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Vintage Christmas Bell Ornaments - Vintage Christmas Ornaments - Glass Christmas Ornaments - Vintage Glass Ornament Lot - Silver Blue Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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35.00 USD

Vintage lot of six very old glass ornaments will look lovely on your Christmas tree or clustered with other ornaments in a table centerpiece. The vintage glass Christmas ornament lot includes four bells (two silver, one blue, and one unsilvered) and two round silver ornaments with white stripes.

The vintage glass Christmas ornaments date from the 1940s and show typical wear including oxidations spots, scratches, and some corrosion on the metal caps. Some of the ornament metal caps are marked "Made in U.S.A."

Bells are approximately 2 1/2 inches. Round ornaments are approximately 2 inches in diameter.

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Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Tin - Vintage Biscuit Tin - Shabby Chic Tin Decor - Vintage Country Kitchen Decor - Decorative Storage Box Lid by HappyFortuneVintage

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19.95 USD

Cheery bright blue and yellow with a juniper berry design, this vintage Huntley and Palmers biscuit tin will add a shabby chic touch to a country kitchen or cottage decor.

The vintage metal biscuit tin has a secure lid and would be a perfect place to store a batch of cookies or your sewing thread.

Genuine vintage, the metal tin shows age appropriate signs of wear and the passage of time including scratches, dings, and minor paint loss. There is some light rusting on the underside of the tin box as well as glue residue from a price sticker.

11" diameter
Approximately 1 3/4" deep

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Vintage Iceland Glassware - Cordial Glassses Set - Handblown Glasses - Vintage Shot Glasses - Gler í Bergvik Icelandic Glasses -Iceland Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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65.00 USD

Vintage Icelandic glassware made in 1984 by the Gler í Bergvík glass studio are a rare find. This lovely set of hand blown glasses has a lovely white free form design giving the glassware a modern feel.

The small handblown glasses have their original Gler í Bergvik Handmade in Iceland labels as well as their original price tag stickers. Each glass is signed "s.s. '84" on the bottom.

The small glasses can be used as shot glasses or cordial glasses.

Set of 4
Vintage New Old Stock with Original Labels
Approximately 1 1/2 liquid oz. capacity
Approximately 2 1/2" Tall with 1 1/4" base diameter

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Constellation Flash Cards - Zodiac Cards - Astrological Signs - Night Sky Decor - Star Decor - Zodiac Star Constellations - Astronomy Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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9.95 USD

Zodiac constellation cards from Rand McNally are super cool. These vintage school flash cards have a beautiful map of an astrological zodiac sign on one side with an indication to "Name This Constellation," along with information about star group on the back.

The cards were once part of a Rand McNally's Know Your Stars and Planets flash card game.

The bold solar system graphics make these flash cards ideal for displaying in an office, school, or repurposing in arts & crafts projects.

These are genuine vintage flash card from the 1960s not reproductions. They were used in a school. Cards are in good condition, but expect some light evidence of wear.

One of each zodiac sign is available. Select the astrology card of your choice at checkout.

Cards measure 6 1/6" x 3 3/4" each.

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Vintage Glassware Set - Pharmacist Gift - Doctor Gift - Nurse Gift - Vintage Glasses - Mid Century Glassware - Pharmacy Decor -Medical Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

Vintage glassware set with a pharmacy motif is just what the doctor ordered!

Perfect for a gift to a newly minted pharmacist, nurse, or doctor, this vintage low ball glass set includes 6 cocktail tumblers as well as a measuring shot glass. The vintage glasses have a nice heft to them and have decorative beaded glass bottoms.

The vintage glasses are in good condition. No chips. No cracks. There is some wear to the gold rim on some of the glasses.

Capacity: 8 ounces of liquid fill these glass to the brim

3 1/2" Tall
2 3/4" Bottom Diameter

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The Brain Swedenborg - Vintage Medical Book Decor - Medical Philosophy Book - Doctor Gift - Brain Gift - Philosophy Book - Philosophy Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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95.00 USD

An interesting read for any serious student of the brain or history of science, Swedenborg's groundbreaking medical philosophy book explores the connections between the human brain and soul.

