All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Decorations : Pre 1970 item #1341869 (stock #7414)
A Renaissance style cast brass jewel chest box casket from the 1960s. This ornate 6-7/8" across casket stands 5-5/8" tall (without the fancy handle) and it is lined with velvet paper and gold edging. It has a working lock (but no key) and it is unsigned. It's very heavy (over 5 lb.) and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Specialty : Pre 1970 item #373188 (stock #WA027)
Handsome masculine color scheme of dark oak with gold trim. This Petoit foosball table features a unique chromed-square perforated goal, separate ashtrays, telescoping control rods & hand-painted aluminum players. Excellent overall condition, circa late 1960's.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1970 item #1199238 (stock #6910)
A Beaches Stakes Pace horse race award silver plated entree dish from the Greenwood (Toronto) Raceway (formerly Woodbine). This heavy and solidly made Legacy silver plate on copper 11 x 8" dish features a removable handle. It has an engraved crest for The Jockey Club as well as the dedication: "BEACHES STAKES PACE DEAN HERBERT OWNER - W.H. HERBERT STABLE LTD. DRIVER - JACK HERBERT ONE MILE - 2:04.1 AUGUST 8, 1964 GREENWOOD RACEWAY...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1970 item #1413627 (stock #BA946)
Offered is a C1950-60s, vintage package of Zulu Lulu Swizzle Sticks, Novelty Party Bar-ware that has never been opened. The plastic swizzle sticks on a colorful cardboard display remain sealed within their original clear plastic packaging. Never Used! Perfect condition! Measures 11 inches wide x 8.5 inches high.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1970 item #840551 (stock #WA0814)
This champagne bucket is truly a unique find. Shaped like a wine glass, we've never seen one in this exact design before. It has a good weight to it, silverplate over brass. Circa 1960's. Measures 13-3/4" tall, 8-1/2" diameter at top, 7-1/4" diameter at the base.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Nostalgia : Pre 1970 item #373195 (stock #WA029)
Similar in design to the Bonzini, this rarer Golfazur has many of the same features: telescoping control rods, aluminum goal boxes & ashtrays, as well as hand-painted aluminum players. This babyfoot has seen years of use in a bar. There is some varnish fade & the leg paint is heavily worn. It is a solid, angular gem from the mid 1960's.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1970 item #1262654 (stock #7075)
A vintage 1960s Rosko Japan Hy-Que Speak No Evil mechanical steel and plastic battery operated monkey toy. This famous 17" tall toy has brightly lithographed metal parts and soft rubber hands and head with fur. The clothing is intact and in excellent shape as is the metalwork (it rates a visual C9 to us). The mechanism doesn't work, however the face does light up. The battery tray is clean with only minor stains and it is free of corrosion...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Specialty : Pre 1960 item #648274 (stock #20060004)
A charming set of Pfaltzgraff Muggsy Mugs, all six of the original characters. These are the early characters with protruding features from the 1940's to early 1950's. Handsome Herman, Flirty Gertie, Cockeyed Charlie, Sleepy Sam, Pickled Pete, Jerry the Jerk; they're all here. Each mug is hand painted, so no two are exactly alike. There are no chips, cracks or repairs on any of these mugs...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1960 item #388712 (stock #WA031)
The Bussoz Finale foosball or babyfoot is considered one of the most stylish designs created; with its aluminum corner ashtrays stamped "Bussoz, 75 Rue de Clignacourt, Paris, 18." All original with chromed wire goals, hand-painted aluminum players, hardwood construction including hardwood ball return ramps. Excellent overall condition. Circa late 1950's / early 1960's.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #613156 (stock #BA719)
Measuring 5 inches long x 4 inches high, this wonderful 1950's George Lefton China BLACK CHEF Nodder Spoon Rest remains in fine vintage condition retaining its green ink manufacturing mark that reads as follows: "C"- in a circle (for copyright) "Geo. S. Lefton" "...13".

This great piece is in very nice condition with the exception of a light spider hairline to the GLAZE ONLY of the top of the chef hat. The spider does not penetrate to the ceramic...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #290774 (stock #BA417)
An absolutely RARE piece that crosses over many areas of collecting- Black Americana, Ye Old Country Shoppe, or Chocolate!!

"Twin Babies - The Best Choice Providing Quality Chocolate Since 1908!"

Measuring 7 inches in diameter x 7 inches high, this round, 2-piece-mold, clear glass, candy jar has a flattened base to allow the jar to sit on a shelf at angle that facilitates viewing of the both the chocolate advertising and the delightful, smiling Black Twins Chocolate logo graphic! The choco...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1960 item #272101 (stock #ADD02)
Adorable tin litho toy cup from France, circa 1950's. Colorful graphics of a boy waterskiing & another boy in a boat. Minor scratches, light wear from age & use, but nothing to detract from the charm of this vintage toy. Measures 2-1/4" diameter, 2-1/2" high.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #1251320 (stock #BA900)
Measuring approximately 10 inches long by 2.50 inches high, these untouched, unused, all-original, porcelain-enameled, 1940-50s, metal signs are extraordinarily RARE pieces of Black American history-- artifacts of the "Jim Crow" era when segregation of the African American race was unfortunately, most commonplace.

These signs were found in March of 1971, inside the abandoned and decaying basement of the former Philadelphia Enameling Works factory at the corner of 13th and Vine Streets in P...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #1037069 (stock #BA790)
Measuring 4 inches in diameter x 2 inches in height, this colorful, French, LeBene wax tin dates to the 1950's. The lithographed tin still contains a bit of wax. It is in very fine condition with some very light superficial rubs and teeny scratches here and there to the surface of the tin. No rust! A very visually-appealing piece that displays quite well with its vivid black and yellow colors contrasting superbly with the background black.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #1065633 (stock #BA794)
Measuring 6 1/4 inches high x 3 3/4 inches wide, this circa 1950's, Japan made, Polka Dot, Mammy String Holder is in very fine condition! Mammy has expected crazing to surface with two very tight hairlines that start at the backside of the piece and feather slightly toward Mammy’s two shoulders about ½ inch. At the lower base of the back is another tight hairline that remains on the back side of the piece only, not extending toward the front of the piece...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #364916 (stock #BA444)
Measuring 3 /12 inches high x 5 ¼ inches wide x 3 inches deep, this early 1950’s, USA-made, plastic, Yellow Aunt Jemima Recipe Box has seen some use but remains quite visually striking and in very good condition!

Manufactured by FOSTA Products, this highly sought after piece of Black Memorabilia shows some wear to the gold lettered word, “RECIPES”, although the majority of the paint remains intact. Small paint rubs are present here and there on Aunt Jemima’s face as seen in photos...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1960 item #1166268 (stock #BA835)
Offered is a VERY difficult to find, Mammy or Aunt Jemima ceramic Clothes Sprinkler Bottle measuring 7" tall. My references indicate that she was made in Japan in the 1950's...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1960 item #385373 (stock #BA500)
Measuring 9.5 x 11.5 inches framed, this lovely, circa 1950’s, multi-colored, cross stitch sampler is entitled, “Enough Is As Good As A Feast”. In excellent condition and appearing to have been recently re-framed, this lovely piece features a Mammy and child carrying meal-filled dishes, presumably, to the dinner table...