This artisan-made, vintage 1950s, utterly delightful, little Black Boy Hand Puppet is in wonderful, minimally-played-with condition!

This sweet little pop-eyed character was recently acquired from the artist's daughter who stated that her mother made the puppet for her in the late 1950's.

With hands and head constructed of papier mache and a machine-stitched cotton body, this 10.50 inch long puppet sat for years in a doll cabinet seeing minimal childhood play...

This is a five piece place setting in the Michelle H5078 pattern, in production from 1982-90 by Royal Doulton. The setting includes: 3" tall cup, 6-1/4" saucer, 6-5/8" bread and butter plate, 8-1/8" salad plate and the 10-5/8" dinner plate. This item is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs, and it appears unused...

A set of five 7-1/2" lunch forks and three dinner forks in the silver plated Elmore pattern, introduced in 1905 by Wm. A. Rogers / Oneida. Each fork has a fancy R monogram, and these forks are in mostly excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than some slight rounding of the tines and some minor heel wear...

This is an contemporary wood carving of Guan Yin the Oriental's Goddess of Mercy and Love, it is of one piece wood carving using one kind of hardwood, it is beautifully carved out and display the elegance and beauty of the craftmanship, the suface was carved in a way to maintain the natural wood texture(rough surface).....Height 1 foot tall/12 inches to the halo peak.... please feel free to enquire and thank you very much, i am shipping it free to USA using SAL registered....

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 6. In excellent condition. 2 1/8" tall. 12 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 6. In excellent condition. 3 1/4" tall. 16 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 7. In excellent condition. 7" tall. 24 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 7. In excellent condition. 5 1/2" tall. I have 2 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 5. In excellent condition with heavy base. 4 7/16" tall. 12 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe this was made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 7. In excellent condition. 5 1/2" tall with heavy base. I only have one.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. There are 6. In excellent condition. 4 3/4" tall. There are 13 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 6. In excellent condition. 3 7/16" tall with heavy base. I have 8 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper in the glass to show the coaches. It has 7. In excellent condition. 4" tall with heavy base. I have 3 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe this was made by Libbey Glass. I do not have the lid to this. I put white paper inside to show the coaches. It has 6 coaches. 6 3/4" tall. In excellent condition. This might have been a juice container also.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper in the glass to show the coaches. There are 7. The gold on the lip is in good condition. Over all condition is very good to excellent. 8 1/8 " tall. There are 10 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. I put white paper in the glass to show the coaches. There are 7 coaches. The glass is 4 3/4" tall with a heavy base. In excellent condition. I have 5 available.

Circa 1950's. I believe these were made by Libbey Glass. 3 3/4" tall. I put white paper in the glass to show the gold and black coaches. There are 8 on the glass. They are in very good condition. I have two available.

OMEGA 16mm YELLOW LOGO BUCKLE 18mm African Croc Calf Brown Strap Circa: 1965. Limited; while they last. In the 1960s many Omega Models only came with a bracelet. This yellow Logo buckle was produced by Omega Germany to accommodate a strap, and the style conforms with the Bombay styles of this period. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME...

A set of six (6) silver plated spoons by Christofle (France). They appear to be a variant of unknown usage of dessert spoons - they measure 6 3/8" in length. The pattern looks like Fidelio, but I have not seen this spoon in Fidelio before. They are in perfect condition - they were given as a gift quite a few years back and were never used, just polished occasionally. Unfortunately, I have no idea what they are, but I would be happy to add it to the description if anyone would care to email...

A set of six silver plated 5-1/2" bouillon soup spoons in the Hudson pattern, introduced in 1917 by Wallace. This set is in very good vintage condition with no dents, bends, heel wear, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. They have not been monogrammed. They were photographed unpolished, but will be shipped to you polished. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use/patina...

A Hotchkiss & Schreuder sterling master butter knife. This scarce 7" 19thC American sterling silver master butter knife is by Hotchkiss & Schreuder, Syracuse, New York (1850-71). We haven't identified this attractive pattern, and this knife is stamped H&S STERLING H.T. COOK & CO (the retailer). It has a Gothic W monogram, it weighs 38.9 grams, and it is in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...

Offered are three different 78 RPM records featuring JIM CROW era, minstrel music of the 1900-1920's. All three records come with their original paper jackets. They are priced at $30 each.

