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Knight Cufflinks Vintage Cuff Links Mens Jewelry - Medieval Knights in Armor on Horseback by HappyFortuneVintage

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18.95 USD

Vintage Medieval knight cufflinks are the perfect gift for the jewelry-loving man in your life.

These vintage knights in armor on horseback cuff links would make a romantic gift!

Genuine vintage, the cufflinks show wear with some chipping of the gold-tone overlay as shown in the photographs.

Knights measure approximately 1 inch across by 3/4 of an inch.

Book of Medieval romance stories shown in the photographs is also available in my shop:
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Pink Leather Belt - Vintage Womens Belt Boho - Vintage Hippie Tie Belt - 1960s Mod Fashion - Size Small by HappyFortuneVintage

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18.95 USD

Vintage pink leather womens tie belt comes to you straight from the 1960s. This cool retro accessory can be mod, hippie, or contemporary boho depending on the other elements of your vintage outfit.

Very cool genuine vintage!

The round leather disks are riveted together. The belt has suede fringe on each end which you tie together to close the belt. There is no buckle.

The pink belt is in very good condition showing typical wear for vintage accessory. There are some marks on the pink leather disks and some areas where the pink is pinker.

Disk portion of the belt measures 24 1/4"
Total length of belt including tie fringe: 66"
3" Wide

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Santa Claus Cupcake Toppers - Vintage Christmas Hor d'Oeuvres Picks - Santa Claus Wooden Sandwich Picks Cake Toppers by HappyFortuneVintage

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25.00 USD

Vintage Santa Claus wooden picks can be used as Christmas decorations on cupcakes, hor d'oeuvres, sandwiches, as cake toppers, or in craft projects.

Made in Japan circa 1960s, the vintage wood Santas show age appropriate wear with some fading to the paint as shown in the photographs.

These are high-quality vintage wood Santa Claus picks measuring almost 4 inches tall.

The lot includes 14 picks.

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Jewelry Catalog Beading Supplies 1920s Vintage Advertising Booklet - Jewelry Making Crafts Crochet Sewing - Joe Michel Blue Bead Book by HappyFortuneVintage

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35.00 USD

This vintage jewelry and beading supplies advertising catalog contains a treasure trove of information on 1920s baubles and crafting. The small booklet is an amazing resource filled with ready-made jewelry, decorative beaded items, beads, findings, beading string and thread, as well as instructions on making woven and crochet jewelry and bags. There is also a list of books on bead work.

The Corning Glass Museum has a similar Joe Michel catalog in its collection.

Genuine vintage, not a recent reprint, the advertising is in good condition showing some wear on the stapled binding and along the cover edges. Pages are clean.

The Blue Bead Book of America, No. 6
Joe Michel Importer and Jobber
48 West 48th Street, New York
60 Pages including cover

6 1/2" x 3 1/2"

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Bertram Bewi Automat A - Photography Light Meter - Selenium Meter - Vintage Photography Equipment Gadget Decor - Photography Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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18.95 USD

Circa 1955 Bertram Bewi Automat A light meter is a cool looking vintage photography gadget. Made in Germany, the vintage photography light meter comes with its original leather case.

The vintage selenium light meter is in very good cosmetic shape but it has not been tested and is being sold as a display item not a working meter. The vintage leather case shows wear with a tear at back. The zip is in working order.

The vintage light meter measures approximately 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/18".

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Vintage Catholic Scapular Necklace - Religious Necklace - Holy Scapulars - Brown Felt Scapulars - Lady of Mt Carmel Scapular St Simon Stock by HappyFortuneVintage

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14.95 USD

Two vintage Catholic scapulars made from traditional brown wool have white paper panels with art reproductions of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Simon Stock sewn on the reverse side. One scapular has a white ribbon with plastic protective cases and one scapular has a brown ribbon.

The scapular were stored in a drawer for many years and have never been worn.

Brown wool felt scapulars have a long history in the Catholic Church. Scapulare propter opera, were originally work clothes worn by monks, which developed into the Benedictine habit, then burial garments for privileged members of Third Orders such as confraternities, and over time into small brown wool sacramental scapulars worn in modern times.

White scapular is approximately 17" long.
Brown scapular is approximately 19 1/2" long.

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Begin Now to Enjoy Tomorrow - Planning Retirement Book - Financial Planner Gift - Vintage Advertising Book - Vintage Life Insurance Ad by HappyFortuneVintage

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18.95 USD

With a heavy focus on the benefits of life insurance, Begin Now to Enjoy Tomorrow lays out how to prepare for retirement financially and personally. Published in 1951 by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, the advertising book has charming illustrations throughout and a decorative cover worthy of display.

This is a genuine vintage book not a recent reprint. The book shows age appropriate wear and has staining on the back endpaper and page edges.

Begin Now -- to enjoy tomorrow
By Ray Giles
Illustrated by Will Black
Published as a Public Service by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, 1951
Second Edition
57 Pages; 9 1/4" x 6 1/8"

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Brass Leaf Dish - Vintage Brass Trinket Ring Dish - Vintage Brass Decor Apollo Studios NY - Art Nouveau Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

Made by Apollo Studios New York, this beautiful brass maple leaf dish is a small work of art. The cast metal leaf has veining details and a graceful shape and can be used for trinkets, rings, and things.

