All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Pre 1990 item #813775
modemodern
Sold
Very big, fabulous Chanel clipback earrings in goldtone metal with poured glass stones in the classic colors of red, blue, green, and yellow/topaz, with baroque glass based faux pearl drops. Marked CHANEL, MADE IN FRANCE, with Chanel logo and with season number 26. Guaranteed authentic, with Chanel box. Great size and perfectly of the moment; statement jewelry is a key current trend. 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Contemporary item #1427934
A hard-backed 368 page catalog, almost like a book, of the December 17, 2019 auction of the estate property of Frank Sinatra's first wife, Nancy, featuring many items that belonged to her and Frank during their married life in Toluca Lake, California and Beverly Hills. The catalog is filled with quality photos of everything from the Steinway piano to paintings, cufflinks, books, steamer trunks, down to small knick-knacks...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Transportation : Pre 1930 item #1415726 (stock #JB01762)
This is a rather whimsical piece of Automobilia......a presentation to Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the World War I flying ace, at a special dinner in New York in 1924. The sheet inside the mat measures 11 1/2" by 17 1/2" ( 17 1/4" by 23 1/4" as framed). Written up in a humorous style, the note commends Rickenbacker for his flying victories and makes a number of humorous commentaries contemporary to the times, all referring to his then-budding career as an automobile manufacturer...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Pre 1990 item #739564
modemodern
Sold
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Enameled Hinged Bangle Greens
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 : 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 : Pre 1940 item #25599
AntiquesDC
$135.00
Handpainted garden ornament in the form of Popeye. Painted on three-ply wood with an iron stake, he's ready to stand at attention in your spinach patch!

Origin: American, circa 1930's. Excellent condition; all original paint; a little flaking at the edge of his pipe. 23" tall.

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 : Advertising : Pre 1950 item #141135 (stock #G400)
This vintage 1940's cardboard advertising fan for the Petersburg Furniture Company, Inc., located at 100 North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Virginia, measures 12" long x 7 " wide and is mounted on a wooden stick handle...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Pre 2000 item #825733
modemodern
Sold
Showstopping statement size Yves Saint Laurent necklace in slightly matte goldtone metal sculpted in a branch form design, with amazing huge brilliant colorless glass stones. In a very fashionable longer length which is adjustable allowing it to be worn several different ways. Marked YVES SAINT LAURENT, RIVE GAUCHE, and MADE IN FRANCE. Circa 1990, with original storage bag. The sculpted form has the look of a Goossens design. Weighty and solid and substantial...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Pre 1940 item #1458006
A small (5 3/4" by 4 3/4" framed) printed poem titled "Mother Dear", with a sentimental message of the period, circa early 1930's. The gold paint and faint color at bottom appear to be hand-applied. On reverse is written in pencil "Billy/May 13 1934", and an old period framer's label from downtown Los Angeles adds further charm. A sweet item.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Music : Pre 1930 item #933750 (stock #01624)
An EYMC sterling silver music award fob 1927 with a ribbon pin brooch. This vintage 1927 sterling silver award watch fob pendant is on the original red, white and blue silk ribbon pin. This 1-3/8" x 1-1/8" singing music award has high relief music symbols on the front and the engraved dedication on the back; it says E.Y.M.C. 1927 SOPRANO SOLO 1ST PRIZE WON BY PAULINE NICHOLLS. E.Y.M.C...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Contemporary item #1423682 (stock #JB04410)
A copy of the 2011 autobiographical book "Happy Accidents" by comedienne Jane Lynch, dedicated by her to "Anthony" in marker and signed boldly on that page as well. This is an autobiography of the tall blonde actress and tv personality, addressing, among other topics, her life as a gay woman. The book is clean and fresh, just slight wear to top front edge of dust jacket. Measures 9 1/2" by 6 1/4" by 3/4".
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1900 item #1335933
David Anthony
$148.00
A brilliant true chromolithograph for Southdown tobacco by Macnil-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Company, Petersburg, VA USA Registerd US Patent Office. Super nice condition with a printing flaw in the S of Southdown where the red did ink did not cover its assigned space. Framed in heavy oak frame with bubble glass. The picture was difficult to photograph, so you see glare in the image. This image and ad are well above average. Dimension: 13" x 13"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Posters : Pre 1990 item #1423675 (stock #JB04446)
A poster from 1984 advertising Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's documentary "That's Dancing", which explored the history of dancing in the movies, SIGNED AND DEDICATED "To Merton Shapiro Best Wishes Gene Kelly" in white at lower right. Gene Kelly (1912-1996) was a major American dancer and choreographer, from the late 1930's through his death in 1996...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1970 item #1210765 (stock #936)
Rare gold coloured powder compact and lipstick holder with polychrome Persian style decoration in its original box bearing a pre-decimal 23/6 (twenty three shillings & six pence) price sticker. These items were made by the prolific English powder compact makers - Stratton. Condition; excellent. Box: 11cm x 9cm For additional pictures please view #0217 on our recently constructed shop website at 69aliverpool.co.uk...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1930 item #1437267 (stock #G677)
Measuring 9 inches long x 7 wide x 1.25 deep, this circa 1920's, children's architectural, wooden block set, likely made in Germany, is in near perfect condition!

