 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Please browse through my eclectic collection, and I hope you'll find something you like.
Exclusively on Ruby Lane. Member since September 2001 View Profile
Exclusively on Ruby Lane. Member since September 2001 View Profile
My shop is a mix of vintage costume jewelry, buttons, clothing, books, postcards, sheet music, ephemera, photos, and more.
| Now and Then > Collectibles : Paper | Page 1 of 2 |
$5 USDGift Ticket for 1932 VFW Monster Ball, Boston Garden
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera
This is a gift ticket for the Monster Ball, held at the Boston Garden on May 21, 1932. This was a fund-raising event, sponsored by the Massachusetts State Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Lt. Joseph F. Wehner Post #834 in Everett. 30% of the proceeds went to the VFW, and 70% were given as prizes to the gift ticket holders. (I assume you got a gift ticket together with your purchase of a ticket to the Ball - you can see the perforation on the left side.) The ticket measures 3 by ...
$25 USD SaleSALE Die-cut Globe Trade Card for McPhail Pianos, 1892
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This unusual trade card shows the two hemispheres of the map of the world. The card could be folded in half to form a two-dimensional globe. It’s interesting to see the former names and different spellings of countries as they were at the end of the 19th century when this card was printed. The back of the card states: “There is no better piano made on the face of the globe than the McPhail Piano”, sold by E. W. Yerrington in Norwich, CT. The card was copyrighted in 1892 by Livermore & Knight in ...
$21 USD SaleSALE Black Children and Patriotic Eagles - Two Kirk Soap Trade Cards
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
One of these trade cards is titled “American Family”, and shows a family of eagles dressed in red, white and blue garments, with two baby eagles. Mama Eagle is scrubbing laundry with a great deal of lather. The other trade card shows two African or East Indian black children in colorful costumes playing with a small elephant. A larger elephant in the background has “Blue India” inscribed on its back. This may be a reference to a bluing ingredient. The background of both cards is printed with ...
$6 USDFunny Trade Card – Pierce House Paint, Boston Shop
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This humorous trade card shows a man in top hat looking back at the seat of his pants, which are covered with paint from the park bench he has just been sitting on. The card advertises F. O. Pierce & Co’s Prepared House Paints, for sale by Asahel Wheeler in Boston. The back of the card gives calculations for determining the amount of paint needed for a typical house. The card is printed in shades of blue and measures 3 by 4-1/2 inches. It dates to the late 1800s and is in good condition with ...
$10 USDFour Cute Greeting Cards with Envelopes, Unused and Very Cute
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera
This lot of four greeting cards includes a get well card, a wedding card and two all-purpose congratulations cards. These are rectangular cards measuring 3-1/2 by 8 inches, and are in very good condition, bright and colorful with charming designs. They have never been mailed or signed, and would be perfect for you to make a vintage statement by mailing them yourself. These cards will be packaged with a backing board and plastic sleeve and shipped by first class mail in a bubble envelope. Postal ...
$12 USDHires Root Beer Trade Card – Biblical Drama of Ruth and Naomi
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This beautiful card is a high-quality chromolithograph depicting the parting of Ruth and Naomi, with the Biblical quotation of Ruth’s famous words at the top right. On the back is an offer of a copy of this painting for receipt of a 2-cent stamp to Hires Root Beer in Philadelphia, PA. This large trade card measures 6-1/4 by almost 5 inches. It is in good condition, with all four corners having small creases, and age-browning on the back. This card will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and ...
$10 USDComical Greeting Card with Insert of Court Plaster Bandage
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera
This envelope of this funny little greeting card has a cartoon of a couple speeding in a 1920s automobile, with the following poem below: “Whatever you do, Don’t court disaster, But if it should come, Why then – Court Plaster”. (Court Plaster was an early type of adhesive tape, used to protect wounds.) Inside is an actual piece of court plaster in a cardboard folder, held at the top with a pink ribbon and a plastic ring. The envelope measures 3 by 4 inches and is lightly age-browned with a small ...