A division of Bernard Rice's & Sons,, Apollo Studios produced decorative household and vanity items in New York City from 1909 to 1922. A contemporary of the legendary Tiffany Studios, Apollo produced many similar items in the style of the time.

The brass leaf is in good antique condition. It was used in its time and shows evidence of wear, including spotting and light scratches. The piece has a lovely patina.

The leaf is bottom marked "Apollo" along with the mold number 6931.

The leaf is approximately 7 inches long including the stem by 4 1/4 inches wides.


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Strawberry Plates - Bordallo Pinheiro Majolica Plates - Strawberry Decor - Vintage Decorative Plates - Country Home Decor - Spring - Summer by HappyFortuneVintage

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145.00 USD

These vintage Bordallo Pinheiro majolica plates have a beautiful strawberry motif that will liven up your table.

Perfect for spring or summer entertaining, the 8" dessert dishes are festive and fun.

These decorative plates date from the 1980s and are unmarked Bordallo Pinheiro from Portugal. The vintage plates are in very good condition with no chips and no cracks.

Set includes eleven (11) eight-inch dessert plates.

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Vintage Baedeker Guide to Switzerland - Antique Travel Guide - Antique Maps Switzerland & Italy - Old Maps Switzerland Gift - Travel Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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59.95 USD

Armchair travel back Switzerland and the Italian Alps circa 1907 with this antique Baedeker's guide. The vintage travel guide covers Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol. The antique travel handbook is filled with maps and mountain elevation panoramas, many of them pull-outs, some of them in color.

This a genuine antique book published in 1907. It shows obvious wear including rubbing on the cover and fraying on the cover edges. Some of the pull-out maps have separated sections at the folds.

Swtizerland the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol
Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker
With 69 Maps, 18 Plans, and 11 Panoramas
Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, London, 1907
Twenty-second Edition
551 Pages; 6 1/2" x 4 1/4"

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Vintage Party Invitations - Lilac Hedges - Vintage Stationery - Dinner Party Invitations - Ralph Hinchman by HappyFortuneVintage

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19.95 USD

Having a retro dinner party? Get every detail right including vintage party invitations. These new old stock Lilic Hedges parchment paper invitations will hit just the right note.

Lilac Hedges greeting card company founded by Ralph P. Hinchman III operated out of a barn & house in Litchfield, Connecticut during the 1950s and 1960s. Hinchman, along with a roster of notable artist including Hilary Knight and Andy Warhol, illustrated high-quality greeting cards, stationery, and invitations.

10 party invitations per pack. Two (2) unopened packs available.

Invitations measures 7 1/2" by 5 1/4".

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Vintage London Map - Vintage London Subway Map - Rare London Underground Map - London Pocket Guide - Antique London Map - London Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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295.00 USD

Circa 1913 London Underground map, this rare antique subway map folds out at the back of an undated Alphabetical Pocket Guide to London issued by the Kingsley & Thackeray Hotels.

Measuring approximately 13 1/2 inches by 10 3/4 inches, the color map is in very good condition showing wear mostly around the edges, most notably on the bottom left-hand side with a small tear and a tiny bit of paper peal (please see photographs), as well as typical fold lines for a map found within a book.

The small tourist guide contains photographs of many popular London destinations and points of historic interest. The travel guide offers detailed descriptions of the Kingsley and Thackeray Hotels including room rates and meal prices. The small booklet also contains a chart of comparative international exchange rate values for English, American, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, & Russian currencies.

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

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Vintage Barkcloth Fabric - Vintage Sewing Fabric Remnant - Floral Fabric - Vintage Textile - Floral Barkcloth by HappyFortuneVintage

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45.00 USD

Lovely vintage barkcloth fabric has a pleasing floral print in pinks, turquoise blue, olive green, and metallic gold. The vintage sewing fabric remnant has its original 1960s price tag from the McCrory's department store chain.

The 2 1/2 yard material remnant is in very good condition.

88" long x 43" wide

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Japanese Printing Blocks - Japanese Wall Decor Decor - Vintage Printing Plate - Decorative Panels - Unique Wall Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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395.00 USD

These Japanese vintage printing block panels would lend a unique decor accent to a living room, bedroom, hallway, or any other place you'd like to have an interesting focal point. Hand-carved on wooden panels, the vintage printer's block have beautiful floral designs.

One panel is thicker than the other and has carved patterns on both sides. Each wooden panel has three notches at the top and bottom.

These are very old wood printing the blocks. The wooden printing blocks have residue of ink and other signs of wear and the passing of time including scratches, chipping of the wood around the edges as well as a few chips from the designs, and some splitting of the wood at the tops and bottoms that does not effect the integrity of the pieces.


18 5/8" Long x 8 7/8" Wide

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Vintage Mars Globe Decor - Planet Mars Model - Replogle Mars Globe Gift Mars Planet Globe - Outer Space Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

Explore planet Mars from the comfort of your own home with this cool vintage globe. Made by Replogle circa 1980s, the vintage Mars globe has a detailed map of the planet's surface including the 1976 Viking 2 landing site.

