29.95 USD
A vintage woven rag rug is the perfect accent piece for a retro farmhouse look. The small colorful throw rug can be used in an entryway, a child's room, kitchen, or anywhere you need a pop of color.
Showing just a bit of wear from the passage of time in storage, this vintage 1970s rug is in very good condition.
33 1/2 Inches by 21 Inches
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Bright, colorful, and suitable for framing, this set of vintage handkerchiefs show the folk costumes of various Cantons or provinces in Switzerland.
Made in Switzerland to promote the country's Swiss Cheese Association, the set of vintage hankies are in excellent condition. Each handkerchief has its original silver foil label marked "Switzerland Made in Switzerland All Cotton Switzerland Cheese Ass. Inc. " Cantons include Appenzell, Bern, Ticino, and Vaud.
Each handkerchief measures approximately 11 inches square.
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75.00 USD
A vintage black sequin jacket always make a good fashion statement. With its timeless appeal, this Miss Elliete of California evening jacket is as chic today as it was back in the 1960s.
Very gently worn, fully lined, clean, and ready to wear.
Marked Size 8
Slightly Bell-shaped Sleeves
Front Darts
Measurements Taken Flat:
19 1/2" Across Front Underarm to Underarm
18" Across Back Underarm to Underarm
26" Length from Shoulder to Hem
21" Sleeve Length from Shoulder to Sleeve Hem
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Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket...
or, as H.H. Nininger did, find a fallen star. Many of them!
Back in the 1930s & 1940s, H.H. Nininger amassed a large collection of meteorites, which are meteoroids (the scientific name for falling or shooting stars) that eventually fall to earth. His collection, the largest personal one at the time, was so vast, he created and maintained a museum for them.
Known as the father of modern meteoritics, Nininger operated The American Meteorite Museum first in Meteor Crater, Arizona, and then in Sedona. The collection was ultimately sold to the British Museum and the Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies.
Out of The Sky is Nininger's introduction to the science of meteoritics. This is a rare signed first edition copy of this important science book. The book is inscribed to Paul Weber and dated April 21, 1957 from Sedona, Arizona.
The book is in overall good condition showing typical wear particularly around the cover and page edges. The tops of some pages are a bit crumpled. The pages are beginning to brown with age (light foxing), again mostly around the edges, but the paper is not crumbling. There are brown age-related spots on the endpapers. The dust jacket shows wear, including rubbing and tears, as well as extensive chipping and paper loss around the edges.
Out of the Sky An Introduction to Meteoritics by H.H. Nininger
The University of Denver Press, 1952
Illustrations, Plates, Index
336 Pages
9 1/4" x 6 1/4"
American Meteorite Museum stamp on title page
Author Signed
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High-quality carpenter pencils in a beautiful shade of blue, these vintage industrial advertising giveaways from Georgia-Pacific make a cool instant collection.
Primary known as a pulp and paper company, Georgia-Pacific started out in 1927 as a lumber company.
Listing is for a set of five (5) pencils. Multiple sets are available.
Found in an overlooked corner at an estate sale, I couldn't resist the sight of the vintage blue pencils in a bright yellow box. Pencils are circa late 1960s early 1970s and are in excellent unused condition.
Pencils are 7" long x 1/2" wide x 1/4" high.
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16.95 USD
How could you not think "Happy Thoughts" looking at this sweet antique postcard? Cats & kittens are a perennially favorite motif, as appealing today as they were in 1910. Add these cool 100-year old cats to your collection.
The postcard was the Twitter of its time. A revolutionary idea that arose around the same time in several world locations in the mid-1800s, the concept of the postcard bears a remarkable similarity to contemporary Twitter. Emanuel Herrmann, considered the person who championed the use of what was to become a popular method of communication, proposed his postcard idea to the Austrian postal service in 1869 through an article in the Neue Freie Presse, the leading Austrian newspaper (remember those?). These small plain cards without pictures or adornments were to have a 20-word limit including address and the sender's signature.
In 1861, U.S.A. postal service began allowing the posting of cards weighing an ounce or less for the cost of 1 cent within a 1000 mile delivery zone.
Postmarked on January 3, 1910 at 7 p.m. in Albion, Maine, this postcard was sent to Miss Eva Copeland from Ellen who wrote a note in pencil. The card is in very good vintage condition. One corner is peeling up slightly.
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Classic dark pink Shiny Brite snow cap mica ornaments will liven up any vintage Christmas display.
Each ornament has a metal cap stamped "Shiny Brite Made in U.S.A."
These are genuine vintage Shiny Brite ornaments not reproductions. Expect typical wear including oxidation spots and light scratches.
Listing is for six (6) vintage pink glass ornaments.
