This is a wonderful figure of a girl dressed in a red checkered party dress and hat. She is made out of paper, cellophane for the bow around her neck, what looks like Life-Savers for her body and is standing on a cardboard base. The face is hand painted. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. She is about 5 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful figure of a dancing lady, dressed in a pale yellow party dress. She is made out of crepe paper, a paper doily for her petticoat, cardboard and is standing on a clam shell. The face is hand painted. Great action to this figure. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. She is about 5 1/2 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful figure of Little Miss Muffet sitting on her tuffet, dressed in a green dress. She is made out of crepe paper, cardboard and pipe cleaners. The spider is on her dress and she is holding a bowl of curds and whey. The face is hand painted. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. The seated figure is about 1 1/2 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful native American Indian princess (or hula dancer) figure, dressed in a yarn skirt, made out of yarn, plastic and pipe cleaners. The face is hand painted. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. The dancer is about 5 1/2 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful bridesmaid figure, dressed in creamy off-white, made out of crepe paper, tulle/lace, ribbon, pipe cleaners and cardboard holding a bouquet of flowers made from a bunch of vintage flower stamens. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. The bridesmaid is about 6 1/2 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful little seated child or toddler figure made out of crepe paper and cardboard. The face is hand painted. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. The angel is about 1 5/8 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful little baby figure laying on its back made out of crepe paper and cardboard. The face is hand painted. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. The angel is about 2 inches tall. Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful little angel figure with wings made out of crepe paper, cardboard, tulle/lace, gold tinsel and pipe cleaners. The face is hand painted. An excellent example of one-of-a-kind, home made folk art. The angel is about 6 1/4 inches tall. Excellent condition.

Swenska Psalm Boken af Konungeu gillad och stadfastad ar 1819. Wonderful antique book of psalms printed in Malmo, Sweden, in 1887 by Stenstrom and Bartelsons bottr. (I hope I have all of the Swedish words correct ... it is in old type and hard to understand. Please view the photo of the title page to make your own translation.)

The book has wonderful celluloid covers, fully intact and attached, with an impressed cross on the front. The original nickel plated clasp is in perfect condition...

Fantastic enameled brass place card holders with images of Victorian. These are delicate and quite rare. Probably Austrian, but could be Czech. The images are hand painted over a transferware outline.

Each measures about 1.5 inches tall. The enamel colors are bright and intact. The metal is plated brass (either silver or nickle plated) and much of the plating has worn off...

Fantastic enameled brass place card holders with images of Victorian ladies and gentlemen - 3 of each. These are delicate and quite rare. Probably Austrian, but could be Czech. The images are hand painted over a transferware outline.

Each measures about 1.5 inches tall. The enamel colors are bright and intact. The metal is plated brass (either silver or nickle plated) and much of the plating has worn off...

Beautifully chased cigarette Art Nouveau case with gold covered interior. This is Russian silver from the turn of the century. The chased pattern is a very organic pattern with scrolls that look like waves. The top is engraved in Russian with the date 1914. Inside are the Russian kokoshnik hallmarks for 1899-1908 (probably Yakor Lyapunov, St. Petersburg), maker’s mark (looks like) ΦB and 84 zolotniki (0.875 silver content). Measures 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches and 5/8-inch thick...