58.00 USD

Beautiful early Vera Neumann scarf with her classic pressed leaf motif is a very modern design for a 1940s scarf. The beautiful gold oak leaves pop against the dark orange background. A scarf with a similar leaf border design can be found in the book "Vera, The Art and Life of an Icon" on pages 30 & 31.

Vera Neumann began making silk screened scarves in her New York City loft in 1947 after acquiring a lot of surplus parachute silk leftover from WW II. The small, evenly sized letters of the "Vera" signature, absence of a copyright tag, and the pressed leaf motif tells us that this scarf was made in the late 1940s. It's thrilling to think that this lovely silk scarf could have been silk screened in Vera's New York City loft.

The small silk scarf measures approximately 15 1/2" wide x 16 1/4" long.

Overall, the scarf is in good condition and shows wear consistent for it's 65+ years. The scarf does have areas of fabric separation common for a delicate silk item of this age. This is a scarf for display, not for wear. It would look amazing framed and hung as art.

I have a treasure trove of early vintage Vera Neumann scarves. If you are a collector, and looking for a particular piece, please let me know. I may have it!

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39.95 USD

Vintage three-piece takedown bow & arrow archery set made by Withington in West Minot, Maine is a nostalgic relic of a 1950s childhood. Handmade from wood, there is a compass set into the bow's riser. One limb is painted blue and the other limb looks as though it has a very light coat of varnish.

The vintage take-down bow comes with its original target which is very tattered and fragile, as well as instructions for construction and assembly, and three arrows with no tips and tattered feathers. This old takedown bow was obviously used and enjoyed in its time and shows wear and tear from use and age.

The archery bow is approximately 48" when fully assembled.

Arrow shafts are approximately 20" long.

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145.00 USD

Vintage Belden Manufacturing Company Catalog No. 6 from 1914 contains their product line for all sorts of wires, cables, cords, and miscellaneous electrical material. The antique industrial catalog is fully illustrated and includes tables and formulas and list prices.

The vintage catalog includes machinery such as winding machines and counters as well as wires and cables for all sorts of industries and uses including mining machine cables, ignition cables, lamp cords, telegraph wire, switchboard cords, brewery cord, packing house cord, elevator control cables, beautiful braided copper cables, silver wire, telephone receiver cords, and more.

This is a genuine vintage catalog from 1914 not a recent reprint. As such, the small, hardcover-bound catalog shows age appropriate wear for a used book. There is a paper label with a catalog number on the front upper left-hand corner of the cover. There is some soiling on some pages as well as the occasional notation in pencil. Overall, the vintage catalog is in good condition for its age. The front hinge webbing is beginning to show at the front title page but the binding remains tight.

7" x 4 1/4"

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19.95 USD

Vintage copy of Wilson Tucker's classic sci fi novel, The Long Loud Silence, a tale of post atomic apocalypse America, has an amazing cover illustration by Richard M. Powers.

The cover graphic is vibrant and the page edges are a vivid turquoise blue -- aperfect display copy for your sci-fi or atomic age inspired decor.

The vintage science fiction book is in very good condition appears to have never been read. The spine is has a crinkle in it (see photograph 3) but the spine is tight and not cracked as is often the case with old pulp fiction books. There is some very light shelf wear at the top and base of the spine. Pages are clean and very slightly tanned -- a marvel as cheap pulp paper typically does not age well.

The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker
Dell Book, New York, 1952
Cover Painting by Richard M. Powers
Designed and Produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Company
Dell Book 791; 192 Pages
6 1/2" x 4 5/16"

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29.95 USD

Two vintage Atkins Saw advertising catalogs from the 1920s are filled with illustrations of their saw tools and mill specialty equipment.

The small catalogs are wrapped in what looks to be their original paper wrapper. The lot includes Saw Sense (22 pages) and Atkins Mill Saw Saw Tools and Mill Specialties (32 pages). The small tool brochures are small enough to fit in a vest pocket.

The tool catalogs date from the 1920s and show typical signs of wear and tear. The pages of Saw Sense are considerably tanned with age.

