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Crochet Blanket Vintage Afghan Throw Blanket Blue & White -- Retro Home Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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59.00 USD

Vintage crochet blue & white afghan blanket throw handmade in the 1970s is just the right touch for your retro decor.

I found this afghan in a bin with two others at an estate sale at a home that was frozen in time circa 1975. Everyone else was going crazy over the glassware but I realized right away that this blanket was an exceptional example of a simple crochet shell stitch pattern. Even more remarkable, it's in amazing condition. No holes, tears, pulls, or unraveling. In shades of blue and white, the colors bring the ocean to mind.

Handmade vintage textiles remind me of the continuity between generations. Forty years or so ago, someone took the time to make a blanket for her family. She most likely learned the stitch she used to make the afghan from her mother or grandmother, who learned the stitch from her mother, and on it goes back into history. Crochet is an ancient art and this afghan is a fine 1970s example of that art.

The afghan has been laundered and is ready for use.

Contents: 100% Acrylic Yarn
Care: Machine wash in delicate cycle with mild soap. When I washed it, I laid it flat and let it partially dry, then put it in the dryer on low. You could probably put it straight into the dryer, just make sure it's on low.

Dimensions: 58" x 36"



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Four Leaf Clover Shamrock Pin 4 Leaf Clover Brooch Gold Rhinestones Vintage Jewelry Good Luck Charm St. Patrick's Day by HappyFortuneVintage

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12.00 USD

Wear a little four-leaf clover good luck charm on your collar with this sweet vintage rhinestone pin. This small brooch from the 1950s has a large clear faceted glass stone in the center. Each clover petal is studded with gold rhinestones.

The pin would make a classy St. Patrick's Day accessory.

Condition: Pin dates from the 1950s and has a nice patina of age. The gold-tone metal shows wear mostly on the back and lower part of the stem. Pin back is secure. No missing rhinestones. Please see the photographs for more information about the condition of this sweet pin.

Measurements: 1"

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Miniature Pig Figurine Vintage Japan Ceramic Piglet Retro Kitsch Home Decor by HappyFortuneVintage

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10.00 USD

This playful little mid-century Japan ceramic pig is adorable - just 2 inches long but loaded with charm. The piglet has brown spots, big eyes, and a pink flower at her neck. She is marked "Japan" on the bottom in red ink.


Product Dimensions:
2" Long x 1 1/4" Tall x 1 3/8" Deep

Condition: Ceramic pig is in very good condition. The piece has no cracks & no crazing. There are no chips on the body of the pig. The underside hole is quite roughly finished and there feels to be a small chip. Please see photograph 4. There is some wear to the paint on top of her head.

Angel Candle Climber Huggers Ceramic Angel Figurines White & Gold 1950s Vintage Christmas by HappyFortuneVintage

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24.00 USD

These cute white & gold vintage angel candle climbers will add a touch of whimsy to your holiday table. Popular in the 1950s, candle huggers, or climbers, were made to fit on standard taper candles.

This set of angel candle huggers are unmarked but are identical to Howard Holt climbers that I've seen over the years.

Condition: Angel candle climbers are in very good vintage condition. No chips. No cracks. The figurines do have crazing typical of Japanese made ceramics of the period. Figurines show some wear on the bottom.

Measurements: Approximately 4" x 2 1/2" x 2 1/3"; Candle loop is approximately 1/2"


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Monet Bee Pin Insect Bug Scatter Pin Vintage Costume Jewelry Spring Mother's Day Gift by HappyFortuneVintage

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15.00 USD

Classic gold bee brooch, this small scatter pin would look fabulous alone or in a grouping with other bees or insects. Made by Monet and as sweet as honey, this golden bee would make a fabulous gift or addition to your own collection.

Condition: Excellent vintage condition.

Measurements: Approximately 3/4" x 3/4"

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Escutcheon Plate with Skeleton Key -- Antique Door Key Plate -- Metal Hardware -- Decorative Skeleton Keyhole by HappyFortuneVintage

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32.00 USD

Escutcheon door plate with a beautiful decorative motif, this antique piece of hardware comes with a skeleton key. I found the keyhole plate and key together in a dusty box at an estate sale, but I can't say for sure if they are original to each other. I don't think it matters, as they look as though they belong together.

Condition: The escutcheon plate shows wear and has a wonderful patina of age. The skeleton key also shows typical wear for a 100+ year-old piece of hardware.

Hung together on a wall, the set would make an intriguing decorative accent.

Measurements: Key Plate measures approximately 5 5/8" x 1 3/4" ; Key is approximately 3 3/8" long.

