Catalog: Popular Collectibles (37)

This glorious pitcher featuring the mascot of The Sleepy Eye Flour Mill Company was among the popular promotional items given to customers of its flour. Decorated in the round, the pitcher includes tee-pees and trees.

Condition is Very Good, suffering from age toning and crazing. There are no cracks or chips.

Dimensions (inches)
Height: 9
Width: 9
Depth: 3 3/4

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

Football great Jim Taylor (1935-2018), star player for the legendary 1960s Green Bay Packers, signed this 8 x 10 inch photograph Good Luck, Jim Taylor, HOF 1976. His extensive Wikipedia page gives a full account of his career and achievements. Framed in gold

Condition is excellent and bears a certificate of authenticity on the back.

Dimensions (framed)
Height: 14 1/2 inch
Width: 11 1/2 inch

Former Cleveland Browns legend who made a name for himself on the gridiron and in the cinema signed this football with his HOF 71 tagline, an honor he earned for his stellar career which he closed to enter acting. Some analysts consider Jim Brown the greatest football player ever.

Condition is spectacular as is the signature. The football is Wilson National Football League. A mirrored case is included with the ball.

Dimensions

This stylish basket weave purse was quite the rage during the 1950s when Dorset Rex marketed this patented purse during the Eisenhower years. The patent was actually issued in late 1949, after which a wide range of purses entered the market. The Dorset Rex tag tells us that the purse was made after 1951, thus we date it c. 1955.

This purse is gold with reddish-brown, possibly deep mauve, lucite top which closes with an S-hooked clasp. The horse shoe handle rotates freely on pins...

The iron this miniature stove is silky smooth, just the way you expect on quality antique cast iron toys. The nickel plated stove has a working door, a side grate, back device, and sits atop a 4 legged base.

Not much information is available on Star stoves, but they appear from time to time. This one retains its back piece - something of a rarity among these stoves. Also, some variants have a grated base plate, suggesting that this move was to save on materials costs...

This American made beauty was issued by Lionel Trains in 1954 as a replacement for its 394 version of the Rotating Aircraft Beacon. The red paint and black plaque with silver lettering identifies this variation as A which is probably the earliest variant.

Condition is fair with loss of the rotating housing being its chief defect. However, it does have the original lightbulb. Minor paint losses, dust, and dirt have settled on the grand beacon...

This Pyrex robbin's egg blue opalware bowl has a white rim which offsets the light blue of the main body. It was made for a short time from 1966-68, making it a harder item to add to your collection.

Condition is good, though having been used often, it bears many scratches. Yet given its scarcity, it would be a nice filler piece until a pristine version was found.

Dimension
volume: 1 1/2 pint
diameter: 5 3/4 inch

Vintage splendor awaits you when you take home these 4 colored Pyrex nesting opalware bowls from the 1950s. The blue, red, green and yellow bowls evoke the days of Howdy Doody, Elvis, and pink Cadillacs.

The volumes are 1 1/2 pint, 1 1/2 quarts, 2 1/2 quarts, and 4 quarts. The 3 larger bowls do not have the well known 401-404 model number present on so many of these bowls, telling us that they are from the 1940s and rather rare...

This fire truck is the mack daddy of Japanese tin friction propelled fire engines - its large size making it a very desirable truck. Its size, color, detail, and nostalgia conspire to make the ideal toy for your displaying pleasure.

The bright red engine is manned by 4 fire fighters in uniform wearing helmets...

A vintage American Wigeon duck decoy carved from wood, and painted in a simple style with brown body and red wings and feathering. The head has a dark green bandit mask with glass eyes. This working decoy has a hook attached and its owner's marked anchor.

Condition is excellent but I cannot make affirmations about the originality of the paint.

The decoy is unsigned and dates to mid 20th C. Its previous owner stated that it came from Louisville, Kentucky...

A mounted National League Baseball baseball signed by former Atlanta Braves baseball player Steve Avery. Beside it is a 1991 Score baseball card. Based upon other items from this estate, I believe that the ball was signed during Avery's playing days.

Dimensions
Height: 4 1/4 inch
Width: 7 inch
Depth: 3 1/2 inch

From the Sunday December 10, 1899 New York Herald is an advertisement for RIPANS tablues, an over the counter remedy for a litany of ailments. Its founder was George Rowell who was an advertising trailblazer in the brokerage business...

This red and yellow sign promoted the Coca Cola campaign to encourage grocery store sales of its flag ship brand. The daring use of two primary colors certainly got people's attention and should get yours today, too.

The sign is made of cardboard and features a 6 pack carton of coke with the message to Take Home A Carton...

This Japanese tin toy fire truck moves when wound up by priming it on a hard surface. Its bright red finish shows off all the bells and whistles one could want on a fire engine. The driver is accompanied by 3 mounted figures with one waving a red flag as it moves. The extension ladder moves and rotates. The front hood has a mounted siren...

This fantastic metal advertising sign for Grapette soft drink is among its earliest productions if not the first, alone making it a very desirable collector's item. But the fact that it is so large and decorative gives it extra oomph - especially for that holy of holies - the man cave.

This advertising sign is in exceptional condition considering its past life as an advertisement. It has nail holes at the outer rim on the top and the bottom...

This package is the ultimate Graflex Speed Graphic bundle - there is almost too much here to list...

At 18 1/2", this retired and hard to find wood Mickey Mouse is well above average in size, finished in blond, and standing on a round pedestal with hands held behind his back...

A Kenton horse drawn stake wagon with two horses, one white, the other black, driven by a yellow painted man mounted on a Kenton blue stake wagon...

