195.00 USD

These antique metal bookends will add a regal touch to your home library or office decor. The stately cast iron crouching lions are posed with arrows at their feet. Made by the Connecticut Foundry circa 1928, the metal bookends maintain their original bronze patina finish and show minimal wear.

The lion bookend set would make a very special gift for your boss, recent graduate, book lover, or lion lover.

The vintage bookends measures approximately 5 1/2 inches long by 3 3/4 inches high by 1 3/4 inches deep. Each lion bookend is back stamped with the Connecticut Foundry triangle in a circle mark along with "Copyright 1928."


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18.95 USD

Written by Carla Greene and illustrated by Katherine Evans, this child's career book is part of a series published in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Children's Press. The yellow cloth binding has blue graphics of children dressed in the clothing for various careers, such as a fireman, doctor, teacher, cowboy, seamstress, baker, and football player.

Book is in good condition for a 50+ year-old children's book that was used in a public school system. The cloth binding is fraying at the edges and has worn away completely at the top and base of the spine. Binding is tight. Pages are clean. Book has a date (May 29, 1961) and Cedar Grove, N.J. Board of Education stamp on the front right-hand side endpaper.


I Want To Be A Postman
by Carla Greene, Illustrated by Katherine Evans
Childrens Press, 1958, unpaginated, Ex-Library copy, No dust jacket
9 3/4" x 8 1/4"


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16.95 USD

Classic Italian micro mosaic heart pin would make a sweet Valentine's day gift. The small brass pin has micro mosaic tiles set in a pleasing floral design.

The pin is old, dating from the 1950s. The vintage pin shows some wear and has some green patina on the brass.

The vintage heart brooch is marked "Made in Italy" on the back. The pin mechanism is in good working order.

Approximately 1 1/18" x 1"

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25.00 USD

Published by Hammond, the renowned map making company, this vintage travel guide is packed with detailed maps of great cities of the world along with black and white photographs.

The vintage travel book has colorful map endpapers -- one of the world and the other of the United States. The travel book includes information about each city, 147 detailed city street maps, as well as an index for handy reference.

Great Cities of the World
C.S. Hammond and Company
Maplewood, New Jersey, 1958
Black & White Photograph Reproductions
Color Maps
384 Pages
8 1/2" x 5 3/4"

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275.00 USD

Rare book published in 1930 just after the stock market crash of 1929 explores investing in general and by the light of financial disaster.

The book includes a quaint pull-out graph of stock market gains and losses from 1901 to 1929 represented in thousands of dollars.

What a great gift for a financial advisor or investment banker!

Not a recent reprint, this is a genuine first edition copy of Sick in Bed With Stocks. The book was read and carefully examined showing signs of wear and age including some pencil notations, dog-earred pages, bumped corners and wear at the top and base of the spine. The book's pages are tanned with age. Paste down publisher's correction on page 25. Overall, a good sound copy of a rare title on the stock market. Binding is tight.

Sick In Bed With Common Stocks by R. W. McNeel
Mcneal Institute of Investment Education, Inc., Boston, Mass, 1930
93 Pages
7 1/2" x 5"

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65.00 USD

Circa 1920s vintage art reproduction of Charles Bosseron Chambers "The Light of the World," a detail from the larger painting "St. Joseph with the Child Jesus," is a lovely piece of Catholic art. The vintage art print would make a special gift.

Along the way, the vintage religious art print was put into a classic 1950s gold-tone filigree frame. The frame has an easel back and also a metal hoop making it easy to hang the beautiful piece of Christian on the wall as decor.

The art reproduction is in very good condition as it has been well preserved under the frame's glass. The vintage gold-tone filigree frame shows typical age-related wear on the gold, mostly around the edges, but is still in good condition.

The original "St. Joseph with the Child Jesus" hangs at the St. Ignatius Church in Chicago.

Approximate Measurements:
6 9/16" by 5 3/4"

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55.00 USD

Look smart with this decorative set of vintage textbooks on your office or library shelf. The vintage book set covers diverse science & math topics, from geometry, to fluid mechanics, to resistance of materials, and quantum physics. The vintage old book bundle would make a fun decor accent in a high-tech office. The books have wonderful mathematic drawings and formulas.