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Eagle Light Switch Plate Cover Brass Vintage Colonial Decor John Adams Quote by HappyFortuneVintage

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16.00 USD

Add an American colonial touch to your home decor with this vintage brass light switch cover. With its proud eagle and John Quincy Adams quote, this circa 1976 American Bicentennial era switch plate cover would look great in any room in your home.

Condition: Switch plate is in very good condition. It fits a standard double light switch plate. It does not come with screws.

Measurements: 6 1/2" x 5"


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Vintage Eyeglasses -- American Optical AO HiBo 12K Gold Filled Wire Frame -- Eyewear -- Original Case by HappyFortuneVintage

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88.00 USD

Vintage American Optical HiBo 12k gold filled eyeglasses come with their original eyewear case from Silverstein Optometrist in Passaic, N.J. In wonderful condition, this circa 1930s pair of eyeglasses has etched wire frames, bakelite nose guards and coated (plastic?) cord around the ear wires. The cord coating is flaking.

Glasses are marked "HiBi 1/10 12K G.F." There are also two symbols which I cannot make out. Each wire arm is marked with a symbol and "1/10 12K G.F."

The original eyewear case appears to be metal covered with faux leather and lined with blue velvet. The case shows wear particularly on the back hinge and around the front closure.

Glass lens are thick and in very good condition.

Some might say they need a good cleaning, but I didn't not want to disturbed the nice of patina of age they have acquired over the past 80 or so years.

Measurements: Case measures approximately 5 1/2" x 2 1/4"

Approximately 4 1/2" Temple to Temple
Bridge measures about 3/4"


Vintage Eyeglasses -- American Optical AO HiBo 12K Gold Filled Wire Frame -- Eyewear -- Original Case by HappyFortuneVintage

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88.00 USD

Vintage American Optical HiBo 12k gold filled eyeglasses come with their original eyewear case from Silverstein Optometrist in Passaic, N.J. In wonderful condition, this circa 1930s pair of eyeglasses has etched wire frames, bakelite nose guards and coated (plastic?) cord around the ear wires. The cord coating is flaking.

Glasses are marked "HiBi 1/10 12K G.F." There are also two symbols which I cannot make out. Each wire arm is marked with a symbol and "1/10 12K G.F."

The original eyewear case appears to be metal covered with faux leather and lined with blue velvet. The case shows wear particularly on the back hinge and around the front closure.

Glass lens are thick and in very good condition.

Some might say they need a good cleaning, but I didn't not want to disturbed the nice of patina of age they have acquired over the past 80 or so years.

Measurements: Case measures approximately 5 1/2" x 2 1/4"

Approximately 4 1/2" Temple to Temple
Bridge measures about 3/4"

Dollar Signs -- Letterpress Metal Type Block -- Vintage Typography Type Font -- Office Desk Decor -- Dollar Sign Stamp -- Instant Collection by HappyFortuneVintage

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15.00 USD

Vintage letterpress dollar sign metal type blocks, this instant collection will add a unique decorative touch to your office decor.

What a great gift for the banker or financial type in your life!

These small metal font type blocks range in size from 3/4" to 1" tall. The blocks are in good condition with a nice patina of age.

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Vintage Photo Album Photographs Algiers Travel Photos 1930s Snake Charmers -- New Jersey by HappyFortuneVintage

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58.00 USD

What an odd mix of photographs in this old deteriorating photo album. There are pictures of Algiers from 1938 including street, harbor & market scenes, snake charmers and salt caves, snapshots of a US Navel officer posing in front of a terminal at Newark Airport (1951), a group of people summering at a cabin in the woods, two portraits of school girls (Honey & Marie) from Ridgewood, NJ circa 1935, and more. There are over 90 photographs in all.

The photographs are old, and some are beginning to fade, but over all they are in good condition.

The photo album is in poor condition, with staining across the entire back cover and crumbling pages. Most of the pages do not contain photographs. I'd be glad to send you just the album pages that have photographs and not the entire photo album, should you prefer.


I'd be happy to send you additional photos of the photographs.
The Algeria photographs are in an approximately 4 1/4" x 2 7/8" format.
Some snapshots are about 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" & 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"
There is also a 10" x 8" portrait of a baby with a pail on the beach which has been partially hand colored in blue.

This curious lot was purchase at an estate sale in Paterson, N.J.

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J Frank Dobie Book -- Cowboys -- Up The Trail From Texas -- Vintage Children's Literature Landmark Books Young Readers American History by HappyFortuneVintage

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58.00 USD

Up The Trail From Texas, by American folklorist J. Frank Dobie, tells the tale of cowboys and cattle drives back on the American Western frontier. Filled with vivid stories and illustrations by John C. Wonsetler, this vintage children's book from Random House's Young Readers Landmark Series has decorative endpapers and an index.