$6 USDNew York Hotel Bristol Pamphlet with NY City Map, 1950s
Collectibles:Paper:Tourism Brochures
This is a brochure for the Hotel Bristol, in New York City. There are several black-and-white photos of the lounge, restaurant and rooms, and a description of its central location near Rockefeller Center, the theatre district and the subway lines. The brochure notes that every room has a radio, and there is a television set in the cocktail lounge. With the added clue of no Zip Code in the address, I would date this brochure to the 1950s. The brochure opens up to a large and colorful street map ...
$16 USD SaleSALE Lovely Christy Illustration on Trade Card for Ivers & Pond Pianos
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This pretty chromolithograph card has an illustration of a pretty girl in a large hat with a bouquet of violets, signed by well-known illustrator F. Earl Christy. The card advertises Ivers & Pond Pianos, sold by Bailey’s Music Rooms in Burlington, Vermont. The card measures 3 by 5 inches and is in very good condition. This item will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve in a bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$8 USDDistillery and Wine Workers AFL Union Membership Book, 1941
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera
This is the official membership book of the Distillery, Rectifying and Wine Workers’ International Union of America, to give the full title. It was an affiliate of the AFL. The book belonged to Joseph Maffei of Clinton, Massachusetts, and is dated 1941. The inside cover bears his initiation stamp, and the first page has stamps for monthly dues paid. There are no entries for 1942, so possibly Mr. Maffei enlisted or was drafted into military service after the US entered WW2. In addition to a ...
$14 USD ReducedREDUCED Fairy Perfume Sample Trade Card – Austen’s Cologne, Oswego NY
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Perfume Trade Cards
This sweet trade card was originally treated with the actual scent of Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne, as a sample of this perfume. The card shows a child with a basket of flowers. Since the child has wings, I assume this is meant to be Cupid or a fairy in a white dress with a blue belt and vest. The cologne was produced by W. J. Austen, in Oswego, NY, and the sample card was given away by John G. Nichols & Co., in St. Helena Island, South Carolina. The card dates to circa 1900. It measures 3-1/4 ...
$16 USDColorful Group of Six Trade Cards - Unique and Different
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These six trade cards are all different. One interesting card shows a duck hatching a frog’s egg with the caption “Eggspatiation”. Another card features Cupid, other cards have birds, butterflies and a winter scene. The largest card measures 4-3/8 by 2-7/8 inches and has an oriental motif. The products they promote range from soap to baking powder to stationery. None of the cards have tears or creases, although the glossy pink ink on the bird card is smudged and the butterfly card has been ...
$8 USDVictorian Trade Card for Shoe Store, New York, Plus One More
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
The larger of these two trade cards is beautifully lithographed in full color, and the design is accented by embossing and a gilt border. This card was given away as an advertisement for Josiah Fiero’s Boot and Shoe House in Auburn, New York. It measures 3 by 5 inches, and is in very good condition. As a bonus, I’ve included another trade card. This one features a purple shoe filled with white flowers, and was given to customers by L. P. Rice in Providence, Rhode Island. It measures about 3 by 4 ...
$10 USDPretty Little Girls and Flowers on Pair of Trade Cards - Frame These!
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These two trade cards make a matching pair – they both have pretty girls in a circular frame with a bouquet of flowers tied with a bow. The cards would be wonderful framed together, perhaps for a little girl's room or a guest bathroom. The two trade cards advertise the firm of S. Rosenbloom & Sons, Leading Boot and Shoe Dealers, in Auburn, New York. These each measure 3 by 4 inches, and are in very good condition with no tears or creases. Both have minor glue residue on the back. These cards ...
$6 USDWeaver Organ Trade Card With Two Children and Deer
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This charming chromolithograph card from the later Victorian era shows two children watching two deer from behind a tree, with a pretty floral trellis border. It was distributed by the Weaver Organ & Piano Company, in York, Pennsylvania. The card measures 2-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches and is in good condition, with only a small crease on the bottom right corner. This item will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve in a bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if ...
