All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1950 item #307829
AntiquesDC
$145.00
Very nice vintage tin child’s sand pail decorated with a patriotic lithograph of an American eagle in red, white and blue. The patriotic theme is unusual. The pail is marked by Ohio Art. Circa 1940s. Wear and rusting from normal use, but no big dings and cracks. The graphics are nice and bright. 6-1/8” high to top rim; 6-1/4” top diameter.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1473452 (stock #0470)
Negro head bottle opener, black clown.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1474110 (stock #0518)
Franz Bergman Cold Painted Bronze Black Boy Smoking Pipe - Vienna Condition is good and original
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1472151 (stock #CTD-D1D)
Bhadrakalpa
100.00 euros
Entada bean toggle, chrysanthemum-shaped silver plate. H : 5 cms. TCT 182 (see Bibliography)
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1342282 (stock #OP-R4H )
Bhadrakalpa
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To cut or scrape. L : 16c
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1342293 (stock #OP-S3H)
Bhadrakalpa
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To heat or spoon out. L : 23c
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Bottles : Perfume : Pre 1950 item #301752
This is One of Twenty from a Collection of PERFUME BOTTLES acquired from a VIRGINIA, U.S.A Estate. This BOTTLE measures 2 3/8" x 4 3/4" INCLuding the Silver Plate Top. Designed with Bands of BLACK, WHITE, and GOLDSTONE ART GLASS. Date this One ca. second 1/4 of the 20th Century and in Excellent Condition
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #706524 (stock #BA670)
Wonderful vintage 1940s hand-made sewing needle case of a little black girl with yellow bows in her braided hair and a pumpkin colored dress. Front of dress lifts up and there are two flaps for storing sewing needles. Very nicely made with fine detailing to face and hair construction--her little curls are tiny French knots. Excellent condition. Measures 6" long by 3" at the widest.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1466837 (stock #0022)
Nice Old one pound New Orleans Style Molasses Sweet Box. Box Measures circa 9.5" x 5"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1454911
A delightful set of six vintage composition turkey place card holders for the Thanksgiving table. Each turkey is brilliantly decorated in colorful paint including a metallic silver that adds touch of realism to the feathers. Each is stamped "U.S. Zone Germany" indicating they were made between 1945 and 1952. Origin: Germany, 1945-52
  • Condition: excellent; the paper covering at the bottom of one has been opened; two 1/16" paint nicks to one turkey
  • Dimensions: 2-1/8" tall
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1470059 (stock #OP-I11N )
Bhadrakalpa
100.00 euros
Palette to clean the needles. L : 9c
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Service Matching : Fine China : Pre 1950 item #1365988 (stock #9664)
A Bunnykins Sheltering Under the Umbrella & Holding Hat and Coat egg cup style 2 footed 1937-1953. This scarce 2-1/2" eggcup was made by Royal Doulton, England and it is the style 2 footed version with the mark in use from 1937-53. It appears to be unused and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs other than a few tiny scrapes to the red overalls on the Hat & Coat side. All condition issues are noted...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1454910
AntiquesDC
$185.00
A delightful set of six vintage composition turkey place card holders for the Thanksgiving table. Each turkey is brilliantly decorated in colorful paint including a metallic silver that adds touch of realism to the feathers. Each is stamped "U.S...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1342291 (stock #OP-S2H)
Bhadrakalpa
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To heat, cut or scrape. L : 26c
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1344900 (stock #OP-D5H )
Bhadrakalpa
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Wick scissors L : 18c, l : 8c
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Bottles : Perfume : Pre 1950 item #1149762 (stock #02161)
A scarce 4-1/4" vintage late 1930s-mid 1940s Mary Grayo stoppered glass fur perfume bottle with the original label. This company was in business in Monte Carlo for a very short time, from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s. The label has losses but the Mary Grayo name is mostly quite legible; the bottle is molded with a 45 on the bottom. It has remnants of the original perfume, which must have smelled wonderful in its day...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1950 item #982200 (stock #gam-146)
"Brother, can you spare a dime?" This fun vintage large cast iron Fedora hat-form paperweight is straight out of the 30's, comprised of gold painted nicely detailed banded hat with a worn look, circa 1940, probably American made. Measurements: 4 1/2" long x 3 1/2" wide x 2 1/2" high. Great condition having a few bumps and bruises made to look authentic. Slight wear to the finish adds to the overall look of the hat.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #264094 (stock #BA330)
A vividly colorful piece, this 1940's vintage, all-original, chalkware Black Mammy memo paper holder measures 9.75 inches high x 5.75 inches wide. This particular color and form is less seldom seen on today's collectible's market!

Mammy's paper memo pad is original to the piece; however, she is missing her original pencil which would slip into the hole in her right hand and down into the broom top to form the broom handle! A present day pencil may be used as a replacement...

