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Posted 5 months ago
valentino97
(110 items)
My bug collection of tin litho dime-store pins....circa 1960's-70's? I don't remember seeing them as a kid but later loved the vivid color and detail in these and snappers, toys, games.... so I bought what I could here and there - plus they were cheap. Wouldn't they look great on a black beret? - a homage to cigar bands boys collected in the 30's.
My favorite is the brown moth - good to have 3. I admired the yellow butterfly a customer at Macy's wore and she gave it to me right then.
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I absolutely love those! I would like to see their backs and how they were made. Here in my country you dont find them like that. I do have 2 ciccada brooches that I really like. I hope they are the start of a small collection for me. I will post one of them soon.
Here's the back shot - it is tin - plain, cheap - made in Japan. Looks like they folded and pierced an "eye" , attached a headpin which hooks under another folded catch. All done from one stamped piece. The detail & colors are charming. I just love them. Thanks for your comments!
I would love to have the ciccada pin in your collection. I see them on ebay but I can never afford them. Yes - could be French 60s-70s. The British designer/collectors Butler & Wilson "reintroduced" them in the 70s. Pretty dang fab. Would like to see your other one.
Thanks for the back shot.
Well I love your tin ones. Seems to me we have the same taste for jewelry, I have some bakelite bracelets and necklaces too. But not as much pieces as you have!
I live next to France (Belgium) and here nobody really knows those ciccada brooches. So here you can still find them very cheap. Although I don't think there are a lot of them. I just don't see them often.
I will try to make a pic of the bigger one soon.
my snappers weren't this pretty -- would still have them if they were -- very nice
Thank you epson for your appreciation of these humble bugs.
Thank you Newtimes - YES we seem to have similar taste in vintage jewelry. I don't have children so I have much more time to "collect". I have to stop! My boyfriend shakes his head because I'm not selling yet. There's more to life than pretty old things right??? I am not entirely sure. I'd like to give you one of these tin litho ciccadas...I'm not sure how to do that. Let me check w/CW and see what needs to be done for privacy sake.
AND, I am very fond of Dries Van Noten - I can't afford anything - but his work is just gorgeous.
I know you are a busy person - but I'd love to see the othe ciccada and your bakelite.
Ok I'll do my best for the bakelite and the other ciccada
I love Dries Van Noten too but no budget for that.
Well I used to collect old pottery. So my husband doesn't mind I switched to vintage jewelry. It takes up far less space in our home.
I'm not selling yet either, only the stuff I really don't like. I convince myself I still don't have enough jewelry :-))
I put this last shot up because it is a sorta joke here - and especially in the American grainbelt states.