An English Touch label fold-open digipak compact disc by Fennesz, titled Venice (issued 2004). In the textural/ambient chill/electronic style, this compact disc features David Sylvian (ex-Japan) on one track. This item is in mint original condition with no flaws, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted...

This is a very delicate 14K yellow gold and enamel pin featuring a centered blue enamel flower flanked by five seed pearls on each corner, unmarked,; measures 1 1/4 in approx, wt. 1.9g, Condition is good to very good with minor curve in pin, possible repair to clasp, damage to pearls on one side, may need cleaning.

Fabulous French bib necklace in japanned (black finished) metal chainmail, with faceted black Lucite drops. Circa 1990. Marked MONETTE OF PARIS and MADE IN FRANCE on the attached goldtone coin shaped charm. Super wearable, neutral, and very statement-making. Perfectly on trend; chains and chainmail are key current looks.

Wearable length is 17 3/4 inches but it can be adjusted for a shorter length anywhere on the chain. The drop in front is 2 1/2 inches. Excellent condition...

Another delightful example of an Olde School House collectible-a tiny metal Student Merit Award Pin which is designed in the shape of a circular olive branch crown with the word "REWARD" on a blue enameled open textbook and the date "1924" inscribed on a white enameled scroll.

Items such as this were given to worthy students by their appreciative school teachers at the end of a term for a variety of reasons not the least of which were scholarship, attendance, and deportment...

An antique Chinese lady motif tea chest tin with hasp. This domed trunk style tea chest is 8-7/8" wide and it stands 6" tall. It features a blue and yellow lithographed design and the swing-up brass handle has Victorian style decoration. It also has a brass hasp and eye for a lock and it has a circled DB or BD maker's mark which we haven't identified...

Offered is a very nice 1950 - 1960s era painted wood sign found in a Myrtle Beach antiques shop.

This double sided sign has the same word "WATERFRONT" painted on each side. The white background and bold black stenciled lettering are identical.

This handsome sign measures 24 inches long x 6 inches high and 3/8 inches thick. There are 2 unobtrusive small holes on either side which were used when hanging the sign...

Very big, fabulous Chanel clipback earrings in goldtone metal with poured glass stones in the classic colors of red, blue, green, and yellow/topaz, with baroque glass based faux pearl drops. Marked CHANEL, MADE IN FRANCE, with Chanel logo and with season number 26. Guaranteed authentic, with Chanel box. Great size and perfectly of the moment; statement jewelry is a key current trend. 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.

A copy of 1971's bestseller book "The Exorcist", by William Peter Blatty, published by Harper and Row, this copy in dust jacket and **SIGNED** in black marker pen by the author. This may or may not be a first edition, but apparently it is not "first state" even if it is, as the last number on the last page is a "5"...

A classic 9" by 7" black and white photo of George Burns holding a cigar, an impish grin on his face, inscribed in yellow (or ink that has faded to yellow) "Best, George Burns" at lower left. Burns (1896-1996) was an American actor, singer, and writer whose career in entertainment spanned many, many decades. With the passage of time, the photo has stuck to the glass at upper right and I am afraid to try to remove it. In a simple inexpensive frame.

A fabulous, vintage school teaching tool from the early 20th Century! Copyrighted 1940 and manufactured by the Richmond School Furniture Company, Muncie, Indiana, this early teaching tool featured the unusual option to practice both spelling on one side and computation on the reverse!

Measuring 13 inches wide x 9.50 inches high x 1/8 inch thick and constructed of heavy, multi-layered cardboard, this wonderful piece is in very fine, all-original condition with a warm, rich patina and color...

Measuring 9 inches in diameter, this wonderful 1950's, school, Spelling and Counting Board retaining its original box with a 77 Cent price sticker on it! The game is quite colorful, as is the box, and both will create an eye-appealing display! The game is in mint, unused condition with all letters of the alphabet present as well as the numbers one through ten with math signs. The box shows its age with superficial dirt, weak corners and seams, as well as tearing to the box bottom...

A 5-3/4" high blue and white glazed pottery water pitcher or jug from British Airways. Made and marked by Royal Norfolk, Staffordshire, England, this travel advertising item is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the U.S...

Measuring 9 inches in width x 3 inches in height x 1.75 inches deep, this vintage 1920’s, country store advertising display reads, “We Give And Redeem Gold Stamps”. A very unusual find!

Black with hand-painted, gold lettering, this interesting advertising display would sit nicely on a shelf! In fine, all-original condition with the expected nicks and superficial surface scratches.

