Victorian era, the antique puzzle is made up of 42 individual chromolithographed sections.

The puzzle is complete with 42 pieces. Each puzzle slice measures approximately 5 inches tall and slightly less that 1 inch wide. The puzzle measures about 41 inches long.

The puzzle is in very good condition. The cardboard box shows wear particularly at the corners. A small piece of the right-hand side corner lid has broken off and is in the box with the puzzle. It could be glued back in place, but I will leave that up to you.

Box measures 7 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1 1/8".

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24.95 USD

Que Sera Sera, whatever will be will be, the future's not ours to see Que Sera Sera...

Now that you have the song in your head, why not add these cool vintage ceramic movie title letters to your home or office bulletin board?

Taken from a vintage set of Mitten's Movie Tilers, each white ceramic letter has a metal push pin on the back for use on a bulletin board or soft piece of wood.


Black background not included.

Listing is for the eleven letters shown on the display board.

Letters will be sent to you in a gift box.

The letters are in good condition showing typical wear and some light soiling at the edges of some of them.

Letters measure 3/4"


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75.00 USD

This Art Deco era Akro Agate glass ashtray set has oxblood streaks swirled into pale blue glass. The set includes four small ashtrays and a cigarette holder.

Vintage ashtray sets such as these were designed for use on card tables allowing each player to have his or hers own ashtray and a supply of cigarettes in the center. Bring the set into the 21st century and use the set on poker or bridge night, using the ashtrays as individual tidbit dishes or coasters. The cigarette holder has an octagonal shape & would make a lovely small vase.

This type of opaque swirled glass is often referred to as slag glass, or marble glass. Aktro Agate Glass Company began as a marble making company in 1911, developing into a manufacturer of jars, vases, children's dishes, ashtray sets, as well as other household items. The company ended production of its wares in 1949 and closed its doors in 1951.

Three of the ashtrays are clearly marked with the Akro Agate flying crow. The logo is not clearly formed on the fourth ashtray & cigarette holder.

This Akro Agate cigarette set is in excellent vintage condition. No cracks. No chips. The pieces are clean.

Each ashtray measures approximately 2 7/8" square. The cigarette holder approximately 2 2/4" tall with a 2 1/2" diameter across the top.

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225.00 USD

An amazing social document, this lot of twenty-four (24) vintage date book dairies and account ledgers span from 1916 to 1944. They all belonged to one person, Rebecca H. Wheeler of Philadelphia, PA.

The interesting date book journals and accounting records reveal that Rebecca once worked for the Philadelphia Ledger and for the Federal Reserve bank. Her record keeping provides an insightful look at the changes in the prices of common everyday things such as taxis, stamps, milk, lunch & dinner out, library fines, movies, apples, oranges, ice, eggs, bread, etc. There are entries for friends's birthdays, movies and lectures attended, the first day crickets were heard in the summer, as well as other notations.

Some of the journals include names and addresses of relatives and friends.

Most of the journals are leather. Some of the date books include a variety of supplemental information such as world maps, postage rates, population census information, lists of national holidays, U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau flag signals. Some of the diaries have gold gilt edging.

All of the pocket-size date books show signs of age and the passing of time. Some of the bindings are weak and a few are broken. The covers are nicked, show wear, and some of the leather journals have marked where stickers were removed.

There are dates books from the United Security Life Insurance and Trust Company, a Royal Memorandum Book, Miles Combination Diary, Excelsior Diaries (1923 - 1932), as well as some unbranded date books.

There are 24 date/account books in all for the following years:
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920 (2 for this year, a "Cash Account Book with Mr. J. Mitchell Elliot & a date book
1921
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944

75.00 USD

This antique "Sky View New York" souvenir spoon has an amazing New York City skyline detail on the handle with the Statue of Library and East River bridges, and an image of The New York Public Library on the spoon bowl. The New York Historical Society Museum has one of these cool antique silver spoons in their collection.

Dating from 1911, the year the New York Public Library opened to the public, this collectible spoon would make a great gift for the spoon collector, New York City lover, or library enthusiast.

Spoon measures approximately 5 inches x 1 inch x 3/4 of an inch.

Marked F.S. & S.M. Copyright 1911. It does not bear a sterling silver mark.

The vintage spoon is in very good condition with some light tarnish in spots.

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75.00 USD

Add this three-quarter bound antique leather book set to your library decor for a stylish and impressive look. The beautiful red leather spines have gold gilt leathering and an Art Nouveau floral design.

Published in 1909 by Bellows-Reeve Company, Chicago, and compiled and edited by Charles H. Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland is a treasure trove of world literature including nursery rhymes, Chaucer, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Thoreau, George Eliot, Keats, Shelley, Kipling, Oliver Goldsmith, Matthew Arnold, Alexander Pope, to name just a few in no particular order. The books are beautifully illustrated.

