All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1303190 (stock #BA926, BA101)
Offered are two, circa 1930's, Japan, colorfully decorated, Black Americana Tea Pots in pristine condition! A darling and diminutive, novelty elephant piece with riding black native completes the trio! All three elephants proudly point their trunks upward, awarding "Good Luck" (according to superstition) to anyone who displays them (or drinks their tea)!

Cleverly designed, the elephants themselves, serve as the body of each tea pot, while the turbaned Black Natives lift off the elephants' ba...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1483339 (stock #0691)
J. Chein Company – Circa 1935, This is pretty scarce and colorful bank. Measures 3" Tall, Condition Good, has no key.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #904409 (stock #BA851)
This rarely found, 1937, tin, wind-up, DOUBLE JITTER-BUG Mechanical Dancing Toy was made by the Buffalo Toy & Tool Works. The Buffalo Toy & Tools Works was located in Buffalo, New York, and was established in 1924.

The toy is in very fine, working condition. When wound, the black dancers bob up and down, moving their hinged legs about and swinging their arms. The dancer's heads, bodies, and arms are constructed of flat tin, while their legs and feet are three dimensional...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #560828 (stock #BA628)
Measuring 9 x 12 inches, this all original, 1930 Copyright sheet music features a fabulous cover graphic that would be magnificent framed!

Great condition with some corner wear, but please note that all pages have completely separated from the center seam so are no longer in "booklet" form. No missing pages though!

A difficult item to find in today's market!

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1473965 (stock #0499)
Lovely and hard to find game by Spear's Games. Box has tears to the Box sticker (see photos) fortunately this has not effected the caricature etc... The Game is missing the Bell that would sit in the tower. 1930's
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #431754 (stock #BA537)
Measuring 6 1/4 inches high x 5 3/4 inches wide, this circa 1930's, VERY RARE, Japan made, Polka Dot Kerchief, Mammy Head String Holder is in near mint condition with no chips, cracks, or hairlines! Mammy is the mate to the Maruhon Ware Mammy series--Cookie Jar, Basket Handle Biscuit Jar, Teapot and related kitchen items-- all made with this same Mammy's face...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #520456 (stock #BA595)
Measuring a very diminutive 2 inches long x 1 ½ inches wide x ½ inch deep, this tiny cardboard match box was made in Sweden in the 1930’s. It still retains its wonderful lithographed image of a Black Man carrying jugs of coconut juice among the palm trees. It is entitled “THE PALMTREE” and is additionally labeled “IMPREGNATED SAFETY MATCH, MADE IN SWEDEN” along the bottom of the litho...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #383436 (stock #BA474)
Measuring 12 inches in length, this circa 1930’s, Topsy Turvy Doll is in superb condition and is unusually and wonderfully appointed with great attention to detail! Both black and white sides of the doll have been very finely dressed with rose blossoms on their bandannas as well as at their waists- very, very rare for the “Black Topsy” to be so well attired!

”Black Topsy” is dressed in a striking pink, green, orange, and black cotton, geometric-patterned dress- very Art Deco! Her mo...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #674623 (stock #BA907)
Measuring nearly 8 inches tall, this fabulous and rarely found, early, lithographed, tin toy, No. 1750, retaining its original box, was made by the Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

This late 1930's toy is the later version of the two Mammy walker toys produced by this company. It is marked on back just under the white apron tie, "Lindstrom Corporation Made in USA". The marking is very faint, and thus, difficult to read without scrutiny...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #334052 (stock #BA31)
Measuring approximately 3 1/4 inches long x 2 1/4 inch wide x 1 1/8 inches deep, this vintage, sweetly depicted, steam-molded Brown Doll Face from the 1930’s has never been used! Eyes and lips are both hand-painted; condition is quite fine with no stains, tears, or discoloration—ready to be used!
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1466721 (stock #0001)
This is a superb very hard to find Candy Box by American Candy Co. Milwaukee. It Measures approx 13 3/4" x 7 1/4" x 3"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1473967 (stock #0501)
Nice French piece of Advertising with Black Native about to be eaten by the Lion...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Historical : Pre 1940 item #1419557 (stock #JB02312)
This is a pair of plates from an edition limited to 3000 examples, diameter 9 1/2", blue on cream, issued in the year 1939, "Commemorating the first visit of British reigning sovereigns to these United States", made by Wedgwood Etruria, "exclusively for W.H. Plummer & Co., New York". One example is hand numbered 261, the other hand numbered 507...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Sports : Pre 1940 item #1491219 (stock #G756)
Offered is a scarce, C1930 era, laminated wood shafted, 3 iron golf club. The stamping on the back includes: "SPALDING KRO-FLITE" with the crow cleek mark plus "J.VICTOR EAST - LONGMEADOW C.C. - LONGMEADOW MASS." etc. The club is stamped "3" on the sole and measures 37 inches from the heel to the end of the straight shaft...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Sports : Pre 1940 item #835820 (stock #01458)
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 : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1930 item #1472595 (stock #0280)
One of kind large Art Deco Portuguese Tin from the 20's, it has on each corner a pillar with an Art Deco Black Americana Head. Tin For Cacau (chocolate) Soluvel Favorita from Lisboa (Lisbon) Tin measures approx 12.5" Tall, 9" Wide and 6" Deep
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1930 item #1448438 (stock #BA476)
This unusually diminutive, vintage, C1920s, Black Valentine Cupid die cut is protected in a 4 x 6 inch, decorative wood frame, surrounded by a gold foil mat featuring white foil roses. Additional tiny die cuts of pink roses are placed at each corner.

This adorable, smiling Valentine cupid die cut is in very good condition. Two very teeny fold lines are present that are very difficult to see unless using magnification (see closeup photo) - one in the left arm and another in the left wing...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1930 item #1474904 (stock #0540)
Great little piece, tin with Embossed Black Caricature whistle. Measures approx: 1.5" x 1.5"