45.00 USD

This vintage miniature world globe toy is big on fun! The colorful globe would make a cool display piece in your home, office, man cave, woman cave, child's room, or anywhere you want a whimsical bit of fun.

The vintage metal toy globe top comes as shown. I'm not sure if it at one time it had a launcher device. It has a wooden handle at the top attached to a metal rod that goes through the globe to the South Pole. There is a metal fitting at the top of the globe through which you can attach a string should you want to, giving you the ability to hang the small globe as a decor accent.

The miniature metal globe is in good condition with some small worn spots to the lithograph.

The toy globe has approximately a 1 3/4" diameter and is approximately 3" tall including the metal fitting and red wood handle.

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145.00 USD

A copy of J.W. Zaehnsdorf's Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise is a must-have volume for the serious collector of books on books.

This is the 1897 third edition of this classic instructional guide to bookbinding. Fully illustrated, the book is in good condition showing typical wear including bumped corners, fraying, soiling, slight tanning, a few spots of foxing, weakening front hinge. Binding is tight. Previous owner's bookplate (Florence Dillon Wyckoff) on the front endpaper.

Art of Bookbinding, A Practical Treatise by J.W. Zaehnsdorf
Technical Handbooks, with Plates and Diagrams
George Bell and Sons, London, 1897
Third Edition
190 Pages, Plus List of other Technical Handbooks and a 47 page book catalogue
7 1/8" x 5"

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49.95 USD

Vintage Grace Holmes Club Plan mail order catalog for fall winter 1958 - 1959 contains a treasure trove of information on mid-century clothing for men, women, & children, underwear, toys, electronics, housewares, furniture, lamps, bedding,and general household and personal items.

The glossy magazine-type catalog has 318 pages and includes a handy index.

The catalog is in remarkable condition, but it does show wear mostly around the edges and at the top and bottom of the spine. The cover has a few small tears most notably on the front cover bottom edge. The pages are clean.

Grace Holmes Club Plan for Gracious Living
Ashton R.I. -- Rahway N.J
Fall & Winter 1958 - 1959
Catalog No. 25
318 Pages including Index


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29.95 USD

Blue turquoise lucite bead necklace in excellent condition, this is a fabulous high-quality Italian 1970s design by Ellelle. This vintage chunky bead necklace has its original metal Ellelle tag and is marked "Made in Italy."

At 32", this is a long necklace, a length that is very fashionable today. The various shapes, textures, and finishes of the lucite beads are offset by lighter colored lucite disks, small turquoise spacer beads and gold tone disks. The piece is finished with a slide-in fish hook clasp.

A stunning necklace, this would piece would make a fabulous gift for the vintage jewelry collector.

Total Length: 32"


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165.00 USD

Vintage Cram's Imperial 12 Inch World Globe is a mid century classic. The colorful reference globe has a full meridian & analemma showing the sun's declination for every day in the year, ocean currents, and trade routes shown in statute miles.

The presence of the short-live United Arab Republic and Tanganyika clearly dates the globe to 1961.

Other interesting political designations include:
Aden and Protectorate 1886 - 1963
Ceylon 1948 - 1972
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953 1963
Spanish Sahara -1884 - 1975
Tanganyika 1961 -1974
United Arab Republic 1958 - 1961

This vintage Cram's globe is made of coated paper gores over pressboard. The globe has a full metal meridian, and a night/day dial at the top. The globe spins freely and swivels in an articulated frame for easy viewing.

This globe is in a amazing condition for its age with a just a few very minor dings. The globe is clean. The colors are bright.


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29.95 USD

Spiral-bound Type Specimens for Layout Printing Lettering by William Longyear is a great reference tool for finding cool old typefaces and typography elements.

The vintage book has bright turquoise front and back covers and is in very good condition.


Type Specimens for Layout Printing Lettering by William Longyear
Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., New York, 1940
116 Pages
12 3/8" x 9"

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48.95 USD

The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor is a classic Christian book on death and dying.

Written in 1651, Holy Dying provides Christian instruction on living to prepare for a holy and blessed death. The religious book addresses the vanity and shortness of life, the miseries of life, the practice of charity and patience, confession and repentance, and sickness.