Measuring 4.25 x 4 x 1 inches, this all original cardboard display contains 24, full, bakelite capsules or tubes of EVERSHARPE RED TOP pencil-lead!

Interestingly, this display was found among the contents of an old North Carolina country store.

This product was made in the 1940's in the USA with tubes originally selling for 15 cents per tube...

Lovely vintage early 20th century figural pettipoint/tapestry evening purse with link chain, comprised of a detailed coloration of the three graces in a pastural setting bordered with gold and black acanthus leaves on each side, small etched gold frame, coral and turquoise pointed snap closure, original watermark pink silk lining and small pocket pouch, "Made In Austria" label; Condition-Excellent; Measurement- 5 1/3 in L x 3 3/4 in W.

An original Mexican movie poster, for a movie released in 1952, "Mujer de Medianoche", starring Gloria Marin and Victor Junco, directed by Victor Urruchua, the artwork dated 1950 by Carlos Vega. Apparently there was some delay in releasing the film. This example retains the electric blue and yellow color, but the very fragile, acidic, thin paper on which this was printed has deteriorated seriously with time and careless handling...

Group Antique Magic Lantern Glass advertising theater sildes a great your ad goes here slide of Hawaii with girls on a beach, one IS your refrigerator ailing? You cant beat them work clothes , (cracked) More happy Livestock , and a really cool one Hes still looking for it missing his head. Assorted liquor labels and 2 early French photo postcards circa 1890s

A clean copy of the 2010 first edition of the book "Michael Jackson: The Making of Thriller", signed by DOUGLAS KIRKLAND, the noted photographer of celebrities, who in 1983 was invited to document the making of that now world-famous, iconic video. Kirkland in 1961 made a series of erotic photos of Marilyn Monroe, and his career grew rapidly in the sixties and seventies...

Measuring 9.5 inches long x 8 inches wide in its wooden ABC frame, this delightful, fine motor practice material was made in pre-WWII Germany, circa 1930's.

Housed under the frame's glass are 2 color picture paper card models of common objects for tracing as well as an uncut sheet of never-used coloring squares to further build fine motor coordination in young, Kindergarten-age, fingers and hands.

The uncut sheet of coloring squares can be folded and stored in the protective frame along wi...

Measuring 9 1/2 inches wide x 13 inches long, this brightly colored, copyright 1937, The Tale of Peter Rabbit book, a sweet story originally written by Beatrix Potter and offered here, in a large softcover book format and illustrated by acclaimed American children's illustrator, Milo Winter, is very rarely found!

Published by The Merrill Publishing Company, Educational Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, this book was meant to be used in the early Primary Grades as an educational tool to promot...

An antique pair of Niagara falls souvenir milk glass spills or mantle vases. These vintage 6" inch tall vases have sprayed-on green colour and hand painted scenes of the falls with thickly dabbed white "foam". The legend SOUVENIR OF NIAGARA FALLS is painted in gold, and these vases show the roughness, straw marks and flaws typical of such souvenir ware. The glass was usually made of stock moulds and was quickly and inexpensively produced. These vases would have been undecorated blanks original...

Measuring 9 inches long x 7 wide x 1.25 deep, this circa 1920's, children's architectural, wooden block set, likely made in Germany, is in near perfect condition!

The set appears to have been lightly used, if at all! Nearly all blocks are present, and all of these are in wonderful condition! It appears that one red triangular block is missing along with the four rectangular pieces needed to complete the second window frame (the second paper window insert remains).

The exterior paper label ...

A Cunard Queen Elizabeth I ship tie clip 1930s. This gilt brass and celluloid 2-3/4" tie clip dates to 1938-40 and it depicts the Cunard steamship liner Queen Elizabeth I. Launched in 1938, the QEI was retrofitted for the war effort in 1940, and relaunched in 1946. She was taken out of service as a luxury liner in 1968. This clip features a 5/8" x 1/2" celluloid view of the ship, with Queen Elizabeth written below the ship, and it is in excellent original condition with no cracks, scrapes, d...

Return to the old days of airline service, when an in-flight martini was only a dollar, and you got to keep the glass! This beverage list from United Airlines may be of interest to collectors of airline memorabilia. Estimated date late 1960s or perhaps early 70s. Approx. 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches.