Each catalog measures 6 1/4 inches x 3 5/16 inches
Stapled bindings

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19.95 USD

Beautifully illustrated and informative, Conservation and Nature Activities published by the Audubon Society of Canada, provides practical and fun ways for children to engage with wildlife, plants and trees, rocks and minerals, the stars, and the sea, and more.

The vintage book has a "Nature Activities Week by Week Throughout the Year" section with amazing graphics and clear project instructions.

This is a vintage children's activity book from the 1950s. The book is protected in a mylar cover. The binding is tight. Pages are tanned with age but supple. The book belonged to a summer camp library and has the camp's name "The Joy Camps," stamped on the page edges and written in pencil on the front endpaper.

Conservation and Nature Activities
Compiled by Canadian Nature Magazine
A. Reginald Whittemore, Editor
Jean Hart Whittemore, Associate Editor
Audubon Society of Canada, Toronto, 1951
256 Pages
Approximately 10 1/2" x 7 1/8"


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19.95 USD

Vintage Bordallo Pinheiro Portugal pottery cup and saucer can be used for coffee, tea, hot chocolate, a hot toddy, warm cider, or the beverage of your choice. The vintage teacup comes with its original saucer and has a lovely floral design.

Vintage from the 1980s, the coffee cup is in good condition with no chips and no cracks, but it does display crazing typical of this type of pottery.

Approximate Measurements:
Cup 4 3/4" across including handle x 2 3/4" tall; 8 oz liquid capacity
Saucer - 6" diameter

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24.95 USD

Small, decorative metal pot hand-wrought from copper with a red and black enamel interior was made by the famed Nekrassoff studio. Beautifully formed and finished, the copper pot has a subtle hammered appearance.


This is a hand-made piece of metal art made in the late 1940s - early 1950s. The piece is signed "Nekrassoff" on the bottom.

A former Russian imperial guard, Serge Nekrassoff fled the country during the Russian Revolution, traveling through Germany, France, and Argentina before settling in the U.S.A. in 1925. Having learned the art of metal-smithing in Paris, Nekrassoff established a studio in New York City working mostly with pewter. In the late 1930s, he moved his studio to Connecticut. With the scarcity of copper during World War II, Nekrassoff turned to smithing with copper and finishing the pieces with an enamel overlay.

This small copper pot is old and shows signs of age. The sculpted handles do not appear to be copper but possibly pewter. You can see the pewter coming through mostly at the points were the handles were soldered to the pot. The soldering at the base of one handle has broken free, but the handle is secure. The interior enamel has three areas of noticeable wear.


The small pot measures:
2" high x 4 1/2" wide including handles
2 1/2" top diameter

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39.95 USD

Humorous vintage plate with a sports motif was part of a set manufactured by Boch Frerès La Louviere in Belgium circa 1920s as part of their "Les Sports" series of decorative dishes. The decorative wall plate title "La Natation," or "The Swimming" in English would make a fun gift for a swimmer or decor accent in a lake house cottage.

The antique decorative plate hung on a wall for many years and shows signs of wear and the passing of time. There are some rough spots on the glaze around the rim and crazing, and a few light scratches on the plate. The decorative plate will be sent to you with the vintage metal hanging bracket as shown in photograph five.

The decorative plate has a French caption:
"Mais qui est-ce qu'il ont a me regarder" which translates in English to "But does he have to watch me?"

Approximate Measurement:
10" Diameter

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125.00 USD

Course in Modern Production Methods is a six-volume set of factory and employee management instruction published in 1918. This comprehensive work gives an interesting glimpse into American industrial business practices. The books are filled with illustrations, photographs, & charts.

The vintage book set is bound in black cloth and is in very good condition for its age. Paper is tanned with age. Volume one has a self-examination test section which has been filled in, presumable by Carl Schwellenberg of Clifton, NJ. Three mailing labels addressed to Mr. Schwellenberg from the Business Training Corporation are included with the books. The first volume also has its original eye test chart.

