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My shop is a mix of vintage costume jewelry, buttons, clothing, books, postcards, sheet music, ephemera, photos, and more.
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$27 USD SaleSALE Beautiful Dress for Baby Girl – Hand-Embroidered Smocked Bodice
Clothing:Children
This lovely little girl’s dress was home-sewn by a loving mother or grandmother, and dates to circa 1950. It’s white dotted Swiss with four rows of hand-embroidered smocking in blue on the front bodice, and another row of smocking in the back. The back is gathered and full from this line of smocking. The collar is trimmed with two small embroidered flowers. The back closes with three snaps and ties with a bow at the waist. The dress is in very good condition with no tears or stains. It measures ...
$23 USD SaleSALE Dress for Toddler Girl - Adorable Red Dotted Swiss
Clothing:Children
This cute little dress was home-sewn, and dates to circa 1950. It’s dotted Swiss in a bright red cotton, with bands of narrow white rick-rack trimming the neckline, hem and sleeves. There are nine mother-of-pearl buttons and buttonholes running down the front. Two ties gather fullness and tie in the back with a bow at the waist. The only damage appears to be two small spots at waist level at the right front (left in the photo). The dress measures 19-1/2 inches from shoulder to hem, 10 inches ...
$25 USD SaleSALE Pair of Silverplated Buttons, 19th Century London Manufacturer
Collectibles:Buttons:Vintage
These attractive buttons have a design of a battlemented castle tower, on a plain background. They are silverplate on copper, which can be identified because some of the copper is visible at the edges where the silver plating has worn away. There are no silver markings, but they were tarnished when I found them and they polished up very nicely with silver polish. They are marked “Jackson & Co., 58 Gracechurch St.” on the back. (Gracechurch Street is located in the City of London.) The buttons ...
$12 USD SaleSALE Round Lucite Buttons, Topaz Color, Set of Three
Collectibles:Buttons:Plastic
These three buttons are completely round, with a carved-out section at the back with a through-hole. They are made of a transparent topaz-colored Lucite plastic, and measure 7/8-inch in diameter. Condition is very good. These buttons will be packaged in a small box, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$25 USD SaleSALE Three Mother-of-Pearl Carved Buttons, Exceptionally Large
Collectibles:Buttons:Mother Of Pearl
Each of these three matched mother-of-pearl buttons measures a very large 2-3/8 inch in diameter. The distinctive iridescent MOP shell is carved in the same design of lines and circles on each button. The dark reverse sides of the buttons indicate the surface underneath the shells used to create them. The buttons are a four-hole sew-through format. They are in beautiful condition on the front – the backs include some roughness of the original shells. These buttons will be packaged in a small box ...
$18 USD SaleSALE Three Sets of Faceted Plastic Buttons, a Total of 21 Buttons
Collectibles:Buttons:Plastic
This group of buttons consists of three different colors of the same style. There are seven pink buttons, ten gold buttons, and four clear buttons. They are all made of transparent plastic, with a two-hole sew-through center. The buttons each measure 3/4 inch in diameter, and are in very good condition. These buttons will be protectively packaged, and shipped by first class mail. Postal insurance may be declined if not desired.
$149 USD SaleSALE Ungaro Perfume with Coordinating Brooch, In Original Fitted Box
Collectibles:Vanity Items
This pretty box contains a 1/4 oz. bottle of Ungaro perfume and a beautiful brooch. To find this perfume in the original box together with the Ungaro brooch is truly a rarity. The bottom of the perfume bottle has the date of 1990, which is the year this perfume was introduced. The green plush interior of the floral print box is fitted to contain the perfume and brooch. The brooch is gold-tone in a swirl design with a large green faceted crystal in the center. It measures a little less than 1-3/4 ...