Published posthumously from Swedenborg's extensive scientific writings on the human brain, the work was edited and translated by Rudolf L. Tafel in two volumes in 1882 and 1887. This is the second volume published in 1887 covering the pituitary gland, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata.

This rare book was part of the estate of a medical doctor and shows considerable wear. There is a stain on the front cover and damage on the back cover as shown in the photographs, as well as wear to the corners. Webbing is exposed on the back hinge, but the hinge is holding and the binding is tight. Pages are toned with age. Previous owner wrote his name twice at the front of the book.

The book has gold title letter and a wonderful gold gilt portrait of Emanuel Swedenborg on the cover.

The Brain Considered Anatomically, Physiologically, and Philosophically
Emanuel Swedenborg
Edited, Translated, and annotated by R. L. Tafel, A.M., Ph.d.
Volume II, The Pituitary Gland, The Cerebellum and The Medulla Oblongata
James Speirs, London, 1887
Presumed First Edition
645 Pages; 9" x 6 1/5" x 1 3/4"

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Vintage Pink Glass Christmas Ornaments - Vintage Christmas Tree Ornaments - Vintage Christmas Shabby Chic - Vintage Xmas Decor Shiny Brite by HappyFortuneVintage

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35.95 USD

These are the real deal -- vintage glass Christmas tree ornaments. These beautiful vintage glass ornaments are perfect for a shabby chic or country cottage Christmas display.

Dating back to the 1940s, this fabulous lot of hot pink glass Christmas ornaments have witnessed many Christmases past and show age appropriate wear including some spotting, discoloration, and paint loss.

Lot includes four ornaments as shown.
Each vintage ornament has approximately a 2 1/2" diameter.
Three of the ornaments are marked "Shiny Brite."

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A Manual of Engineering Drawing - Vintage Engineering Book - Engineering Gift for Engineer - Vintage Engineering Drawings - Engineer Art by HappyFortuneVintage

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18.95 USD

Filled with detailed technical drawings, this vintage engineering textbook classic would make a great gift for an engineer or someone considering the field as a career.

Published in 1944, the vintage copy of A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen is in good condition showing age appropriate wear for a used book. Previous owner wrote his name at the front and back of the book.

A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen
Thomas E. French
Sixth Edition Revised and Enlarged
McGraw-Hill, New York 1941, 1944 Printing
622 Pages; Fully Illustrated
9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

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Vintage Elves on a Shelf - Vintage Christmas Elf Knee Huggers - Vintage Elf Ornaments - Christmas Elf Dolls - Vintage Christmas Decorations by HappyFortuneVintage

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24.95 USD

Original pixie elf knee huggers, these vintage Christmas ornaments have watched over many years of holiday fun. With their plastic faces and red felt outfits, these charming Christmas elves will add a whimsical vintage touch to your holiday decor.

Genuine vintage from the 1950s, these old elf decorations show age appropriate wear with some light soiling to the red felt and white collars, and a few age spots on their plastic faces. One of the elves has his original jingle bell at the tip of his hat. The other elf's jingle bell was replace long ago with a wire ornament hanger.

Approximate Measurements:
5 1/2" Tall
2" Wide
2" Deep

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Dinosaur Decor - Trachodon Dinosaur Figurine - Dinosaur Gift - Unique Gift -Vintage Dinosaur Model - Man Cave Decor -Fun Decor -SRG Dinosaur by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

How can you resist this adorable miniature dinosaur figurine! The trachodon is cast from metal with a bronze coating, has a nice patina of age, and would make a great gift for a dinosaur lover, office colleague, man cave dweller, or fun loving geek.

Originally intended as a toy, the vintage dinosaur was made by Sell Rite Gifts (SRG) in the 1940s and sold at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Approximate Measurements:
2 1/4" Tall
2 1/8" Long
1 3/4" Deep

The vintage trachodon dinosaur comes in a gift box ready for giving.