This is a vintage set of books from the 1940s - 1950s not recent reprints. The vintage books show age appropriate wear including some fraying at the corners, scuffs, soiling, tanning paper, and notations by previous owners.

The book bundle include:

Descriptive Geometry by Earle F. Watts & John T. Rule
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1946

Fluid Mechanics by R.C. Binder
Prentice-Hall, New York, 1950, Second Edition

Foundations of Quantum Theory: A Study in Continuity and Symmetry
by Alfred Landé
Yale University Press, New Haven, 1950

Resistance of Materials by Fred B. Seely
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1947


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325.00 USD

Vintage globe by Replogle shows the world circa 1933. This is a rare 7-inch diameter globe with a domed "Big Dipper" metal base. With its Art Deco styling and small table-top size, this globe is perfect for display on your desk or office bookshelf.

Although small, the globe has lots of detail including a legend, international date line, tropics of cancer and capricorn, the path of Adm. Bryd's 1929 flight to the South Pole, Lindbergh's 1927 flight, & a selection of radio stations.

Globe is marked "7 Inch Standard Globe Made by Replogle Globes Inc. Chicago, Ill."

Some of the countries and area designations not found on current globes include:
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Bechuanaland
Belgian Congo
British Somaliland
Chosen (Korea)
French Indo-China
French West Africa
Italian Somaliland
Palestine
Persia
Rhodesia & North Rhodesia

The globe is in good overall condition showing typical wear for its 80 years. The coated paper gores have a patina of age including soiling, some paper loss, and minor splitting at the seams. The bronze-colored paint on the base has worn off and chipped off in spots.


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49.95 USD

Sweet trio of vintage pottery chalkware figurines includes two angels and a little boy with his dog. The miniature figures make a very appealing display grouped together. The figures are reminiscent of Jean Manley's pottery and Hermione Palmer's early work. The boy reminds me of Tintin and his dog Milou (aka Snowy).

Found in a box of vintage miscellaneous pieces of California pottery, one of the figures, the angel with black wings with gold polka dots has a curious makers mark, ""Four Star Lines Hollywood Calif. Hand Made."

The circa 1940s figures show wear including chippy paint, soiling, and small chips most notably on the angels's wings.

Approximately 2 5/8 tall

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395.00 USD

Rare 9-inch diameter vintage world globe is a bit of an oddity. It has a stepped Art Deco glass base used by Rand McNally during the World War II era, but the vintage globe also has a decorative cast metal support arm typically seen on globes from the 1920s.

This Rand McNally Indexed Terrestrial Art Globe shows the world in the early stages of World War II. Austria has been consumed by Germany (Anschluss, March 1938), Czechoslovakia does not exist, Poland's border is perforated indicating occupation by Nazi Germany.

The globe has an interesting mix of political designations indicating that it was made very late in 1941 (Marshall Islands are under Japan occupation but the Gilbert Island are marked as British) or early 1942 (Italian East Africa dissolved in early 1942).

Globe Highlights:
-- British Empire shown in Pink
-- City of Tangiers in Morocco is marked "Neutral."
-- Italian East Africa
-- Rhodes (Italian)
-- British Somaliland
-- Palestine (British Mandate)
-- Belgian Congo
-- French Equatorial Africa
-- French West Africa
-- Northern Rhodesia
-- Southern Rhodesia
-- Bechuanaland (British Protectorate)
-- French Indo-China
-- Malay States (British)
-- Burma
-- Siam
-- Chosen (Japan Occupied Korea)
-- Taiwan (Japan)
-- Netherlands Indies
-- Marshall Islands (Japan)
-- Gilbert Islands (British)

This is a beautiful old globe with a deep and warm patina of age. The oceans are a turquoise blue with nautical distance indicators. There are eight masted ships scattered through the seven seas. The political boundary colors are muted shades of pink, green, and yellow.

The globe shows wear including general dust, soiling, spots, and areas of paper loss. The Equator line is missing revealing the globe's center seam. There is a metal plate and cork disk at Antarctica where the globe connects to the cast iron mount. The glass Art Deco base is in beautiful condition.