An original HAND WRITTEN LETTER AND ENVELOPE, to a Miss Dorothy Irwin on Hollywood Blvd., written entirely in green ink, postmarked Sept. 28, 1942, around the peak of the career of famed American actress BETTE DAVIS (1908-1989), whose career spanned some 50 years...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1950 item #1485167 (stock #G737)
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...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Writing Instruments : Pre 1950 item #504003
This is a vintage 1949 AT Cross 10K rolled gold filled lady's ring top pencil. It has a rolled gold filled body and appointments. This pencil is in mint condition.

The pencil comes in it's original box.

This pencil can be found on page 112 of Writing History 150 Years of the AT Cross Company by Barbara Lambert.

It is hallmarked Cross 1/30 10K R.G.P. Made in USA. It is 3 1/2" long.

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1481347 (stock #0636)
Rare Box of Underwood's Chocolates, Dayton Ohio. Box has one split on box lid. Measures Approx - 10.5" x 7.5" x 3.5"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Brewery : Pre 1950 item #718376 (stock #gam-55)
This colorful vintage ceramic cocker spaniel will keep the libations flowing as a dog head-form cover of a combination bottle pourer and stopper. The head is hand painted sienna brown outlined with black markings, porcelain pourer, cork is near perfect, circa 1940. Measurements- 4 1/8" high. Very good condition with minor flaking on one ear.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Plastic : Pre 1950 item #1214768 (stock #6957)
An unusual grouping of eight vintage 1940s moulded and hand painted hard rubber character figures. We haven't been able to identify the series or origin of this set (can you help?), and the largest, Dumbo, measures 2-1/4 x 2-1/2". Each has handpainted highlights in red and yellow and four have black painted shoes. This set includes the Mad Hatter, the Rabbit, Gepetto, Donald Duck, Dumbo, rabbit with heart, Red Queen, and Alice...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1471301 (stock #0104)
Really nice early Black Americana Egg cup, marked Foreign on the base.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Mechanical : Pre 1950 item #1109848
This Gorham sterling yo-yo is 2 1/4" in diameter by 1 3/8". . It is hallmarked Gorham sterling cover 30 steel body. Circa 1930s. There are a few dings in the sterling. Definitely for the person who has everything. There are the letters the letters "R" and "G ?" on the top. It's so faint you can hardly read it.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1471833 (stock #0221)
No markings but this is a nice old small chocolate box. Measure approx 5.7" Long, 3.5" Wide and 1" High
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Kitchenware : Pre 1950 item #1480529 (stock #23166)
Clear one pound butter dish by Hocking Glass. In very good to excellent condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Mechanical : Pre 1950 item #423000
AntiquesDC
$165.00
Really nice vintage Chein tin spinning top toy colorfully lithographed with circus scenes showing clowns, elephants, ducks and dogs. The wooden handle is push down to engage the spinning mechanism. The top is marked with Chein's logo.

Origin: America, ca. 1940. Condition: very nice, a few thumprint dings, very colorful, minimal paint loss. Size: 7-1/4" diameter; 6-3/4" tall.

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Figurines : Pre 1950 item #1469086
Strait's Antiques
$54.95
Blotter, Clips & Pad
This is a really great ebony black Rocking Elephant Ink Blotter made by Houze Glass. This blotter has the two original clips with the original blotter pad attached. It measures 3 1/2 inches long X 2 1/4 inches high and is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. The original clips and blotter pad is all very good. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Kitchenware : Pre 1950 item #1445087 (stock #21-213)
Wooden rolling pin 9 3/4 inches with green handles. There is a large amount of paint missing from the handles due to use. In good condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1471763 (stock #0211)
I can only assume that this has come out of a set of toy building blocks, this one depicts a black soldier firing a gun.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Mechanical : Pre 1950 item #188801 (stock #047)
Measuring 7 inches long x 4 inches high x 6 inches wide, this all tin, 1943 copyrighted, WOLVERINE “SEE and SPELL” educational school toy is in fine overall condition! The tin is lithographed with a delightful scene of school children standing at the front of the class during a spelling bee with the teacher seen in the lower left corner holding a spelling book! Just adorable! On the back of the toy, a lone boy is seen drawing pictures and practicing spelling at a portable chalk board...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1476186 (stock #B313)
Offered is this wonderful, early 1940s, LITTLE BLACK SAMBO Book with beautiful illustrations by Phyllis Robinson, a M.A. Donohue Company, Chicago, book publication. Hardcover, 18 unnumbered pages. Curiously, the M.A. Donohue Company, did not always date their publications as is the case here. They, additionally, were not prolific publishers of the Little Black Sambo story book, and this edition was used over a period of ten years, with changes made only to the cover...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Kitchenware : Ceramics : Pre 1950 item #1437894 (stock #21-040)
Harlequin green cup by Homer Laughlin. In good condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1487423 (stock #0727)
This is one of the scarcer cast iron banks, small then the usual mechanical ones as this is the Boy version and entitle the The You Ni**er Bank. Measures approx - 4.5" Tall and 3.5" Wide