This is a complete set of eleven (11) volumes including a Guide "For parents, teachers, and all who have children under their charge; for adults who wish to renew their acquaintance with the friends of their youth, or to open for the first time the world's great treasures house of literature..."

These are antique books showing typical wear for 110+ year old books including rubbing, fraying, soiling, aging paper, some loose pages, bumped corners. Spines are mostly in tact and tight. Volume one shows considerable wear with a loose binding, separation, and loose pages. The leather on the spines is deteriorating and the volumes leave behind a red residue when handled. The guide has a library bookplate from a previous owner.

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375.00 USD

Rare vintage Raymond Peynet Rosenthal "Ponytail Girl" brandy snifters, these crystal glasses from the 1960s are truly hard to find. Listing is for a set of 6 glasses.

Raymond Peynet (1908 - 1999) was a French illustrator and designer most famously known for his beloved "Les Amoureux de Peynet" characters.

In near mint condition, each one of these Rosenthal crystal glasses is etched with Peynet's iconic "Ponytail Girl" with two birds undoing her corset.

Each glass has an etched "Peynet" signature and the Rosenthal marked on the bottom.


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Set of Six (6)



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475.00 USD

Aesculap, the God of Medicine, stands tall in this beautifully rendered antique spelter statue. Signed by the artist Paul Engel (1860 - 1913), the stately statue is marked "Germany" and stands on a red marble base.

Dating from the late 19th century, this bronze painted spelter statue is in very good condition for its age. There are some areas where the bronze paint has worn away. The piece has a beautiful patina.

Aesuclap, also as known as Asclepius, holds a snake-entwined staff which to this day is the symbol of the medical profession.

This statue would make an amazing gift for the doctor on your holiday gift list.

10" tall x 4" wide x 4" deep

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125.00 USD

These vintage Bibliothèque de la Pléiade editions of Albert Camus, Jean Giono, and the ancient Greek historians Herodotus & Thucydides are bound in green and brown leather. The set would make a lovely edition to your home or office library. The collection would also make a very special gift for a Francophile friend.

Created in the 1931 by Jacques Schiffrins, who later went on to found Pantheon Books, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade volumes are high-quality books with a slightly larger than pocket-size format. Each book in the set is bound in leather, has gold gilt lettering and spine decorations, a clear plastic dust jacket and is printed on Bible paper -- a thin grade of wood-free uncoated paper often used for Bibles containing cotton or linen fibers which increases the paper's durability without adding bulk. The books were published by Gallimard and printed in France.

The books are in good condition. Each volume has two ribbon bookmarks and clear plastic dust jackets. The dust jackets show some shelf wear but have done their job and have kept the leather covers in beautiful condition. The jacket on the Giono volume has a tear on the spine. Pages have some soiling along the edges. Pages are clean. Bindings are tight.


Set includes:
Albert Camus
Gallimard, Paris, 1962
2090 Pages
7" x 4 1/2" x 1 3/4"


Jean Giono
Gallimard, Paris, 1972
1490 Pages
7" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Historiens Grecs I
Herodote - Thucydide
Gallimard, Paris, 1964
1873 Pages
7" x 4 1/2" x 1 3/4"

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98.00 USD

Ma Bell, Bell Telephone, Bell Systems, Southern Bell, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Northwest Bell, Northwestern Bell, Indiana Bell,…. A T & T, all these names have a familiar ring to those of a certain age.

This set of glasses with the 1969 Saul Bass Bell Telephone logo are an amazing find. I've never seen anything like them, and who knows when you'll see them again. The pedestal design, smokey glass, and the gold logo scream 1970s.

Listing is for a set of six (6) glasses.

Condition: Excellent condition. Glasses do not look as if they were ever used.

Measurements: 5 1/2" tall; 3" diameter; 2 1/4" square base

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45.00 USD

Pan American's Complete Round the World Cookbook by Myra Waldo has charming illustrations and over 600 recipes from the 81 countries the airline served at the time the book was published in 1957.

How about making some Burmese mon la hingyo, or some a nice patine kuryata, and finish it off with alfajores de almendras?

This is a genuine vintage cookbook. As such, it shows typical age and use related wear including a torn and tattered dust jacket, and wear around the book edges. Previous owner wrote her name and address on the front endpaper. There is some tape residue on the front and back endpapers. Pages are clean.

Pan American's Complete Round the World Cookbook by Myra Waldo
Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1957
479 Pages including Index
Decorative endpapers show Pan American World Airway Routes circa 1950s

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89.95 USD

Long ago before the advent of digital computer graphics, designers would literally cut and paste typeface and images and lay out the printing designs by hand. This loose leaf typography font catalog dates back to that era.