The small pocket-size book is in good condition for its age showing light wear on the cover with some very small white spots. There is a small tear at the top of the spine. Paper is tanned from age. Pages are clean and the binding is tight.

The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying
By Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Sometime Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore
Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1929
Printed in Great Britain
248 Pages
5 3/4" x 3 7/8"

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15.95 USD

Instant collection of 12 spools of darning cotton & silk mending thread including thread from J. P. Coats, Belding Corticelli, Belding Heminway, & Woolco.

The various size spools and shades of brown and beige make for a very pleasing display. The threads are also useable.

Spool sizes range from a mere 1/2" to 1 1/2". Some spools are plastic, some are wood, and the large J.P. Coats spools are cardboard.

Thread and spools are in very good vintage condition.


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125.00 USD

Rare set of Earl McPherson's pin up girls, this miniature booklet features 12 drawings from McPherson's Artist's Sketch Pad calendar.

The small string-bound booklet has 12 double-sided pages with 12 pin-up girl art prints along with commentary on each sketch.

Artist's Sketch Pad
by Earl MacPherson
Produced by Brown & Bigelow, Circa 1943
4 3/4" by 3 1/4"

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45.00 USD

Sweet peas, a long-time garden favorite, are the star of this antique gardening book. The slender volume has a decorative cover with a beautiful lithograph print of sweet peas. The cover is so pretty, you'll want to put it on display.

Written by H.H. Thomas (Harry Higgot Thomas), the legendary British gardener, prolific author, and editor of the prestigious publication, The Gardener, The Sweet Pea and How to Grow Them is one of his harder-to-find titles.

The book is in very condition. The cover is bright with some scuffing and evidence of wear around the edges. Pages are clean. The small book is illustrated with line drawings and photographs and has garden-related advertising on the endpapers. Overall, this is a lovely copy of a scarce title.

Sweet Peas and How To Grow Them by H.H. Thomas
New and Revised Edition with Numerous Illustrations from Photographs and Sketches
Cassell and Company, Limited, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1914
112 Pages, plus an advertising page at the front and back of the volume.
7 5/8" x 5 1/4"

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95.00 USD

Vintage 1940s world globe stamp dispenser has a cool two-tone Art Deco style. The vintage desk accessory is designed to hold a roll of postage stamps, and is heavy enough to double as a paperweight. The piece is marked "AS Germany" along one side.

The postage stamp dispenser has a nice patina of age. It was obviously used and enjoyed by a previous owner. The vintage metal globe and base show signs of age and wear including scuffs, marks, worn spots.

Globe has a 2 inch diameter.
Base measures 4 1/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches.
Stands 3 inches tall.


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35.00 USD

Vintage Reese's brass interlocking number stencil set can be used as decor or to make precise numerical combinations on signs or artwork.

The vintage brass stencils come in their original orange box with metal reinforced corners. The adjustable stencils are in very good vintage condition showing light wear and some spots and patina from age.

The vintage stencil set includes numbers 0 through 9 as well as a dollar sign, cent sign, period, and an extra zero.

The stencils are 7" tall. Numbers are approximately 5" tall.

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125.00 USD

Percival's Progressive Prestidigitation: A Little of Everything that is Good in Magic, self published by the magician Henry S. Percival in 1911, is a rare find.

The small pamphlet contains instructions for all sorts of magic tricks including Unique Levitation, Vulcans Bubbles, Mango Growth, Go and Come Coin, Ring on Any Finger, Hindoo Beans, Devil's Supper, Lady From Hat, and many more.

The small booklet has a charming red card stock cover with images of devils, dice, playing cards, bats, and a skull. The cover art work is signed "Conran" on the bottom left-hand side corner of the image. There is an ad page at the back of the pamphlet with advertisements for American Magician magazine, The Bamberg Magic and Novelty Co, and B.L.Z Bub Vanishing Glass of Ink.

This is an original copy of Percival's Progressive Prestidigitation, not a reprint. The pamphlet is over 100 years old and shows wear including nicks and creases on the cover, fading of the red card stock back cover and spine, small tear at the bottom of spine, light tanning of the pages and other general signs of wear. The stapled binding is in good condition.

