Novelties
Magic,Parlor Tricks,Paper Folding and Engineering,Clever Novelties,Transformation
N.pl: 1890s. A clever "magic book" made from simple paper engineering principles: the "book" reveals different images through a cut window depending on how it is unfolded. Made from paper printed with whimsical illustrations secured to pink construction paper "covers" with two scraps as decoration. Each of the images shows.....
Price: $350.00
History of Roller Coasters and Amusements,Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey: Young's Million Dollar Pier, 1903. A fun novelty badge produced in 1903 for lovers of the "Loop the Loop", a.k.a. the "Flip Flap Railway", in Atlantic City, New Jersey. An early example of the roller coaster, it was designed and built in 1901 by Edward A......
Price: $150.00
Material Culture and History,Sunday School,Children's School Supplies and Novelties
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co, 1922. An early 1920s trade catalogue advertising "Sunday School Supplies & Holiday Specialties" sold by a publishing house in Elgin, Illinois. Includes hundreds of offerings ranging from books and lesson plans to invitations, pins, badges, banners, records and reports, certificates, library cards, pocket.....
Price: $150.00
Product Labels, Sewing Notions
Nouveaute, c1880s. Two (2) cards wrapped with different cotton lace seam binding with original Nouveaute labels printed in vibrant blue on coated stock. The binding was used.
Price: $95.00
Catalogue,Fashion,Novelty
New York: E. Wells Sachett & Ranson, c1880s. A pair of souvenir catalogues especially designed to illustrate some of their numerous styles of trimmed and untrimmed bonnets and hats. The first is an 8 1/2" x 3" die-cut book in the shape of child with an illustration of a girl.....
Price: $250.00
Fortune Fish
Rochester, New York: J.G. Davis Co., c.1904. A nicely preserved example of a fortune fish, this one being used to advertise a granite flour company. Fortune fish, usually made from red cellophane, purport to tell your fortune by reacting to the body heat in your hand (e.g. curling up means.....
Price: $100.00
trade card, changing picture, movable, french, advertising
Paris: c1900. A chromolithography trade card from the famous French department and Curiosity Store, named Au Bon Marche. The front has a gold and floral frame with shutters that when moved, alter the image of a servant girl into that of a Queen. The back of the card features an.....
Price: $110.00
Maps, New England Society of the City of NY, Social History
New York New York - Waldorf Astoria: 23-Dec-07. A 2" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/4" silk covered press board box with The 102nd Annual Festival of the New England Society of the City of New York, December 23, 1907, Waldorf Astoria in woven silk on box side. Affixed to.....
Price: $275.00
Humor,Paper with a Secret
France: Early 19th cent. A clever greeting card with hidden mechanism on the verso. The front reads, "Bonheur et Prosperité" ("Happiness and Prosperity"). When a small tab is pushed on the verso, the gentleman holding a large bouquet of flowers on the front bows, revealing a horrified and caricatured woman.....
Price: $300.00
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Humor, Gambling, Playing Cards,
Spitalfields [London]: Taylor. A moralistic tale disguised as a humorous tale about a soldier caught playing cards in church, only to be caught by his superior; in order to evade punishment, the soldier spins a story about how each playing card teaches him a different bible story. Single leaf (11".....
Price: $550.00
Thumb Dictionary,Miniature Books,Lexicography
Glasgow, Scotland: David Bryce and Son, n.d. (c.1896). An early edition of Bryce's thumb dictionary, first published in 1892. Containing 15,000 words in a single two-inch-tall volume, including "a large number of scientific, philosophical, literary, and technical terms" (title-page). Bryce would go on to publish two follow-up editions, the "Diamond".....
Price: $75.00
Novelty Postcard,Love and Romance,Early Telephone
Providence, Rhode Island: Salisbury Manufacturing Co. / Bellman Ass'n, 1906. A novelty postcard from 1906, illustrating a handsome young couple on the telephone. The caption reads "A Busy Line", and the central image shows a group of putti perched on the telephone wire connecting the two lovers. Measures approx. 3".....
Price: $100.00
Beatlemania,Music Heartthrobs of the 1960s,British Invasion Kitsch,Proto Boy Bands,Memorabilia
[United States]: 1960s. An exuberant collection of Beatlemania trading cards from the 1960s, pasted into a book handmade from colored construction paper and staples by who we presume was an enthusiastic young female fan. In total there are 61 cards, including several in color, depicting the boys on tour and.....
