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Maud Humphrey Mehlin Pianos Trade Card

$20 USD Offers ConsideredMaud Humphrey Mehlin Pianos Trade Card

Collectibles:Advertising
This is an unsigned card by Maud Humphrey. It has a little girl that is dressed in a larger mans jacket and hat and the puppy is pulling her golf club and she is crying. It is so cute. It is a promo card for Mehlin Pianos and is from the early 1900's. The card measures 5 x 3 inches. The corners are a bit rounded.
Buster Brown W/ Mary Notecard *Great* Unused

$25 USD Offers ConsideredBuster Brown W/ Mary Notecard *Great* Unused

Collectibles:Comics:Buster Brown
This is the second of three notecards that I have with Buster Brown and Tige. This has Buster Brown with Tige talking with Mary and she is asking "Do you want a stenographer, Buster?" It is signed R.F. Outcault. The notecard closed measures 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. This is from the early 1900's.
Buster Brown and Tige Notecard *Great* Unused

$30 USD Offers ConsideredBuster Brown and Tige Notecard *Great* Unused

Collectibles:Comics:Buster Brown
This is the last of three notecards that I have with Buster Brown and Tige. This has Buster Brown talking to Tige and he is saying "Keep your eye on Buster Brown for writing letters He has renown when ma sees all the stamps I've used I will surely be abused Buster". Tige is balancing the ink on his nose and he is holding the pen in his mouth. It is signed R.F. Outcault. The notecard closed measures 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. This is from the early 1900's.
Buster Brown Writing Letter Notecard *Great* Unused

$20 USD Offers ConsideredBuster Brown Writing Letter Notecard *Great* Unused

Collectibles:Comics:Buster Brown
This is the first of three notecards that I have with Buster Brown andTige. This has Buster Brown writing a letter with ink spilled all over the floor and Tige is sitting behind him. It is signed R.F. Outcault. The notecard closed measures 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. This is from the early 1900's.
MGM 1940's Laurel & Hardy Mechanical Cardboard Figures

$128 USD Offers ConsideredMGM 1940's Laurel & Hardy Mechanical Cardboard Figures

Collectibles:Memorabilia
This is a great piece of movie memorabilia. It is 6 1/2 inches tall with scissor movements, this interesting mechanical representation shows the classic comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy and when legs are moved heads alternately bob up and down while arms tip bowler hats. I think it has to be from around the 1940's as Laurel and Hardy where with MGM during 1941-1944 only. I suppose the cardboard figure could be older and MGM just put there name on it later.. The piece has the artist name on the ...
1905 Foxy Grandpa Head Bank

$100 USD Offers Considered1905 Foxy Grandpa Head Bank

Collectibles:Banks
This is such a great piece of Platinum Age comic memorabilia. It is a head bank of Foxy Grandpa circa 1905. He feels like a combination of bisque and chalk. He stands 4 inches and has some minor flea chips. He has 99% left of his original paint. There is no opening to get the money out so it is a wonder he is still in one piece. I bet these were broken all the time trying to get the money back out of them. Would make a wonderful addition to any comic collector. I just love Foxy Grandpa and hope ...
1917 Little Bellefair Cigar Box

$20 USD Offers Considered1917 Little Bellefair Cigar Box

Collectibles:Tobacciana
This is small cigar box with a lady on front holding a bird. There is some spotting on the paper label and there is a tax stamp from 1917 on it. The top is seperated from the bottom but it is all there. The box measures 4 1/4 inches long 2 3/4 inches across and is 1 inch high. It is for small cigars. Really cute box with the label on the inside lid also saying Bellefair.
1900 Yellow Kid Figural Pin Cushion

$450 USD Offers Considered1900 Yellow Kid Figural Pin Cushion

Collectibles:Comics:Figurine
This is such a great piece and anything Yellow Kid is hard to find. He measures 3.5" tall. He is from the late 1890's early 1900's. He is a pretty heavy durable little guy. He is a high quality metal figure with embossed writing on the front of his shirt reading "Dey's Stuk On Me, See!" He is holding a basket with cloth-covered insert to put pins in. He has a pocket on the front and his shirt is not buttoned on the back. The basket he is carrying is weaved on the backside as you can see.The ...
1896 Adams Yellow Kid Chewing Gum Card