Percival's Progressive Prestidigitation, A Little Of Everything That is Good in Magic
Henry S. Percival
Self Published, 1911
Unpaginated (21 Pages)
Stapled Binding

35.00 USD

A stunning red head in a purple turtleneck sweater stares confidently from this cool vintage poster.

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. There is a mark on one side of the poster near the model's brow (see photographs 4 & 5). The poster was stored rolled up for many years. A good picture framer could transfer this vintage poster art into an amazing walling hanging for your home or business.


Measurements: 20" x 16".

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

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19.95 USD

Food Surprises -- such an odd name for a collection of traditional recipes adapted for the new Mirro aluminum cookware line produced by the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company.

Launched in 1917, Mirro's aluminum cookware was advertised to insure "Long Wear and Little Care."

The small & slim culinary pamphlet contains 14 recipes with illustrations showing off the food in various Mirro aluminum pots and pans. The booklet gives an interesting glimpse into American food of the early 20th century.

For a circa 1918 pamphlet publication, the booklet is in amazing condition. The cover is bright and the pages are clean.

Measures approximately 6" x 4 1/2"

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12.95 USD

Just think of the fun you'll have creating art work and craft projects from these 99 assorted vintage game pieces. Perfect for repurposing into mixed media projects, jewelry making, and other craft projects, this toy lot collection includes glass marbles, wooden game pawns, letter blocks, and one tiny green wood monopoly house. Together the collection has a great mix of colors and textures.

Pieces date from the 1940s & 1950s.
Lot includes 99 assorted game pieces.

Have fun!



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35.95 USD

Flashes of Wit and Humor by Robert Waters is a fun antique book. Published in 1900, the vintage book explores the concepts of wit and humor, the difference between the two, covering such interesting perspectives on the subject as political humor, witty women, the wit and humor of children, after dinner speaking, French wit, Scottish wit, and much more.

This is a genuine antique book from 1900 not a recent reprint. The book is in very good condition. The decorative cover is in exceptional condition for its age showing light wear at the corners and at the top and base of the spine. Endpapers and book pages showing light tanning from age. Binding is tight.

Flashes of Wit and Humor by Robert Waters
Edgar S. Werner Publishing and Supply Co., New York, 1900
186 Pages
7 1/4 Inches by 5 1/4 Inches


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145.00 USD

This beautiful set of six (6) tumblers from Russel Wright's classic Residential line of melamine dinnerware would be an amazing addition to any Mid Century modern design collection. True vintage pieces of Russel Wright melamine and pottery are getting harder to find, and this set is in excellent condition for its age showing minimal wear.

Wright's Residential melmac line won the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Good Design Award in 1953 & 1954. Made in Boston by Northern Industrial Chemical Company, the tumblers have a sleek modern design and cool orange color, known as Salmon Red.

Tumblers are approximately 3 1/4 inches tall with a 2 inch bottom diameter and an 8 oz ( 1 cup) capacity.


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275.00 USD

Vintage Eagle Poise 1256 pen holder counter display from the 1930s has its original calligraphy nib pens intact. The bright array of colorful painted wood penholders makes an amazing display.

The advertising counter display was never used, and is in amazing condition for its age. There are some age spots, soiling, and minor creasing, but the colors are vibrant. The die cut cardboard display has an easel hinge in the back for standing on a counter. The display holds its original dozen (12) Eagle Poise 1256 pens -- four red, four blue, four green, & four yellow. The pens are new old stock. Each pen has prong fitting at the end for the insertion of a nib, and is marked "1256 Eagle Poise U.S.A."

Display measures 12 inches x 8 inches.

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125.00 USD

"...and We talk about sacrifice" vintage U.S. war bonds poster designed by Canadian artist Roger Couillard shows a weeping Russian woman in the midsts of a war-torn landscape.

Issued in 1943, the vintage World War 2 homefront poster is a rare smaller-size version of Couillard's poster measuring 14 inches by 10 inches.

This is a genuine 1940s wartime era lithograph poster not a recent reproduction. Found folded in its original mailing envelope along with 6 other war bond posters, the poster was never hung and is in very good condition.

...and We talk about sacrifice
Buy War Bonds
Official U.S. Treasury Poster
Artist: Roger Couillard
U.S. Government Printing Office : 1943 - 0 - 552436 WFD 855

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