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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1910 item #1468167
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Cold-painted Viennese bronze sculpture of a devil. This half-goat half-man figure is very well detailed, even showing the individual vertebrae along his back and the curls of his hair.
  • Origin: Austria, ca 1900
  • Condition: near mint; tiny surface rubs at sharp points such as the fingertips
  • Dimensions: 2-1/4" tall.
  • All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1468166
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    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
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1960 item #1468165
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    A vintage bisque Halloween candy container in the form of a black cat rubbing up against a jack o'lantern. The porcelain is heavier than many bisque items, suggesting it is of American origin.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1950
    • Condition: good; about 15% paint loss, mostly on the back side
    • Dimensions: 3-1/4" x 2-1/2" x 2-3/8"
  • All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1468164
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    Antique German Halloween composition Veggie Man head from a candy container. He has a lot of personality with big teeth, spectacles, and a jaunty hat.
    • Origin: Germany, ca. 1920
    • Condition: excellent, about 1% paint loss
    • Dimensions: 2-1/8" tall; 1-3/8" wide
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1468163
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    $100.00
    A rare vintage bisque jack o'lanern placecard holder and candy container. A thin slit just above the eyes holds a placecard. This is the only bisque card holder/candy container we've seen.
    • Origin: Germany, ca. 1929
    • Condition: very good; about 10% paint loss
    • Dimensions: 2" diamter
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1468162
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    $210.00
    A delightful vintage Halloween bisque figure in the form of a broom-carrying witch and her black cat. Items such as this were used as table decorations, but it’s also possible that they were filled with small candies through the hole in the bottom, then sealed with paper and given as party favors. The witch, with her pasty complexion, gaping mouth, and crossed eyes really looks more like a space alien than a traditional witch. Only her broom and black cat betray her true nature!
    • Origin: Japan, ca. 1930
    • Condition: excellent, less than 5% paint loss
    • Dimensions: 4” tall
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1455641
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    A delightful bisque figure of a skiing Santa Claus carrying a cloth sack on his back. The paperboard skis are enhanced with glittery mica snow. The bottom is stamped "Made in Japan."
    • Origin: Japan, ca 1925
    • Condition: all excellent, except one ski has an old break that was reglued
    • Height: 2-3/4">/li>
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1454958
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    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."
    • Origin: Germany ca. 1930
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: diameter, 4-1/2"; height, 5-1/2"
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1454910
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    A delightful set of six vintage composition turkey place card holders for the Thanksgiving table. Each turkey is brilliantly decorated in colorful paint including a metallic silver that adds touch of realism to the feathers. Each is stamped "U.S. Zone Germany" indicating they were made between 1945 and 1952.
    • Origin: Germany, 1945-52
    • Condition: excellent; the paper covering at the bottom of one has been opened; two 1/16" paint nicks to one turkey
    • Dimensions: 2-1/8" tall
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1454579
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    $195.00
    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
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Ornaments : Pre 1990 item #1434439
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    A fun set of vintage Christmas ornaments depicting circus characters--a ringmaster, a strong man, a clown, an animal trainer, and a pair of flying acrobats. The ornaments are made from canvas and wood enhanced with painted details and fabric clothing.
    • Circa 1990
    • Condition: very good, the strongman had a place in the upraised fist that originally held a wooden dumbbell and the clown is missing one wooden hand.
    • Dimensions: ringmaster, 7-1/2" tall; strong man, 8" tall; clown, 6-1/2" tall; animal tamer, 6-1/2" tall; acrobats, 10" wide
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1431174
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    Vintage Halloween papier-mache Veggie Person or Jack o'Lantern, one side painted with a male face and the other side with a female face. Both sides have protruding red nose. The bottom is stamped "Germany."
    • Origin: Germany, ca 1920
    • Condition: excellent, all original, bright color
    • Dimensions: 3" diameter
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1920 item #1431103
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    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.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1920 item #1431102
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    A colorful antique composition witch's head from hand puppet or marionette. She has a long crooked nose and just two snarling teeth.
    • Origin: probably Germany, ca 1910
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimenisions: 2-3/4" tall
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1430854
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    $475.00
    An extremely rare early German wooden double-ratchet noisemaker featuring a composition and wood witch with moveable arms. Ratchets with full-body figures are very uncommon. The witch wears a red crepe paper ruffle and a pinkish paper skirt. The ratchet is stamped "Germany."
    • Origin: Germany, ca 1920
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions: 9-1/2" x 5-1/2"
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1430853
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    $385.00
    Very rare early German double-ratchet noisemaker featuring a composition devil head wearing a crepe paper ruffle. The ratchet is stained orange and black and is stamped "Germany."
    • Origin: Germany, ca 1920
    • Condition:very good, all original, a few nicks to the composition at high points (ear and horn tips, nose, cheeks)
    • Dimensions: 7" x 4-1/4"
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1430852
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    An outstanding early German wooden double-ratchet noisemaker featuring a composition black cat head wearing a crepe paper ruffle. The clacker blades are stained black. The ratchet is stamped "Germany."
    • Origin: Germany, ca 1920
    • Condition: excellent, all original, clacker blades appear to have been re-glued to the frame, typical fading to crepe paper
    • Dimensions: 8" x 6"
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1960 item #1430851
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    An unusual vintage Halloween wooden ratchet noisemaker decorated with a plastic black cat. This is the only old wooden ratchet we've seen with a plastic decoration. The ratchet is stained orange with a green clacker. The cat is marked "Made In Japan."
    • Origin: Japan, early 1950s
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions: 8" x 5-1/2"
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1430849
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    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
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1430847
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    A set of three vintage bisque candy containers in the form of a basket and a black cat with a Halloween orange neck ribbon. These would have been filled with small candies and given as party favors. The bottoms are stamped "Japan."
    • Origin: Japan, ca 1935
    • Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks, original paint
    • Dimensions: 2" x 2-3/4"
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1430846
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    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)
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1950 item #1430845
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    A very nice vintage pulp Halloween lantern in the shape of a black cat at an orange picket fence. The paper insert is original. The lantern has strong color and a nice shiny glaze on the pulp.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1940
    • Condition: original paint, a few small touch-ups, a couple of small tears on the back side, the bottom has a hole cut to insert a candle and the top of the head has a small section cut away to keep from burning.
    • Dimension: 7-3/4" tall
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1930 item #1392956
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    A vintage composition candy container in the rare form of a pink pig. The head is delicately painted to highlight a devilish face with red lips and a broad grin in which he bares his teeth. The painted eyes give him an overall scarey look. The tail is rawhide or leather while the head detaches from the body to reveal the storage compartment -- what an odd place to hide that holiday Christmas candy ! German vintage figural candy containers in the form of uncommon animals are rare.

