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Package of 5 Playing Card Picks
Each one of these vintage picks features a great poker hand: 4 aces - king high! If only you could use them in a real game. These vintage picks are easily taken apart, so that you can use the card hand in your artwork. We ask that you don't use these on food, unless you replace the toothpick with one of your own - they were unwrapped when we found them. We're sure that a similar item is still manufactured, but we love the vintage items like these.
Imported
24May2008
Out of Stock
Package of 5
Price: $1.45 per package
Vintage True Story Flyer
More Ephemera
This great flyer was a give-away back around 1925 at the Swallow Confectionery Company (Main Street, Fillmore). Inside is a lurid tale of The No-Account Girl. It is printed in blue and red and features two photo illustrations within.
The pamphlet measures about 5-1/4 by 7 inches and folds out so that you have 8 full pages to read! The opening teaser reads:
Out of her desperation and despair Pearl learns that there is no love so great that it is not greater for the sharing.
An excerpt:
It was there at the boarding house Dick found me. Gathering me into his strong arms, he cuddled me to his heart; rocked me like a baby, back and forth; kissed me, comforted me.
The back of the flyer lists the radio stations that carry the True Story Hour on Friday nights, with a list of some of the episodes.
Printed in USA
5May2008
Vintage Item - Limited Availability
Price: $3.25 each
Qty:
Vintage sheet of Gummed Parcel Post Labels
Wow! These are great. There are eight labels to a sheet. They are gummed, so the adhesive is water-activated. We suggest that you use other adhesive to apply these to any surface as they are vintage and we're not sure how effective the glue on the back will be.
Each label has a space for your return address (FROM) and a section for the addressee (TO). At the bottom of each label it reads:
PARCEL POST · CONTENTS: MERCHANDISE · RETURN REQUESTED
Each label measures 4-1/4 by 2-3/4 inches. The paper is perforated for easy separation. Some a have a bit of a strip of paper at the bottom that is also removable by perforation. The entire sheet measures about 8-1/2 by 11 inches.
Made in USA
11May2008
Old Price: $1.85 New Price: $1.25 per Sheet of 8 Labels
Vintage Cinderella Face Beautifier Label
Who doesn't love Cinderella? And, we're not convinced that her prince saved her life from despair - maybe just from poverty and lack of love. We're convinced that she saved his life as well - one of being doomed to succumb to the trappings of royalty and riches.
Opinions aside, this plain little dark green and cream colored label seems to have a gummed backing for water moistened adhesive. Now we don't suggest that you lick these to adhere to your project as we're not sure of the origins or content of the glue. You can use any water-based glue to adhere it to your project.
Each 4-1/8 by 3 inch label reads:
CINDERELLA Dr. Blumer's Well-Known FACE BEAUTIFIER Manufactured by Lincoln Chemical Works Chicago DIRECTIONS Apply warm towel then apply Cinderella all over the entire face, allow to dry. Then remove by placing wet towel over the face pressing water into it. When soft wipe off and use Dr. Blumer's Vanishing Cream, wipe off then use Dr. Blumer's Cold Cream. Complete treatment with one of Dr. Blumer's Face Powders. CINDERELLA removes Blackheads and Pimples " makes the Skin Soft and Velvety " Clears the Complexion " is Healing " removes Lines " Builds up the face tissues and gives renewed life " Closes enlarged pores
CINDERELLA Dr. Blumer's Well-Known FACE BEAUTIFIER Manufactured by Lincoln Chemical Works Chicago
DIRECTIONS Apply warm towel then apply Cinderella all over the entire face, allow to dry. Then remove by placing wet towel over the face pressing water into it. When soft wipe off and use Dr. Blumer's Vanishing Cream, wipe off then use Dr. Blumer's Cold Cream. Complete treatment with one of Dr. Blumer's Face Powders. CINDERELLA removes Blackheads and Pimples " makes the Skin Soft and Velvety " Clears the Complexion " is Healing " removes Lines " Builds up the face tissues and gives renewed life " Closes enlarged pores
If only this product were made to day and if only it worked! What fun for a collage or assemblage, or just to collect
4May2008
Price: $1.55 each
Vintage Mother's Day Card with Puffed Satin Heart
More Greeting Cards
More Mother's Day
Vintage and nostalgia lovers will treasure this card. It was originally published many years ago. In fact, the original price was only 50¢ each!