The set appears to have been lightly used, if at all! Nearly all blocks are present, and all of these are in wonderful condition! It appears that one red triangular block is missing along with the four rectangular pieces needed to complete the second window frame (the second paper window insert remains)...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Jewelry : Pre 2000 item #833945
modemodern
Sold
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 : Jewelry : Pre 1930 item #603899 (stock #T 1550)
The ornate metal stations and fluted beads resemble the silver work of Boston's Peruzzi or Parenti, yet the vintage carved Chinese beads are either lavender jade jadeite or amethyst gemstone The lucky signs carved in place make these an unusual special pair to wear with either your vintage Peruzzi or Chinese jewelry wardrobe .
The 9 - 10mm carved lucky lavender jade jadeite or Amethyst bead, one slightly smaller than the other, and sterling silver earrings are 3 1/4" N to S...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #722234 (stock #01165)
An attractive Victorian 12-3/4" long painted silk and bone fan with flowers. This unsigned fan is attractively painted on one side with pink flowers and leaves, and the bone supports are unadorned. This item is in very good original condition with no chips, cracks, major tears or stains, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor fraying to the silk at the ends...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Apparel : Pre 2000 item #1472843
A first edition hard cover published by Abbeville Press in 1998.The dust jacket shows some wear with scotch tape on the upper corner ( see photo ), the back has a tear and creasing at the top edge and there is an ink spot on the bottom text block. The book is in fine condition. Illustrated. 359 pages. Original price $ 75.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1900 item #433910 (stock #G550)
Offered for sale is a very rare, circa 1890s, trade sign or display advertisement for “KESSLER’S – SMOOTH AS SILK“ WHISKEY-- shaped in the form of a TOP HAT!

This fabulous advertising piece is made of papier mache’, is painted black, and sports cream-colored lettering on both sides of the hat...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Contemporary item #623890
This Swarovski crystal has the Swan logo, the identification label and the certificate and edition # is 2778/3000. This mask is out of production by Swarovski and only available on the secondary market.

Serious offers considered. FREE SHIPPING insured priority mail on all jewelry and wrist watches over $100.00 to U.S. customers only.

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Travel : Pre 1910 item #1063798 (stock #6468)
A scarce and unusual 3-3/4" antique English porcelain souvenir beaker or tumbler from Elora, Ontario, Canada c1900. This travel memento features a black transfer of the Irvine Bridge; the area has long been a tourist destination and it is quite beautiful with the Victorian town and the Elora Gorge on the Grand River the highlights...
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). The 16 x 8-1/2" carrying tray has plastic-cord wrapped handles, and this set is in excellent original condition with no scrapes, dents, bends, corrosion, losses...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1960 item #1490185
This is a really great 1950s Crosley Radio advertisement plate for Crosley Automatic Dishwashers made in the U.S.A.. The advertisement on the front of the plate is: HOW ABOUT YOU DOING THE DISHES TONIGHT or HOW ABOUT BUYING ME A CROSLEY AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER. The plate is signed on the back: Salem WARRANTED 22K. The plate is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. The Crosley advertisement print is very good. There is some slight wear on the platinum around the edge of the plate. T...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Food and Drink : Pre 1970 item #844697 (stock #bmc-1)
Zen Kitsch
USD $5.00
Return to the old days of airline service, when an in-flight martini was only a dollar, and you got to keep the glass! This beverage list from United Airlines may be of interest to collectors of airline memorabilia. Estimated date late 1960s or perhaps early 70s. Approx. 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1930 item #375582 (stock #G543)
This vibrantly colored, uncut, circa early 1920's, Little Mary Jane Paper doll designed by Berta and Elmer Hader, an American couple who jointly illustrated more than 70 children's books, ran exclusively in the iconic Good Housekeeping Magazine and features a Halloween theme complete with jack-o-lanterns and a basket of harvested fall apples!

The very popular Mary Jane paper doll series was featured each month in Good Housekeeping Magazine for months, with little girls everywhere excited to i...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Pre 1980 item #1416790 (stock #JB04766)
An example of a very scarce and desirable poster, issued in 1977 in Glendale, California, featuring a montage of images of Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), the actor who famously played the role of Tarzan in the series of movies between 1932 and 1948. Weissmuller signed in magic marker at lower center, and the piece is numbered 976/1500 at lower right. Weissmuller was an Olympic gold swimmer in the 1920's, and he brought the athletic physique to Hollywood, with lasting impact. He appeared in o...
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.

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 f...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1940 item #435517 (stock #G554)
A wonderfully nostalgic look back in time to early education of the Depression era 1930's!

This 32 page, Pre-Primer called "Everyday Doings" written by Julia Letheld Hahn, was published in 1935 by the Houghton Mifflin Company, and was acquired for use by the York, Pennsylvania, School District in 1936 (see ink stampings to front cover).