$65 USD Offers Considered1896 Adams Yellow Kid Chewing Gum Card

Collectibles:Advertising
This is card number 15 from the1896 insert premium issue of R.F. Outcault's Yellow Kid. One of a series of 25 cards given away with Adams' Yellow Kid Chewing Gum. This is from the large number series. The bottom left hand corner is clipped off. On Yellow Kids shirt it says "Ole sal' says me and him dont nede no arbitrashun aint he de grate old guy" On the back it has The Game of Yellow Kid. The card measures 4 3 /8 x 3 3 /4 inches. These are really collectible.
1907 Ida Waugh "So High" Calendar Card

$20 USD Offers Considered1907 Ida Waugh "So High" Calendar Card

Collectibles:Advertising
I just love the art work of Ida Waugh. This is a advertising calendar card. The print is titled "So High" copyright 1903 Ida Waugh. This was given away from The Shawnee Agency Fire Insurance. The calendar has the first 5 months ripped off but has from June to Dec. The card measures 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. The corners are a bit rounded but it is so cute.
1906 Colgate Baby Talcum Tin Sample Size

$56 USD Offers Considered1906 Colgate Baby Talcum Tin Sample Size

Collectibles:Advertising:Tins
Here's an early advertising sample size tin from Colgate - Colgate's Baby Talc. Colors are bright and crisp. It is empty. There are a few small dents in the collar of tin. There are tiny chips of paint off and a couple scratches on the front of the tin as you can see. If you collect advertising tins this would make a great addition.
1901 Frances Brundage Great LOVER'S Print

$85 USD Offers Considered1901 Frances Brundage Great LOVER'S Print

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is a 1901 print by Frances Brundage. It was done for Raphael Tuck & Sons. There is no title on the print. I have been collecting Frances Brundage prints for quite some time now and this is the first one that I have seen like this- very unusual subject matter. It is so cute. They are all sitting on a bench the man looks stumped as he sits there holding on to his hat and bouquet of flowers, I am assuming he wants to court the girl and she is holding something in her hand, possibly a note or ...
German Guntherman Tin Felix The Cat Toy Wind Up

$255 USD Offers ConsideredGerman Guntherman Tin Felix The Cat Toy Wind Up

Collectibles:Toys
This is a great German Guntherman Tin Wind-Up Felix the Cat Toy. It works great. It is Marked "Felix Copyright 1922,1924 by Pat Sullivan Made in Germany " His arms are held behind him. He is missing some of his paint as you can see. He is also missing his tail. He has been in our collection for quite some time now. He measures 6 1/2 inches high.
1900 Glenwood Ranges Die Cut Advertising Card

$18 USD Offers Considered1900 Glenwood Ranges Die Cut Advertising Card

Collectibles:Advertising
This is a great little die cut advertising card. It has three colorful children dressed up like little clowns. It folds over to be a stand up and is cut around the children's hats. It is a trade card for Glenwood Ranges and has its slogan, Make Cooking Easy. On the back of card it has the distributor for Glenwood. It is W.H. Riley & Co. Northampton, Mass. (Fitts Block) Agents for Glenwood Ranges. The card measures 6 inches long and 4 inches high. That is without it being a stand up. It has ...
1890's Mellin's Food OUR BABY Die Cut Stand Up

$22 USD Offers Considered1890's Mellin's Food OUR BABY Die Cut Stand Up

Collectibles:Advertising
This is a great advertising piece by Mellin's Food. It is titled "Our Baby". It was done by Maud Humphrey and was modeled after her son Humphrey Bogart. It is a little stand up piece. It measures 5 1/2 inches high. There is some paper loss on the tabs that you bend back so that it can stand up. Great for a collection with baby items.
1930's Charlotte Becker Great Framed Baby Print

