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$475 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Hummel, Goebel “Friends”, Sculptor Reinhold Unger, Stamped C by W. Goebel 1947 With A Full Large BeeGermany
Home Decor:Hummel, Goebel:Reinhold Unger:C By W. Goebel:1947:Germany
This Hummel figure is the Goebel #136/1 "Friends" was originally modeled in 1940 by master sculptor Reinhold Unger. On the bottom of the base, it is stamped C by W. Goebel 1947 Germany, the Germany means it was produced between 1935 and 1955. There is a V with a full Bee and an incised circle; the Bee is smudged but you can see it is the large Bee not the small one. The girl has wonderful colors of terra cotta shades. The deer has 3 rows of spots and is a lovely brown. The back of the base on ...
$145 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Baghdad 1951, Signed By Herb Caen, First Edition Double Day & Company Book, Paul Elder’s Books, San Francisco Sticker.
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Baghdad 1951:Herb Caen:First Edition:Double Day Book
This is a Signed First Edition by Herb Caen. It is a Double Day & Company book from Garden City, N. Y. with copyright date of 1950. This is a vivid portrayal of San Francisco, the City By The Bay. Written and signed by Herb Caen who wrote a column for the San Francisco Examiner for many years. The jacket has some condition issues with wear and tears and does have one spot next to 1951 this looks like a drop of water, but the book itself is in excellent condition. It is tightly bound and has no ...
$65 USD Offers ConsideredVintage Sewing Kit
Home Decor:Vintage Sewing Kit
This old sewing kit is in very good condition with all the original parts. It measures 2 inches tall and has a loop on the top. It has 2 colors of thread, black and white on a wooden spool and has a needle, 2 safety pins and 2 pins inside the spool with a brass lid to hold them in place. Over the spool is a thimble. The enamel coating does have some minor chipping on the edges. In 1 of the photos on the top portion there appears to be some bubbling in the enamel and I marked this area in one of ...
$265 USD Offers ConsideredDick & Jane, 1956 The New Fun With Dick & Jane, Hard Cover
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Dick & Jane:1956:Hard Cover
This is truly a RARE FIND. It is The New Fun With Dick & Jane. It is the 1956 hard cover edition. These books were featured in the 1997 Summer edition of Collectibles Flea Market Finds, page 54 to 58. It is in MINT CONDITION, NEVER USED! This is "The New Basic Readers Collection". Pre-Primers from the 1950's series all begin with "The New". This wonderful book has 4 sections in it, Fun For Sally, Fun with Pets and Toys, Fun at the Farm, and Fun with our Friends. All the pages are crisp and free ...
$295 USD Offers ConsideredDick & Jane, 1946 We Work & Play, Skiff School Stamp, Soft Cover
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Dick & Jane Soft Cover
This is truly a RARE FIND. THIS IS FOR THE TRUE COLLECTOR ONLY. It is Dick And Jane's We Work and Play. It is the 1946-47 edition. These books were featured in the 1997 Summer edition of Collectibles Flea Market Finds, page 54 to 58. This book is #2 in a set of three Pre-Primers. It is in MINT CONDITION, NEVER USED! The cover and page 19 have "Skiff School" stamped on it. It has an orange softback cover. All the pages are crisp and free of folds, writing or any other type of marks. It has a ...
$195 USD Offers ConsideredDick & Jane, 1956 Our New Friends Hard Cover With “Crippled Children's Hospital School" Stamp
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Dick & Jane, 1956:Hard Cover
This is truly a RARE FIND. It is a Dick And Jane's "The New Our New Friends". It is the 1956 edition. These books were featured in the 1997 Summer Edition of Collectibles Flea Market Finds, page 54 to 58. This book is Book 1. It continues The New Basic reading Program for primary grades. It has a total of 335 vocabulary words of which 177 words are new in the book. Each of the 335 words are used a minimum of 10 times in this book. It is in VERY GOOD CONDITION, The inside of the cover has ...
