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An Interview with Vintage Pinball Machine Collector Clay Harrell

I didn’t really get into to pinball machine collecting until maybe 15 years ago, but when I was a freshman in college, video games were really big. I went to Purdue Univers… Read more

Guest Column: A History of Dimestore Christmas Village Houses

The following is a history of these wondrous little artifacts called cardboard Christmas village houses - a history devoted to establishing some way of categorizing them … Read more

Guest Column: Understanding Antique Radios

You've just acquired an old radio, but apart from the manufacturer's name on the front, you don't know a blessed thing about it. Learning more about your radio may satisfy yo… Read more

An Interview on Vintage Fashion, Sewing, and Aprons with Author Amy Karol

I think I started collecting vintage aprons seriously probably in 1991, my first year of college. I was an absolute junkie for vintage clothing, which was pretty much all I  Read more

Guest Column: Trends in Fishing Tackle Collecting

I’ve been a collector of antique fishing tackle for over 20 years, and have been selling antique tackle in my shop since 1990. I collect all aspects of fishing memorabilia.… Read more

An Interview With Antique Clock Collector Bill Stoddard

How did I get interested in clocks? Something about them has always been ingrained in me. My mom’s father had a small collection of antique clocks and when I was a little b… Read more

An Interview With Antique Toy Model Car Collectors Ron Sturgeon and Rodney Ross

Ron Sturgeon: I had an automotive repair shop in about 1976 and spent a lot of time repairing Mercedes. About 1979 I decided to start collecting Mercedes toy cars. I was youn… Read more

An Interview With Cowan Art Pottery Museum Curator Carol Jacobs

I’m the curator here at the museum in Rocky River, a suburb west of Cleveland. I look at Cowan pottery from a historian’s angle because this is part of Rocky River’s cu… Read more

An Interview With Vintage Petroliana (Oil and Gas) Collector Jim Potts

I became interested in Petroliana in a kind of roundabout way. I’ve been in the automotive repair business all my life, and have always liked cars and been interested in au… Read more

An Interview With Vintage Ford Car, Porcelain Sign, and Petroliana Collector Sam Baker

I’ve always had an old Ford Model A or something to tinker around with or play with. It may not have been on the road but I was always building or working on something. Aro… Read more

An Interview with Vintage Cigarette Lighter Collector Urban Cummings

At the very beginning, my interest in lighters was about the mechanism. I had my first lighter when I was 14. I saved up my nickels and dimes. I grew up in Oakland, and bough… Read more

An Interview With Vintage Guitar Collector Clay Harrell

I grew up in upstate New York in Rochester, and started playing guitar when I was about 10 years old. We had this place in Rochester; called the House of Guitars. It was this… Read more

An Interview With Antique Glass Insulator Collector Ian Macky

I got interested in insulators when I lived in El Cajon and my neighbor worked for San Diego Gas and Electric. His son had a bunch of insulators on the window sill in his bed… Read more

An Interview With Comic Character Advertising Pinback Collector Mark Lansdown

I started off collecting comics, and still do, but I’d been given a few early Disney pinbacks as a child and always thought they were interesting. In the early 1990s, I sta… Read more

An Interview With Old Jigsaw Puzzle Collector Bob Armstrong

What inspired me to collect old jigsaw puzzles? I grew up as a child with some wonderful world class puzzles in my household. They were puzzles my mother and grandmother pick… Read more

An Interview With Vintage Television Set Collector Steve McVoy

In the 1950s when I was a teenager I used to work for a television repair shop and we’d get sets from the 40s every once in a while and I was fascinated by them. So in 1999… Read more

Guest Column: Collecting Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Cigarette lighter collecting is a hobby that never gets boring. Just by browsing eBay auctions for ten minutes, for example, I recently found a lighter shaped like a lion’s… Read more

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Ford Model A

Although Ford produced its first Model A in 1903, it was the 1927 model by that name which turned into a huge success, following i… (more)

Gas Pumps

The first gas pumps were built in the 1880's by the Bowser Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, followed in 1898 by pumps that could pu… (more)