$12 USD SaleSALE Eight Advertising Blotters with Cute Babies, Cooper Press in Providence
Collectibles:Advertising:Blotters
These blotters were a giveaway from Cooper Press in Providence, Rhode Island. Judging from the telephone number, they date to the 1950s or earlier. There are four different styles, and four duplicates. Each blotter has a photo of a sweet baby with a funny caption related to the baby’s expression, and text explaining how Cooper Press can solve the problem. Each blotter measures 8-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches, and they are all unused and in good condition with only a few smudges. I have turned one over so ...
$12 USD SaleSALE 1938 Movie Music with Racing Jockey Cover - “Say It With a Kiss”
Collectibles:Sheet Music:Music From Movies
This sheet music song is called, “Say It With a Kiss”. The song is from a Warner Bros. film called “Going Places”, starring Dick Powell. He is in jockey costume in the cover illustration by Im-Ho. Ronald Reagan is listed as a supporting actor, also Louis Armstrong. The song was written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, and was copyrighted by M. Witmark & Sons in 1938. Inside the front cover is a description and history of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and its ...
$18 USD SaleSALE Liz Claiborne Silk Scarf, Gorgeous Colors
Clothing:Accessories
This beautiful scarf has blue, purple, white, and rose colors on a sparkling green background, with a hand-dyed look. It’s printed “Liz Claiborne” on one corner, and has a Liz label sewn on another corner. The scarf is 100% silk. The label's care instructions date it to the 1980s, as there are none of the care symbols which were added in later years. The scarf measures 10 by 52 inches, and has hand-rolled edges. Condition is good, with a few tiny brown spots. This item will be carefully folded, ...
$54 USD SaleSALE Lovely Piano Shawl with Soft Colors and Elegant Fringe, 1920s
Clothing:Accessories
This beautiful shawl is printed with soft shades of pink, green, mauve and brown on a neutral greyish background. The clusters of flowers and leaves are surrounded by feathery branches. All four sides have long knotted fringe. The fabric is a crisp silk taffeta, and the woven warp print gives it a softened watercolor appearance. This silk taffeta weaving technique dates to the 1920s. The shawl measures 62 by 64 inches, excluding the fringe. The silk is delicate and has split in several areas for ...
$25 USD SaleSALE Scarf in Rainbow Colors - Funky Wide 1970s Macrame
Clothing:Accessories
Remember the macrame craze of the 1970s? Someone created this wide scarf or shawl back then and it could be yours now. The scarf is 16 inches wide and 58 inches long, excluding the fringe. It was made in three vertical sections and then stitched together. Each section has a trellis of rainbow-colored stripes undulating across a neutral grayish background. Some of the colorful fringe has frayed, but it is in overall very good condition. This scarf has been gently washed and ironed, and comes to ...
$35 USD SaleSALE Wide Crocheted Border - a Beautiful Seventy Inches Long
Collectibles:Textiles:Edgings
This hand-crocheted vintage border would be a lovely edging on a sheet or pair of pillowcases, or add the perfect Victorian touch to a fireplace mantel. The border is 70 inches long (almost six feet), and seven inches at the widest points. It is in beautiful condition with no damage or stains. This crocheted border has been gently washed and ironed, and comes to you from our smoke-free, pet-free home. This item will be protectively packaged and shipped by first class mail, including postal ...
$25 USD SaleSALE Bugle Beads and Rhinestones on Border of Red Crepe Fabric
Collectibles:Textiles:Edgings
These three pieces may have trimmed a flapper’s dance dress in the 1920s. Hundreds of clear bugle beads are sewn on red crepe fabric, and the beads are accented with prong-set rhinestones. The beaded design alone is 1-1/4 inch at the widest point. Two of the pieces are 21 inches long, the third is 19 inches long. All three pieces are in beautiful condition and could be used to create a spectacular project. This item will be protectively packaged and shipped by first class mail, including postal ...
$56 USD SaleSALE Designer ColorFlyte Melmac Dishes, Including Serving Platters
Collectibles:Kitchenware:Melmac Dinnerware
Add to your dinnerware service or begin a collection with these eighteen 1950s Melmac pieces, in mix-and-match colors of dark green, light green, orange and grey. There are six cups and six saucers, three bread-and-butter plates, a sugar bowl with cover and two serving platters. Two of the plates have a mark which I have identified in the photo as “Mark #1”. This mark reads “A Branchell Melmac Product of finest quality, The Branchell Co., St. Louis, Mo, K. LaMoyne, Designer”. All the other ...