$12 USD Offers Considered1900s Tobacco Felt
Home Decor:Tobacco Felt:Turkish Cigarettes:Wwii
We have been told this is a tobacco felt that came as a premium from Turkish Cigarettes in WWII. Tobacco felts were included in tins of loose tobacco as a premium, and for cleaning the user's pipe. This one is a beautiful miniature rug that measures 4 1/4" x 2 1/8" and is in a Brown, Yellowish green, and Violet color with Brown fringes on both ends. On the back of the rug it has the following printed "The Original Rug" Luxury Cigarettes Factory No. 7 3rd Dist. Of N.Y. Tint License No. 1045672. ...
$12 USD Offers Considered1900s Tobacco Felt
Home Decor:Tobacco Felt:Turkish Cigarettes:Wwii
We have been told this is a tobacco felt that came as a premium from Turkish Cigarettes in WWII. Tobacco felts were included in tins of loose tobacco as a premium, and for cleaning the user's pipe. This one is a beautiful miniature rug that measures 4 1/4" x 2 1/8" and is an orange and blue with fringes on both ends. The colors are great. There is nothing written on the back of this one. It is in perfect condition with no rips, tears, and holes. The felt has never been wet. The tobacco felts ...
$85 USD Offers ConsideredSALE "Garden Of The Gods" Demi Mule Spoon
Home Decor:Garden Of The Gods:Demi Spoon
This demi spoon has a mule finial on the end of the handle. The bowl is engraved with a mountain scene and has "GARDEN OF THE GODS" engraved below. It is stamped with Sterling on the back of the handle and has a plane reverse plate. Measures 4" tall. This information and the price comes out of Souvenir Spoons by Wayne Bedmersh page 29, plate 59. Please view all these photos very carefully. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask us. Thank you for viewing our shop.
$145 USD Offers ConsideredAvarti Bear
Home Decor:Avarti Bear
My husband bought this cutie at the Nut Tree outside of Sacramento California for our daughter in 1982. He is just the cutest thing. Just look at that face! He has the dark brown eyes and almost black nose with a cream colored muzzle and the short fluffy ears. How can you refuse him? I have not seen to many bears that are in the standing position like he is. Sometimes he falls over if he is not positioned just right, his legs have to be spread to balance him. He stands 7 inches tall and is about ...
$45 USD Offers ConsideredBavaria Plate
Home Decor:Bavaria:Porcelian
This lovely Bavaria Plate is almost 6" round with a beautiful pearl-like luster and a lacy gold rim. It has no chips or cracks it it but does have one area about 1 " long on the gold edge on the back where some of the gold glaze is missing this appears to be in the making and not chipped. The mark on the back says "Made in Bavaria".
$38 USDBaby Shoes Bank
Home Decor:Ceramics:Bank:Baby Shoe
This is a very cute bank. It is ceramic and has a rough pattern on the sides. It is white with pink nylon laces. There is a rubber stopper on the bottom. It measures 3 inches tall 4 1/2 inches wide 4 1/4 inches long at the toe area. It has the original label on the side. It reads Our Own Imports, Japan and has a C circled. It has no other marks on it. I do not know how old it is. The laces are frayed on the ends but it has no cracks or chips.
$45 USD Offers ConsideredBavaria Square Plate
Home Decor:Bavaria:Porcelian
This lovely Bavaria Plate is almost 5 3/4" square with a beautiful pearl-like luster and a lacey gold rim. It has no chips or cracks. The mark on the back says "Made in Bavaria". This will make a lovely addition to some ones collection. GREAT PRICE I have seen these for up to 70.00.
$20 USD Offers ConsideredCrocheted Hot Plate
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Crocheted Hot Plate
This is the must for the Shabby Chic, Cottage Kitchen, or 50's kitchen. This is a single Hot Pad with no stains or spills on it. It is a deep red and shiny white crocheted with the center being red. It is on a burner pad and can be removed. The back of the burner pad has a number 6 on it in green ink. I show this in a photo. It measures 7 inches across. This is a very lovely piece and would make a great kitchen decoration.
$55 USD Offers ConsideredCelluloid Salad Set
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Vintage:Celluloid:Salad Set:Serving Utensils
Celluloid Salad Set. This set has a hand painted design and it comes with the original box and original card. The card says "A Simple Salad Set" "To serve your salads dainty, This fork and spoon were made, Whene'er you give a party, They'll be a sure "first aid." They measure 8 1/4" long and have rounded bowls. They are in very good condition with just a little crazing or chipping on the bottom edge of the spoon, but the celluloid has no cracks and the paint on both pieces are in really great ...
