18.95 USD
Vintage race car game pieces would make a fun prop or decor accent. The colorful racing car game pawns come with two yellow flags and black pistol to fire the starting shot.
The vintage game pieces would make a cool gift for the car lover or racing enthusiast.
Listing includes four (4) race car pieces, two (2) flags, and one (pistol).
Race cars stand approximately 1 1/4 inches tall.
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25.95 USD
Published in 1913, Service Songs announces itself in its introduction as "A modern hymn book for young people's meetings." Filled with 270 Christian church hymns, the book has a "Responsive Readings" section at the back, an index arranged by first lines and titles, as well as an index arranged by topic.
The antique hymnal is in good condition showing age appropriate wear for a book that is over 100-years old. The cover is worn at the corners, along the edges of the spine, and at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are clean. Page 255 is torn along the spine edge. Binding is tight.
Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools, and Church Prayer Meetings
Complied by William Shaw and John H. Clements
Introduction by Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D.
United Society of Christian Endeavor, Boston, Chicago, 1913
256 Pages
8" x 5 1/2"
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19.95 USD
Argyle Cuff Links!
They're vintage. They're marked Swank. They'd make an awesome gift for the retro-loving man in your life.
These circa 1960s cufflink show typical wear. There are some scratches on the gold-tone metal backings and some minimal enamel loss. Please look at the photographs for more information about condition.
Cuff links will be sent to you in a box ready for giving.
Link measure 3/4"
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16.95 USD
These vintage novelty drink stirrers are as cool and they are kitschy. Use your best vintage highball glasses and serve up cocktails with these swizzle sticks at your next party. The whistles work!
These are true vintage plastic drink stirrers from the 1960s. As such, they show signs of wear. The swizzle sticks are in overall good condition.
Lot of 6 Stirrers
Approximately 6 inches in length
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75.00 USD
Vintage 1940s American Airline brochures harken back to the early days of commercial air travel. This awesome group of aviation advertising brochures comes in a nifty folder marked "The American Airlines System" &"Business," "Airfreight," &"Pleasure." The folder holds 7 brochures promoting American Airlines the new DC-6 & the Convair. American refers to them as their "5- Mile-A-Minute Flagship Fleet."
In the late 1940s American Airlines had three branches, American Airlines Inc., American Overseas Airlines, Inc., & American Airlines De Mexico, S.A. In 1950, Pan American Airways bought the American Overseas Airlines division.
These colorful brochures were printed and lithographed in the U.S.A.
7 Brochures include:
1. Take Your Family with You For Only Half Fare -- This small format brochure measures 6" x 3" folded and 8 3/4" x 6" fully open.
2. American Airlines 5-Mile-A-Minute Flagship Fleet -- Measuring 9" x 4" closed, this brochure opens to a small poster size measuring 15 3/4" x 17 1/2". The brochure highlights American Airline's new flagship aircraft, the DC-6 & the Convair. It has a map of the current airline routes including American Airlines, "other airline," &"American Airline system - International routes not yet in operation." The map is dated 1948 and was drawn by the General Drafting Company. The brochure brags that the DC-6 will get you from New York to Los Angeles in 11 hrs 10 minutes in "Living Room Comfort."
3. Why Be An Ostrich About Wintertime Air Travel? 9" x 4" closed; 9" x 12" open. Brochure assures the potential winter air traveler that "American's Five-Mile-A-Minute Fleet is equipped with special devices, engineered specifically to meet seasonal conditions."
4. It's So Easy to go to Mexico - With a strapping matador on the cover this brochure measures 9" x 4" closed and 9" x 19 3/4" open. It includes an air traffic route map for the U.S.A. & Mexico.
5. Europe in Winter in Comfort by American Flagship - 9" x 4" closed; 9" x 12" open. Include American Airlines system map for USA and European routes. Boasts that it will get your to London from New York in 13 hours & 55 minutes.
6. The Sun Country - 9" x 4" closed; 9" x 19 3/4" open. Cover entices the traveler to "Give winter the go-by - find your place in the sun - go American to Arizona Texas California New Mexico." Has map showing the "Southern Sunshine Route."
7. American Airlines Maps - Routes of the Flagships. 9" x 4" closed; 9" x 12" open. One side of this brochure opens to a full page color lithographed American Airlines route map for the U.S.A. Mexico & Cuba with indicators to their international routes. The other side shows American Overseas Airlines, Inc. routes to Europe.
The envelope folder measures 9 3/4" x 5 3/4" closed & 9 3/4" x 14" open.
The folder and brochures are in very good condition for their age. They show wear around the edges.
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68.95 USD
This vintage Baedeker guide to central Italy captures the beauty of the country circa 1897. The antique travel guide include diagrams of churches and historical sites, vintage maps, and a fold-out panorama of Rome.
The vintage travel book would make a special gift for the world traveler or lover of Italy.
The book is in good condition for a used travel guide this is 120 years old. The antique book has lovely hand-marbled page edges and gold gilt title lettering. A previous owner wrote his name (Francis M. Savage) and location (Washington D.C.) on the title page. Another previous owner wrote his name (David Gregg. Jr.) in the book opposite the page with the first fold-out map. The maps are in good condition, but do note that they show wear including some tears. The right-hand side fold-out panorama of Rome has separated from the book but is present.