Course in Modern Production Methods, John Calder, Director
Six Volume Set
I. Teamwork
II. Handling Men
III. Organization
IV. Machinery and Materials
V. Production Records
VI. Management
Business Training Corporation, New York City, 1918
Illustrated

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295.00 USD

This rare antique Gambrell Bros Ltd. London electronic voltage meter is a work of art. I'm not sure if this antique piece of scientific equipment works, but it sure would make a cool and unique decor accent in your office, workshop, library, studio, man cave, or anywhere you want to show off your quirky good taste.

The antique radio meter would make an awesome gift for the tech geek in your life.

Encased in a small, beautifully made dovetail wood box, the meter is in very good cosmetic condition. The wood finish has a few dings and scratches and there is a screw missing from the back which does not compromise the integrity of the box (see photograph four). The meter reading gauge as well as the equipment device number, and other notations on the gauge face appear to be hand lettered and numbered.

Gambrell Bros. Ltd. London
Millivolts & Microamperes
Onwood's Patent
Res 100 OHMS m/v
Res 95 OHMS NA at 20 c
No 735
Approximately 5 1/8 x 6 1/2" x 4"

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25.95 USD

Vintage collection of 1950s Hollywood star portraits from the New York Sunday News would make a fun display in a media room or home theater. Fresh from the collection of a hollywood film buff, each Coloroto rotogravure print is stored in a removable clear protective wrapper.

The collection includes ten (10) New York Sunday News coloroto magazine covers from the 1950s and one (1) complete Sunday New York News from the 1960s.

Stars and cover dates in the lot include:
COVERS ONLY
Anna Maria Alberhetti - Sunday News Coloroto Magazine, March 7, 1954
Milton Berle - Sunday News, September 20, 1953
Joseph Cotten - Sunday News Coloroto Magazine, February 28, 1954
William Holden - Sunday News, October 4, 1953
Louis Jordan -Sunday News, August 22, 1954
Deborah Kerr - Sunday News, November 15, 1953
Ann Miller - Sunday News, January 10, 1954
Robert Wagner- Sunday News, January 3, 1954
Shelley Winters - Dunday News, September 14, 1952
Burt Lancaster - Sunday News, November 22, 1953

COMPLETE MAGAZINE
Shelley Winters - Sunday New York News, September 16, 1962 (complete magazine)

Hollywood Stars - Vintage Magazine Covers - Hollywood Decor - 1950s Hollywood - Coloroto New York Sunday News Magazine Covers

Prints are in good condition showing varying degrees of wear and aging including some spotting and discoloration around the edges.

Prints measure approximately 15 1/4 inches by 10 1/2 inches.

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125.00 USD

Classic green antique seltzer bottle has Victoria Bottling Co New York on the glass and part of an Excelsior Beverages, Newark, N.J. paper label. The metal siphon cap is engraved "Excelsior Bev. Inc. 14."

The glass seltzer bottle is in good condition, but as it is genuine vintage, it does show wear. I did not remove the metal siphon cap. The interior of the bottle has condensation. The siphon straw is present. Bottom of the bottle is marked "137" &"M-14," as well as "21" at the base which is barely noticeable.

11" tall
3 3/4" base diameter

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125.00 USD

This antique miniature teapot is a tiny gem of cloisonné art. The white cherry blossoms pop against the black background which is also known as noir cloisonné.

The small Japanese teapot has lovely green cloisonné detailing around the rim of the pot, lid rim, and along the handle, as well as green and blue detailing at the base of the pot.

The teapot is in very good antique condition showing typical wear for a 100-plus year old decorative item.

Teapot measures approximately 4" including spout & handle x 3" including lid X 2 3/4".

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125.00 USD

Bring your laboratory glass collection to the next level with these cool vintage hydrometers. Made to measure the specific gravity of liquids, these vintage chemistry measuring devices make a quirky and unique bouquet.

The specific gravity scales are in good condition and date from at least the 1950s and perhaps earlier. Each meter is made from lab glass weighted with a heavy substance (most likely lead shot) and has a rolled paper strip number gauge. The some of the gauges appear to be hand numbered. All but one meter is marked made in "U.S.A." on the paper strip.

Hydrometers measure from approximately 6 1/4 inches to about 7 inches long. The battery meter is approximately 4 3/4 inches long.