$25 USDAPCO,1950's Plastic Set
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Apco,1950's Plastic Set
This set includes an Apco Art from the1950's Bread Box, a set of 5 Plastiware glasses and a set of 5 red bowls that are not marked on the bottom. The breadbox is from the mid 50's and measures 12 plus inches long, 5 1/2 inches tall and 5 inches wide. The marking on the bottom of the breadbox is APCO, Associated Plastic Co, Chicago. Ill, Made In USA. The set of 5 plastic bowls measure a little less than 6 inches across and stand a little over 1 1/2 inches tall, they have 3 feet on the bottom of ...
$28 USD Offers ConsideredCrocheted Hot Pad Dress
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Crocheted Hot Pad
This is a perfect accessory for the Shabby Chic, Cottage Kitchen, or 50's kitchen. This Crocheted Dress is shaped like dress and could be used as a Doll Dress or a Hot Pad. It is in a bright yellow or gold and green blue almost turquoise color. It has the green blue for the sleeves waist, and trimmed on the bottom as well as 2 X's on the top portion. It is crocheted in double thickness and would slide right over a dolls head. This one does not have a plastic ring to hang it by. It measures about ...
$40 USDTrivet
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Vintage Kitchenware:Trivet
TRIVET. This is a black Hand Painted Trivet with flowers and leaves on a black background. I don't think it has ever been used. It was found in a cedar chest in the original box and the cutest card that came with it. The box does have wear . The card reads "Care has its sure reward you'll see, When your table from all hot dish marks is free, With this tile so dainty and useful too, A polished surface will keep like new". This trivet has 4 feet, 2 of which have holes, possibly for hanging? There ...
$52 USD Offers Considered1950's 5 Piece Cruet Set Including Holder
Home Decor:Kitchenware:1950's Piece Cruet Set With Holder
This is a really nice 5-piece Cruet Set. It includes Oil, Vinegar, Salt & Pepper and the holder. It is from the 1950's and it is in mint condition. They are clear glass with a deep gold on them. The salt and pepper measure 4 inches tall. The vinegar and oil are 6 1/2 inches tall. The handles on the vinegar and oil have 3 lines on them. They have no cracks or chips but the tops the salt & pepper have slight wear. But nothing you would not expect after all these years of use. The holder is made ...
$45 USDGarden Girl Figurine
Home Decor:Ceramics:Garden Girl Figurine
This is a really cute Girl holding a garden spade and some type of vegetables. It is marked Ucagco Ceramics Japan; the original paper label is still on the bottom. I believe these were made between 1942 and 1952. Ucagco made these figurines to look like Hummel figurines. She looks hand painted in orange and turquoise pastel colors and has some areas that they missed with the paint; this was in the making and not chipped areas. I have marked 2 of these areas in one of the photos; I also marked 2 ...
$265 USD Offers ConsideredErphila Chintz Pottery
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Erphila Chintz Pottery
ERPHILA dresser or trinket box. Marked ERPHILA ART POTTERY, CZECHO SLOVAKI This item bears the ink mark on the bottom as well as the gold label on the lid. The bottom also has .20 marked in red which we think was the original price paid. This box has a beautiful floral design with pink, blue, yellow and lavender flowers, green and yellow leaves, with a cream background with gray lines running through it. I think the pattern is a Chintz Warwick (?), which was a transfer. The lid and the flange is ...
$5 USD Offers ConsideredAfghans Knitted & Crocheted
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Afghan, Knitted, Crocheted
This book is Book F Afghans Knitted & Crocheted by American Thread Company, 260 West Broadway, New York, N.Y. designs by Cecilia Yanek. It has 13 patterns, Homestead,Knitted Triangles No. 521, Black Diamond, Rainbow, Cluster Stitch, Two Toned Filet, Farmstead, Knitted Pine-cone, Cross Stitch, Junior Afghan, Daisy, Crib Afghan and Baby Afghan. Each pattern gives the materials required and has a photo of the finished item. It is in black and white but it gives suggestions for colors. The book is ...
