Terrific embossed Halloween post card with an unusual comic scene. Front marked "Copyright 1909 by Julius Bien & Co., N.Y.". Series 980. Postmarked 1909. Terrific color and good condition except for tiny bends at three corners. Unused.
Extremely rare red, white and blue blown glass garland perfect for your patriotic Christmas tree. Most bead garlands have painted color, but these are unusual in that the blue and white stripes are actually blown into the glass. These stripes are accented with painted red and gold indents. In fact, this is the only garland I've seen that was made of colored glass! Also note that the beads are graduated and become larger toward the center of the garland.
Origin: Germany, 1920s...
Rare hard plastic Santa Claus in a chimney candy container. Probably made by Rosbro Plastics, circa 1940s-50s. Excellent condition. 5" tall.
A rare bisque Halloween candy container in the form of a Pumpkin Man holding a large pumpkin as a black cat walks by. This would have been filled with small candies and used as a table decoration or party treat.
- Origin: Japan, ca 1930
- Condition: no chips or cracks, about 10-15% paint loss
- Dimensions: 3" tall
Cute vintage Halloween paper party napkins. The design features a parade of costume children knocking on a door to further fill their bulging candy sacks. 1940's. Excellent condition. 13" x 13".
Unopened package of 6 vintage Halloween party paper plates. The decoration features a witch, a haunted tree, bats, black cats and jack o'lanterns. The back of the package has the original Reed's label. Circa 1930s. Size: 8" x 8".
Excellent early embossed Halloween post card featuring a unusual comic scene of a man being frightened by a jack o'lantern snake. Marked "Copyright 109 by Julius Bien & Co, NY". Series 980. Very nice condition with just the slightest of rounding at corners. Unused.
Vintage blown glass bead Christmas garland comprised of elongated fuchsia beads. The garland retains its original "Made In Japan" tag. Excellent condition. 5 feet long. Circa 1930.
These hard to find vintage Clemco Christmas lights are in their original illustrated box and are marked Clemco. Working condition. The box does not open with a top flap like most light boxes, there is actually a top box and a bottom box.
The bottom box has some tears but the top with its wonderful illustration is in excellent condition. The earliest Clemco parallel sets date to 1935.
Excellent vintage Halloween papier-mache party noisemaker in the form of a banana. These are more often found in the shape of a carrot. Unmarked, but definitely German, circa 1925. It has the original 10-cent price marked in pencil. Excellent working condition; all original. 7-1/2" long.
Nice Santa Clause on a ball blown glass Christmas ornament. The ball is decorated with silver stripes against the orange/red background. Nice detail.
Origin: Germany. Condition: excellent paint and silvering, replaced cap. Size: 3-3/4" tall.
This is a really nice 1996 Longaberger University commemorative Christmas Ornament in the original box. This ornament is signed on the back: Longaberger - Collectors Club - A Longaberger Hometown Christmas - LONGABERGER UNIVERSITY - COLLECTORS EDITION 1996. The ornament is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. The original box is very good. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
A rare vintage pressed paper Halloween noisemaker in the form of a carrot. The colors are bright and the mouthpiece retains the reed, so it makes a nice squawky sound. The side has a handwritten price of 10 cents and is faintly marked "Germany."
- Origin: Germany, ca. 1920
- Dimensions: 8" tall
- Condition: excellent, bright color, working
Halloween post card featuring a comic couple. The card advises the lady to make sure to prearrange having her boyfriend stand behind her as she looks in the mirror so that the trick works properly Notice the witch watching them from behind!. Marked on reverse "H/Series #1". Unused.
Nice vintage blown glass Christmas ornament in the form of a "Popcorn Head". Condition: near mint, excellent paint and silvering, no cracks or chips. Size: 2".
Super vintage celluloid and chenille Easter rooster decoration. This rooster is very colorful in his spiffy suit and black tophat. He is attached to his original chenille stick and makes a nice Easter decoration. Circa 1930. Size: rooster only, 2-1/2" tall. Mint condition.
Vintage Halloween party paper plate. The decoration features a witch, a haunted tree, bats, black cats and jack o'lanterns. Circa 1930s. Size: 8" x 8".
Fun lithographed tin Easter basket by Chein. The outside is decorated with scenes from nursery rhymes including "Little Bo Peep", "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater". The bottom is marked with Chein's logo.
Origin: America, circa 1950. Condition: excellent, a little paint scuffing along the rim and a 1/4" rust spot on the side. Size: 5-3/4" diameter, 5-1/2" high.
A very nice pulp "choirboy" Halloween jack o'lantern. The paper insert is original. The pulp has very good color and a nice shiny glaze.
- Origin: America, ca 1940
- Condition: excellent, virtually no paint wear
- Dimensions: 7" x 5-1/2" (excluding wire bail)
A delightful belly-laughing Santa, patriotically dressed in red, white and blue, stands atop a round box candy container enhanced with mica to represent snow. Santa is stamped "Japan" at the back.
