Vintage 1920’s German porcelain bust doll. She has original purple dress and is total 8″ with dress on. These fashion dolls were more used as vanity display for the ladies stick pins and jewelry. The kids would play with them and many were used as toys during the depression era.
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ESTATE SOLID 750 18KT GOLD DIAMOND RING
CUSTOM MADE
Estate custom made large solid 750 18kt gold ring, has 12 fine diamonds , weighs 9.2 grams and sz 8.5 ring. It is 1/2″ wide. There are designer hallmarks inside ring. 18-karat gold is 18 parts gold to 6 parts alloys, or 75 percent gold. The 750 marking is a European marking for 18k.
VINTAGE METAL FOLK ART MOTION WIND GARDEN ART MARITIME ROWING BOAT
ROW! ROW!
1900 vintage balancing motion folk garden art. It is all heavy metal and moves great, has original paint. Measures 12″ Whimsical garden folk art has been around since 18th century. It is what gave joy and claim to their land , farmers used them as wind direction, Kids often played with them. They were works of art each piece was hand crafted and made. There is a big interest in these pieces now days. The craft is still active and alive today
VINTAGE 1920’S ANTIQUE LARGE STUFFED MOHAIR TEDDY BEAR 24″
This is a wonderful vintage original 1920’s large 24″ fully jointed mohair teddy bear. He has glass eyes, he is worn and loved has bottom paw torn.
The teddy bear is soft toy in form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the US and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early years of the 20th century, and named after President Teddy Roosevelt after one of his great hunting trips. The teddy bear became an iconic children’s toy, celebrated in story, song and film. Since the creation of the first teddy bears which sought to imitate the form of real bear cubs, “teddies” have greatly varied in form, style and material, older one straw stuffed. The older and rarer “teddies” appearing at public auctions. Teddy bears are among the most popular gifts for children and are often given to adults to signify love, congratulations or sympathy.
ORIGINAL 1940’S NEON SIGN STORE METAL MARQUEE DISPLAY LETTER O
This is a wonderful vintage original letter from 1940’s neon store marquee display sign. It is tin metal and measures 14 1/4″ x 9″ x 4 1/4″. These pieces make great decorative wall shelves for items or shadow boxes. Some of the letters still have neon glass in them, they do not work. They are rustic aged and look awesome! I have total of 30+ letters. The neon sign is an evolution of the earlier Geissler tube, which is an electrified glass tube containing a “rarefied” gas (the gas pressure in the tube is well below atmospheric pressure). When a voltage is applied to electrodes inserted through the glass, an electrical glow discharge results.
VINTAGE 1930’S GERMAN STEIFF TERRIER DOG TOY
This is a wonderful vintage 1930’s German Steiff large 14″ Terrier dog. Margarete Steiff (July 24, 1847 – May 9, 1909), was a seamstress who in 1880 founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, making toy stuffed animals. Born in Giengen, Germany she used a wheelchair, due to polio she contracted as a baby. She started making stuffed animals as a hobby. These toys began as elephants, which were originally a design Steiff found in a magazine and originally sold as pincushions to her friends. However, children began playing with them, and in the years following she went on to design many other successful animal-themed toys for children. She designed and made most of the prototypes herself.
1901 WOLLENSAK ANSCO MODEL A CYKO CAMERA
VINTAGE WOLLENSAK ANSCO MODEL A CYKO AUTOMATIC CAMERA
This is a wonderful vintage large Wollensak Ansco Model A Automatic camera. The company was founded in 1842 (pre-dating Kodak in the photography business) as E. Anthony & Co. (later E. and H.T. Anthony & Company, when Edward Anthony’s brother officially joined the business) and became the Anthony & Scovill Co. in 1901, after a merger with the Camera business of Scovill Manufacturing (Connecticut). That year the company headquarters relocated to Binghamton New York. This was already a site of one of Ansco’s manufacturing facilities
1900 ORIGINAL ART BRONZE JUAN CLARA GIRL ON CHAIR FEATHER KITTENS
This is a wonderful vintage original art bronze signed Juan Clara. It is a very detailed fun darling art bronze. She measures 12″ solid bronze. Juan Clara (SPANISH, 1875-1958) artist was inspired by chairs in his work. This piece is a hard one to find.
VICTORIAN FINE JEWELRY RUBY 10KT GOLD RING
1900 Victorian 10kt gold ruby ring with original celluloid box. Victorian era jewelry was elegant and romancing with lots of emotion. The elegance of royalty was the design of emulation of the Queens and wealthy. There was very fine jewelry and mid-level costume. All was hand crafted and was art form at its best.
1800’s BLACK AMERICANA GERMAN HUMIDOR JAR
This is a wonderful vintage 1800’s porcelain tobacco humidor jar made in Germany. It is early Black Americana. Most collectible black memorabilia was produced from the early 1900s through the 1950s, although some collectors seek items dating back to the Civil War era as well. Many of Black memorabilia is collected for many different reasons and by people of all races and nationalities. Not all collections have a negative connotation nor are they amassed due to bigotry. Many uplifting aspects of African-American culture can be incorporated into a collection.
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