$55 USD Offers ConsideredFry Ovenglass Casserole
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Fry Ovenglass:Casserole
This is a really great casserole. It is an oval shape 8" long and is opalescent glass it has mould #1932-8 with the patient #5-8-17 on the bottom of the glass. Fry introduced the opalescent glass into the market place in 1921. It has a chrome holder, which looks a golden color in the photos but is all chrome. It has 3 small chips on the edge of the casserole. I marked 2 of them but you can really only see one of them, the other 1 is just to small but you can feel them with rubbing your finger ...
$38 USD Offers ConsideredDuck Salt & Pepper Shakers
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Duck Salt & Pepper Shakers
These are wonderful salt & pepper - shakers in the shape of ducks. They are made of ceramic and measure 2" tall and 2" at the widest point. They are yellow with orange beaks and feet and a green tail and one of them has brown on one side. They have no chips or cracks and are made of ceramic . They are marked Japan on the bottom and one has a cork stopper and the other one does not. Please view the photos very carefully.
$16 USD Offers ConsideredMariachi Note Pad
Home Decor:Mariachi Note Pad
This is a Green, Blue and Yellow Mariachi Note Pad. It is a wonderful piece of homemade memorabilia. It will take you back to times gone by when people used to make these items and pass them along to family, friends and neighbors. It is a colorful painted mariachi glued onto a piece of almost 5" X 6" plywood with a string tied on the hang it by and a pink note pad glued onto the plywood. Please check photos carefully.
$40 USD Offers ConsideredCelluloid Photo Frame, Oval
Home Decor:Celluloid:Photo Frame
This oval frame is imitation ivory-grained celluloid with two round feet and a glass insert. It has brown velvet backing and the piece of material that holds the stand to the frame is broken, I show this in one of the photos. The production of Celluloid was discontinued in the United States in the late 1940's. The Japanese continued to import many of the novelty items throughout the 1950's. This item has no information on where it was produced. It measures 5 1/4" tall by 3 1/4" wide". Please ...
$35 USD Offers ConsideredCrocheted Hot Plates, Set of 2
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Crocheted Hot Plates
This is the must for the Shabby Chic, Cottage Kitchen, or 50's kitchen. This is a set of 2 Hot Plates consisting of 2 red and white crocheted hot pads covering a metal frame. The pattern is almost the same with one being edged with white and the other having a bright red all around. The white trimmed one looks like the petals and the red outer crochet are a little heaver than the red trimmed one, which appears to be a more open pattern. I have showed 2 close up photos so you can see the ...
$38 USD Offers ConsideredDurkee's Allspice, Spice Tin
Home Decor:Kitchenware:Durkee's:Spice Tin
This VERY NICE SPICE TIN is a DURKEE'S Allspice 2 Oz. Tin. It is a mint condition tin of Allspice 2 oz., Grade 10 according to Antique Tins By Fred Dodge 1997 edition. This is a HIGHLY Collectible Tin; it still has seasoning in it, it feels almost full. It does a few very light scratches on it. It does have a few very small dents in one side. The other side has an 18 marked in black marker. I have did not mark this area in the photos because it did not show up, the dents and scratches are to ...
$20 USD Offers ConsideredBEN-HUR Pure Cloves, Spice Tin
Home Decor:Ben-hur:Spice Tin
BEN-HUR Pure Cloves 2 Oz. Tin. This is a near mint tin of Cloves 2 oz., Grade 10 according to Antique Tins By Fred Dodge 1997 edition. This is a highly Collectible Tin; it still has seasoning in it. It does have some small scratches on the one side and a small dent in the other and one side has some of the paint missing on the seam. I have tried to show these areas in the photos. Both sides of this pristine tin have an Artistic design with 4 horses and a rider with a whip. Both sides say Pure ...
$65 USD Offers ConsideredDutch Couple Water Carriers
Home Decor:Ceramics:Dutch Couple Water Carriers
This is a cute Dutch couple. They are water carriers and are both stamped Made in Japan on the back. They are in Excellent Condition, and do not have any cracks or chips in either piece. They are a mat finish and the back of the girls skirt is not glazed at all. They are holding a yoke that has a bucket suspended from each end of the yoke by string. The colors are very vibrant and the faces are so cute. They both measure approximately 3 3/4 inches tall and 2 3/4 inches at the widest point. The ...