$56 USD Offers Considered1930's Charlotte Becker Great Framed Baby Print

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is such a great Charlotte Becker print. It has a baby with such wide open eyes, a very alert little one. It is framed in a round white painted frame with gold paint on the inside rim of frame. The gold matches the mat going around the print. The frame measures 13 inches in diameter. The frame is original to the print. Would be great in a baby room or for collectors of baby prints. I got it to put in my babies room a while back and because I collect baby prints but I cannot keep them all.
1900's Buster Brown W/ Tige Save Money Promo Card

$30 USD Offers Considered1900's Buster Brown W/ Tige Save Money Promo Card

Collectibles:Comics:Buster Brown
I have never seen these before but it is some kind of promo card. It has Buster Brown with a bag that says SAVE MONEY and Tige is looking at the board which says "Save time save space. Look how many things can be put into little wasted corners and little wasted hours and little wasted minutes. Buster Brown. R.F. Outcault N.Y. Then at the bottom of the card it says "And Big Wasted Brains." The card measures 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches. I think these are probably pretty scarce.
1898 Maud Humphrey Mother & Daughter Praying Print

$40 USD Offers Considered1898 Maud Humphrey Mother & Daughter Praying Print

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is such a great print and I have had it for such along time and never got around to framing it. I bought this from someone who took the original baby book by Maud Humphrey apart and sold me all the prints. It is copyright 1898 by Frederick A. Stokes Company Printed in America. It is signed Maud Humphrey 98. The print measures 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Would look so cute framed in a babies room.
1892 Hires Rootbeer Advertising Checkerboard *GREAT*

$128 USD Offers Considered1892 Hires Rootbeer Advertising Checkerboard *GREAT*

Collectibles:Advertising
This is such a great advertising piece for Hires Root Beer. It is copyrighted 1892 by Charles E. Hires Co. It has the famous little boy reaching for a glass of root beer. This is an advertising premium. There is paper loss as you can see but more on the edges and it looks like something stuck to the backside at one time as there is some paper residue left. The corners are rounded. It is folded and opens up to a checkerboard that is yellow and black in color. It measures 12 inches open. What a ...
1900's Buster Brown W/ Tige Learn To Figure Promo Card

$30 USD Offers Considered1900's Buster Brown W/ Tige Learn To Figure Promo Card

Collectibles:Comics:Buster Brown
I have never seen these before but it is some kind of promo card. It has Buster Brown writing on a black board. He is writing School Learn to Figure and Tige is reading a book titled About Everything "Resolved, That when we are a small boy we figure with a pencil or chalk, but now we are a man; we figure with our brains. 1 + 1 = 2. Right is right and the square man can't lose. Buster Brown. R.F. Outcault N.Y. The card measures 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches. I think these are probably pretty scarce.
1904 Maud Humphrey Playing Mamma Calendar Page  *Great

$85 USD Offers Considered1904 Maud Humphrey Playing Mamma Calendar Page *Great

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is such a great calendar page by Maud Humphrey. I have on all 6 pages but they are being sold individually. This calendar was put out by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. It is a 1904 calendar page. The page measures 12 3/4 x 10 inches. Each one is signed Maud Humphrey and dated 1903. This one is titled "Playing Mamma" September and October, it looks in great shape. It is a great calendar ready to hang in your home.
1910 Foxy Grandpa The Stump Book Very Rare LOOK

$1,100 USD Offers Considered1910 Foxy Grandpa The Stump Book Very Rare LOOK

Collectibles:Comics
This is an awesome find that we have had in our collection for years now. It is Foxy Grandpa by Bunny (Carl Schultz)The Stump Books. The stump books are very rare. It even has its original ivory clasp intact. The cover is yellow pictorial cloth with red decoration. It measures 6 inches long and is 1 1/2 inches high. It is 40 pages including the front and back paste downs. On the inside of cover it is advertising other books in the Stump series. There are 8 listed. This is such a great one ...
1920's Bisque Bringing Up Father JIGGS Figurine Germany