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Enameled Hinged Bangle Greens

Super chic and wearable vintage genuine lizard long clutch in cognac with dark brass hardware. Circa 1960, marked LESCO with a horse head logo. Lined in pale beige leather. Snap clasp. 13 inches wide, 6 inches long, and 1 3/4 inches deep. Exterior is in excellent condition with no finish losses. Some wear to the metal of the clasp, inside only, and a few very very faint lipstick marks inside, and a tear to the edge of one inside pocket. None of these issues is visible from the outsid...

Classic Chanel necklace in goldtone metal. The center medallion has a double headed eagle with the interlocked C Chanel logo, and 31 RUE CAMBON PARIS CHANEL. Marked CHANEL, MADE IN FRANCE, with Chanel logo, and also numbered 3903. Guaranteed authentic. With a double chain soldered together about 1/3 of the way back from the center, and heavy hook clasp. Wearable length is 16 1/2 inches. The medallion is 1 1/4 inches in diameter. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.

A Mauchline ware Flume, White Mountains, N.H. bank circa 1900. This unusual late Victorian Mauchlineware barrel shaped 3-1/8" high wooden coin bank was made in Scotland and it has a decal depicting the Flume gorge in the Franconia Notch State Park, White Mountains, N.H. (New Hampshire, U.S.A.). It also has a decal stating SCOTLAND on the back and it was made as a souvenir for the U.S. market. This item is in very good condition with no cracks, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor s...

An early 20th century reproduction print of famed Belle Epoque actress SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923), **HAND SIGNED/INSCRIBED** by her. The signature is in ink at lower right (guaranteed her original ink signature and not printed). The print is after the 1879 etching by artist Jules Bastien-Lepage. This print under magnification has the dot matrix confirming it is a reproduction and not an original etching. The value is in the autograph and inscription. Bernhardt of course was one of the most...

This 1970 era, laser cut, Ramada Inn Hotel and Restaurant advertising sign sports patriotically-colored red, white and blue detailing. The sign highlights Ramada's SPECIAL GOLF PACKAGES and its very humorously-named "DUFFERS LOUNGE"! (In golf, a duffer is a mediocre or poor golfer.).

The 2 inch thick wood sign measures 20 inches long by 5.5 inches wide and is in very good condition. The sign has some areas of faint edge splits, minor paint loss and other unobtrusive imperfections commensurate ...

This is a rather whimsical piece of Automobilia......a presentation to Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the World War I flying ace, at a special dinner in New York in 1924. The sheet inside the mat measures 11 1/2" by 17 1/2" ( 17 1/4" by 23 1/4" as framed). Written up in a humorous style, the note commends Rickenbacker for his flying victories and makes a number of humorous commentaries contemporary to the times, all referring to his then-budding career as an automobile manufacturer. Rickenbacker's...

Antique Victorian era lady's hand fan ("opera fan"), framed shadow box style, the fan itself 16 1/2" by 10 1/2" as fully opened, the printed images on the fan of feminine, delicate young dancing ladies, floral and leaf motifs bordering, the base worked mother of pearl with floral designs, as well as a most unusual VANITY MIRROR at far right, modern typeface in the box stating "Opera Fan With Mirror/Nannie Campbell Moore 1858 New Orleans". I googled the name and found the following genealogical...

Big statement making fabulous vintage 1940s round box bag beaded in brilliant glittering iridescent peacock blue vitrail glass micro beads, with a soft flexible beaded strap. The beads are very high quality and are cut on every side. The beading is softly ruched or gathered around the sides of the bag. The top lifts off and has a mirror inside. With fabric Saks Fifth Avenue label sewn on the black grosgrain fabric lining. Excellent condition with no losses to beading. The mirror is ...

An opportunity to acquire TWO items autographed later in life by the grand dame of Hollywood, Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003). Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years, and received a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. The first item is a clean felt pen signature on her red letterhead card, with "Jan 9 -81" written at up...

This great kit is complete with all items. It is circa 1960, by, Johnson and Johnson: New Brunswick, N.J. and Chicago, ILL. It measures: Height - 2", Width - 3 3/4", Length 6". It is in vintage condition.

This is one unusual painting.........40" by 57" (with frame a whopping 46 1/2" by 64"), oil on masonite, signed at lower right by HIGHLY IMPORTANT, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED aviation artist R.G. (Robert Grant) Smith. This painting belongs in a museum, and I welcome institution inquiries. The subject is monumental.........the Douglas DC-8, DC-9 and DC-10 jet aircraft, flying in formation through puffy clouds. The painting, I understood from the source from whom I acquired it, once hung in the e...