Price: $275.00
Children's Toys and Games, Card Games
Cincinnati, Ohio: The U.S. Playing Card Company, 1921. A book of games for children using old decks of playing cards: "Decks of cards which no longer 'slip' easily interfere with the pleasure of grown-ups but to kiddies they offer material for much entertainment and not a little instruction disguised as.....
Price: $125.00
Humor,Caricature,Metamorphic
United States: c.1930? A metamorphic game based on six (6) different amusing caricatures. Each caricature is die-cut and printed onto a stiff piece of card, and is divided into three sections: face, chin, and body. The child playing with the toy can mix and match the different features to create.....
Price: $300.00
Fairs and Carnivals,Novelties,Games,Americana,Midway
Omaha, Nebraska: Central Carnival & Novelty Co., 1943. The 1944 to 1945 trade catalogue for the Central Carnival & Novelty Co., sellers of carnival games and ephemera. Each item is priced with illustration and a brief description. Some of the more fun games and items include: roll admission tickets; a......
Price: $400.00
Social History, Popular Culture
Twenty-four (24) cigarette holders constructed of various papers, celluloid, cork, metal wrings and foiled papers. Various lengths, colors, paper and textures. The five smaller advertising holders promote a Hairdresser (Max Frey), Austrian hotel, Herman Schmidt's cigarettes, Reichsadlen restaurant in Germany. Five of the larger holders with white and corrugated paper.....
Price: $250.00
Advertising History,Butterflies,Moths,Tobacco Silks,Cigarette Advertising,Entomology,Lepidopterology
United States: Tokio Cigarettes, 1910s. A collection of seventy (70) butterfly and moth tobacco silks, each originally sold with a cigarette carton as part of an advertising campaign for Tokio brand cigarettes. Alone, they are fine pieces of material history, but together, they become a vibrant and colorful flight of.....
Price: $1,000.00
Cross Stitch,Punch Paper,Token of Friendship,Handmade
[United States?]: c.1890s. A sweet token of friendship crafted from punch paper and embroidery floss, edged with a dark green ribbon and bow at top. The front and back panels of punch paper have different designs. The first has a floral border with the letters (initials?) "P M K A......
Price: $150.00
Dentistry,Humor,Riddles,Serials
Des Moines, Iowa: W.G. Kessinger Dental Laboratory, 1930. December 1930 issue of a tongue-in-cheek dental-themed periodical, advertising dentures and dentistry by W.G. Kessinger Dental Laboratory in Des Moines. Notable for its whimsical inclusions, such as "Funology" (a collection of humorous quotes from historical figures), "The Mystery of the Month" (a.....
Price: $150.00
Dentistry, Chromolithography
United States: Bristol-Meyers, 1950s. Chromolithographed dental model "presented in the interest of proper tooth brushing and gum massage by IPANA Tooth Paste" (verso). The various teeth are labeled (incisor, cuspid, bicuspid, molars), with numerals that "indicate [the] average years at which permanent teeth appear". Measures approx. 7" by 6" by.....
Price: $175.00
Facsimiles,Novelties and Memorabilia,Civil War History
N.pl: N.p, 1920s. A facsimile of a piece of Civil War realia, printed roughly in the 1920s. The facsimile is of an 1863 issue of the Vicksburg Daily Citizen "copied from the original, printed by the Confederate Printer, Mr. Swords, at Vicksburg, Miss., on wall-paper, in 1863 ... all they.....
Price: $100.00
Fairies and Fae,Playing Dress-Up, Fairy Tale and Fantasy
New York, New York: J. & P.B. Myers, Inc., 1920s. Two large wearable fairy wings for children's costuming produced in the 1920s, lithographed in gold and light peach-colored ink with flaked mica (nature's glitter!) adhered to the peach color. Each wing is labeled with instructions (e.g. "Put this under Right.....
Price: $500.00
Novelty Postcard,Butterflies,Japanese and Japonesque
N.pl: c.1900. A delicate novelty Japanese-inspired butterfly postcard produced for Americans c.1900, housed in the original printed envelope. The front of the envelope reads, "Best Regards in Flying Haste". Also includes an instructions sheet with small diagram: "Hold the body part of the Butterfly between two fingers of the left.....
Price: $150.00