The 7-1/2 by 5-3/4 inch card features a satiny centerpiece with a printed rose. The entire front is lightly glittered about the delicately beautiful design. Made by Stanley in Dayton, each card arrives with the original envelope.
Parts of the cards show wear, but we think it adds to their charm. Whether you give this to your mother for Mother's Day, or you choose to use it in your art, we know you'll enjoy the old-fashioned charm.
On the outside, it reads:
To MOTHER on Mother's Day
Just like many other cards from the early to mid-20th century, the card was made of folded paper, giving a much richer appearance. Once opened, the card reads, in a vintage-style script:
The right thing to do,
And the right thing to say.
That's the dear wisdom
Of Mother each day..
There's nobody like her
Unselfish and true,
And nobody ever
Had a mother like you!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
Price: $5.00 Each
Vintage Chinese Text Pages
More Asian Items
These wonderfully printed Chinese pages are from vintage block printed texts. The characters are elegant and distinct. The beautiful characters are printed on different types of paper and are all from vintage Chinese apothecary texts that were used for reference or advertisement. The tissue-like paper varies slightly from one text to the next, but we're sure you'll delight in using these in your artwork. Sheets measure approximately 7-3/4 by 5-1/8 inches.
28April2008
Package of 5 Sheets
Price: $2.85 per Package
Vintage Dixie Chewing Tobacco Box
More Bags & Boxes
This vintage box is in such great shape that it appears to be brand new. But, rest assured, it is not! Each box is labeled on the sides and top,
MEDIUM SIZE dixie CHEWING TOBACCO Distributed by Tobacco Division HELME PRODUCTS, INC. Helmetta, New Jersey A REAL FLAVORFUL CHEW 12 Packages
It measures 7 inches high by 8 inches wide by 5-1/4 inches deep. The box will arrive flat and fits together without glue or tape.
22April2008
Price: $4.00 each
P&LE Railroad Time Book from the Early 20th Century
More Vintage Items
More Travel & Transportation
What a great find! This Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Time Book measures 5-1/2 by 8 inches and features light cardboard front and back covers. There are 16 pages, each with hand-recorded information regarding the daily hours that each employee worked as well as a detailed record of work completed each day of the month.
Two time books are shown for illustration only. Each of the books is similar, but the information and handwriting varies. Please let us choose one for you. Dates vary from 1902 through the early 1910s.
27March2008
Price: $4.50 each
Vintage Rolled Overdue Account Self-Adhesive Stickers
More Vintage Stickers, Seals & Labels
Here's a fun box of vintage self-adhesive stickers - for overdue accounts. We think they'd be lots of fun for a special collage or business project - or, use them for their original purpose.
The stickers arrive in their original box, marked:
PRES-a-ply® self sticking no moistening required by Dennison
Each stickers reads:
Please! YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS OVERDUE ACCOUNT WILL BE APPRECIATED
There are supposed to be 125 labels in each original box. We didn't count all of the stickers in each box, but we're pretty sure that teach box is full or almost full.
09April2008
Price: $2.25 per box
Vintage French Fry Bags
What fun to give a gift packaged in these great old French Fry Bags! Although these are still made today, ours are old store stock from Ohio.
There are just so many things you can do with these bags - from making party favors to embellishing scrapbook pages!
Bags measure 4-3/4 inches wide by about 4-1/2 inches high.
Package of 10 Bags
Price: $2.25 per package
Vintage Ektachrome Slides
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, many an evening was spent with family watching vacation slides. For some this was boring, for others, sentimental. Most keepsake photos have now been moved to more modern media and slides have slipped into history for the most part.
We have acquired a selection of slides, most from the same studio and most of landscapes and buildings (although a few of people and animals are in the group). The two in the picture are representative of the lot, but each grouping is different. Most read on the border:
EKTACHROME Brown Photo Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Some have numbers scribbled in the corners and others have words written on the frames.
We think these are great, not only for the conversations they may start, but for the artistic possibilities for your artwork! Slides, by their nature, are transparent, so they lend themselves nicely to collage and assemblage . They are also small, so they might prove to be just what you need for that special collaged jewelry piece.
You might even want to write a story about your fantasy vacation, using these to document the time!
