All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1960 item #1292121 (stock #02308)
A vintage unsigned chocolate brown coloured natural alligator purse c1940s-50s. This 12-3/8" wide purse stands 9-3/8" high to the top of the nickel plated clasp and it has a 7" high alligator strap as well. it has a brown silk lining with a zip pouch and it is in excellent condition with no scrapes, wear, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a white stain or residue on the liner inside...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1960 item #1407263 (stock #M1389)
Offered is a very nice 1950 - 1960s era painted wood sign found in a Myrtle Beach antiques shop.

This double sided sign has the same word "WATERFRONT" painted on each side. The white background and bold black stenciled lettering are identical.

This handsome sign measures 24 inches long x 6 inches high and 3/8 inches thick. There are 2 unobtrusive small holes on either side which were used when hanging the sign...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1960 item #1432107 (stock #G673)
Offered is a wonderful, C1950s, Art Deco-styled, advertising store sign from a Grand Rapids, Michigan, establishment that features, in bold capital letters, the word, "LIQUOR".

The black-painted, metal frame houses a plastic, cream-colored insert that features an embossed lettering and design technique that advertises the name of the product for sale. The background of this insert sports a streamlined, horizontal, raised "striping" reminiscent of the Art Deco era...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1960 item #1242378 (stock #G632)
These wonderful, circa late 1950-early 1960's, TRU-TONE No Roll, school or art crayons manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, are in mint condition! The crayons are unused and are all original! The box measures 4.5 inches tall x 4.5 inches wide x 1/2 inch deep.

An absolutely wonderful addition to one's School or Artist Memorabilia collection!

Also pictured are two other mint condition, unused, boxed, school crayons that are currently offered for separate sa...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Posters : Pre 1960 item #1462048
An original Mexican movie poster, for a movie released in 1952, "Mujer de Medianoche", starring Gloria Marin and Victor Junco, directed by Victor Urruchua, the artwork dated 1950 by Carlos Vega. Apparently there was some delay in releasing the film. This example retains the electric blue and yellow color, but the very fragile, acidic, thin paper on which this was printed has deteriorated seriously with time and careless handling...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Travel : Pre 1960 item #1432060 (stock #G671)
Offered is a wonderful, C1950s, Art Deco-styled, advertising store sign that features in bold capital letters the word, "COSMETICS". This sign, which originally hung in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, establishment, might well have been displayed in either a drug store or a beauty salon which sold various lines of ladies' cosmetics...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Music Industry : Pre 1960 item #1423794 (stock #JB04257)
Black and white photo (9 3/4" by 8", 16" by 13 3/4" framed) of Rick "Ricky" Nelson, circa late 1950's, autographed at right and inscribed "To Jill". The signature and inscription are bold and nicely placed at right center. Nelson officially changed his name to "Rick" in 1961, so this might have been signed after that. The framing seems to be circa late 1960's or 1970's. Nelson was born in Teaneck, New Jersey...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1960 item #797975 (stock #G583)
This wonderful, circa 1940-50's, box of Imperial school or art chalk manufactured by the Imperial Crayon Company of Brooklyn, New York, is in near mint condition! The chalk is unused and is all-original! The box features a fabulous graphic of a smiling clown busily writing using Imperial Chalk! The box measures 3.50 inches tall x 2.50 inches wide x 1 inch deep.

An absolutely wonderful addition to one's School or Artist Memorabilia collection!

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Food and Drink : Pre 1960 item #1228014 (stock #6996)
A vintage Double Diamond advertising pitcher or bar premium known as the Running Man by Beswick. It has the black stamped Beswick mark (used from 1936) and it has a pattern number 1517. This 8-1/2" tall barware collectible is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, damage or repairs other than some fine overall crazing and the loss of the original cork-mounted porcelain hat stopper...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1960 item #797966 (stock #G584)
These wonderful circa 1940-50's BRI-TONE Number 8, school or art crayons manufactured by the Imperial Crayon Company of Brooklyn, New York, are in near mint condition! The crayons are unused and are all original! The box features a fabulous graphic of a young boy and girl busily coloring using their Bri-Tone crayons! The box measures 4 inches tall x 2.75 inches wide x 1/4 inch deep.

An absolutely wonderful addition to one's School or Artist Memorabilia collection!

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Music Industry : Pre 1960 item #1419030 (stock #JB01629)
This is a black and white photo, 7 1/2" by 7", (10 1/4" by 9 1/4" as simply framed), signed by hand, in ink, at lower right "Nelson Eddy". I'm offering it simply as Hollywood or Nelson Eddy memorabilia, as after comparing the signature with others viewable on line, I feel it possible that this was not actually signed by him. Condition is excellent and this is ready to hang on your wall if you are a fan of this singer...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Food and Drink : Pre 1960 item #454314 (stock #0418)
A 1950s Italian straw glass liners & metal carrier. This funky addition to your 1950s retro table is a set of dyed straw glass liners in their original black wire carrying tray. The liners each have a silk MADE IN ITALY sewn-on tag, and they are in pairs, in purple, orange, gold and bronze colours (each 2-3/4" across and 2-3/4" deep)...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1960 item #488604 (stock #G567)
Measuring 9 inches in diameter, this wonderful 1950's, school, Spelling and Counting Board retaining its original box with a 77 Cent price sticker on it! The game is quite colorful, as is the box, and both will create an eye-appealing display! The game is in mint, unused condition with all letters of the alphabet present as well as the numbers one through ten with math signs. The box shows its age with superficial dirt, weak corners and seams, as well as tearing to the box bottom...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Food and Drink : Pre 1960 item #1471663
This is a really great little vintage glass Lantern Candy Container with blue metal base and lid and wire handle. This Lantern Candy Container measures 3 1/2 inches high. With the handle up it measures 5 3/4 inches to top of handle. The glass part of the Lantern is signed: U.S.A. - AVON 3/4 OZ. The glass part of the lantern is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or scratches...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Patriotic : Pre 1960 item #956333 (stock #0953)
Gamut Plus Jewelry
$55.00
FREE US STANDARD S/H
This tie pin features the colors of The American Flag. It has red, white and blue rhinestones prong set in goldtone. It measures 3/8" x 3/8". It is in strikingly, excellent condition and hard to find.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1960 item #1197474 (stock #TP10021)
This is one of those pretty sweater clips that girls wore with their twin sweaters in the 1950s. One sweater was a pull over, and the other one was a cardigan which was often worn over the shoulders and held in place by a sweater clip. Most were decorative, as this one is. The pearlized heart shaped ends are decorated with flowers, the chain is imitation pearls and the clips are gold colored. It is in very good condition and has no marks.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Wild West : Pre 1960 item #1452573
An old authentic vintage California orange crate label, "Bronco", issued for product of the Redlands Foothill Groves, Redlands, California, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles. The label probably dates to the 1930's. Condition is excellent, frame has some age and adds appeal. For your Californiana or western Americana collection. Measures 11" by 12" framed, perfect for a small narrow wall. Allow for reflections in the glass.
David Anthony
$175.00
A rare publicity photograph from Moon Over Miami (1941) starring Don Ameche, Betty Grable, and Robert Cummings, when Grable was near the height of her celebrity. She was internationally recognized as the pin-up girl of World War 2. The condition of the photograph is wanting with a couple of scratches on the left background. The photo is mounted on a now tattered matting but easily reversible. The inscription below the photograph claims that Betty Grable signed the pictures, but we cannot conf...