Gas Pump Fry Mae West 10 Gal $1,225 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids 63 watchers
Vintage Original Sinclair Pennant Gas Pump Globe Nice!$521.65 Ends Sunday 13 bids 33 watchers
Sunoco Gas Pump Custom Blender Wayne 511-d Vintage$495.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 25 watchers
Syrup Dispenser Pump, Soda Fountain$375.00 Ends Saturday 4 bids 26 watchers
Syrup Dispenser Pumps, Soda Fountain$372.00 Ends Saturday 3 bids 28 watchers

Insulators

Insulators were originally made to keep telegraph and telephone wires electrically insulated from wooden telephone poles (especial… (more)

Rare 132.2 Paisley Aqua Insulator Beaver Falls Pa 1865$504.99 Ends Sunday 2 bids 36 watchers
Unusual Manhattan Cd 256 Green Insulator Junk Amber$150.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Santa Ana Cd 178 Olive Green Insulator$150.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 7 watchers
Only Kind Like It Straw!! 2nd Nia Show Commem Insulator$75.51 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 3 watchers
3 Glass Hemingray Insulators , 2 Golden , 1 Dark Amber $75.00 Ends Sunday 18 bids 11 watchers

Bakelite Costume Jewelry

Bakelite was an early plastic resin, developed by Leo Baekeland in 1907. Originally used for industrial purposes thanks to its abi… (more)

Massive Vintage Cherry Amber Deco Bakelite Necklace$786.00 Ends Saturday 2 bids 13 watchers
Vintage Cherry Amber Bakelite Necklace 100gr./55 Beads$500.00 Ends Thursday 5 bids 15 watchers
Huge Bakelite Chrome Deco Bib Necklace Bengel Era 1930s$400.00 Ends Sunday 12 bids 13 watchers
Carved Bakelite Sealion Chasing Fish Pin Elfrink Seal$338.00 Ends Friday 15 bids 30 watchers
Carved Bakelite 2 Cats Chasing Tails Bracelet Elfrink$325.00 Ends Saturday 8 bids 42 watchers

Catalin Radios

In the late 1920s, a group of German scientists created a dye for a new type of resin, harder and shinier than Bakelite (which was… (more)

Fada Bullet Radio Catalin Butterscotch Bakelite 1940s$521.77 Ends Sunday 6 bids 40 watchers
Motorola Art Deco Tube Radio Catalin Galvin Mfg Rare$265.99 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 32 watchers
Fada Catalin Radio - Model 711 - 1947$250.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 13 watchers
Vintage Tube Radio Sentinel Catalin Butterscotch$175.39 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 25 watchers
Catalin Emerson 400 Aristocrat Tube Radio (1940)$102.50 Ends in 18 hours 13 bids 45 watchers

Aladdin Lamps

At the turn of the 20th century, light was still considered a somewhat supernatural commodity. Edison’s light bulb remained a work… (more)

Aladdin Oil Lamp Mantles,1 Case,mod-r150,brazil,thorium$300.00 Ends Sunday 11 bids 21 watchers
Aladdin Lamp Mantle. 1 Case Of 12 Mantles 1974 Brazil$247.50 Ends Sunday 9 bids 16 watchers
Vintage Lamp Aladdin G170 Amber Etched Crystal, Finial $228.49 Ends Sunday 11 bids 13 watchers
Beautiful Aladdin Red Beehive Kerosene Oil Lamp$177.50 Ends Sunday 5 bids 63 watchers
Aladdin Apple Green Cathedral Kerosene Lamp$157.50 Ends Friday 2 bids 20 watchers

Lalique Art Glass

Even though he is known today for his antique art glass, René Lalique (1860-1945) began his career in 1881 as a freelance jeweler.… (more)

3 Mint Lalique Crystal Signed Vases-retail $13,925 !!!!$3,000 Ends Saturday 1 bid 30 watchers
French Lalique Large Swan Signed$1,699 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 14 watchers
Lalique Bacchantes Vase - No Reserve$1,599 Ends Sunday 1 bid 16 watchers
Original Signed Rene Lalique 3 Nymphs Platter C.1943$1,225 Ends Sunday 3 bids 12 watchers

Lobby Cards

Lobby cards, the smaller cousins to movie posters, once graced theaters everywhere. They were produced from about 1910 to 1985, an… (more)