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Rhinestone Fireworks Brooch - Fireworks Pin - Vintage Brooch - Vintage Pin - Vintage Rhinestone Brooch Pin - Fireworks Jewelry Gift for Her by HappyFortuneVintage

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19.95 USD

This vintage fireworks brooch will light up any outfit you wear it on. Made of gold-tone metal, the stylish vintage pin has a cluster of colorful rhinestones at its center.

A genuine piece of vintage jewelry, the brooch shows age appropriate wear with some minor loss to the gold finish. Pin back is in good working order.

Approximate Measurements:
3" x 2 1/2"

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Pin Up Girl Art - Vintage Pin Ups - Earl MacPherson Pin Ups - Vintage Pin Up Art - Pin Up Girls - Pinups - Pin Up Prints - Man Cave Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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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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Vintage Religious Book - Assurance of Immortality - Theology Gift - Religious Philosophy Book - Christian Afterlife - Religious Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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25.00 USD

The Assurance of Immortality by Harry Emerson Fosdick is a classic Christian religious philosophy title. This vintage copy of Fosdick's essay has a lovely decorative cover and gold gilt title lettering. The vintage book would make a wonderful gift for the student of religion or philosophy, or anyone interested in Christian theology.

The antique book includes several pages of advertising at the back for other books on theology and social philosophy.

Genuine vintage, not a recent reprint, the book shows age appropriate wear including some discoloration to the cover and spine as well as toning to the pages. Binding is tight. There are a few pencil lines marking various passages. Previous owner wrote his name and date on the front endpaper.

The Assurance of Immortality
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1918
141 Pages plus advertising pages at the back
6 3/4" x 4 5/8"

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Inspirational Quote Decor - Samuel Beckett - Vintage Sign Letters - Bulletin Board Letter Decor - Literary Quote - Fail Again Fail Better by HappyFortuneVintage

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38.95 USD

Fail Again
Fail Better

This often repeated Samuel Beckett quote from Worstward Ho is inspirational yet sobering. You may never succeed, but you can always fail better.

Spelled out in letters from a vintage set of Mitten's Movie Tilers, each white ceramic letter has a metal push pin on the back for use on a bulletin board or soft piece of wood.


Black bulletin board not included.

Letters will be sent to you arranged on black poster board in a gift box.

The letters are in good condition showing typical wear with some light soiling at the edges.

Each small letters measure approximately 1/2" to 3/4".


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Vintage Sewing Box - Sewing Gift - Thread Caddy - Sewing Thread Organizer - Vintage Thread Box - Sewing Thread Storage - Corvel Stitch-Kit by HappyFortuneVintage

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29.95 USD

Vintage sewing thread and notions holder will help you keep your sewing supplies organized in cool retro style. This plastic 3-tiered caddy has 10 slots for spools of thread, 10 bins for pins, buttons, needles, and other small items, as well as a storage area in the white section under the black lid with room for a pin cushion and other assorted sewing supplies.

The middle white section and bottom black section are marked "Corvel Stitch-Kit."

The vintage sewing thread holder is in good condition. Plastic does have some scratches.


Measurements: Black Bottom Section: Approximately 9 1/4" Diameter
Middle White Section: Approximately 6 1/2" Diameter
Black Top Lid Section: Approximately 4" Diameter


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Vintage Nursery Decor - Vintage Nursery Prints - Nursery Rhymes Prints - Nursery Rhyme Art - Vintage Childrens Book Illustration Prints by HappyFortuneVintage

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19.95 USD

Ripe for repurposing, this vintage copy of Ring O'Roses is filled with beautiful nursery rhyme illustrations. The charming vintage children's book includes line drawings and full color plate illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke.

The nursery pictures and most of the book's pages are in good condition. The spine and the book's front cover edges were secured long ago with book mending tape. The nursery rhyme book has a "Somerset County Library Somerville, N.J." stamp on the title page. One inch has been cut off of the bottom and top edges of the back endpaper. Someone hand wrote the following note in blue ink on the front endpaper:
"Please Note - This Book is Very Old - "Handle with Care" It was published in London England and must be in the antique class."