$35 USD ReducedREDUCED Adorable Charm Bracelet, Six Animals Studded with Rhinestones
Jewelry:Vintage:Charms
This very cute bracelet has charms in the shape of a fish, a duck, a camel, a cat, a Scotty dog, and a funny walking bird. The animals are set with clear rhinestones and highlighted with touches or red and green enameling. They dangle from a fine link chain with a jump ring clasp. The setting is white metal (called “pot metal”), dating to the 1930s. As a size reference, the walking duck is one inch tall. The bracelet measures 6-1/2 inches in length. Although many of the rhinestones are darkened, ...
$52 USD ReducedREDUCED Funky Enameled Sword and Scabbard Chatelaine Brooch
Jewelry:Vintage:Pins/Brooches
This super chatelaine-style brooch can be worn in either of two ways. You can slip the sword into the scabbard and wear it as a single piece, or fasten each part separately to your jacket. Either way it will look smashing! There is a fleur-de-lys and a large red glass cabochon at the hilt of the sword, and lots of red rhinestones decorating the gold-tone panels on the black enameled scabbard. This design is based on patent #146950 issued June 17, 1947, and I have seen several variations, ...
$15 USD SaleSALE Indian Maiden Postcard by Schlesinger, Circa 1910
Postcards:Ethnic:Native American
A series of postcards depicting idealized Native Americans was published by Schlesinger Brothers in New York around 1910. This card shows a pretty maiden with a feather headdress embroidered with beads. Her long hair is braided. The postcard is high quality black-and-white lithography, and is in very good condition. It has not been mailed. This card 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.
$86 USD ReducedREDUCED Cameo Brooch in Lucite and Bakelite - Very Retro 1940s
Jewelry:Vintage:Early Plastics
This large brooch features a molded black Bakelite oval cameo and dates to the late 1940s. The pretty woman whose profile is on the cameo has a Greek or Roman hairstyle, earrings and a necklace. The cameo is centered on a round clear Lucite base, which is reverse-carved. The simple C clasp is screwed to the Lucite base. There are no manufacturers marks. The brooch measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter, and is in very good condition. This brooch will be protectively packaged and shipped by priority ...
$35 USD SaleSALE Horse Bridle Rosette Brooch, Pretty Florals on Blue Background
Jewelry:Vintage:Pins/Brooches
This pretty brooch is actually a converted vintage horse bridle rosette. It resembles a glass paperweight, set in a brass backing with a simple wire-formed pin stem and clasp. A design of red and blue flowers with green leaves is set on a deep blue background. This pin is in very good condition with the only damage being a small nick in the glass. This brooch will be protectively packaged and shipped in a box by first class mail, including postal insurance within the US. International postal ...
$27 USD SaleSALE Comical Moon-man Postcard, Embossed Illustration, Early 1900
Postcards:Comic
This terrific illustration is of a crescent moon in profile, complete with monocle and mustache, dressed for a night out with a top hat and cane. This chromolithograph illustration is embossed, and is sharp and clear. The poem at the top reads: “I’m a masher, and I’m sweet on the gels, I’ll tell you the reason why, I’m copying the gay city swells, Which every night I espy”. The card was published by P B F, and is #6283 and #6286. There is a partial postmark which I think is 1906. The card is in ...
$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 ...
$18 USD ReducedREDUCED Charlotte Ford Designer Blouse, Navy Print, 1970s
Clothing:Womens:Designer
This attractive blouse was designed by socialite Charlotte Ford, daughter of Henry Ford II. She designed a clothing line in the late 1970s, before moving on to write books on etiquette. The blouse has a pattern of colorful circles on a navy blue background. The fabric is polyester, and the blouse is size 6. It is in very good condition. This designer garment has been washed and ironed, and comes to you from our smoke-free, pet-free home. The blouse will be protectively packaged and shipped by ...