The Christian- Silent Lobby Card- Richard Dix$256.59 Ends Sunday 4 bids 3 watchers
King Kong Original 1956 Lobby Card Set No Reserve!!!!!!$132.49 Ends Friday 11 bids 37 watchers
Serial Lee Powell The Lone Ranger$61.00 Ends in 7 hours 4 bids 12 watchers
The Amazing Spider-man - 1977 - 16 French Lobby Cards+1$49.99 Ends in 14 hours 1 bid 1 watcher

78 Records

The 78 rpm (rotations per minute) phonograph record became the standard for audio playback in the mid-1920s, and along with the Vi… (more)

Elvis Presley Sun 210 78 Good Rockin Tonight Og Rare$350.00 Ends Sunday 4 bids 20 watchers
Elvis Presley Sun 210 78 Rpm$266.00 Ends Tuesday 9 bids 14 watchers
78-blues-jaxyson 50-black Diamond-rare$250.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 9 watchers
Elvis Presley Sun 209 78 Rpm$208.50 Ends Tuesday 8 bids 21 watchers
78 - Blind Blake - Doggin Me Paramount 12673 V$110.27 Ends Friday 8 bids 26 watchers

Shirley Temple Dolls

In the 1930s, lovable Shirley Temple became a symbol of happiness and hope in the midst of the Great Depression. A wave of merchan… (more)

35" Shirley Temple By Ideal.pink Dress! A Nice Find!!!!$331.76 Ends in 17 hours 5 bids 31 watchers
Antique Composition Shirley Temple 22" Ideal Doll Pin$200.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 6 watchers
Vintage Shirley Temple Dress - Bright Eyes - 1920's$157.50 Ends Saturday 9 bids 14 watchers
Original Shirley Temple Nra Tagged Dress Circa 1935$152.50 Ends Sunday 7 bids 33 watchers
Shirley Temple Doll Dress Composition Doll Tag *wow*$150.00 Ends Saturday 5 bids 33 watchers

Putz Village Christmas Houses

The tradition of building miniature Christmas village landscapes (‘putz’), including houses, animals and other hand-crafted wooden… (more)

Vintage Christmas German Metal Putz Reindeer Deer Nice$50.00 Ends Friday 10 bids 17 watchers
1976 Building A Rainbow Poster Werbeagentur Robert Putz$36.00 Ends in 17 hours 7 bids 5 watchers
Vintage Easter Scene Glitter Putz House Village Display$30.99 Ends in 18 hours 5 bids 16 watchers
Antique German Fur, Paper Mache, Putz Rabbit$30.97 Ends Sunday 3 bids 32 watchers
Vintage Christmas German Putz Metal Lead Reindeer #1$26.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 8 watchers

Lou Gehrig Memorabilia

Lou Gehrig played for the New York Yankees in the 1920s and '30s, and is best known for holding the records for the most consecuti… (more)

2008 Sp Legendary Cuts Lou Gehrig /ripken Jr. Dual Auto$3,399 Ends Monday 21 bids 199 watchers
1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig #37 Sgc 60 (5) Ex Smr $2,000$979.00 Ends Saturday 16 bids 30 watchers
Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig Signed Baseball Jsa Loa 1920s$898.00 Ends Monday 15 bids 84 watchers
1934 Goudey #61 Lou Gehrig Yankees Psa 3 Buy it Now$400.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 4 watchers
1933 Goudey Babe Ruth Rc & 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig $325.00 Ends Monday 16 bids 35 watchers

Roseville Art Pottery

Founded in 1890 as a producer of utilitarian pottery, Roseville soon started hiring artists to hand-paint patterns and images on p… (more)

Roseville Futura 7" Tall Art Deco Blue & Tan Vase$456.88 Ends in 8 hours 9 bids 29 watchers
Roseville Futura Football Urn Vase~1928~exelnt!~noresrv$394.00 Ends Sunday 11 bids 51 watchers
Mint Circa 1933 Roseville Cherry Blossom 12-1/2" Vase$338.33 Ends Sunday 4 bids 13 watchers
Original Roseville Blackberry Vase 570-5 Excellent$295.00 Ends Saturday 1 bid 7 watchers
1933 Roseville Blackberry Vase ~ 568-4 ~ Pristine $288.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 10 watchers