Vintage glass ornaments have a 2 1/2 inch diameter and their original metal Shiny Brite caps.
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Amazing vintage Christmas cards produced by California Artists circa 1960s of Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem pausing by a waterfall. The Star of Bethlehem shines brightly in the black night sky over the figures of the haloed Mary and Joseph and their donkey.
Exceptionally high quality art reproduction, the gold-trimmed cards with envelopes are in their original gold-foil box, and are in very good unused/new vintage condition. They truly don't make holiday cards like this anymore.
25 Cards
24 Envelopes
Each card measures 8 1/4" x 3 1/8"
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This fabulous flamingo pink platonite glass sugar bowl with a gold rim is a bit of a mystery. It's the only Hazel Atlas Ovide piece I've come across in flamingo pink with a gold rim. There are no markings on the piece, but this shape sugar bowl was produced by Hazel Atlas from about 1920 to 1950.
Use it for sugar, condiments, flowers. Fits into any decor.
The piece has a few scratches with a little paint loss, but no chips or cracks.
3 5/8" Tall
3 1/8" Diameter
5" Wide including handles
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Vintage Pan Am airline glassware, these small tumblers can be used as juice glasses, cordial glasses, or for smaller drinks.
Pan American World Airways was the epitome of sophisticated world travel from it's inspection in 1937 to its bankruptcy in 1991. This barware tumbler set is from the 1980s.
The glassware set would make a fun gift for a pilot or aviation buff, or an interesting addition to your barware collection.
The small glass tumblers are in very good vintage condition showing light wear -- no cracks, no chips.
4 oz capacity
2 1/2 inches tall
2 1/8 inches base diameter
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Found at an estate sale in a box marked "Mike's Rock Collection," the rock assortment includes over 70 rocks & mineral specimens including an arrowhead and geodes. Gathered during the 1970s, the rock & mineral collection includes a vintage copy of Hubbard's Stereogram Book of Rocks Minerals & Gems which is filled with beautiful photographs that will help you identify the specimens.
This beautiful collection of rocks & minerals can be used as a decor element in your home or office.
The specimens are not individually identified, although there are some stray identification labels in the box which will be sent along with the collection.
Stereogram Book of Rocks Minerals & Gems by David Techter
Photography by Arch Mclean
Hubbard Scientific Company, Northbrook, Illinois, 1972
64 Pages; 11" x 8 1/8"
Softcover book is in good condition showing wear around the edges, rubbing, a notation in blue in on the back endpaper
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45.00 USD
Vintage 1950s Playskool puzzles in their original packaging are a rare fine, and this set is just darling with images of Golden Book illustrations of children playing dress-up wedding and a little girl sitting on a big rocking chair knitting.
No. 90-12 in Playskool's Golden Book puzzle series, these vintage jigsaw puzzles are in very good condition showing very light wear. The original box is a bit flattened and has creases, small tears, and some paper loss.
Playskool Golden Book Puzzles No. 90-12
Knitting Time
Make-Believe Wedding
Two Six-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles
Lithographs mounted on Masonite Board
Approximately 9 inches by 9 1/2 inches
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45.00 USD
Vintage 1950s Playskool puzzles in their original packaging are a rare fine, and this set is just darling with images of Golden Book illustrations of children playing dress-up wedding and a little girl sitting on a big rocking chair knitting.
No. 90-12 in Playskool's Golden Book puzzle series, these vintage jigsaw puzzles are in very good condition showing very light wear. The original box is a bit flattened and has creases, small tears, and some paper loss.
Playskool Golden Book Puzzles No. 90-12
Knitting Time
Make-Believe Wedding
Two Six-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles
Lithographs mounted on Masonite Board
Approximately 9 inches by 9 1/2 inches
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75.95 USD
Antique edition of Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy comes with its original map of the region stored in the book's back endpaper sleeve.
This rare book is in good condition for its age. It was used as a guidebook and shows age & use appropriate wear. The cloth cover is rippling over the flexible book boards and shows soiling. The front endpaper is torn along the front hinge exposing the hinge webbing (see photograph four). The binding is tight. There are a few light pencil notations as well as a name and a few notes in ink on the front endpaper. The volume's original map of Central Italy is in very good condition having no tears. The map shows Italy in a state of transition from individual nation states into a unified country. The provinces of Tuscany, Umbria, and Abruzzo are clearly marked, present day Emilia-Romagna and Marche are marked "States of the Ch," or in other words, Papal States.
The volume has several fold-out maps:
Map of Environs of Florence
Map of Florence
Map of Siena
Plan of Perugia
The book also has an advertising section at the back with interesting travel information including ads for trains, steamboats, and hotels.