$10 USDProvidence Shoe Store - Two Colorful Trade Cards, 1880s
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
One of these small trade cards has a pretty lithograph of a winter landscape with two deer. In the foreground is a ladies winter boot. An inset shows the shop as “Wetherell & Pierce, Boston Shoe Store, 125 Westminster St., Providence, R. I.” The card is dated 1883. This card has a small tear at the bottom right corner. It measures 3-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches. The second card is a die-cut in the shape of a fan tied with a bow, with colorful autumn leaves and berries. It is not dated. This card has the ...
$16 USDVintage Place Cards - Two Sets with Pretty Floral Design
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera
The first set of six place cards has a design of bouquets of orange chrysanthemums, autumn leaves and berries. Three have names written on them, the other three are blank. They measure 3-3/4 wide and 2-3/4 high. The second set is of four place cards with a design of a single yellow rose. All four have names in ink. These cards measure 5 by 3-1/2 inches. All the cards in each set have fold-back tabs to allow them to stand up at a place setting. Only one card has a crease. These items will be ...
$6 USDBeach’s Laundry Soap, Dubuque, Iowa - Trade Card with Poem
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This charming chromolithograph trade card shows a little boy showing a lobster on a stick to a little girl in a bathing costume. Both are on a beach with waves rolling in and small bath-houses behind them. (Hard to understand how he could have found a lobster on the beach.) The card advertises James Beach’s Laundry and Toilet Soaps, in Dubuque, Iowa. On the reverse is a poem called “My Mother’s Voice”, about the virtues of Beach’s Soaps. The card measures 4-1/4 by 2-3/4 inches and is in very ...
$9 USDJudson’s Mountain Herb Pills – Children Playing Roman Soldiers
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This rather dramatic and colorful trade card was printed by Cosack & Company in Buffalo, NY, circa 1890. The illustration shows four children in Roman soldier costume, with the Judson shield protecting them against the arrows of dyspepsia, dysentery, liver complaint and neuralgia. On the back of the card, the Judson’s Mountain Herb Pills claim to be useful for more ailments, including indigestion, fevers, colic, diarrhea, chills, and so on. The product was made by the Judson Pill Company in ...
$14 USDTwo Hires Rootbeer Trade Cards, Beautiful Children
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
Hires Root Beer was made by the Charles E. Hires company in Philadelphia, and originally promoted for its health benefits. The first of these Victorian-era trade cards has a charming print of a baby holding a bottle of Hires Rootbeer. Her doll lies abandoned on the floor behind her. The little girl is wearing a ruffled pink hat, a puffy jacket with blue ribbons, droopy blue socks and a rather bedraggled diaper. The wording on the back describes how beneficial Hires rootbeer is for the health of ...
$6 USDTrade Card for Tea Company in Worcester, Massachusetts
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
This amusing trade card has a lithograph of two young boys, identified at the bottom as “Playing Bank President Dining with a Wall St Bull”. One boy is puffing a cigar and holding a wine bottle. The wording is: “For pure teas and coffees, call at the Great Centennial American Tea Company, Worcester, Mass.” The card measures approximately 2-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches. This Victorian-era card is in good condition, with a light crease at the top right. The blank back is stained, as you can see in my photo ...
$15 USDCarter’s Little Liver Pills Puzzle Trade Card
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Puzzles
This 1890’s trade card has a puzzle in the illustration – the trick is to find thirteen animals, a hermit, and a bottle of Carter’s Pills hidden in the picture – quite a challenge! On the reverse is a description of the benefits of Carter’s Little Liver Pills, which promises to cure sick headaches (now called migraines), plus other ailments. The card measures 2-7/8 by 4-3/4 inches and is age-browned but otherwise in very good condition. This card will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and ...
