Historical movie movie theater lamp sconces with an stylish art deco art nouveau French design period. They are made from a heavy cast metal. They were salvaged from old local movie house. Traditional finish, stylish functionality. The timeless appearance of our Vintage
Wall Sconces enhance the charm of your walls.
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1900 DECOY DUCK CANVASBACK DRAKE SAM BARNES HAVRE DE GRACE MACKEY COLLECTION
MUSEUM QUALITY
Wood Decoy from 1900, from the Wm J Mackey Jr. Collection, has original stamp and tag. It is Canvasback drake by Sam Barnes Havre De Grace MD. He is 16 1/4″ has all original paint. this is an exceptional decoy and museum quality! Wood decoys first started in early 1800’s. Ever since Joel Barber, the first known decoy collector, started in 1918, decoys have become increasingly viewed as an important form of North American folk art.
ANCIENT INDIAN ARROW HEAD NIANGUA MO GASEONADE RIVER COLLECTION
lot of Ancient Indian made arrow heads. These were all from Nigangua MO. Osage Fork of the Gaseonade River . They are 1 1/4″ to almost 3″ This came from estate of professor of archeology and history. He was collecting for over 70 plus years. In the Stone Age, people used sharpened bone, flint napped stones, flakes, and chips of rock as weapons and tools. Such items remained in use throughout human civilization, with new materials used as time passed. As archaeological artifacts such objects are classed as projectile points (arrow Heads), without specifying whether they were projected by a bow or by some other means such as throwing since the specific means of projection.
VINTAGE ANTIQUE MARITIME STAR PATHFINDER COMPASS
FINDING YOUR WAY
vintage antique star Pathfinder compass #56350. It is all solid bronze brass and heavy 6″ wide and works great.
The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination early as the Chinese Han Dynasty (since about 206 BC), and usage recorded in Western Europe between 1187 and 1202. A rudimentary working model of a liquid compass was introduced by Sir Edmund Halley at a meeting of the Royal Society in 1690.
SAN DIEGO SURFING BOOK WATERMAN’S EYE
MY BOOK
Most men take their past stories to the grave. Emil Ziegler is a rare exception, when at age 90, his past is unearthed by pure fate. A free spirit, surfer and antique dealer named David discovers a few old photos at an estate sale. That discovery changes both men’s lives.
David meets Emil and slowly draws out Emil’s life of adventure prior to getting married in 1940. Emil’s mementos are kept in a locked wooden box under his bed. His wife and children don’t know of his past life until he starts sharing it with David.
Emil was blind in one eye at age 3. A true early waterman, Emil always pushed himself to become better. His adventures started young: saving lives as a young lifeguard in the 1920’s, becoming a surfing forerunner, learning expert diving skills in Tahiti, and rowing a small boat from San Diego to Catalina Island. When he harpoons a whale that tows him for over a day, the adventure lands him in a small Mexican village, where he falls in love with a young lady. On their voyage back to San Diego, a horrific pacific storm like no other, changes his course of time.
This book and movie will take you back to his youth in the 1920’s–1930’s and to his present-day life in 2001. It is a journey of love and passion as seen through the eyes of both Emil and David. Men will recount their own past stories and women will better understand their husbands, fathers, and loved ones.
VINTAGE 1800’S BRASS SCIENCE MICROSCOPE
This is a wonderful original 1800’s all brass microscope. Measures 13″, there are no manufactor’s markings on the item. The microscope date backs to the 1600’s and some even claim earlier 1200;s
The first detailed account of the interior construction of living tissue based on the use of a microscope did not appear until 1644, in Giambattista Odierna’s L’occhio della mosca, or The Fly’s Eye
VINTAGE ANTIQUE SKELTON KEY COLLECTION
KEYS TO SUCESS
This is a wonderful lot of vintage antique keys. They are from 1800’s and early 1900’s. they are used for furniture, locks and doors. The term skeleton key is also often used to describe lever lock keys. This usage perhaps stems from such keys’ resemblance to a skeletal, with the circle at top circumscribing the triangle at one-third the vertical length, resembling a stylized skull
600 year OLD ORIGINAL ANCIENT INDIAN STONE AXE WEAPON AZ-CA
600 year original ancient very old Indian stone axe weapon from CA or AZ region. This is a 5″ x 2 1/2″ all Indian made . This came from estate of professor of archeology and history. Although stone axes had been used as tools and ritual objects by Native Americans for millennia, the axe did not become popular as a weapon until after Europeans had introduced iron and steel to native tribes. The word “tomahawk”– which is now synonymous with Indian-style fighting hatchets– originally referred to a war club in the Powhatan language. Once steel became available, however, axes with metal heads eclipsed the more old-fashioned war clubs as the Native American melee weapon of choice, and the word “tomahawk” began to be widely used to refer to this style of weapon.
1900 GREEN CRACKLE ART GLASS VASE
This is a stunning early 1900’s American crackle art glass13″vase. Has deep green emerald color. The history of crackle glass date backs to the 16th century. American makers start early 1900’s to present day. One of the primary reasons for creating crackle glass was to hide imperfections. A piece of glass that revealed lines or swirls through it was known as “corded.” The glass was then crackled to cover up the imperfection instead of being disposed.
VINTAGE ORIGINAL 1930’S MICKEY MOUSE FILMS OLYMPIC GAMES & LITTLE EVA
Mickey Mouse film from the early 1930’s This is great shape. Mickey Mouse was born 1928. His first film was Steamboat Willie. Walt Disney was the heart if Mickey Mouse. My father was one of the biggest Disney, Mickey Mosue collectors of all time. He was a Disney artist and toy maker. He had museum in Japan and New Zealand. I lived this life. Going to the sudios as a young child exploring the Tunnels at Disneyland, see in the Spacemoutain being contructed from inside. etc,
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