Italy
Handbook for Travellers by K. Baedeker
Second Part: Central Italy and Rome
with 11 Maps, 41 Plans, a Panorama of Rome, Vies of the Forum Romaum and the Colosseum, and the Arms of the Popes since 1417.
Twelfth Revised Edition
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, Publisher
London, Dulau and Co, 37 Soho Square W., 1897
438 Pages; 6 1/4" x 4 7/16"
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36.00 USD
Trio of vintage glass Christmas ornaments made in Poland in the 1940s will bring a lovely sparkle to your tree. Made of hand blown glass, the teardrop ornaments are decorated with white mica flakes. One ornament has red stripes with silver, another has gold, blue, & dark pink stripes, and the third one has gold, dark pink, & sea foam green stripes.
Each ornaments has a metal cap for hanging. Two of the caps are marked "Poland."
The ornaments are in good vintage condition showing typical wear including scratches, oxidation marks, and light soiling.
Ornaments are approximately 4 1/4 inches long with a 2 1/2 inch diameter.
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48.95 USD
Circa 1950 atlas of greater London is filled with colorful old maps of the city. Housed in an attractive red hardcover book with gold title lettering, the atlas has over 138 sectional vintage maps of London including the outer suburbs. A wonderful historical document as so much of the landscape has changed in 60 years, the vintage maps can be used as a reference, or displayed as decor.
Books make great gifts!
"Geographia" Greater London Atlas including Outer Suburbs
Geographia, Ltd., London, Circa 1950
138 Sectional Maps, plus 144 page Street Index
8 1/2 inches by 5 3/4 inches
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28.95 USD
Vintage Vera Neumann blouse from the 1980s complete with shoulder pads and original tags is a wonderful example of the company's use of color. The color blocks pop to a very pleasing effect against a gray background.
The top has its original Vera tag with a plug for Woolite, a Vera ladybug label, and a "Crafted with Pride in U.S.A." tag. Created by magnate Roger Milliken in the early 1980s, the "Crafted with Pride" campaign was an effort to raise awareness of the dwindling textile & garment industry jobs in the U.S.A, and an attempt to get citizens to buy American.
Pair this cool blouse with jeans or a formal skirt for a radical vintage look.
This Vera shirt is in excellent condition. The blouse is clean and ready to wear. The polyester is very silky with a wonderful drape.
The blouse has a size 12 label and the following measurement taken flat.
20" Front bust measured from underarm to underarm
20" Across back measured from underarm to underarm
17" Across the shoulders
23" Sleeve Length
28" Long from shoulder to hem
Vera
Made in U.S.A.
100% Polyester
Size 12
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29.95 USD
This vintage Catholic advice pamphlet offers tips on overcoming the monotony of life by bringing a mindfulness to mundane tasks that breaks through to the divine nature of the world. The small and slim Catholic booklet touches on the subjects of suffering, accepting criticism, and loneliness.
A genuine piece of vintage Catholic ephemera, the small religious tract is in very good condition showing light wear.
Bored with Life? There Is Always Hope!
by Rev. Thomas A. Lahey, C.S.C.
The Catholic Information Society, New York,
Undated, Circa 1940s
Underwood & Underwood
15 Pages; Stapled Binding
5 1/4" x 3 3/8"
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19.95 USD
Alleluia!
Rainbow-colored enamel alleluia pendant made by Terra Sancta Guild Israel harkens back to the age of aquarius and folk rock masses. A fabulous piece of religious jewelry, the piece is heavy and of very high quality.
This piece of Christian jewelry would make a lovely gift for a Sunday school teacher.
The pendant necklace is on a silky navy blue cord that ties around the neck. Dating from the late 1960s - early 1970s, the pendant is in excellent vintage condition. I don't think it was ever worn. Pendant is hallmarked on the back "Terra Sancta Guild Israel Phila" along with a copyright symbol.
Pendant comes in a gift box ready for giving.
Pendant measures approximately 1 5/8" long by 1 1/2" wide. Cord is approximately 30" long.
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175.00 USD
Children Love Wonder Books!
Wonder Books with washable covers were mainstay reading for the baby boomer generation. They were found in schools, doctor and dentist offices, libraries, and local bookshops. This marvelous vintage store display sign advertises Wonder Books at their 1950s price -- a mere 25 cents per title.
This genuine vintage sign is perfect for any decor, hang it in the nursery, child's room, office, man cave, or library.
Constructed out of rigid pressboard, the sign is in good vintage condition. It has some nicks, mostly around the edges, a few scratches, and soiling from hanging in a book shop and being in storage for many years.
Sign measures 22 inches long x 6 inches high.
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275.00 USD
Turkish artist Kennan Temizan expresses Europe's rebirth after World War II with this expressive poster of new growth sprouting from a chopped down tree. A fifth place winner in the European Recovery Program / Marshall Plan poster contest this dramatic poster proclaims "Malgre Tout."