The records are in used condition with minor scuffing and/or scratching typical of used records of 80+ years of age...

Offered is a group of five, antique paper, hand-personalized and signed, New York Public School student merit awards from the 1840's, each priced separately, and suitable for framing.

All 5 of these artistically-rendered awards were presented to the same student, Maria Royce, and signed by her teacher, Isabella F...

A wonderful and extremely RARE, 1st Edition, hard cover book by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, copyrighted 1938 by Platt and Munk Publishers and measuring 6.50 x 8.25 inches. Platt and Munk Publishers, like McLoughlin Publishers, were widely known to employ the most talented illustrators of the time period. Platt and Munk books are highly sought after for this reason...

In the mid-1800's, an unknown artist painted the face of a young Black boy in warm, soft colors, and unbeknown to the artist, forever immortalized the young boy's image! Since that time a variety of items were been produced in the image of the "Young Black boy with the Torn Hat" or "Johnny Griffin".

This circa 1920-30's Johnny Griffin inkwell is constructed in solid brass and has a hole for both placement of pen and glass insert for ink. This piece is offered without the pen and glass ink ins...

This is an contemporary wood carving of Guan Yin the Oriental's Goddess of Mercy and Love, it is of one piece wood carving using one kind of hardwood, it is beautifully carved out and display the elegance and beauty of the craftmanship, the suface was carved in a way to maintain the natural wood texture(rough surface).....Height 1 foot tall/12 inches to the halo peak.... please feel free to enquire and thank you very much, i am shipping it free to USA using SAL registered....

Vandermark artglass is contemporary glass made in the style of art nouveau. This piece was made in 1981 in June. It is marked "1981-6", signed by the artist and numbered 0455. It measures 9.75" across the top and is 3.5" deep. This piece of stretchglass is in excellent condition. There is a pontil mark on the center of the base (normal).

This is an assortment of serving pieces in the English bone china discontinued Silver Birch pattern, produced by Royal Albert from 1975-97. All items are currently in stock unless marked SOLD. These items appear to be in mint unused original condition (some with original tags), with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs unless noted. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted. Multiples of some pieces may be available - please ask fo...

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.

In Charles Dicken's The Pickwick Papers (1837), Tony is a coachman who inherits a pub from his wife, He is the father of Sam Weller, who works for him at the inn. Circa 1936-1960

"Old King Cole was a merry old soul" are the words of the nursery rhyme that inspired the design of this jug. The collar frill was remodelled around 1939 and variation two can be found with both deep and shallow white ruff modellings.

This is variation No. 2 circa 1939-1960 .

In Charles Dicken's classic, David Copperfield, Wilkins Micawber is Copperfield's landlord and friend. A sanguine idler, Micawber unmasks Uriah Heep as a villain and rewarded with passage to Australia, where he settles happily in a prominent neighborhood.

Circa 1948-1960

An 11-1/4" (across the handles) and 5-3/4" tall covered entree dish in the English bone china Gaythorne V1480 pattern, issued by Royal Doulton. This is the tan leaf and brown scroll colourway, and this serving piece is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs (except for one craze line on the bottom at the pattern title (in the glaze only and doesn't go through the bottom). All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are n...

A vintage 5-1/8" sterling silver award or commemorative teaspoon with the wreath from the Newfoundland & Labrador Rifle Club. This English sterling spoon is hallmarked for Sheffield 1931, and it has the maker's mark of John Round. It weighs 21.9 grams, and it is in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of ...

This great vintage bridge set is still in its original packaging - never opened - mint in box. The box set measures 10 3/4" x 7 1/2" and reads, "LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE... According to HOYLE." It includes a Bridge Instruction book, 2 decks of cards and a scorepad. The cards are colorful: one deck displays a cute bunny rabbit, the other displays a cute chipmunk. It is especially unique because it comes with the teaching bridge booklet. The set is circa 1950's or 1960's.

Offered is a wonderful 1934 edition of Topsy Turvy and the Tin Clown by Bernice G. Anderson and illustrated by Esther Friend.

This seldom found copy was originally published in 1932 by Rand McNally & Company of New York.

This copy has superficial scratches to the front and back covers, as well as surface soiling, and wear on book cover edges.(see photos). The front cover has a slight tear at the crease that does not effect strength or integrity of the cover board. A couple of pages have mino...