$15 USDAdorable Children and Pets on Group of Five Trade Cards
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These five cute small trade cards each feature either children, puppies or kittens. The products they promote range from root beer extract to piano tuning. The largest card is 3-5/8 by 2-1/4 inches. They all are in very good condition, with no tears or creases. These cards will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$8 USDPretty Print and Poem With Tiny 1924 Calendar
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera
This pretty little calendar for 1924 is attached to a print of a window, birdcage and flowering vines on a trellis, with a 4-line poem about flowers, faith and love. It is in three layers, with a cardboard backing and a blue paper in the middle. There is a blue ribbon on top to hang on a wall. On the back is a penciled gift inscription. The cardboard backing measures 4 by 6 inches. The two top corners are creased, and there is a small waterstain at the top left. The cover of the small calendar ...
$22 USD SaleSALE Two Perfume Trade Cards – Hoyt’s German Cologne, 1886-87
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards:Perfume Trade Cards
These pretty trade cards were originally treated with the actual scent of Hoyt’s German Cologne, as a sample of this perfume. One card, copyrighted 1887, has a colorful print of a boy writing on a fence while a girl peeks through. The other card shows a girl with her doll and a boy also writing on a fence, with a large bottle of Hoyt’s Cologne – this card has a copyright date of 1886. Both cards read: “Perfumed with Hoyt’s German Cologne”. The back of the card lists the features and prices for ...
$5 USDDedication of Great Smoky Mountains Park, President Roosevelt
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera:National Parks
This is a linen-finish postcard showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the podium for the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. The caption reads: “Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, Photo by Tenn. State Dept. of Conservation”. The card has not been mailed and is in very good condition. This postcard will be packaged in a rigid plastic sleeve and bubble envelope, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$12 USDFour Vintage Die-Cut Trade Cards, Interesting Shapes
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These four trade cards are as follows: 1) Apollo Chocolates, from F. M. Roberts Co. in Boston, die cut in the shape of a bust of Apollo on a pedestal. This card measures 4 inches from top to bottom. 2) Vaseline, from Chesebrough Manufacturing Company in New York, die-cut in the shape of a jar of Vaseline. There is a calendar on the reverse with the first half of 1891. It is 3-1/8 inches from top to bottom. 3) Swift and Courtney Match, die cut in the shape of a box of matches. It is 2-1/2 by 1-5 ...
$10 USD SaleSALE Gilbert & Sullivan for Higgins’ Soap - Pirates of Penzance
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These two trade cards feature young girls and boys recreating scenes from Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance”, with lines from the musical printed below. The cards advertise Higgins’ German Laundry Soap. There is no printing on the backs of the cards. One of the cards has the top 1/8 inch cut off, perhaps by the printer. Otherwise, both cards are in very good condition with no tears or creases. The cards measure 3 by approximately 4-1/4 inches. These cards will be packaged in a rigid ...
$6 USDPierce Boots, Pair of Trade Cards, Providence RI
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
These two trade cards are just the same except for the color of the paper – one is grey and the other off-white. Each has a black-and-white lithograph of a windmill and four birds. Printed in the center are the words: “Thos. F. Peirce & Co., Boots and Shoes, Arcade, Providence, R. I.” Condition is good overall. The cards had been mounted in an album and there is some glue residue on the back, also a small paper loss at the top of the grey card. The off-white card has some spots of blue ink at ...
$15 USD ReducedREDUCED Palmer Cox Print – Rhyme and Reason, Clark's Thread
Collectibles:Paper:Trade Cards
In the 1880s, Palmer Cox (creator and illustrator of the popular Brownies), produced a small booklet called "rhyme and Reason" for Clark’s O.N.T. Spool Cotton. This print is actually the cover of that hard-to-find booklet, which someone has carefully cut out along the edge and removed. This would be a wonderful choice for framing for a child's room. The picture is of a cute little girl in a red dress, dressed up with granny glasses, cap and shawl, sewing a piece of fabric. A spool of Clark’s ...
Follow us on Twitter Fan us on Facebook
Ruby Lane Home |
About Ruby Lane, Inc. |
Privacy Policy |
Terms of Use |
Site Map |
Email Ruby Lane |
Help |
FAQ Knowledge Base
Copyright © 1998-2009 Ruby Lane Inc. ® All Rights Reserved.