Cast iron horse drawn sulky attributed to Shimer, Son & Company, a small toy manufacturer from the 1890s to no later than 1920. This sulky is nickel plated and all one piece. Condition is good with about 25+% finish loss, some rust on the horse particularly on butt and head, wheels are wobbly. Shimer is a hard to find maker and this example has all of the wonderful qualities of turn of the century toys. Dimension: 6 1/4" l

This antique cast iron horse drawn fire truck consists of a horse drawing a water pumper driven by a fireman molded into his seat. The toy c. 1900 - 10 and attributed to Shimer, Son & Company, a small Pennsylvania toy firm which was active from the 1890s to perhaps as late as 1920. The underside is embossed with 1075, presumably a model number. This model is nickel plated. The condition is good, having around 20-25% paint loss, wobbly wheels, two of which are missing hub caps. There is no rus...

Sterling silver vegetable bowl by Reed and Barton in pattern X300 (Trajan). Very good condition. Dimension: 9 3/4" l

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"

A super nice vintage shooter marble with white base and aventurine and oxblood patches. No defects. Dimension: 7/8"

The private and prestigious Peachtree Gulf Club in Atlanta, Georgia sponsors its own annual membership tournament, the trophy of which is this distinctive ivory porcelain bowl with the PCG monogram and inscription for the 2007 championship, specifically, Peachtree Golf Club Champion 2007. It, the rim and foot gilding, and the monogram are 24 karat gold. The bowl is in superb condition, and made by Pickard whose back stamp appears on the underside. Due to the discretion and exclusivity of the ...

A ceramic oval covered vegetable dish decorated in vivid painted red, black, and green flowers interconnected with transferred branches and stems in full coverage of lid and bowl. The handles are lined with green and have red dots on the main surfaces. The condition is good although the foot has two shallow gouges; the interior has modest staining and other signs of wear; and the handles show loss of finish. The underside is stamped with the Oriental Ivory logo, an incised mark, painted 2364 7, ...

A monumental serving platter in the Cenis pattern by Ridgways. The motif features branches with pineapples, emphasizing hospitality. The condition is very good, yet expect a scratch or two, and some discoloration - but far less than commensurate with age. The platter wobbles, a not uncommon affliction of these older ceramic pieces as they were difficult to make in this size. This superb example dates to 1871, and is back stamped with Ridways Stoke on Trent, Cenis Dimension: 21 1/4" l

An exceptionally well crafted belt buckle celebrating the Montana state centennial 1889-1989 created by Montana Silversmiths. This example should not be confused with the far more common versions plated with sterling silver as this one made of solid sterling silver with 22K gold plating. Montana Silversmiths is well known for their highly artistic and superbly executed belt western belt buckles. This one is marked 81-500 (limited edition of 500) and is inscribed Merry Christmas 1988 From all of ...

An orange painted cast iron wagon with nickle wheel and pull, embossed with Express Flyer on the two long sides of the wagon. This toy is an excellent specimen of a somewhat hard to find category and is in very good shape with about 90-95% of its original paint intact. The nickle palated areas have corroded to a significant degree as has the pull. Nonetheless, the condition is well above average. The quality of construction is evident throughout the wagon especially in the tight fitting seams an...

One of Kenton's marquee product lines was its Overland Circus which featured numerous horse drawn vehicles of which we have perhaps the most coveted, the Overland Circus Band Wagon. It is drawn by two gilded white horses with red painted gold capped drivers leading a large red wagon with harps and lion heads, all loaded with 8 intrument playing men, and led by a master driver. The arms on the band members are articulated allowing modest movement. This cast iron toy is a glorious relic from the f...

Although its longevity in the toy business was a few short years from 1882-92, the Shepard Hardware Company had an impact far beyond its size, receiving patents for 15 banks, many of which have become classics of the genre, including the one we present here, the Jolly Nigger for which the company received its first mechanical bank patent on March 14, 1882. Many other makers, including J E Stevens would produce this bank for another 40 years after Shepard sold out. This bank is operated by pla...

A set of 12 Gorham King George pattern soup spoons in very good to excellent condition, and lightly monogrammed. The bowls have slight scratches in some cases. The sterling mark has also worn off on some of the spoons, but we guarantee that each of these hefty spoons is sterling silver. Approximate weight per spoon is 2 1/2 troy ounces - an exceptionally generous amount of silver. Dimension: 7 1/8" h

For Falcons fans, this is as good as it gets. This official NFL helmet was signed by all Falcons team members of Super Bowl XXXIII of 1998 which they lost to the Denver Broncos 34-19 after compiling a 14-2 win/loss record. To date, this is the team's only Super Bowl appearance, making this fine helmet a highly desirable piece of memorabilia. The exceptional case with mirrored back and Falcons team logo is included but not pictured. The helmet retains all of its original tags and is in superb c...

This exciting horse drawn fire engine is clearly in a race against time, but the timelessness of this toy endures. It features a single horse pulling a fire pumper driven by a single fireman. We believe that the paint may be from a very old repaint job but it has, ironically, protected it from rust. The right rear wheel is missing a cap and all wheels are wobbly. The interior wall under the driver's seat is embossed 1075. We attribute this toy to Shimer, Son & Company, a small turn of the 20t...

Cast iron Eagle Bank in original nearly pristine condition. The bank features a mother eagle perched on a rock overlooking her two eaglets in their nest, ready to feed them when activated by the back lever which works well. The underside is marked Pat Jan 23 1888. We rarely come across cast iron banks this state of fine preservation. The only minor paint losses are around the black base. This bank is an antique show piece. Dimensions: 8 1/4" l

A gorgeous set of 6 Baccarat crystal cordials with hand cut stars (x's) within diamonds. Excellent condition with one stem having minor abrasion on underside. The bases do not exactly match in size although the pattern is the same throughout. Etched with Baccarat logo. Dimension: 4 1/2" h