19March2008
Vintage Item, Limited Availability
Package of Two
Price: $1.75 per Package
Assortment of Vintage Gummed Seals
More Vintage Stickers & Seals
The stickers and seals from the early to mid-20th century are beyond compare in their elegance, design, color printing and expert die cutting. We're happy to present a package of 5 assorted die cut gummed seals.
The seals vary in size and shape as well as in subject matter. Some are made of foil and embossed, some are flocked, and some are so intricately cut that you'd wonder how it was accomplished!
Each set is different as we've taken these from our personal collections. Some of them are even quite rare. You can use them in your artwork in much the same manner as die cuts or scraps.
Because the adhesive on the back is as vintage as the pieces themselves, we recommend that you moisten them with a sponge or cloth. Or, use archival glue or paste instead of the vintage adhesive.
Assembled in USA of Imported and USA Pieces
7February2008
Price: $3.00 per Package
Vintage Easter Vigil Pamphlet
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Printed on cotton-based watermarked paper, this simple Easter Vigil pamphlet was used in a Lutheran Church around the mid-20th century. It is simply but well-printed for the parishioners to use during the late-night ceremonies. We love the feel of the paper - it's not like the simple handouts of today - this was professionally printed on high quality paper.
There are prayers and directions for
Inscription of and Lighting of the Paschal Candle
The Easter Announcement
Lessons
Renewal of Baptismal Vows
This folded pamphlet measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches when closed. There is printing on 3 of the 4 pages.
5February2008
Qty & Price: 1 - 45¢ 5 - $2.00 10 - $3.15
Vintage Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus Jumbo Peanuts Bag
Even the elephant on the front of this bag looks delighted to go under the big top for some tasty jumbo peanuts. These make great wrappings with the American patriotic colors and the circus design. We use them to package special small gifts and everyone smiles at the prospect of what might be inside (even if it is simply a peanut eraser!)
SilverCrow Classic
Price: $1.25 each
Vintage Gummed Index Tabs
These great tabs arrive in their original boxes. The backs are gummed, so they must be moistened before you use them - but, because of their age, the adhesive may need some help - so we suggest that you might add a dab of glue yourself.
Each box contains 50 tabs (we didn't open them to count them, but we suspect they are all there!) And, although the tabs are described on the box as grey, they appear to be more of a manila tone to us. These were used to tab folder and sections in notebooks or files.
The box indicates that these are product 59-105 from the Avery Dennison catalog. Although similar tabs are made today, the new ones are generally self-stick. These are the good old fashioned ones that were made so long ago.
02January2008
Price: $3.15 Per Box of 50
Vintage Rolled Air Mail Gummed Seals in Original Box
More Travel & Journeys
We were delighted to find these! Imagine - Air Mail Stickers on a roll in the original box! They are marked 100 count, but we cannot guarantee that there are 100 in each package - but there appear to be. We didn't want to disturb the new old store stock packaging to check. These are in wonderful condition for the age! The box is a special one - allowing the labels to be pulled out easily.
These are gummed seals, so they must be moistened before using. We suggest that you use a sponge or moistener as these are vintage. Some may require a touch of paste or glue to help them stay put.
How marvelous for an old-fashioned journal or as an addition to any travel-related artwork!
28October2007
Price: $9.25 per box
Vintage Hallowe'en Napkin
More Hallowe'en
We were able to acquire so very few of these old store stock napkins. The graphics are so charming and make for a lively display - especially if used in your artwork. We are delighted that these have not faded much at all.
The napkin measures 4-3/4 inches square when folded in fourths as shown. Two napkins shown for illustration only.
5September2007
Price $2.45 Each
Vintage French Soap Label or Wrapper - Savon des Explorateurs
More French Items
The printing on this terrific old French soap label is tremendous. The colors are as vibrant as though it had never seen light. Each label measures 3-1/2 by 7-1/4 inches and is on high-quality cloth-like textured paper, most probably with a high cotton or linen content.
Monsieur de Brazza (Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza), though Italian-born, is considered a French explorer and is well regarded as the founder of French Equatorial Africa. He is pictured in his Lawrence of Arabia-like garb, ready to further explore.
Each label reads:
SAVON DES EXPLORATEURS De BRAZZA Société Continentale du Cosmidor PARIS No. 2398
How perfect for a French collage! Or, you might even choose to use it to wrap some very special soap or even to frame it.