$43 USD SaleSALE Vintage Boy’s Short Chambray Overalls – Rare Find
Clothing:Children
It is really unusual to find a boy’s playsuit in good condition, if you can find one at all. This short overall is made of blue chambray fabric. It has a bib front, with straps which button at the back waist. The back waist can be gathered to fit with a white tape ribbon, and there are four mother-of-pearl buttons. Overall condition is good, although there are two 1/2-inch stains on the front, a small hole in the back, and one of the straps has a few loose seam threads. There are some areas of ...
$75 USD SaleSALE Double Exposure Cabinet Card – Actor Comedian Advertisement Photo
Collectibles:Photographic:Vintage
This very unusual cabinet card photo shows a man side-by-side in two poses, an intentional double exposure. He is identified on the bottom as John J. Black, Character Comedian. On the left you see Mr. Black in everyday appearance, and on the right he appears in costume for the stage. This was an innovative technique in these relatively early days of photography, and it is especially rare to find a stage performer’s photo in this format. The card was produced by Foreman, in Grafton, West Virginia ...
$78 USD SaleSALE Embroidered Lilies Pillow Sham Cover or Table Cover
Collectibles:Textiles:Vintage Linens
The earliest pillow shams were actually just linens that were placed over the bed pillows and/or nightgown during the day. This textile was probably made as a sham because of the wording that is embroidered on it, which reads: “Sweet Lilies Close Their Leaves at Night”. The piece could also be used very nicely as a table cover or wall hanging. The wording and the spray of lilies are beautifully embroidered in multi-color threads – the very lightest yellow does not show up too well in the photos. ...
$219 USD SaleSALE Exceptional Vintage Child’s Dress, Embroidered Ecru Linen
Clothing:Antique
This child’s dress is beautifully sewn and embroidered. It dates to circa 1910, as I found a photo in a 1911 issue of “The Delineator” showing a very similar dress. The fabric is an ecru linen, and the bodice and cuffs are embroidered in a pattern of stars and circles with brown silk floss. The dress is fastened at the back with hooks and eyes, which are covered by a placket forming a large pleat down to the hem. There are no raw seam edges – all the seams have been either rolled or covered with ...
$15 USD SaleSALE Veterinary Remedies Booklet by Fleming Bros. Chicago Stock Yards
Collectibles:Advertising:Other
This booklet, titled “Our Word and Theirs” is subtitled “Information and Testimony concerning Fleming’s Guaranteed Stock Remedies”. It was published by Fleming Brothers, Chemists, located at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. Some of the veterinary medicines noted in the booklet include treatments for Colic, Lump Jaw, Spavin, Tonic Heave and other ailments of livestock, and each has several testimonials from users. Fleming Brothers published Farm and Livestock Almanacs in the early 1920s and I ...
$16 USD SaleSALE “San Antonio”, Great Cowboy Cover Illustration by Starmer, 1907
Collectibles:Sheet Music:Beautiful Covers
This sheet music song is called “San Antonio”, and it was written by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alsytne. The cover is a wistful illustration of two cowboys by a evening campfire, and would be wonderful framed. This sheet music was published in 1907 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. in New York. It is in very good condition with only minor wear at the spine and a 1/4-inch tear on the right edge. It is the older folio size of 10-1/2 by 13-3/4 inches. This item will be packaged with a backing board and ...
$18 USD SaleSALE Vintage Hand-Sewn Doll Petticoat, Cotton with Crocheted Border
Dolls:Doll Clothing
This is a full-length petticoat made for a little girl’s doll. The wide crocheted border and hem at the bottom suggest that it was cut down from an adult undergarment. It’s difficult to put a date on when this dress was made, but I believe it dates to the early 1900s. The petticoat measures 16-1/2 inches from waist to hem, and the waistband is 11 inches. The sturdy cotton fabric is age-browned and stained, and the closing at the waist is missing. This doll's garment has been washed and ironed, ...
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