Franciscan Dinnerware

First offered in 1934 by Gladding-McBean and Company in California, Franciscan ware designs were largely floral. One Franciscan st… (more)

4 Franciscan Starburst Crescent Salad Jawbone Plates$152.50 Ends Monday 2 bids 5 watchers
Franciscan Starburst Snack Plates (2) And One Tumbler$142.50 Ends Friday 15 bids 19 watchers
Vintage 18 Franciscan Poppy Patern Dishes Plates Bowl $139.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 7 watchers
Franciscan Apple Lg Mixing Bowl Made In Ca. $125.99 Ends in 13 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Franciscan Apple 3-toed Twig-handled Soup Tureen Mint$105.00 Ends Sunday 6 bids 22 watchers

Depression Glass

Depression glass refers to inexpensive colored transparent glassware manufactured in the U.S. from the mid-1920s through WWII. It … (more)

Pink Mayfair Open Rose Depression Glass Buy it Now$350.00 Ends in 19 hours 2 bids 4 watchers
Hocking Old Colony Pink Candlestick Scarce$210.00 Ends in 16 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Rare Lancaster Glass Deco Brocade Pink Low Console Bowl$182.50 Ends Sunday 8 bids 17 watchers
Akro Agate Car Ashtray 10 Panels Turquoise & White$152.50 Ends Monday 9 bids 15 watchers
Rare Ultramarine "swirl" Depression Butterdish - Mint!$118.61 Ends Sunday 13 bids 33 watchers

Coca-Cola Trays

Starting around 1900, Coca-Cola began manufacturing metal tin-plate serving and change trays, initially round and oval, and later … (more)

1907 Original Coca Cola Tray -oval 16-5/8" X 13-5/8"$503.00 Ends in 17 hours 5 bids 27 watchers
Coke Tray Rare Coca-cola Tin Sign Bottles Pretzel Bowl$127.50 Ends in 16 hours 11 bids 72 watchers
1921 Coca Cola Tray $99.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 6 watchers
Vintage Original Coca-cola 1937 Coke Advertising Tray $81.00 Ends in 18 hours 9 bids 29 watchers
Skater Girl Coca Cola Tray$75.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 7 watchers

Philco Radios

One of the most famous American radio brands, Philco started in 1892 as a battery manufacturer, then switched to radios in 1928 as… (more)

Philco 40-170 Chairside-floor Model Tube Radio-am-sw-pb$125.00 Ends in 19 hours 1 bid 20 watchers
Working Philco Model 18 Antique Radio$100.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 8 watchers
Pair Rare Philco Globe 42 Radio Tubes$71.00 Ends Sunday 3 bids 7 watchers
1941 Philco Tube Table Radio No Res.$51.53 Ends in 15 hours 9 bids 14 watchers
Philco Model 70 Cathedral Radio$51.00 Ends Saturday 2 bids 48 watchers

Milk Bottles

The milkman may be long gone, but glass milk bottles are still used in some places, and are loved by collectors, who often fill th… (more)

Large Milk Bottle And Dairy Go-with Collection Buy it Now$3,050 Ends Friday 10 bids 36 watchers
Antique Milk Bottle "cop The Cream". Collier's Dairy Ma$172.49 Ends Friday 19 bids 20 watchers
Antique Green Milk Glass Teapot Inkwell 8 Sided$132.49 Ends Sunday 4 bids 22 watchers
Deerfoot Farm Southborugh Mass Milk Bottle Purple Glass$99.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid 7 watchers
Seymour, Indiana Milk Bottle Snyder Dairy Quart$76.00 Ends Sunday 18 bids 4 watchers

Fishing Lures

Fishing lures have been around about as long as prehistoric humans have contrived ways to catch fish. The earliest, prehistoric lu… (more)

Super Rare F. A. Pardee Vintage Minnow Lure$1,534 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 103 watchers
Vintage Umco Tackle Box 200+ Vintage Lures$515.99 Ends Sunday 25 bids 48 watchers
Correct 101 Blue Border Box And Rainbow 100$456.51 Ends Friday 5 bids 34 watchers
Vintage Antique Wooden Pflueger Minnow Lure W/ Box $400.00 Ends Saturday 10 bids 51 watchers
Vintage Antique Heddon Artistic Minnow Lure W/ Box$395.00 Ends Saturday 15 bids 73 watchers