29July2007
Price: $2.25 each
Vintage Box Dennison Gummed Fragile Liquid Labels
For letters or for a special gift that you deliver in person - these vintage labels are an excellent addition to your wrapping. They are not just retro, these are the real thing - vintage labels.
The labels are in superb condition for their age. The gum is ready to be moistened - but because they are vintage, we suggest that you add another adhesive to ensure their stickability. Each box is marked:
No.34-108 (8) Dennison Caution Labels
These originally sold for 19¢ a box when they were new in the mid-20th century. Each box claims to have 30 labels in it. We have not modified the boxes or labels in any manner. We have not counted the labels in each box, but we assume that there are 30 in each or close to it!
25AUGUST2007Updated
Vintage item - Limited Availability
Box of 30
Price: $4.25 Per Box
Packet of 3 Vintage Fortune Slips
These delightful fortune slips were originally used in Swami or Madam X Napkin Holder Fortune Telling Machines that were in many restaurants in the mid-20th century. After dropping a penny (you read it right - a penny) in the coin slot and pulling a lever, an entertaining fortune slip would appear. This two sided fortune is great fun. These are original old stock - never used and measure 1-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches. They do show some age as they are definitely vintage.
On one side is the answer to your question and a humorous definition, for example:
Present tendencies appear most favorable. LOVE--The feeling that makes a woman an make a man a fool of himself.
On the other is a Playing Card symbol and its meaning, for example:
THE SIX OF CLUBS MEANS INTEMPERANCE IS TO BE GUARDED AGAINST If you had your water cut off Tuesday and you didn't discover it until Saturday, that means you're intemperate. The reason so many people drink liquor is because they don't know what else to do with it. Don't get rheumatism--there's a better way of getting stiff in the joints.
07July2007
Vintage Items - Limited Availability
Packet of 3 Price: $1.50
Vintage French Soap Label
In the style of Art Deco, this striking vintage label adorned a package of French soap. It reads:
SAVON Fougère Ambrée
COSMYDOR PARIS
How perfect for a French collage!
30June2007
Price: 85¢ each
Packet of 3 Vintage Fortune Tickets
We know these tickets are still made today. But finding ones like these is quite difficult. These little fortune numbers were designed to be used for a raffle or drawing. After all of the tickets were sold, then an official would draw a number from a hat, barrel or drum. And the winning number (hopefully 411 in this case) would take the prize.
The tickets are designed with a lot number on the back. This lot is labeled
SERIES 6255 Union Made Made in USA
On the front is a fortune. This one reads:
You have astounding good health and high spirits.
Once the front is opened (by tearing), the winning (alas, or, losing) number appears. This one is 411. And, just so mistakes aren't made or ne'er-do-well patrons aren't tempted to alter the tickets, the word for each digit is printed over the digit. (four one one).
14June2007
Packet of 3 Price: $2.25
Vintage Dennison Coin Mailing Card No. 1 (Green)
They must have been simpler times, indeed, when coins could be easily mailed with no threat of pilfering. These Army drab green coin cards were used for paying for merchandise through the mail. Many people did not have checking accounts - indeed, some did not trust banks - some still don't. The Dennison company was well known for making this type of utilitarian item. The address area includes Zip Code, so that should help identify the era.
The card measures 5 inches by 3 inches (with the flap closed). The coin holder is made of cardboard and the backing and flap are made of sturdy paper.
This is labeled COIN MAILING CARD NO. 1 and it was created to send US$1.04 (1 half-dollar, 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 1 nickel and 4 pennies. The blank top was available for advertising or a rubber-stamped company name. The instructions are beneath the coin circles and address lines:
INSERT COINS, STICK FLAP SECURELY AND FILL IN NAME AND ADDRESS
The flap just covers the coins, allowing the name and address to show below it once sealed. Of course the coin card makes a great collectible, or use it for its purpose. But, you might also want to alter it and use each of the circles as a frame for a thought or a photo or what have you?
