Nymolle ROWLAND EMMET Inventor Dish Denmark

Archives: Collectibles: Nostalgia Pre 1960: item #51461
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What an interesting contraption! 5" X 4" in excellent condition, this is marked: NYMOLLE, ART FAIENCE, DENMARK and signed: EMETT. Number 2134-411 from the Nymolle Aviation Series. Rowland Emett (1906-1990): British author/artist/engineer of "Gothic-Kinetic" sculptures which actually operated, as opposed to William Heath Robinson (UK) and Rube Goldberg (USA) who only drew such imaginative inventions. Quotes by Emett: 'It is a well known fact that all inventors get their first ideas on the back ... Click for details

John Haig Liquer Jug by Fieldings

Archives: Collectibles: Wine & Related Pre 1920: item #51369
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John Haig 3 1/2" Liquer Jug by Fieldings in excellent condition. Mauve Crocodile skin background. Advertising Glen Leven whiskey.

1957 - 1958 Cissy & Elise Dolls + Trunk & More

Archives: Collectibles: Dolls and Figures Pre 1960: item #50942

Madame Alexander's fashionable "big girl" dolls were every little girl's dream in the 1950's & now collectors dream of dolls like these. With just 1 owner since childhood, Cissy & Elise spent 5 decades packed in this trunk of cherry metal with white stripes & brass fittings. It still has its key & Cissy has her "diamond" ring & beaded bag! (To replace the ring of a careless doll, an owner recently had to spend $35 at e-Bay.)... Click for details

Superb 1955 Alexander-Kin Wendy Doll IN BOX

Archives: Collectibles: Dolls and Figures Pre 1960: item #49249

Price of $850 includes insured shipping anywhere in the U.S.

This exquisite red-haired "Wendy helps mummy in the garden sometimes" doll is documented in the "Alexander-Kins for 1955" brochure as design #422 -- though it's VERY hard to believe this pristine charmer is almost 50 years old.... Click for details

The Handel Lamps Book

Archives: Collectibles: Books Pre 2000: item #47895
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Excellent full color hard cover experts guide to the beauty and wonder of Handel Lamps by Carole Goldman Hibel, John Hibel, and John Fontaine. 259 pages measuring 9" by 12" in excellent condition. Sure to be a very high level collectible in years to come.

Portraits from North American Indian Life

Archives: Collectibles: Books Pre 1980: item #47891
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More than eighty full-sized Edward Curtis portraits capture the beauty and pathos of native American life in what the author calls "a record of the Indian's relations with and his dependence on the phenomena of the universe. 9" by 12" Hard cover first edition c1972 in Excellent Condition.