All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #319794
AntiquesDC
$275.00
Wonderful vintage liquor bottle in the form of “Pere Noel” or Santa Claus. Dressed in a long, Belsnickle-type robe, he carries a huge pack of toys on his back, a doll in one hand and a walking stick in the other. The original paper label around the base says, “Benoit Serres Distilleries Toulouse France Depuis 1841”. The label at the neck, just below the bakelite top, indicates that the original contents was triple sec...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1970 item #1475856 (stock #0572)
Very funny Black Americana toy from Spain - Pancho Borracho (Translates as Drunk Pancho (or literal translation is "Drunk Hotdog"). Original Box with great graphics on it, top flap is present but has come away from the box. I believe you have to put the legs through the body, they go different directions and then the weight goes over the table and figure wobbles like drunk person!!! I have certainly not come across another of these. Box measures approx - 6" Long, 4.5" Wide and 2" Dee...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Glass : Pre 1990 item #1487268 (stock #FenCLampR)
Two J's
$275.00
Fenton Cranberry Rose Lamp is 21" tall. It is in perfect shape except for a couple of really minute flea bites on the inside of the main shade base -- totally out of site of human eyes. The plug is 2-pronged. This lamp was made in the early 1980's.

This item may be shipped in 2 boxes.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #562226
AntiquesDC
$275.00
A terrific and very rare lithographed tin chocolate box, the lid decorated with "The Wheel of Fund and Frolic" Halloween game. The spinner points to various party tasks such as "Push a pickle across the floor with your nose" or "Sing a mammy song in black-face". Some of the tasks, like "Turn out the lights and have each girl kiss the boy nearest her" sound like a little more fun! The side of the tin is marked "Mrs. Sothern Home Made Sweets". Ca. 1930...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1900 item #1455729
A steel cowbell hand-painted on one side with a detailed rendering of a living room with stockings hung above a roaring fireplace, a grandfather clock showing midnight, and a sleeping cat (or dog). “’Twas the night before Christmas.” the opening line of Clement Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” is painted at the top...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Pre 1940 item #1427196
A vintage, circa early 1930's original photograph of early screen actress and Hollywood socialite Marion Davies (1897-1961), bearing the embossed stamp of the photographer at right lower corner, and a stamp from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on reverse. The piece measures 12 1/2" by 9 1/2" inside the red mat and 21" by 17" framed. Bull was a prominent portrait and still photographer with the Hollywood studios, head of MGM's stills department for 40 years...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Entertainment : Pre 1940 item #1456221
ONE OF TWO BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER, OF THIS SUBJECT, IN MY SHOP: A vintage, circa early 1930's original photograph of early screen actress and Hollywood socialite Marion Davies (1897-1961), bearing the stamp with the artist's name on reverse. The piece measures 13" by 10", and 18 1/2" by 14 1/2" in modern black wood framing (which exhibits two scraped areas as illustrated). Bull was a prominent portrait and still photographer with the Hollywood studios, head of MGM's stills department for 40 years...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1405035 (stock #BA947)
Offered is an extraordinarily rare, 1930's, Googly Eyed Tea Pot made in Japan. A Google search on this item yields NO other vintage, 1930s Japan, Mammy, Googly-eyed Teapots available, further attesting to this piece's rarity!

This particular piece is in very fine condition, with cold-paint flaking noted on the spout and on the lid edge decoration as this piece's only readily-visualized flaws. (Cold paint refers to paint applied AFTER a piece has been painted, glazed, and fired in a kiln...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1480040 (stock #0630)
What a great piece and survivor, condition is superb also. Thick Card adverting that would have been on a shop counter etc.. for Churchman's Darkie Shag. Measures circa 12" by 8"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Political : Posters : Pre 1990 item #1416217
A very early (1990) poster, featuring the April/May 1990 Interparliamentary Conference On The Global Environment, Washington, DC, HAND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Al Gore, who would shortly go on to become the Vice-President of the United States under Bill Clinton, and who in 2000 came close to becoming the President of the United States. Today of course he is best known for his efforts to bring awareness to climate change, and the environment, in general...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1466928 (stock #0030)
Super rare book that comes in a box with 4 puzzles, unfortunately the Box is lid is no longer there but everything else present and pretty good condition
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1475686 (stock #0554)
Great Box here for Clark's Black Jack 1c Caramels Box Measures approx - 8.5" x 8"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1930 item #1266374 (stock #BA916)
Manufactured circa 1920's by the Wurts Creation Company, this scarcely-found, Black Chef, kitchen collectible doubles as both a string holder and a grocery list memo board!

Constructed of painted wood that is nailed and glued together, this vintage collectible retains quite a few of its original but yellowed-with-age grocery shopping list pages. The holder/board retains a ball of string and a stub of an older, red pencil...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Thai : Pre 2000 item #1415932 (stock #JB05630)
A nicely painted work on canvas, 22" by 18 1/2" in trim black frame, the subject a seated Buddha in a complex background, signed at lower right corner in Thai. The contemporary painting is entirely in shades of brown, with gold mixed skillfully in. Condition is excellent.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #57490
AntiquesDC
$275.00
Terrific composition Mama Rabbit candy container. Dressed in a blue dress with orange polka dots, Mama carries a wicker basket with a pressed cotton chick in it. Unmarked, but definitely German, circa 1930. Condition: very good, there is a bit of paint flaking on the front of the dress; the wicker basket has a good bit of cracking; the face is especially nice. Size: 6-3/4" tall.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Pre 2000 item #1490915
David Anthony
$275.00
This majolica strawberry server is a reproduction of the George Jones classic produced c. 1875. It features 2 parakeets atop a trellis eating berries. Vines, leaves, and berries wrap around the poles, with 2 buckets for cream and sugar.

Condition is Excellent. Dating is probably mid to late 20th C. Retail value for an authentic item is 6000-9000 dollars.

Dimensions (inches)
Wdith: 15 1/2
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1950 item #1471830 (stock #0219)
I have not seen another myself in 20 years. Candy Box for Hot Springs National Park - Arkansas Hard to take decent pictures as the box is sealed with a plastic covering to protect it, which I have left on. It all appears to be in very good order. Measures approx - 10.5" Long, 2" High and 5.25" Wide
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1124695 (stock #ES542)
Antique 19th century Islamic Knife “Rencong” traditional weapon of the Acehnese from the northern Sumatran region of Aceh. A sturdy narrow, incurved, single – edged blade, decorated on both sides in ellipse pattern, with a characteristic bent handle with brass ferrule (metok), in its original wooden scabbard...