What makes this book extra special, is the J. Frank Dobie lithographed publicity letter on his personal letterhead with signature in blue ink. What an awesome piece of book marketing history!

Up the Trail From Texas by J. Frank Dobie
Illustrations by John C. Wonselter
Random House, New York, 1955
Landmark Series, 1st Edition, 4th Printing
182 Pages including index, 8.5" x 5.8"
Included Lithographed Publicity Letter

Condition: No dust jacket. Cover has sun-faded spine, some light soiling on the cover, and wear at the edges. Top page edges have some soiling. Pages clean. Binding tight. Publicity letter is yellowed at the edges.


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Mabel Betsy Hill Illustrated Vintage Children's Book Spelling Text Book New Correct Spelling 2nd Year Boylan & Taylor by HappyFortuneVintage

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35.00 USD

Vintage children's spelling textbook circa 1930s, this book instructs and delights with charming illustrations by Mabel Betsy Hill.

Each 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" illustration depicts a childhood scene and bears Hill's signature. I've counted 21 illustrations in the book. Illustrations are colored in shades of orange.

Book also includes a section of "Recommended Poetry for Memorizing," including poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina G. Rossetti, and Alfred Tennyson.

The New Correct Spelling for Graded Schools, 2nd Year
William A Boylan & Albert S. Taylor
Mabel Betsy Hill, Illustrator
Noble & Noble Publishers, Inc, New York, New York, 1938, Printed in U.S.A.
Hardcover, 94 Pages, 7 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Includes a promotional sheet outlining the book's "Special Features." Sheet had been glued to the front inside end board but has come loose.

Condition: Book is in very good vintage condition. Pages are clean. Binding tight. Some wear to spine at top and bottom. There is about an inch long scratch on the front cover at the opening edge.


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Vintage Valentine's Day Greeting Card Hillbilly Country Hearts -- Unused by HappyFortuneVintage

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8.95 USD

Vintage Valentine's Day greeting card with sweet country hillbilly couple motif. This charming card would make a lovely gift for your sweetie. The card is unused and in excellent vintage condition, but does not have it's original envelope.

The card stock is heavy and the color of plain brown wrapping paper. The lithograph colors are super vibrant . There is a slot at the girl's waist with a piece of red ribbon through it. The back of the card is marked with a decorative "Q T-3057 U.S.A."

I couldn't find an exact date on this card or any information about a "Q" greeting card company. I found the card in a bin of correspondence from 1950s & 1960s.

4 3/4" x 5 3/4"
In excellent vintage condition
Listing includes an envelope that is not original to the greeting card.


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Drink Coasters Vintage BBQ Party Supply Barbecue Decorations Paper Goods -- Father's Day -- Summer by HappyFortuneVintage

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9.95 USD

Get ready for your first barbecue of the summer with a set of 8 vintage drink coasters. The humorous mid-century graphic illustrations on these coasters are just awesome. Take a close look at those facial expressions! Add some fun to your BBQ decor with these vintage paper party goods.

Made from pressed paper cardboard, the coasters are new old stock and have never been used. You see them pictured in photographs 1, 2, & 3 in their original box. Original box not included.

Sold in sets of 8 coasters. You will receive 4 coasters in each design (4 Head Chef & 4 Bartender).

Condition: Excellent. Coasters are new old stock.

Dimensions: Approximately 3 1/2"

Sold in sets of 8.

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Vintage Halloween Costumes Linen Gauze Muslin Mask Vintage Masquerade Children's Costumes Halloween Packaging by HappyFortuneVintage

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75.00 USD

Vintage Halloween costume treasure trove includes a muslin gauze rabbit mask, linen children's costumes and a vintage Halloween masquerade costume box with classic Halloween graphics. These are very old costumes circa 1930s.

The fabulous rabbit mask had been stored folded (see photograph 1) and does not have a string or elastic to secure it in place. The hand-painted face is just amazing and the linen muslin gauze is in excellent condition.

The costumes have been heavily used. Some of them are ripped on the seams, as if they had been worn by children who had outgrown them, and some of them had been put away soiled. I have not attempted to clean or repair them. I will leave that up to the purchaser. I tried to give a sense of their condition in the photographs, but if you are serious about purchasing this lot, I'd be happy to send you additional photographs so you can get a better idea of the condition. The costumes are made out of high-quality light-weight fabric--I'm guessing it's linen, as it feels and looks like it. They really are just wonderful despite the poor condition some of them are in.