The illustrations are beautiful and framable. They would make amazing and unique decor in a baby's nursery or child's room.

Ring O'Roses
A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book
With Drawings by L. Leslie Brooke
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, Undated, Circa 1930
Printed in Great Britain
Unpaginated,
Illustrated with 32 Color Plate Illustrations, Numerous Line Drawings

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Interested in additional books for your home decor or for gifts. Let a librarian (me!) put a custom collection together for you.

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Vintage Ceramic Horse Figurine - Upsala Ekeby Ceramics Sweden - Blue Horse Decor - Modernist Horse Figure - Blue Decor - Dorothy Clough by HappyFortuneVintage

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225.00 USD

Modernist take on a classic Swedish Dala horse, this rare Dorothy Clough Upsala Ekeby ceramic horse is a must-have piece for the Scandinavian pottery collector.

The blue ceramic horse figurine has its original Upsala Ekeby label and is signed by the artist.

The vintage horse figure is in very good vintage condition. No chips. No cracks.

Circa 1970
Made in Sweden

Approximate Measurements:
5 Inches Long
3 1/2 Inches High
1 3/4 Inches Wide

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Ethics - Ethical Philosophy - Socialism - Atheism - Vintage Book - Ethics for Unbelievers - Morality without Religion - Amber Blanco White by HappyFortuneVintage

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19.95 USD

Ethics for the Unbelievers presents a system of morality built on principles of rationality and science not on religious beliefs.

The author, Amber Blanco White, was a notable figure in her time. Born in New Zealand, and educated at Cambridge, she was a founding member of the University Fabian Society, a British Socialist organization, a lecturer in moral Science at Morley College, and a lover of H.G. Wells.

The vintage book is in good condition showing typical wear and tanning of the paper from age. The dust jacket is in tatters as shown in photograph one. The book has an interesting ex libris bookplate from the library of Edward W. Berman that has a bust caricature, presumably of Berman, on a pedestal (see photograph three). The ex libris bookplate is signed by E. Schwartz and dated "1945" in blue ink.

Ethics for Unbelievers by Amber Blanco White
Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London, 1949
222 Pages; 8 3/4" x 5 7/8"

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Vintage Blueprint Drawings - Blueprint Art - Industrial Art - Technical Drawings - Wall Decor - Industrial Decor - Blue Wall Art -Blue Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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35.95 USD

Cool vintage blueprint trio makes an amazing industrial wall art display. Found in an old portfolio filled with blueprints and technical drawings from the early 1920s, this instant collection of small blueprints would look great framed together.


The blueprints are small measuring approximately 6 inches by 3 3/4 inches. Group them together for an instant industrial decor collection.


The portfolio mentioned above once belonged to Orie W. Bear of Reading, Pennsylvania. I will be listing many of Orie's mechanical blueprint and drawings in my shop over the next several week. Interested in purchasing a larger lot of Orie's industrial art? Send me a message.


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Vintage Calligraphy Pens - Vintage Pencil Box - Pen Nib - Vintage Dip Pen - Calligraphy Supplies - Out To Lunch Sign - Vintage Tin Box Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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35.95 USD

This metal Mars Staedtler pencil box was modified long ago by its owner who carefully pasted a Speedball Triple Reservoir Pen label on the lid as well as Speedball nib charts on the inside.

The vintage pencil box contains three vintage calligraphy dip pens along with a selection of pen nibs including Speedballs, Hunt, & Spencerian Gilt-Points made in England. There is also a Clix razor blade, a small plastic novelty trinket in the form of half a cup marked "For My 'Half-Ass' Friend," and an "Out to Lunch" sign.

This curious collection of vintage calligraphy art supplies and assorted odds and ends makes an interesting prop or decor accent for a workshop or studio.

Pencil box measures 7 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 3/4".

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