All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #475506 (stock #0472)
A superb late Victorian tortoiseshell celluloid hair backcomb with an opulent paste laden wings design c1890-1900. This hair accessory measures 5-1/4" x 3", and the white paste claw-set stones are mounted within gold plated wirework; this unsigned beauty is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a bit of loss to the worework gilding, and all teeth of the comb are intact. Small packet air shipping to the U.S...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Contemporary item #825730
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Chunky heavy necklace by Robert Goossens, who has designed extensively for decades for Chanel, YSL, and other French couturiers. Dark wood rings are connected by solid cast rope form goldtone metal elements, with a round spring ring clasp. The clasp is marked GOOSSENS PARIS, and MADE IN FRANCE. A stunning piece and super wearable for day or night. Perfectly of the moment; the statement necklace is the "it" accessory of the season. Wearable length is 19 1/2 inches...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1900 item #1166394 (stock #G630)
This 1867 educational text was published by Charles Scribner and Company of 654 Broadway, New York City. Intended for students under nine years of age, the object of this delightful introductory school text, as stated by Mary Howe Smith, a Princeton University colleague of text author, A...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Pre 2000 item #833945
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Beautiful clip earrings in turquoise glass with goldtone metal mountings and beads, and rhinestone accents, by the Venetian glass maker Archimede Seguso, for Chanel. Not marked but very well documented. I am also selling two similar necklaces from the same collection. 1 inch long and 3/4 inch wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Pre 1920 item #1418269 (stock #JB04298)
An early 20th century reproduction print of famed Belle Epoque actress SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923), **HAND SIGNED/INSCRIBED** by her. The signature is in ink at lower right (guaranteed her original ink signature and not printed). The print is after the 1879 etching by artist Jules Bastien-Lepage. This print under magnification has the dot matrix confirming it is a reproduction and not an original etching. The value is in the autograph and inscription...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Pre 2000 item #742106
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Beautiful drop necklace in goldtone using classic French star and rope form motifs. Marked BALENCIAGA on the back, and also with its original hang tag, which is marked BALENCIAGA PARIS and MADE IN FRANCE. 1990s. With large glass based faux pearl cabochons centering each star. With a lobster claw clasp and heavy chains at each end. Very dimensional, heavy, and top quality. Nice size -- wearable length is 16 inches. 1 1/2 inches wide at widest point...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Contemporary item #1441289
A really unusually nice signed photo from the Harry Potter phenomenon, of star actor Daniel Radcliffe, on an iconic image of him with crossed arms. The photo is hand inscribed in silver marker: "Thank you! Daniel Radcliffe AS Harry Potter". No date. There are many autographed photos of him on the market but on many the signature is only very rapidly scrawled, and the photo is not as simple, direct, and classic. This example is a keeper.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Pre 1900 item #1335574 (stock #7341)
A Victorian sterling silver sewing thimble with daisies dated 1897. This 13/16" high sewing accessory is fully hallmarked for Birmingham, England 1897 and it has the T.E.M maker's mark for Thomas Edward Mannox. It is in very good condition with no holes, dents, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a small bend at the hallmark...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Pre 1980 item #1250035
Great resource. Unstated first edition paperback published by Harmony House in 1975. The cover shows some wear... an area in the corner probably had a label ( it's sticky)..otherwise this highly collectible book is in fine condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1980 item #1125424 (stock #02083)
This is a pair of (unmarked but tested) sterling silver boot or shoe toe tips. They measure 4-3/4" around the front and they are 1-1/16" at their widest. They have holes for attachment to your footwear, and they weigh 32.7 grams. This pair is in very good condition with no bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than some scratches and scrapes from kicking stuff. Now YOU can kick 'em too...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Music Industry : Pre 1980 item #1423163 (stock #JB04881)
A classic, circa 1980 or early 1980's photograph of famed American actress and singer BARBARA STREISAND (1942-). I am guessing on the age but she looks to be about 40 or so in the photo, and the permed hair is of that period----and then, there are those fishnets. The piece is signed boldly in blue marker at lower right "Best Wishes/Barbara Streisand". The piece measures 11" by 9" framed. Streisand of course is world-renowned as an entertainer...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1900 item #1445072 (stock #G692)
Measuring 7.75" tall with a bell diameter of 4" at its base, this fabulous, C1870's, school teacher's, hand-held bell sports a wonderful, all-original, vintage patina.

This solid, 1/8" thick bell gives its ring the classic resonance one would expect to hear in a 19th century bell - a sound that would carry a good distance announcing the start of the school day!

The top of the bell features a decorative 3 rimmed edging...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Pre 1910 item #1422510
A PAIR of watercolor and ink original drawings of elegant women in their elegant period finery, circa 1900, in matching oval late 20th century gold frames (14 1/2" by 11 1/2 as framed), one signed at lower right "F Siedle". These traditional works would make for fine additions to a lady's dressing area or bedroom.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Posters : Pre 1900 item #1467163 (stock #G711)
Professionally framed in 1989 with museum-quality, acid-free backing as well as acid-free double-matting, this fabulous 1863, double fashion print from Godey's Lady's Book Magazine depicts the high style of the upper echelons of ladies' fashions during the Abraham Lincoln presidency, 159 years ago!

These fashion prints were carefully folded by Godey's to preserve the image and then were typically placed at the front of the magazine...

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. Eddy's biography, found on line: "Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – ...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Music : Records : Pre 1980 item #1489280
160 x Classical LP's Vinyl 1950's - 1980's All VG+ Or Better A COLLECTION OF 160 X CLASSICAL LP'S ALL IN VG+ OR BETTER CONDITION The albums are all in VG+-NM- Condition and date from the 1950's to the 1980's. They represent one definitive collection of Classical music from Gregorian to classics. Titles as seen in the images. A definitive collection.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Food and Drink : Pre 1970 item #1256850 (stock #02458)
A Whitbread Tankard beer pub or bar sign 1950s-60s. This gilt metal and screen-printed plastic pub advertising sign measures 8-5/8" x 3-1/8" and it has white, gold, red and gold screening on a royal blue plastic oval, set in to a metal tripod-style base. Whitbread Tankard is an English beer, first introduced in 1958 or 1959 by the Whitbread brewery. (The Whitbread brewery is no longer in business). This bar collectible is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, lo...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Transportation : Pre 1940 item #588793 (stock #0834)
A Cunard Queen Elizabeth I ship tie clip 1930s. This gilt brass and celluloid 2-3/4" tie clip dates to 1938-40 and it depicts the Cunard steamship liner Queen Elizabeth I. Launched in 1938, the QEI was retrofitted for the war effort in 1940, and relaunched in 1946. She was taken out of service as a luxury liner in 1968. This clip features a 5/8" x 1/2" celluloid view of the ship, with Queen Elizabeth written below the ship, and it is in excellent original condition with no cracks, scrapes, d...