Malgre Tout
by Kennan Temizan (Turkish)
c.1950
21 x 29 inches (53 x 73 cm)
French Text - Malgre Tout - Despite Everything
Held in 1950, the Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living poster contest, drew over 10,000 entries. A panel of graphic artists from the countries benefiting from the Marshall Plan selected 25 winning posters. The posters are graphically stunning pieces of political propaganda and historically interesting bits of ephemera from the early Cold War era.
This poster is an original poster, not a reproduction. The poster is in excellent vintage condition with just some minor wear around the edges.
The poster has been stored flat.
I have other posters from the contest in inventory. The following posters are currently listed in my shop:
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https://www.etsy.com/listing/189573746/political-propaganda-poster-cold-war-era
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189068660/vintage-propaganda-poster-cold-war-era
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189740815/propaganda-poster-cold-war-marshall-plan
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189984418/vintage-political-poster-propaganda
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189068660/vintage-art-poster-marshall-plan-europe
https://www.etsy.com/listing/218731508/vintage-art-poster-political-poster-erp
https://www.etsy.com/listing/226736008/political-poster-vintage-poster-erp
https://www.etsy.com/listing/226728184/vintage-poster-original-lithograph
https://www.etsy.com/listing/202336797/art-poster-marshall-plan-propaganda
https://www.etsy.com/listing/226821615/vintage-art-poster-original-poster
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18.95 USD
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. 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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125.00 USD
An interesting handwritten accounting journal chronicles a French household's expenses from January 1912 through April 1914. There are references and expense logs for many accoutrements of daily life including allumettes (matches), cadeau fête (festival gifts), costume de bain (bathing suit), eau de cologne, livres (books), fleurs (flowers), blouses, savon (soap) and more. There are numerous notations for "washing" which appears to be a reference for laundry. There are also many personal names noted in the journal.
The diary is bound in burgundy leather with hand-marbled endpapers and page edges and is in good condition for its age. There is a shop sticker on the back endpaper from Boyard-Obert a fournitures de bureau (office supply shop) in Le Harve.
7 7/8" x 5 1/8"
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35.00 USD
Antique Japanese porcelain box from the late Meiji early Taisho period (circa 1910s) has a delicate hand-painted floral design. The small decorative trinket box can be used on a dresser for jewelry or as an elegant and practical organizer for small items on an office desk.
The vintage ceramic trinket box is approximately 100-years old and shows wear from the passage of time and use. These is some paint loss, a tiny flea bite on the box rim, and some soiling on the bottom. The antique box is signed in red Japanese characters.
Approximate Measurements:
4 1/4" long x 2 5/16" wide x 1 1/2" tall
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45.00 USD
Printed in Beijing by the Foreign Languages Press, this first edition copy of the Selected Military Writings of Mao Tse Tung was produced for distribution to English speaking countries.
The high-quality hardcover book has an attached gold ribbon bookmark, attractive burgundy cover with gold gilt lettering, and a frontis portrait of Chairman Mao with a protective tissue paper overlay. The book is in very good condition. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. The paper dust jacket shows discoloration from age and wear around the edges including small tears and paper loss at the top of the spine.
Selected Military Writings of Mao Tse-Tung
Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1963
First Edition; Printed in the People's Republic of China
408 Pages
9" x 6 7/16"
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35.00 USD
Sheep & lamb nativity trio, display them with your creche set or a Christmas putz village scene.
Genuine vintage, the sheep are made of plaster and show wear including crackling paint and a small chip at the base of the medium-size animal. You can faintly see the remnants of the word "Italy" on the bottom of the little lamb.
The largest sheep measures approximately 3 inches long. The small sheep is approximately 1 1/2 inches long.
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Shepherd Playing the Bagpipes
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Black Wise Man
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135.00 USD
Beautiful set of five (5) black lacquer nesting boxes, these Chinese boxes have gold speckled interiors and hand painted dragons on the lids. The largest box has two dragons -- one in the sky and one in the waves.
The boxes are old, yet in lovely condition. The boxes show typical wear including a few chips around the box edges, a few dings, and light scratches. The lid of the second largest box has a crack.
The largest box has a hand painted makers mark on the bottom as well as its original paper "Made in China" label.
Approximate Measurements:
Largest box 4" x 4 1/4"
3 1/8" x 3 1/2"
2 3/4" x 3 1/8"
2 1/8" x 2 3/4"
1 3/4" x 2"
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25.00 USD
Classic vintage embroidered Christmas handkerchief was given as a gift one holiday long ago and was never used by the recipient. In pristine condition, the white cotton Desco Switerzland hanky will be sent to you in its original Bamberger's department store gift box. The delicate handkerchief has a lovely hand embroidered Christmas candle and holly motif.
Included in the gift box is small cotton sachet in the shape of a Christmas ornament embroidered with the same holiday motif as the handkerchief. This is a sweet hanky & sachet set and would make an ideal gift for a handkerchief collector.
Handkerchief is approximately 13" square and is in unused condition.
The Bamberger's box show some shelf wear around the edges. Box measures 10 1/8" x 7 1/4".
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