Rand McNally Indexed Terrestrial Art Globe
9 Inch Diameter
Distances in Statue Miles One inch equals 888 miles
Copyright Rand McNally & Company, Chicago
Made in U.S.A.
Approximately 13 Inches Tall
6 Inch Base Diameter

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www.etsy.com/listing/192951906/vintage-tin-globe-9-inch-chein-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/221218761/wood-globe-world-globe-vintage-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/259466095/vintage-globe-crams-celestial-globe-star
www.etsy.com/listing/264323165/antique-globe-pencil-sharpener-vintage

And, I have additional globes in inventory. Feel free to send me a message for more information about the globes I have on hand.

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19.95 USD

Maruyama ceramic seated courting colonial couple figurine, he wears a green waistcoat and she wears a yellow bonnet. Bottom stamped "Made in Occupied Japan" in red, which places the manufacture of this piece between 1947 - 1952.

Vintage items are a wonderful idea for engagement, anniversary or wedding gifts.

The porcelain figurine is in very good vintage condition. No cracks, chips or crazing.
Approximately 4" tall x 3 5/8" long x 1 7/8" deep.
Marked in red on the bottom "Maruyama Made in Occupied Japan"


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45.00 USD

Seamanship For Passengers by Gavin Douglas is an engaging guide and introduction to life at sea on ships. Written for the landsman not the professional seaman, the book covers shipping language, ship anatomy, boating signals and rules, boat engines and engineering, navigation, time at sea, anchoring, and other pertinent boating topics.

Published in 1949, the vintage nautical book has illustration by P.A. Jobson as well as color plates of nautical flags and ship markings. The book includes a glossary of terms.

The vintage book is in good condition showing typical wear on the cover most notably at the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine. The book does not have a dust jacket. Paper edges and endpapers are tanned with age. Pages are clean. Binding is tight.

Seamanship For Passengers by Gavin Douglas
Illustrated by P.A. Jobson
John Lehmann, London, 1949
176 Pages
8 1/4" by 5 3/4"

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35.00 USD

Prim and proper portrait of a gorgeous redhead, this vintage Hair Style of the Month poster is as striking as it is retro.


Published in Chicago by Hair Style of the Month, this original poster was produced for display in hair and beauty salons across the United States. The poster is printed on sturdy coated paper and has an image on both sides.

This poster was displayed in a Chicago hair salon and shows wear. One side of the double-sided poster is slightly faded from the sun. The poster has some wear on the edges, light soiling, and tape residue where it was affixed to a display. The poster was stored rolled up for many years.

Measurements: 20" x 16".

I have a whole treasure trove of these marvelous hair style posters available in my shop.

Several of these posters would look amazing grouped together for a retro look in a modern hair salon.

Additional Hair Style Posters Currently Available:

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45.00 USD

Vintage deck of playing cards given away by Baltusrol Golf Club at the 1961 U.S. Women's Open are a rare find. This vintage golf collectible would make a fun gift for the golfer in your life.

The poker-size playing cards are crisp and appear to have only been played with once or twice. The box shows wear particularly at the corners and has some scuffing and nicks.

Cards were produced by Miller Golf, Randolph, MA, and printed in Brazil.

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25.95 USD

Antique Robert Louis Stevenson books in decorative green bindings with gold lettering, this vintage book set will give you a classy instant library that will blend well with any home decor, from shabby chic, country cottage, or a streamlined modern look.

Published in 1905, this book set is in very good condition for its age. The volumes are illustrated. One of them has a photograph portrait of Stevenson.

Robert Louis Stevenson
Merry Men and Dr. Jekyll
Kidnapped
St. Ives
Charles Scribner's Son, New York, 1905
8" x 5 1/2"


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39.95 USD

Boch Freres La Louviere Les Sports plate will lend a decorative and humorous touch to your lake house decor. Titled "Le Canotage" the decorative plate has a paint transfer design of a couple in a canoe named "La Couqette." The lake boating scene is charming!

Caption in French:
"Oh! Mon ami, l'avenir ne m'inquiète plus, je vois que vous savez conduire votre baraque!!"

Manufactured in Belgium in the 1920s, the Boch Freres Les Sports plate has an incised mark on the back as well as the Boch Freres La Louviere hallmark. The plate is in good condition with a small rough patch on the rim and a bit of discoloration at the top and bottom underneath the metal plate holder bracket. The plate hanger bracket shown in the photographs is also vintage and comes along with the plate.