In wonderful condition with absolutely no evidence of use, this booklet was one workbook within the Child Development Series of Houghton Mifflin Early Read...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1980 item #656039 (stock #01001)
A sterling silver pierced hair barrette or clip measuring 1-3/4" x 1-5/8" hair barette or clip. This vintage hand made studio clip has a drop-in notch for the curved retaining strip, it is stamped STERLING with an unidentified maker's mark. It is made of substantial gauge silver, and will wear well. It weighs 7.6 grams, and it is in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issue...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : School : Pre 1900 item #854496 (stock #G590)
Offered is a group of five, antique paper, hand-personalized and signed, New York Public School student merit awards from the 1840's, each priced separately, and suitable for framing.

All 5 of these artistically-rendered awards were presented to the same student, Maria Royce, and signed by her teacher, Isabella F. McCormick, as well as two representatives of the school committee for "regular and punctual attendance with correct deportment and diligent attention to her studies." Maria obvious...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Railroad : Pre 1930 item #1419760 (stock #VW1760)
Watch Company
$250.00
VINTAGE DETEX GUARDSMAN STATION CLOCK WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER COVER, STRAP & KEYS Also Recording Station. VINTAGE DETEX GUARDSMAN STATION TRIP CLOCK WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER STRAP AND CASE - I worked at the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1910 Pacific Electric Building in the 60’s at corner of Main Street & 6th Street. I found the Station Time Clocks in the attack and bought them from Chuck Smith the old watchman of the building, a railroad employee. Comes with the 2 original keys. One wind...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1970 item #1169065
modemodern
$310.00
Super chic and wearable vintage genuine lizard long clutch in cognac with dark brass hardware. Circa 1960, marked LESCO with a horse head logo. Lined in pale beige leather. Snap clasp. 13 inches wide, 6 inches long, and 1 3/4 inches deep. Exterior is in excellent condition with no finish losses. Some wear to the metal of the clasp, inside only, and a few very very faint lipstick marks inside, and a tear to the edge of one inside pocket. None of these issues is visible from the outsid...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Posters : Pre 1950 item #1436375
A vintage lobby card for the film "Julia Misbehaves", 1948, starring Greer Carson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, a young Elizabeth Taylor, and Cesar Romero. The print measures 11" by 14" in its present black metal frame. It shows its age with small holes in upper margin from old nails, small margin tear, and some paper loss in center showing as white areas in photo. Mat this and put in a proper frame for optimal display. Allow for a few reflections in the images, and some dirt on the inside...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1920 item #513926 (stock #1105-4)
Lovely vintage early 20th century figural pettipoint/tapestry evening purse with link chain, comprised of a detailed coloration of the three graces in a pastural setting bordered with gold and black acanthus leaves on each side, small etched gold frame, coral and turquoise pointed snap closure, original watermark pink silk lining and small pocket pouch, "Made In Austria" label; Condition-Excellent; Measurement- 5 1/3 in L x 3 3/4 in W.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1930 item #1291503 (stock #7105)
A rare and exotic authentic period Art Deco gilt brass and purple glass bead mesh head covering or skullcap hat c1920s. This unusual and fabulous fashion accessory would have been the height of fashion at a speakeasy or dance club; it consists of large gilt brass loops, gold plated chains and purple glass beads. It is unsigned and it measures 13" long when suspended from the central loop and 11-1/2" across the loops. This item is in excellent vintage condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : World Fair : Pre 1940 item #1468237
This is a really great turquoise Fiesta 7 inch diameter Potter's plate advertising the 1939 Worlds Fair, made by Homer Laughlin Co. On the front of the plate is a design of a potter at work. On the back is stamped JOINT EXHIBIT of CAPITAL AND LABOR - The AMERICAN POTTER - NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939. This Plate is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. The original paint on the back does have some variation in color which was done in the making. We guarantee items to be as described...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Autographs : Contemporary item #1460463
A copy of the 2012 book "BLOODSHOT/Blood of the Machine", hand signed in marker by KEVIN VANHOOK (1965-), the noted American comic book writer, comic book artist, visual effects supervisor, and filmmaker. Book and dust jacket are in clean, excellent condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Posters : Contemporary item #1452521
Instant stylish, smart decor for your walls----THREE modern posters, each 32 1/2" by 22 1/4" as framed in aluminum, featuring three movies of the year 1999: "She's All That", directed by Robert Iscove, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook; "Cruel Intentions", directed by Roger Kumble, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair; and finally "10 Things I Hate About You", directed by Gil Junger, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. I'm not c...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Apparel : Pre 1980 item #731104
White silk overalls with jacket. Jacket (back) shoulder to shoulder seam is 14"; length of back (collar to hem) is 26-3/4"; shoulder seam to wrist/sleeve 22". Overalls:shoulder to hem- 53"; thigh width (widest area/ middle of thigh) 10"