Negro head bottle opener, black clown.
Lovely old French Chocolate Candy Box for Pralines
The box lid on the right hand side is starting to come away from the box but still all attached.
Box measures - 7" x 7"
Presented as a historical and cultural artifact, this seldom-found, vintage, 1942, Ten Little Colored Boys book illustrated by Emery I. Gondor and published by Howell, Soskin Publishers, New York, is in very good condition.
Measuring 10.75 inches wide x 8.25 inches long, the book has seen extremely gentle use as evidenced by the minimal wear of the little boys' heads which, while providing visual interest, are primarily present to allow easy turning of each page...
An unusual piece, this delightful, cloth Mammy Broom Doll from the 1940's measures 12.5 inches high with a total height of 31 inches including the broom.
Mammy's wonderful, smiling face is all hand-stitched while her clothes are machine sewn. Her blouse is striped cotton, as are Mammy's head, arms, skirt, apron, and cap. Her head, arms, and upper torso have been stuffed with cotton batting...
Superb Large Candy Box with great graphics.
Made by, Speciality Candy Co - Baltimore, MD
Box Measures approx - 8 x 11" x 2.2"
Absolute Mint Condition Ladies Powder Compact. Has a nice enamelled top with Black Minstrels playing musical instruments. Comes with its original pouch.
Measures approx - 3" Long and 2" Wide
Tobacco tin lunch box, Dixie Kid Cut Plug, by Nall & Williams Tobacco Co.-Louisville, great Black Baby graphics & says "He was bred in Old Kentucky", has usual age related wear, please see photos 5"H x 8"W.
Very nice and perfect condition, little box complete with all its cigarette paper...
Measures approx - 2" x 1.7"
All Complete and in working order, I suspect this was made in Japan and the instructions booklet was Printed in this case, in France.
Plastic Figures are mounted on the metal mechanical windup bases and then it moves around and they fight!!!
Little Candy Box for Banana Wonders.
Box measures approx 5" Long and 2" Wide
Just the Box here, and Also the original directions of use and Miner's products list and prices, no tube anymore.
Rarer one then the Stein's
Please see photos.
Not quite sure how long this one will last, it still has all it's contents and unopened, however there is fair bit of wear, see pics and a few dents and eventually it may well open, so needs a final resting place and sit in someone's display cabinet!!!
Original Small Sharpoint Cobblers Nail Box with superb graphics on both sides of the box. Still complete with nails in the box
Box measures - 4cm x 3cm
Children's Black Americana clicker noise maker, works very well. Has nice Graphics on it with a Black Jazz Player playing the Saxophone.
Great Black Americana Graphics on this Bell Noise Maker.
Offered is an exceedingly unique and unusual, 1939 copyright, Marine, Illinois, 10 page, all-paper (including front and back covers), advertising "Give-Away" pamphlet which tells the complete story of LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. It features both full color and black ink with red accent illustrations. In such near perfect condition, it must never have been read or played with!
The lower back exterior cover reads: "Remember Jos. Pohl & Sons, Inc. and J. I...
Here is a rare collection of menus for six days(Sunday-Friday) on the SS Paris French line. Thursday and Friday have minor smudging on the back but this lot is basically in pristine condition.
A wonderful example of hand-crafted Black Americana Folk Art!
This wonderful Depression Era piece features a whimsical 10 inch long cutout figure of a little wooden black girl with hand-painted smiling mouth and eyes! She is dressed in a hand-stitched cotton costume that has been stuffed with scrap fabric.
Her feet feature two brass-finish hooks, presumably to either hang keys or pot holders from...
Measuring 9 1/2 inches wide x 13 inches long, this brightly colored, copyright 1931, Little Black Sambo, large softcover book illustrated by acclaimed American children's illustrator, Fern Bisel Peat, is very rarely found!
(Also currently available is Fern Bisel Peat's companion Little Black Sambo Puzzle!)
Published by The Harter Publishing Company, Educational Publishers, Cleveland Ohio, this book along with a companion puzzle which features one of the illustrations from this book, we...
Very nice French Dexterity Game.. great graphics, boxed and under glass - Translates as "The Varicious Ni**er"
This charming grouping of FOUR vintage, wooden, Black Railroad Porter and Mammy clothes brushes were all made in the 1930's by the Rhody Brush Company of Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
All of these colorful brushes have natural bristles, and range in height from 7.5 inches and 8 inches tall to the smaller, 4.5 inches tall, green and red-dressed little Mammy brushes.
The two railroad porter brushes are priced at $85 each...
Trade card for Carter's Ink, has all the different products on the reverse side.
Nice little game with instructions.
Box has a fair bit of wear to it.
Measures Approx - 5.5" x 4"
Sweet Children's Toyland Story Book, hardcover with great Graphics on the cover.
has stories in it like Teddy-Wog and Golly-Bear
Condition fair, has persons name written on the inside cover, priced for condition..
Black Americana Black Jazz drummer Noise Maker, card on wood
Nice Lot of 4 little Books
John and Mary's Painting Day
John and Mary's Washing Day
John and Mary's Spring Cleaning Day
John and Mary's Shopping Day
Old Aunt Jemima recipe box in original condition. The inside bottom is marked "Fosta Product/Made In U.S.A." Very nice condition, the back of the lid has some scratching. 5.25" x 3.75" x 3.75".
Small Cigar Box from Belgium, Empty.
Nice Dandy Graphics
Box measures approx: 3" Long, 2" Wide
Measuring a diminutive 8" long x 5.5" wide, this very sweet Mammy string holder was completely hand-painted and hand-constructed with the sole exception of the machine-stitched opening in her dress that allows placement and/or removal of the ball of string.
The neck opening, arm openings and the hem of her cream and red flowered dress are all hand-stitched...
Measuring 26.5" long x 13.75" wide, this fabulous, one-of-a-kind segregation sign is felt to be circa 1930s.
The sign with its flat black background, features a decorative free-hand, skill-fully executed, corner-looped edge design in old white paint advertising: SLEEPING ROOM FOR RENT.
Beneath the words 'FOR RENT', the words "WHITE ONLY" have been covered over with a layer of similar-colored background paint...
I have never up until now seen a proper boxed version of this Ludo game, it usually just comes with a games board and a small square box with all the bits in.
Box measures approx 15" x7.5"
Offered are two, circa 1930's, Made in Japan, ceramic bisque, African-American, baby dolls. A very sweet pair, these dolls measure a diminutive 2.5 and 3.5 inches long. The larger doll is marked "Made in Japan", while the smaller is simply marked "JAPAN".
Both dolls retain their 3 original pigtails, all tied off with tiny pieces of string...
Nice Tin Tray that goes mimics the same graphics as a Pull cart version.
Tray Measures approx 11.5" x 7"
Very nice metal cigarette rolling machine with Black Man smoking Wearing a Fez hat, engraved on it.
Offered for purchase is a RARELY FOUND, salesman sample box of Sharpoint Black Face Wire Cobbler's Nails measuring a very diminutive 1.75" tall x 1" wide! (Please note: the larger box pictured in the photographs has been SOLD. This offer is for the smaller box.)
The trademark for Sharpoint is a cleverly-designed, eye-catching, broadly smiling image of an African American gent...
Really nice Tobacco Tin with Graphics of the Ladies face on both ends of the tin.
Tin measures approx 8.5" Long 6" Wide and 5.5" High