$81 USD Offers Considered1920's Bisque Bringing Up Father JIGGS Figurine Germany

Collectibles:Comics:Figurine
This is a great little bisque figurine of Jiggs from the famous Bringing Up Father comic series. He stands 3 1/4 inches tall. He has his cigar hanging out of his mouth. He still has most of his paint. He is marked Germany on his bottom foot. Great addition to the comic character collector.
1904 Maud Humphrey Playing School Calendar Page  *Great

$75 USD Offers Considered1904 Maud Humphrey Playing School Calendar Page *Great

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is such a great calendar page by Maud Humphrey. I have on all 6 pages but they are being sold individually. This calendar was put out by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. It is a 1904 calendar page. The page measures 12 3/4 x 10 inches. This one is titled "Playing School" and is for the months of January / February calendar page. Each one is signed Maud Humphrey and dated 1903. There is some minor browning and where the holes were to hold the calendar together there is a tear on one on ...
1905 Gillette Safety Razor Postcard Baby Shaving *Cute*

$25 USD Offers Considered1905 Gillette Safety Razor Postcard Baby Shaving *Cute*

Collectibles:Advertising
This is a great postcard ad by Gillette Safety Razor. It has a baby shaving himself. The logo is "Begin Early Shave Yourself". The postcard has not been postally used or written on. Really cute postcard and highly collectible. Would be great framed in a shaving collection.
1890's Maud Humphrey Garland Stoves Advertisement GREAT

$34 USD Offers Considered1890's Maud Humphrey Garland Stoves Advertisement GREAT

Collectibles:Advertising
This is a great Maud Humphrey illustration. It has a little girl acting like a teacher with 4 little children following her lead. They are all little bakers. It is not signed Maud Humphrey but is her work. This little brochure opens up for the Garland Stove ad. It has a little piece of tape on the inside. On the back it has a colorful flower display. The brochure measures 6 x 3 1/4 inches and that is with it closed. It would be so cute framed. There is some creasing on one of the corners and ...
1930's Bisque Bonzo Made In Japan *CUTE*

$40 USD1930's Bisque Bonzo Made In Japan *CUTE*

Collectibles:Comics
This little bisque Bonzo is 2 1/2 inches tall and is marked Made In Japan on his back. He has black spots a red mouth and a collar on. There is some red on the bottom of him and I am wondering if they repainted the mouth. If they did they did a good job. He is really a sweet looking Bonzo. I do not see any chips or breaks.
1904 Maud Humphrey Playing Grandma Calendar Page  *Great

$85 USD Offers Considered1904 Maud Humphrey Playing Grandma Calendar Page *Great

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is such a great calendar page by Maud Humphrey. I have on all 6 pages but they are being sold individually. This calendar was put out by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. It is a 1904 calendar page. The page measures 12 3/4 x 10 inches.Each one is signed Maud Humphrey and dated 1903. This one is titled "Playing Grandma" November and December calendar months. It is in great shape. Would look so cute framed.
1910 Parker Brothers Little Mother Goose Card Game W/Box

$125 USD Offers Considered1910 Parker Brothers Little Mother Goose Card Game W/Box

Collectibles:Games
This is a great little game by Parker Brothers Salem, Mass. U.S.A. It is the Little Mother Goose game. I dated it around 1910 because of the graphics and box. The box cover has Humpty Dumpty riding a goose. The graphics are great as the cards are also. The colors are very vivid. The instructions are there but are cut in half. There are 30 cards in all. There are 14 pairs and the Old Maid card and one card looks to have lost its match. It can be played with the 14 pairs. The main thing is the Old ...
1904 Maud Humphrey Playing Graduating Calendar Page  *Great

$60 USD Offers Considered1904 Maud Humphrey Playing Graduating Calendar Page *Great

Collectibles:Paintings, Prints
This is such a great calendar page by Maud Humphrey. I have on all 6 pages but they are being sold individually. This calendar was put out by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. It is a 1904 calendar page. The page measures 12 3/4 x 10 inches. Each one is signed Maud Humphrey and dated 1903. This one is tltled "Playing Graduating" March and April calendar there is some browning and staining going across the middle of the calendar as you can see in photo. It is the only one that is in this ...
 
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