The Comp Type Inc Photo Composition Photo Lettering Catalog binder has over fifty pages of IBM Composer Font samples and over thirty double-sided font type sample pages in the form of wacky sayings and quotes from the 1960s & 1970s.

The loose-leaf sheets can be framed, used in scrapbooking or other paper crafts, or simply tacked on a bulletin board.

The binder is in good condition. Some of the loose-leaf pages have soiling and wear around the edges, but most sheets are in very good condition.

The binder measures 10 3/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches.

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45.00 USD

Antique brass miniature advertising hand mirror from the late 1800s has a beautiful Art Nouveau design and an image of an Abram Cox Stove.

The small advertising mirror measures mere 3 7/8" long. In addition to the Abram Cox Stove, the mirror is marked "Princess Novelty" and "Requires No Blacking - Handsomest Range Made - For Handsomest Girl See Other Side."

The mirror's handle is marked "Duplicate Mirror Sent for 10 cent stamps Abram Cox Stove Philadelphia, Pa."

This sweet little collectible mirror is over 100-years old and show typical wear. The are some spots on the mirror and the brass has a nice patina of age.


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35.95 USD

Two treasure troves of folk dancings, these instructional textbooks dating from 1913 & 1944 are filled with dances and traditional songs from around the globe.

Designed to be used by teachers in high schools and colleges as part of a well-rounded physical education curriculum, the books provide step-by-step dancing instructions as well as musical arrangements.

The books have attractive green and red cloth bindings.

The Folk Dance Book compiled by C. Ward Crampton M.D.
A.S. Barnes Company, New York, 1913, 82 pages

Folk Dancing in High School and College by Grace I. Fox, M.A. & Kathleen Gruppe Merrill
Drawings by Charlotte St. John
A.S. Barnes Company, New York, 1944, 89 pages

Books are in good vintage condition with typical wear for books their age. Pages are yellowed. The Folk Dance Book has numerous hand-written notations including the music and dance instructions for "Road to Isles" a Scottish folk dance written in pen & pencil.

Each book measures approximately 8 3/4" x 11 1/4".

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65.00 USD

Vintage 1940s Alamo Pottery planter, this robin egg blue ceramic bowl has wonderful art deco styling. Made by the Alamo Pottery company in San Antonio, TX, the planter is stamped with the studio's blue mark and number 748.

Alamo Pottery is very had to find as it was only made between 1945 & 1951. This is a beautiful example of Alamo's art pottery. Add it to your collection!

Condition: Planter is in very good condition. No chips, no cracks, no crazing. The planter was used as a planter and has a slight soil ring and some spotting on the bottom.

Measurements: 12" long x 5 3/4" wide x 3 3/8" tall.

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45.00 USD

Weathered book set of two Norman Mailer classics will not only look great on your bookshelf but are well worth the read.


Norman Mailer's The Naked and The Dead, considered one of the best novels of World War II, catapulted the 25-year-old author to literary fame upon it's publication in 1948. The Rinehart symbol (an R in a circle) on the copyright page indicates that this is a 1st edition copy of this 20th-century classic.

Includes a New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review clipping of Richard Match's May 9, 1948 review of the book. I found the clipping neatly folded between pages 642 & 643. Consequently, there is significant yellowing on these pages from prolonged contact with the clipping.

Here's a quote from this glowing review.

"'The Naked and the Dead' is about infantrymen--or, rather, men in the infantry --and the despair, the lung-searing fatigue, the unutterable terror and horror of jungle war. Its author is Norman Mailer, aged twenty-five, writing out of Brooklyn, Harvard, Leyte and Japan. Forget the age and remember the name: Norman Mailer. With this one astonishing book, his first full-length work of fiction, he joins the ranks of major American novelists."

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
Rinehart and Co, New York, 1948
First Edition
8vo. 721 pages
Printed in the USA by the Haddon Craftsmen
Black cloth printed in white on the spine.
No dust jacket.
Book is in fair to good condition. Cover is chipped along spine, bottom edges and corners. There is a scratch on the back cover. Tight binding, clean pages, except where noted above.

Of A Fire on the Moon investigates the U.S. space technology industry giving a candid inside view of NASA.

Of A Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer
Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1970
Book Club Edition
416 Pages, Dust Jacket
Book is in good condition. Dust jacket shows typical wear.

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99.99 USD

Amazing vintage French ribbon trim from the legendary Hyman Hendler, this 100% woven jacquard cotton trim is reversible and versatile. Use it as trim on an elegant dress, embellish a hat or handbag, use it in your art, put it on display -- it's that beautiful.

The black and white circle design gives the vintage trim a very modern and sophisticate look.


Ribbon trim measures just over 2 inches wide.

The listing is for the entire spool -- over 15 yards of trim.


Ribbon trim is old new stock and in very good condition.

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