All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1960 item #1452514
An outstanding vintage hard plastic Halloween candy container in the form of a jack o'lantern scarecrow on wheels by Rosbro. This particular item is almost always found with the little top piece broken off. The colors are all very bright.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1955
  • Dimensions: 5-3/4" tall
  • Conditions: excellent, completely intact, no cracks
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Figurines : Pre 1960 item #870638 (stock #003)
Lovely Royal Doulton figurine, Granny's Heritage, HN2031, produced from 1949 to 1969. In perfect original condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. Measures 6 3/4"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Hobbies : Swords and Knives : Pre 1960 item #906800 (stock #gam-124)
Handsome J. Bierhoff Solinger VERONA decorative brass handle pocket knife comprised of two blades and a pipe bowl cleaner/nail file. Largest blade marked J Bierhoff Rostfri Made in Germany, brown leather case with red lining. Size: 3 1/4in long. Condition is vintage perfect.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1950 item #1177152
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Fabulous large vintage 1940s gathered pochette or wristlet bag beaded in brilliant glittering bronze coppery glass micro beads, with a soft flexible beaded strap which pulls through a large loop to close. The beads are very high quality and are cut on every side. With matching peach color silk lining. Exterior is in excellent with no losses to beading. The lining has some slight losses as shown. 7 1/2 inches long, 7 1/2 inches wide and 2 inches deep. The strap drop is 4 1/2 inches...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1430845
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A very nice vintage pulp Halloween lantern in the shape of a black cat at an orange picket fence. The paper insert is original. The lantern has strong color and a nice shiny glaze on the pulp.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1940
  • Condition: original paint, a few small touch-ups, a couple of small tears on the back side, the bottom has a hole cut to insert a candle and the top of the head has a small section cut away to keep from burning.
  • Dimension: 7-3/4" tall
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Uniforms : Pre 1950 item #1434378 (stock #269)

This is an original WWII US ARMY AIR CORP A-2 FLIGHT JACKET, size 38, worn by a service man with the name of Duke (this name is stenciled in the place where a name tag would be, on the left side of the jacket. The jacket does not have any patches that would tell us the unit from the Army Air Corp that ‘Duke’ was assigned to during the war. The inside of the jacket has the original manufacturer label that specifies A.C. Contract Order No...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1430846
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A very nice pulp "choirboy" Halloween jack o'lantern. The paper insert is original. The pulp has very good color and a nice shiny glaze.
  • Origin: America, ca 1940
  • Condition: excellent, virtually no paint wear
  • Dimensions: 7" x 5-1/2" (excluding wire bail)
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Uniforms : Pre 1950 item #1434377 (stock #268)

This is an original WWII US ARMY AIR CORP A-2 FLIGHT JACKET, size 38, worn by C. E. STRIKE. Name written on a leather tag right below its Chinese Version of his name, also written on a leather tag. A Theater made 22nd Bomb Squadron, 10th Army Air Force Patch, right below the name tags, is a 4 ½ in diameter cotton patch embroidered on twill. There is a China Blood Chit sewn inside the right front of the jacket creating a large deep pocket, which is very fragile, because of its age...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #283921 (stock #BA402)
This handsome Black Memorabilia Male Golliwogg doll comes straight from an English home!

A brief history of the Golliwog doll: The Golliwog is based on a Black minstrel doll that the Victorian era illustrator, Florence Kate Upton, born in 1873 of English parents, had played with as a small child in New York. Upton's Golliwog character was first introduced to the world in her 1895 book entitled The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1950 item #340622 (stock #625)
This is a lovely figurine of a young woman feeding her cat. It is #1745 and in perfect condition, and measures 5 1/2" tall. It is pictured on the cover of the Bing & Grondahl book on Figurines by Caroline & Nick Pope.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre 1950 item #1170673
China, 20th century, jade seal surmounted by a seated lion, stone of dark green color, uncarved. Size: Height of this fine carving is 5 1/2 inches, in very good condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1469857
A nice vintage pulp jack o'lantern with the original paper insert. The paint is bright.
  • Origin: America, ca 1940
  • Condition: very good, a dented area over one eye, a crack at the back that appears to be stable, no burn marks
  • Dimensions: 4-1/2" tall excluding wire handle
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1940 item #741105 (stock #ga707-1)
    This is a vintage five piece French Ivory (Celluloid or Pyralin) vanity set for manicures in its own compartmented hinged case, includes salve pot, buffing chamois, two nail tools and a glass test tube-shaped bottle with rubber stopper, marked TUFFENAIL NAIL AID for Finger Tip Beauty, Vogue Products, Hollywood, CA., early 20th century; Case measures 6 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in high. Condition is very good with minor discoloration and small part of hinge exposed on back of lid.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1430849
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    A rare bisque Halloween candy container in the form of a Pumpkin Man holding a large pumpkin as a black cat walks by. This would have been filled with small candies and used as a table decoration or party treat.
    • Origin: Japan, ca 1930
    • Condition: no chips or cracks, about 10-15% paint loss
    • Dimensions: 3" tall
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1486036 (stock #BA1008)
    Offered are a grouping of 11, circa 1920-30s, colorfully chromolithographed trade cards published by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company of London as well as a smattering of other French and Belgian producers of sweets and clothing for men and women.

    "Picture cards" as they were called then, feature very colorful and highly detailed images on the front side with product advertising generally on the back side...

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1940 item #983257 (stock #gal-127)
    A classic luggage colored lizard skin Kelly style handbag, circa 1940's featuring beautiful application of the natural variations in the lizard skin set in a gold tone frame, hinged button-style clasp closure, lizard skin handle. The inside of the bag is a luggage colored leather with three open pockets and one zippered compartment. Size: 7 3/8"w x 7'h. Handle: 6 1/2" h. x 3/4"w. The body of the bag is mint. Handle: two cracks, an easy repair.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #52128
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    Lovely pastel pink and blue blown glass indent bead Christmas tree garland. The light colors are accented by the strong reds inside the blue indents and yellow and green inside the pink indents. 28" long. Bright color and silvering; some flaking to red paint; one pink bead is missing and one blue has a hole.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1468166
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    A vintage bisque Halloween witch. Despite the flying cape, pointy hat and broom, she has a rather sweet face.
    • Origin: Germany, ca. 1930
    • Condition: excellent, about 5% paint loss
    • Dimensions: 3-1/8" tall