    Dimensions: 6 inches long and 3 1/4 inches tall from the foot to the tip of his ear.

    Origin: Faintly marked Germany on the underside of the pig.

    Circa 1920.

    Condition: Very nice, with a bit of flaking around the neck. No visible repairs or breaks.

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Historical : Pre 1980 item #961683
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    During the heyday of British Airway's service on the Concorde, VIP passengers were treated to an ever-changing variety of gifts--lugggage tags, silver decanter labels, airplane models, etc. This "Mini World Atlas" is such an example. The small book is bound in gray leather, and the front cover is embossed in silver with the Concorde logo. The pages are also gilt in silver. The book's spine is uncracked and it has never been used.

    Origin: England, ca. 1990. Condition: mint. Size: 4-1/4" x 6-1/4".

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1940 item #653196
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    A delightful child’s spinning top made of tin with a lithographed scene of an animal parade. A monkey leads a band of a clarinet-playing pig, a sousaphone-playing cat, a trumpet-playing dog, and a drum-playing donkey. The animals appear against a brightly colored striped background. The side is lithographed with Wyandotte’s trademark.

    Origin: America, ca. 1930. Condition: surface scratching and a few dents from normal wear; bright coloring; working condition. Size: 5-1/2” diameter.

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    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Ornaments : Pre 1900 item #646087
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    A wonderful pair of antique German lithographed tin Christmas tree clip-on candle holders. Each is decorated with a design of oak leaves and acorns.

    Origin: Germany, ca. 1890. Condition: wear consistent with age, nice coloring. Size: 2" x 1".