Lot includes eight (8) meters.

Vintage Pyrex beaker (250 ml) is included with the lot. The lot also includes glass battery charge meter.


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245.00 USD

An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformation: With a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders by Thomas Rickman (1776–1841) is a substantial and important architectural reference book. The book is also known as "Rickman's Gothic Architecture."

Beginning with a overview of Roman and Greek influences, Rickman goes on to detail English architecture from the time of the Norman Conquest (1066) to English Reformation (1547). Richly illustrated with detailed drawings and engraved plates, the book is a delight to see and read. Rickman was a successful architect of Anglican churches and an authority on Gothic architecture.

This is the sixth edition of the book published in 1862 "with considerable additions, chiefly historical, by John Henry Parker, F.S.A." The antique book is in its original quarter leather binding. The binding is tight and the leather is in good condition with typical wear at the edges and corners. The decorative binding has gold detailing and lettering on the spine. The front cover cloth shows wear (see photograph three). There is soiling on the page edges at the top right corner. Paper is yellowing consistent with age of the book. Former owner's name and address written in pencil in front of book.


An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformation: With a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders
by Thomas Rickman
Sixth Edition, 1862, Oxford and London, John Henry and James Parker
Spine Title in Gold "Rickman's Gothic Architecture"
464 Pages, Printed by Messrs. Parker, Cornmarket, Oxford
Includes Index, Advertisement to the Sixth Edition, Advertisement to the Fifth Edition, Preface to the First Edition, Contents, List of Plates.



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This vintage hand-turned circular wooden box has a beautiful hand-painted folk art design. The piece is signed "Irvin H. Herbein."

In the mid-20th century, Irvin H. Herbein created many beautiful wood Pennsylvania Dutch folk art pieces, from trinket boxes, to pins, to housewares.

This lovely small trinket box can be used to organize small objects on your desk or dresser.

The small box would also make the perfect container for a special ring.

The piece has a very small imperfection on the inner lip of the box bottom which does not effect the beauty of the piece. The paint shows minimal wear. Please see the photographs for more information about condition.

Approximately 2 1/8" High; 2 1/2" Diameter


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Puppy Dog Number Book for Tiny Tots, an illustrated vintage children's book from the 1930s, is a real charmer. The large-format counting book is printed on heavy card stock and the dog illustrations are delightful. The book would look fabulous on display in a child's room.

Great gift for the dog lover!

Genuine vintage from the 1930s, not a recent reprint. Expect typical wear. The cover shows wear around the edges and at the top and base of the spine. There is some paper loss at the top of the spine. Tanning and light soiling on the cover.

Puppy Dog Number Book for Tiny Tots
Rhymes by Blanche Butler
Pictures by Grace Mallon
The Saalfield Publishing Co, Akron, Ohio, 1939
Unpaginated
Printed in the U.S.A.
14" x 10 1/2"

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195.00 USD

This cool Replogle 6 inch Gustav Brueckmann simplified globe has a snazzy full red meridian, a time dial at the top, and lots of personality for its small size.

The transfer painted steel orb shows the world as it was just after the conclusion of World War II. Korea is not divided, Indochina has not been renamed Vietnam, French West Africa has not been broken apart, the Belgian Congo exists, as well as Ceylon, and Northern Rhodesia. Chinese place names are shown in the old Wade-Giles romanization.

The metal globe is in very good condition for a used toy from the 1940s. The orb has a few dings and scratches, most notably a small dent on Iran (Persia), some light soiling from age, and general paint wear.

Globe has a six (6) diameter, and overall height of 8 1/2 inches, and a 4 inch base diameter.



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24.00 USD

This large embossed vintage biscuit tin can do dual work in your kitchen as a decorative accent and a functional container for storage. The vintage tin canister has a beautiful and colorful embossed floral design, a lid, and handle for easy transport.

Most likely designed by Daher, the tin is bottom marked "Container Made in England."

Genuine vintage, the large biscuit tin shows typical signs of wear from age and use including some light rusting, dings, and scratches.

Approximate Measurements:
7 1/2" Tall
6 1/2" Diameter

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