10" Diameter

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25.95 USD

With beautiful nautical illustrations by its author, Stanley Rogers, Ships and Sailors - Tales of the Sea is an entertaining old-fashion book about men at sea on masted ships.

The vintage book would make a great gift for the sailor, boating enthusiast, or a unique beach house decor accent.

The book is divided into chapters with appealing nautical subjects:
Shipwrecks
Mutinies and Sea-Fights
Remarkable Boat Journeys
Sea Mysteries
Pirates and Treasure-ships

The book contains a glossary of nautical sea terms and an index for easy reference.

This is a vintage book published in 1928 not a recent reprint. The book shows typical wear and is missing its dust jacket. Pages 185 through 191 have some tears along the edges that do not effect the readability of the book.

Ships and Sailors by Stanley Rogers
Illustrated by the Author
Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1928
303 Pages; 9" x 6"

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350.00 USD

This striking vintage political propaganda poster was a 5th place winner in the European Recovery Program (ERP) - Marshall Plan 1950 poster contest. Austrian artist Kurt Krepcik depicts the contest's theme of international cooperation during the Cold War era with a war-torn tree trunk with peace doves building a nest from European country flags. The tree trunk shows the beginnings of new growth. Notice the stylized American flag on the trunk supporting the new branches.

This is an original lithograph not a reproduction. The vintage poster is in very good condition for its age. It was part of the estate of a graphic artist who collected all 25 winning posters in the Marshall Plan poster contest. The posters were all stored flat in a drawer in a climate-controled studio. The poster shows some wear around the edges with very small tears, but no paper loss. The colors are vibrant.

Artist: Kurt Krepcik, Austria
c.1950, Lithograph
21.5 x 29.5 inches (54 x 74 cm)
Text in German: Wir Bauen Ein Neues Europa (We Build a New Europe)

This poster has been stored flat.

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125.00 USD

This curious antique brass cylinder-shaped box has a beautiful black lacquer casing with gold gilt details. Made by the Waterbury Brass Goods Branch of The American Brass Company and marked an Anaconda Product, the brass cylinder looks very much like a late 19th century - early 20th century tea caddy. The vintage brass container has black enameling with red details and the initials "R.E.D." engraved on top.

My guess is that this beautiful decorative container was a promotional piece made in Waterbury, Connecticut in the mid to late 1920s to publicize the Anaconda Copper Company's purchase of The American Brass Company in 1922.

This interesting relic of the once-mighty American brass industry shows considerable signs of its age and the passing of time. The lacquer outer container has chipping around the rim, as well as cracking along the cylinder. There is a chunk of lacquer missing along the decorative gold gilt design (see photograph 5). The brass cylinder has some scuffs and wear to the black enamel and denting along the bottom rim (see photograph 2).

Despite these flaws, this is rare and collectible piece of American industrial history.

The brass cylinder is bottom stamped with the Anaconda arrowhead logo as well as:
Made by Waterbury Brass Goods Branch
The American Brass Company
Waterbury, Conn.
An Anaconda Product
from mine to consumer
Reg. Us. Pat. Off.

The brass cylinder is approximately 3" tall with a 2 3/4" diameter. The lacquer cylinder case is slightly larger.

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75.00 USD

This "Original Art Kerchief" handkerchief is "strictly for show not for blow." "Created, sculpted, and painted by Artists Colony of Greenwich Village, N.Y.C.," this is a rare New York City souvenir handkerchief.

Hand cut in the shape of the map of the United States, the handkerchief has the abbreviations for each state, and "New York City" handwritten across the top. New York State and the island of Manhattan are hand painted orange along with a red star denoting New York City. The handkerchief is outlined in gold.

The fashions and hairstyles on the label date the handkerchief to the 1940s. Could this have been an attempt to raise money to pay the rent on the colony's studio space on the south side of Washington Square Park? The colony was evicted from its studio space when its lease expired at the end of 1948. New York University, the property's owner, tore the studio building down and built their law center on the site.

Original label is present but not attached to the handkerchief. There is no fabric content tag. My guess is that it's made from a nylon fabric. The handkerchief is in very good vintage condition. There are a few stray black marks which look to be from the making process. There are a few very small tears near the top on the gold edging. The handkerchief does not have a hem.

Handkerchief measures approximately 10 1/2" long by 10".

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