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    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Toys : Pre 1940 item #636484
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    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.

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #562226
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    A terrific and very rare lithographed tin chocolate box, the lid decorated with "The Wheel of Fund and Frolic" Halloween game. The spinner points to various party tasks such as "Push a pickle across the floor with your nose" or "Sing a mammy song in black-face". Some of the tasks, like "Turn out the lights and have each girl kiss the boy nearest her" sound like a little more fun! The side of the tin is marked "Mrs. Sothern Home Made Sweets". Ca. 1930. Good condition, but with scratches and some wear to the playing surface. The spinner is replaced with a later plastic pointer. 10-1/4" diameter.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1960 item #557595
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    A nice lithographed tin spinning top toy with a design of children playing with dogs, chicks, rabbits and pigs. The lower sides and the very top are decorated in a patriotic pattern of red, white and blue stripes and stars. The bottom is marked by Ohio Art. Working condition.

    Origin: America, 1950s. Condition: very good, normal paint wear from play. Size: 7-1/2” diameter; 7-1/2” tall.

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Mechanical : Pre 1950 item #423000
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    Really nice vintage Chein tin spinning top toy colorfully lithographed with circus scenes showing clowns, elephants, ducks and dogs. The wooden handle is push down to engage the spinning mechanism. The top is marked with Chein's logo.

    Origin: America, ca. 1940. Condition: very nice, a few thumprint dings, very colorful, minimal paint loss. Size: 7-1/4" diameter; 6-3/4" tall.

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Paper : Pre 1920 item #338075
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    Pretty vintage Halloween postcard showing a young couple, he dressed as a Pilgrim and she dressed as a Victorian lady, walking along a scary path through the woods. They have just startled a black cat while a pair of witches look on from the background. The card has nice colors. The two lower corners have some creasing, sharp edges. The back is postmarked 1910.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #319794
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    Wonderful vintage liquor bottle in the form of “Pere Noel” or Santa Claus. Dressed in a long, Belsnickle-type robe, he carries a huge pack of toys on his back, a doll in one hand and a walking stick in the other. The original paper label around the base says, “Benoit Serres Distilleries Toulouse France Depuis 1841”. The label at the neck, just below the bakelite top, indicates that the original contents was triple sec. The paint is original and shows about 20% loss.

    Origin: France, ca. 1930. Condition: very good, no chips or cracks. Size: 12-1/4” tall.

    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #308849
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    Vintage lithographed tin Halloween pan noisemaker, decorated in green, black, white and orange. The decorations include a witch, a ghost and a skeleton around a cauldron. The edges are decorated with jack o'lanterns, owls, bats and black cats. Marked "US Metal Toy Mfg. Co. Made In U.S.A." Very nice condition, some scratching where metal clappers hit against pan Circa 1940s. 7-7/8" long.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1950 item #307829
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    Very nice vintage tin child’s sand pail decorated with a patriotic lithograph of an American eagle in red, white and blue. The patriotic theme is unusual. The pail is marked by Ohio Art. Circa 1940s. Wear and rusting from normal use, but no big dings and cracks. The graphics are nice and bright. 6-1/8” high to top rim; 6-1/4” top diameter.
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Paper : Pre 1920 item #186645
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    Wonderful vintage children's Christmas storybook, "Jolly Santa Claus". The cover is printed in full color with a depiction of Santa arriving wiht a decorated tree and a load of toys. The interior has another full-color plate depicting Santa driving his team of reindeer toward his castle at the North Pole. Nearly every page has a black-and-white illustration. The stories are not restricted to Christmas, and include jingles, poems, historical stories, tales, etc. The book was published by M.A. Donohue & Co. of Chicago. All the pages are intact; the book has the usual wear around the edges of the covers. Circa 1910. 9-13/16" x 7-5/8".
    All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Paper : Pre 1910 item #151881
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    Very nice embossed Halloween post card illustrating a young girl and boy meeting over the top of a winking jack o'lantern. Two black cats stand watch. The card is dated 1908 and was made by International Art Publishing Co.

    Origin: America, 1908. Condition: unused, fairly crisp edges, a tiny crease at lower left corner, a staple hole at the top left corner, bright color.