Martin Guitars

When Levon Helm of The Band sang "I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead" in "The Weight," he wasn’t alluding to… (more)

Martin D-45 D45 Guitar 2003 Ohsc No Reserve$4,750 Ends Friday 1 bid 37 watchers
Vintage 1947 Martin D-18 Guitar (000, D-28, D-35, D-45)$3,055 Ends Monday 19 bids 167 watchers
Martin Om-40 Rory Block Signature Model #5 Of 38 Nice$3,000 Ends Monday 22 bids 49 watchers
Vintage Martin Custom Guitar D 35 1969 L@@@@@@@@@@k$2,800 Ends Friday 1 bid 23 watchers
Vintage 1958 Martin D-28 Great Brazilian Rosewood$2,755 Ends in 17 hours 18 bids 171 watchers

Art Deco Clocks

Clock design was heavily influenced in the 1920s and ’30s by Art Deco, a machine-like aesthetic for a fast-paced industrial age. N… (more)

40s Early Super Lecoultre Atmos Ii Clock Art Deco Ww2$565.55 Ends Monday 8 bids 52 watchers
Gubelin Purple Enamel & Marble Art Deco Desk Clock 1910$313.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 35 watchers
Art Deco Machine Age Bakelite Wall Station Clock France$255.00 Ends in 13 hours 12 bids 53 watchers
Art Deco Egyptian Revival Sphinx New Haven Clock - Wow!$250.00 Ends Saturday 3 bids 3 watchers

Art Deco

Art Deco was an international design and art movement in the 1920s and ’30s. Influenced by sources as varied as the Bauhaus School… (more)

Five 1939 Penny Phono Cinematone Art Deco Jukeboxes$4,050 Ends Sunday 6 bids 31 watchers
Doris Duke Estate Custom Deco Gilbert Rohde Cantilever$1,175 Ends in 10 hours 5 bids 9 watchers
Antique ,deco Aluminum Kogen Barber Chair $1,000.00 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Antique Art Deco Beveled Leaded Glass French Doors 1916$799.99 Ends in 10 hours 9 bids 17 watchers
New Original Michele Deco Diamonds Chronograph Watch $799.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher

Tin Model Cars

Tin toy cars saw their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, before being displaced by diecast models in the 1970s. One of the first manu… (more)

Fabulous 1910 German Karl Bub Tin Wind-up Touring Car$1,610 Ends Tuesday 13 bids 31 watchers
Marx Mortimer Snerd Tricky Auto Tin Windup Car & Box$409.00 Ends Sunday 6 bids 10 watchers
1965 Gilbert Tin Battery Op James Bond Aston Martin Car$396.00 Ends Sunday 18 bids 33 watchers
Early Bing German Tin W/u Toy Train Engine + Car Nice $395.00 Ends in 17 hours 10 bids 33 watchers

Italian Art Glass

When people talk about Italian art glass, they are usually referring to the vases, paperweights, goblets, and decorative objects p… (more)

Venini Signed Fish Rare Early Unusual Murano Italy$747.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 32 watchers
Archimede Seguso Puntiforme Perfume Bottles Set$495.00 Ends in 18 hours 2 bids 4 watchers
Pino Signoretto - Clown -signed - Murano-no Venini$405.00 Ends in 11 hours 13 bids 33 watchers
Avem A.ve.m. Seguso Italian Murano Art Glass Vase Vtg$385.00 Ends Sunday 14 bids 38 watchers
Lg13" Antique Venetian Victorian Art Glass Epergne Vase$380.79 Ends Sunday 10 bids 22 watchers

Fishing Licenses

Many states used small badges for anglers and hunters from the teens through the 1940s. Some issued license holders after the 40s,… (more)

Pa. Fishing License 1924$250.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 25 watchers
Pa. Hunting License 1925- Clearfield Co. #17$55.99 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 6 watchers
Pennsylvania Resident Fishing License Badge,1929$46.00 Ends Sunday 3 bids 14 watchers
1959 Pennsylvania Non-resident---5 Day Tourist License$12.50 Ends Monday 2 bids 7 watchers
California Trout & Salmon Fishing Stamps 1972 - 1983$12.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids 4 watchers


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