The vintage halloween costume box is in good shape but does have a rip on one side of the lid and a split corner on the other side, as well as some soiling. The halloween graphics are amazing--there is a black bat, a witch on a broomstick, the crescent moon with a man's features, stars, two children in clown costumes, a harvest scene--and this is all on the front of the box. The edge of the lid is decorated with a series of children in various costumes including a cowboy, drum majorette, Dutch boy, wooden soldier, maid, and a gypsy. The box is marked "American Toys" on the front and "No. 1800 Style Tramp Size Medium (38, 40) Masquerade Costume" on the one side of the lid.

Box measures 12 5/8" x 10 7/8" x 3 3/4"

1 Linen Gauze Rabbit Mask--In very good condition
2 Sashs--Gold and Rust which has A. Engel in pen along one edge
1 Toy Soldier Hat or Marching Band Hat with Black Cardboard Brim--Has black marks possibly from the black dye from the brim
1 Red Shirt with Blue Collar and Cap Sleeve--Matches Toy Solider/Marching Band Hat, Ties in Back, Marked Large, Stained
1 Red Vest with Embroidered Trim--No stains on this piece
1 Green Head Scarf with Red and Gold Fortune Teller Patch--Has some fading but no stains
1 Pair White Soldier's Pants with Red Piping--Heavily stained with rip along crotch seam
1 Gold Kerchief--Good Condition, No Stains
1 Red Vest with Gold Stitch Trim and 6 Stain Ribbon Hoops--Good Condition, One tiny mark on back, Marked Size 12
1 Blue Shirt with Gold Ribbon and Fabric Embellishments and Gold Anchor Buttons--Marked Size Large--In Good condition with some white marks, possibly paint? on sleeves
1 Green Vest with Green Rick Rac Trim--Good condition with some fading at fold lines
1 Pair Green Drawstring Pants--Stained, with rip along crotch seam
1 Black Painter's Smock with Colorful Paper Streamer Pin--Very good condition with minor white spotting--could be paint.
1 White, Blue, Rust (pinkish) Clown Suit with Gold Accents, Ripped along crotch seam and legs, soiled

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Yellow Melmac Cups -- Vintage Melamine Coffee Cups -- Harvest Gold -- Plastic Cups -- Retro Kitchen Housewares by HappyFortuneVintage

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15.00 USD

I love the shape of these vintage melmac cups. The yellow harvest gold color is so 1970s! Each melmac (also known as melamine) cup has a white interior.

This set of plastic cups will add an instant sunny touch to your retro kitchen decor. And, they are perfect for BBQs and picnics.

Cups are marked "504" on the bottom but have no manufacturer's name.

Listing includes 6 cups.

Condition: Cups are in good vintage condition showing typical wear for moderated used melmac from the 1970s. Some light scratches and faint marks. One cup has a yellow spot on the white interior that matches the color of the melmac. I'm guessing this is a manufacturing defect.

Measurements: Approximately 3" tall; 1 3/4" base diameter; 3 1/2" top diameter; 4 1//2" wide including handle.

8 oz liquid capacity.


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Candlestick -- Double Candle Holder -- Vintage Copper & Brass Coppercraft Guild Candle Stick by HappyFortuneVintage

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15.00 USD

This vintage copper & brass double candle holder made by Coppercraft Guild in Taunton, Massachusetts, has a very interesting shape reminiscent of a brass instrument such as a bugle.

Very cool and in very good condition, this double candlestick will look great on your table. The candle holder has its original Coppercraft Guild sticker.

10" Tall
4 3/8" Base Diameter


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Dubonnet Vintage Swizzle Sticks Eiffel Tower Red Plastic Drink Stirrers Retro Barware Advertising Promo by HappyFortuneVintage

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18.00 USD

Ah, Paris -- Dubonnet claims to have a taste of Paris in every glass. You may not have any Dubonnet, but you can have a touch of a Dubonnet Eiffel Tower swizzle stick in your drink. A set of these cool vintage drink stirrers would add a classy touch to a retro barware collection.

Listing is for a set of 6 swizzle sticks.

Condition: Swizzle sticks are in excellent condition.

Measurements: 6" long

Quantity: This listing is for ONE SET OF SIX (6) swizzle sticks.

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Jewelbrite Vintage Christmas Ornaments Elf Poinsettia Diorama Retro Christmas Red Gold Green by HappyFortuneVintage

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10.00 USD

Put this set of 1960s vintage Jewelbrite Christmas decorations on your holiday tree for a very retro look. Each ornament has a cool 3D diorama.

The gold ornament has a waving elf wearing a green coat and cap. The red and green decorations each have poinsettias with silver sparkles.

Condition: Ornaments are in good vintage condition with some scuffing on the back. No cracks. No chips.

Product Dimensions: Approximately 2 1/8" diameter. Ornaments are 2 1/2" long including hanging loop.



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