The vintage Mars globe is in good condition but does had a small dent to the right of Acidalia Plantitia as shown in the photographs and is missing its original plastic stand.

The vintage globe does not come with a stand.

Replogle Mars Globe
Made in U.S.A.
4 1/2 Inch Diameter

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Firefighting Books Vintage Fire Fighter Decor Vintage Book Collection Fireman Themed Room Decor - Firefighter Terminology by HappyFortuneVintage

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65.00 USD

This instant fire fighter book collection is the prefect decor accent for a fireman themed room. The vintage book bundle includes six volumes on various firefighting related topics from the science of fire to fire terminology and fire apparatus and procedures.

These are genuine vintage books not recent reprints of these titles. The books are in good condition showing age appropriate wear.

The vintage book stack includes:

A Selection of Fire Terminology by Warren Y Kimball
National Fire Protection Association, 1961

Fire Company Apparatus and Procedures by Lawrence W. Even
Glencoe Press Fire Science Series, 1973

Operating Fire Department Pumpers
National Fire Protection Association, 1969

Pictorial History of Fire Fighting by Robert V. Masters
Photographs by Ed Heavey
Castle Books, 1967

The Science of Fighting Fire by John J. McCarthy
W.W. Norton, 1943, First Edition

The Smoke Eaters by Joseph Archibald
David McKay Company, 1965

Firefighter toy not included.

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Fire Chief Toy Car - Vintage Metal Toy Car - Vintage Firefighter Decor - Fireman Themed Room Decor - Marusan Toys by HappyFortuneVintage

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25.00 USD

This vintage fire chief car is a classic metal toy made by Marusan Toys Japan circa 1950s. The toy car is beat up and rusty but would still make an interesting firefighter decor accent in a fireman themed room.

Rusty, dusty, beat up, yet very cool, this vintage metal toy car is missing its bottom plate to hold in the required dry cell batteries to make it run. The vintage car does not run, and is being sold as a display piece strictly "as is."

The vintage toy car is being sold strictly "as is," and is price accordingly.

Approximate Measurements:
10 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 4"

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Handwritten Fire Department Log Book 1936 - Fire Station Daily Log Journal - New York Fire Department NYFD - Brooklyn Hook & Ladder 118 by HappyFortuneVintage

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395.00 USD

HANDWRITTEN FIRE DEPARTMENT LOG BOOK DAILY JOURNAL

NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT -- NYFD

BROOKLYN, NY HOOK & LADDER 118 -- Brooklyn Heights

JOURNAL #140 COVERING MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936 TO TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1936

AN AMAZINGING DOCUMENT -- a full 500 Pages of Fire Station record keeping -- Pretty much a minute by minute log of all activities from fire alarms, to equipment checks, to supply requisitions, and MORE.

FIREMAN ROSTER LIST AT FRONT WITH NAMES AND ADDRESSES, AND SOME TELEPHONE OF FIREFIGHTERS

14 Inches x 8 3/4"

Large format journal shows typical wear from use and the passage of time. Some weakening at the back hinge. No loose pages. Binding is tight.

PROPS SHOWN -- FIREMAN TOY AND HOSE NOZZLE -- ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LISTING.

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Native American Indians Decorative Book Bundle - Native American Art Culture History Stories by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

This decorative bundle of vintage books is a treasure trove of information on Native American Indian art, history, culture, and stories.

The books are illustrated with maps, line drawings, and art reproductions. The J. Frank Dobie book includes color illustration by Tom Lea and is an former library book. It has a Dewey Decimal number on its spine, an embossed stamp from the Glen Ridge, N.J. library on the title page, and library card envelope at the back.

The books are in good condition with typical shelf wear on the covers and spines. Pages are clean. Bindings are tight.

The three book set includes:

The American Indian
An Introduction to the Anthropology of the New World
by Clark Wissler
Oxford University Press, New York, 1938
Third Edition; 466 Pages; 8 3/4" x 6"
Fold Out Map of North American Indian Tribes at the back of the book

Apache Gold & Yaqui Silver by J. Frank Dobie
Illustrated by Tom Lea
Little, Brown, Boston, 1939
366 Pages; 8 3/4" x 6"

Indians of the United States
Four Centuries of Their History and Culture
by Clark Wissler
The American Museum of Natural History Science Series
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1940
319 Pages; 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

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Skittles Game - Vintage Bowling Game 9 Pin - Wood Bowling Pins - Vintage Toy Game Room Decor - Fun Office Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

Vintage skittle 9 pin wood bowling game has a primitive look and a wonderful patina of age. Display this awesome vintage game in your office, workshop, game room or studio for a fun decor accent. And, you can play a game at lunchtime!

This is a very old wooden bowling pin game from the early 20th century. It was played with and enjoyed in its time, but has lots of life left. The small game pins have a handmade look and painted red stripes. The palm-size bowling balls have one small flat area which allow the balls to sit on a table top without rolling away.

The skittle pins stand approximately 6 3/4" tall.
Balls have approximately 2 1/2" diameter.

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