John Murray began publishing travel guide books in 1836 for the educated British tourist covering popular European destinations as well as outposts of the British empire in Asia and North Africa.
Murray's Hand-book for Travellers in Central Italy
including Florence, Lucca, Tuscany, Elba, Etc, Umbria, The Marches, and Part of the Late Patrimony of St. Peter
Eleventh Edition Revised
with Maps and Plans, Index and Directory for 1898
John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1892; Preface dated 1889
372 Pages plus 56 page advertising section.
6 7/8" x 4 3/4"
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Rare Huntley Palmer biscuit tin in the shape of a world globe was designed not only to hold cookies but to also be used as an educational toy. Made as a limited edition in 1906, this scare tin globe has a hinged lid and shows Great Britain and the extent of its territories (circa 1906) in pink.
The antique tin globe shows age appropriate wear including dings, scratches, a few dents, discoloration, patina, and some paint loss.
The vintage world globe is approximately 7 inches in diameter, and the tin stands approximately 7 1/2 inches tall including its feet and small handle on the lid.
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This Coro world globe charm bracelet with an orbiting moon is a very special piece of vintage jewelry. Rare to find, and unusual in design, the charm depicts the earth as an old world globe with a full meridian. Look closely and you'll see a small gold moon suspended in orbit around the earth.
The heavy gold-tone charm bracelet is marked "Coro" on the clasp and is in very good vintage condition. The charm is in good condition. There is some wear to the old world map imprint on the plastic globe. The piece dates to the 1950s.
Charm measures approximately 1 1/4".
Bracelet measures 7 1/2" long.
Bracelet with be shipped to you in a gift box.
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This is a beautiful first edition copy of Stephen Powers's Afoot and Alone; A Walk From Sea to Sea by the Southern Route; Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Etc. This interesting and important rare book chronicles Powers's 3,556 miles walk from Raleigh, North Carolina to San Francisco, California.
Published in 1872 by the Columbian Book Company, this antique book is a rare find. The volume has 30 wood-cut engravings including several by the artist True W. Williams.
This is a solid book in very good condition for its age. The bottom cover corners are bumped and a bit frayed, but over all the cover is in great shape with just some light soiling. The gold gilt cover illustration of a traveller is in very good condition. There are a few brown spots on the title page's protective tissue overlay, some light foxing on pages 314 & 315, and a few spots here and there throughout the book. Binding is tight. Text block is square.
Afoot and Alone; A Walk From Sea to Sea by the Southern Route; Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Etc.
by Stephen Powers
Columbian Book Company, Hartford, Conn, 1872
First Edition, Wood-Cut Illustrations
327 Pages plus Columbian Book Company Employment Ad Page at Back
8 1/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches
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Vintage Charles Dickens bookends are the perfect decor accent for a shelf of classic books. The heavy bookends would look impressive in your office or home library, and would make an excellent gift for an English teacher, literature enthusiast, or recent college graduate.
The cast iron bookends have a bronzed finish and a lovely patina of age. The vintage bookend s have felt pads which show wear but remain useful to protect the wood surface on your shelf or table.
The bookends are very heavy with a combined weight of over 5 lbs, and measure approximately 6 inches tall by 4 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches deep.
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This beautifully illustrated and informative handbook provides a detailed history the Catholic Popes. The volume includes a catalogue of the popes and their coats of arms, seals & coins, information on the papal residencies through history, the tombs of the popes, an a reference lists of their names.
The vintage book has a decorative gold gilt cover design and is in good condition showing some light soiling and wear.
The Book of the Popes by Dr. F. J. Bayers
Translated from the German by E. M. Lamond
with a preface by Herbert Thurston, S.J.
with 686 Illustrations
Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York & London, 1925
132 Pages
Approximately 10 1/2 inches by 7 3/4 inches
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Vintage playing cards made by Modiano for Italia Societa di Navigazione (Italian Line) come in their original box with a stylized art deco deer on one side and ocean liners on the other.
The bridge deck has 54 cards total including two jokers.
The cards, made of "siliconi" plastic are in good condition, but it is obvious this deck was used in play perhaps on one of the decks of an Italian Line ship. The gold gilt on the edges is almost completely worn away and the cards show typical wear, although they remain fairly crisp. The packaging box shows wear including worn corners, a few tears, and light soiling.
This is a scarce vintage card deck with a great art deco look.
Ace of Spades marked "Fabbrica Carte Da Giuoco Modiano, S.p.A. Trieste"
Ace of Hearts marked "Marca di Fabric Modiano S.p.A. Trieste 2698
Box measures approximate 3 3/4" x 2 1/2". Cards are slightly smaller.
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