- Origin: Japan, ca 1930
- Condition: excellent, no chips, cracks or paint loss
- Dimensions: 3-5/8" tall
Nice vintage Halloween paper party napkin featuring a cat who has fallen into the apple-bobbing tub, much to the amusement of his friends. Circa 1940s-50s. Condition: excellent. Size: 14" x 14".
Fun chenille chick in a yellow pressed paper Easter Egg. Used as an Easter table decoration, it might also have been used as a candy container for jelly beans or other small candies. Unmarked, probably Japanese, circa 1930's. Great condition. 2-1/2" tall.
A vintage bisque Halloween witch. Despite the flying cape, pointy hat and broom, she has a rather sweet face.
- Origin: Germany, ca. 1930
- Condition: excellent, about 5% paint loss
- Dimensions: 3-1/8" tall
Very nice embossed vintage Halloween postcard featuring a line of girls dressed as ghosts and carrying smoking jack o'lanterns. The colors are bright and fresh. Postmarked (date illegible).
Origin: America, circa 1915. Condition: excellent, sharp corners, no tears or creases. Size: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2".
Outstanding antique German snowman Christmas candy container. We've had many vintage Christmas candy containers, but never this design. The entire papier-mache container is covered with red and white chenille. The snowman straddles the container, making a sort of basket handle. His black eyes are glass and his nose is composition. The inside of the basket is marked "Germany."
Lovely pastel pink and blue blown glass indent bead Christmas tree garland. The light colors are accented by the strong reds inside the blue indents and yellow and green inside the pink indents. 28" long. Bright color and silvering; some flaking to red paint; one pink bead is missing and one blue has a hole.
Fun lithographed tin Easter basket by Chein. The outside is decorated with scenes from nursery rhymes including "Little Bo Peep", "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater". The bottom is marked with Chein's logo.
Origin: America, circa 1950. Condition: excellent, a little paint scuffing along the rim and a 1/4" rust spot on the side. Size: 5-3/4" diameter, 5-1/2" high.
Nice vintage German Dresden-type papier-mache Easter egg candy container decorated with a bright scene of chicks dying Easter eggs. The inside is marked "Container Made in Western Germany". Circa 1950's. Excellent condition, a few small spots of wear to the paper, but nothing terrible distracting. 6" long.
Vintage bisque Halloween black cat candy container. The bottom is marked "Made In Japan." Circa 1930. Condition: excellent.
Vintage celluloid windup carousel toy featuring chicks that bob up and down from windows, a bit chick that spins around amid twirling bells and celluloid flowers, all under a pink celluloid canopy. Marked "Japan". Circa 1950. Excellent condition; the canopy droops just a bit, probably from being in a box for too long; windup mechanism works. 7-1/4" tall.
As seen in Neiman Marcus, Horchow, Saks holiday catalogs these ornaments script signed: "Lalique R France" as follows: Available A)Green (cool shade) berry holly motif marked NOEL 1990 @ lower edge;
B) Teal same motif is dated 1989;
FREE Lalique Box when taking both!
C) SOLD Green (warm pine shade) was 1992.
Each is 2 5/8" across and 1/4" thick. Wear them as pendants...
Fun chenille chick in a pink pressed paper Easter Egg. Used as an Easter table decoration, it might also have been used as a candy container for jelly beans or other small candies. Unmarked, probably Japanese, circa 1930's. Great condition, except that some of the paper is unwiding from the wire feet. 2-1/2" tall.
Old Little Red Riding Hood candy container. The pressed paper front shows Red Riding Hood walking with a seemingly docile wolf on her way to Grandmother's house. The candy box affixed to the back has a slide opening much like a match box. the back is marked "Made In Germany." 3" x 1" x3-1/4" tall. Circa 1930s.
A scary antique composition Devil head from a hand puppet or marionette. His features are dramatically highlighted with colorful paint (all original) to be seen from a distance.
- Origin: probably Germany, ca 1910
- Condition: excellent, all original paint, very small area of flaking at the tip of one horn at the back of one ear
- Dimensions: 3-1/4" tall.
A terrific lithographed tin Easter toy by Chein. A jaunty rabbit, decked out in a straw hat, pulls a cart decorated with various Easter bunny scenes. The back of the cart is marked with Chein’s logo.
Origin: America, ca. 1930. Condition: one back corner of the cart has some bubbling of the finish, but otherwise excellent condition. Size: 11-1/2” long; 7-3/4” tall.
This Matchless star Christmas light has amber glass prisms and a cobalt blue glass gem. This is one of the less common color combinations. The base is bakelite and the bulb is C-6. These star lights were manufactured by the Matchless Electic Co. of Chicago, circa 1930. This light is 2 inches in diameter and in working condition. Condition: excellent.