10June2007
Price: $1.75 each
Vintage Codeine Pharmacy Label
Vintage Prescriptions
Terpin Hydrate with Codeine was a popular cough medicine from the late 1800s until the mid 1990s. It is no longer available in the United States because the FDA banned it on the grounds that it had not been proven effective. It was used for coughs and colds, chronic bronchitis and such. This label of the once over-the-counter medicine reads:
ELIX. TERPIN HYDRATE & CODEINE, N.F. Each fl. oz. contains Codeine (Opium derivative) 1 gr. WARNING MAY BE HABIT FORMING. Alcohol 38 to 42%. DOSE-Adults, 1 teaspoonful every 3 or 4 hrs. Take only when needed and not continuously. IMPORTANT-Persistent coughs may indicate the presence of a serious condition. Do not use this preparation when the cough has persisted for 10 days without securing competent advice. NET FL. OZS. PACKED BY LAWS DRUG STORE Prescription Specialists 221 S. Fifth St. Columbus, Miss. Phone FA 8-3456
The fluid ounces and pharmacist's name were left blank to be filled in upon filling the prescription. These are gummed seals, so they must be moistened before using. We suggest that you use a sponge or moistener as these are vintage. Some may require a touch of paste or glue to help them stay put.
23May2007
Price: 95¢ each
Vintage Air Mail Gummed Seals in Original Box
We were delighted to find these! Imagine - Air Mail Stickers with Airplanes - in the original box! They are marked 30 count, but we cannot guarantee that there are 30 in each package - but there appear to be. We didn't want to disturb the new old store stock packaging to check. These are in wonderful condition for the age! The box is a little slider box - much like our matchboxes.
13May2007
Price: $8.75 per box
Vintage Tournament YoYo Bag
What a great little bag for that special old-timey gift! This vintage bag (we're not sure of the exact date, but it appears to be from the 40s or earlier!) was meant to hold 3 YoYo strings. At the time, they were priced at 3 for 5 cents! The fantastic graphics include a boy and a girl, two Yoyos and the name "Swing Top Cord", marked American Made. Oddly enough, the word YoYo is nowhere to be found, and there are no strings in the bag either!
Each bag measures 6 inches by 3 inches.
25January2007
Price: $1.85 each
Old-Time Naughty French Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
More CD-ROMs
During the 1920s and 1930s, French interest in l'amour frequently expressed itself in illustrations that playfully celebrated the ways of love and the beauties fo the female form. This amusing collection of ready-to-use line images is perfect for anyone looking for a bit of élan and a touch of French "naughtiness" for their special projects and announcements.
The set includes a CD-ROM containing 247 high-quality, permission-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in 6 formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, and internet-ready JPG and GIF). Also included is a large-format 64-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly on one side of the page only for easy reference and direct cut-and-paste use.
31May2006
Price: $14.95
Vintage Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Waxed Circus Pop CORN Bag
You can almost hear the circus carousel and smell the sawdust when you see one of these great These make great wrappings with the American patriotic colors and the circus design. We use them to package special small gifts and everyone smiles at the prospect of what might be inside.
Price: $1.90 each
Strip of 10 Gummed Number Labels
How rare it is, indeed, to find an entire strip in place from 1 through 0! We have found a few for your artwork - be it collage, assemblage, card-making or memory-keeping. We love the printing technique as well as the super Art Deco-style font. Each strip is perforated between numbers so you can separate them if need be.
This great set is from an old book of utility labels, found in every well-stocked household or office of the past. The gummed glue on the back is water-activated. In their day, these would probably have been licked to use them. We suggest that you use a sponge or another tool to moisten them. Or, use fine paper glue to attach them if you wish.
13January2007
Vintage Item - Limited Supply
Strip of 10
Price: $3.25
Vintage Grape Leaf Label
The superb graphics and color (including wonderful metallic gold ink) on this older label (about 4 inches high) will certainly attract attention. What great fun it would be to affix this label to that special bottle of wine that you've made at home!
With the text
FINE EXTRA FEUILLE VERTE
meaning
EXTRA FINE GREEN LEAF
you'll find many uses for this in your artwork as well.
Uncertain origin
1October2006
These fascinating pieces of Americana are prescriptions for lotions, capsules, tablets, liquids and the like - all to cure what ailed people of the past. These authentic scripts were written decades ago and will make very special additions to your collage/assemblage artwork.
Each package contains 10 prescriptions for various items, signed by doctors and assistants for different cures. Each assortment is vintage and all contain lots of hand-writing (although some are illegible as most by a doctor's hand).
5October2006
Not Returnable
Package of 10
Price: $4.50
Close-Up with Measurement
Vintage Egg Grading Label
We were charmed by the fonts and the fine printing of this uniquely greenish egg label. It is an official grading sticker (without adhesive) from vintage days. We thought this delightful for a special Easter or springtime collage.
Price: 75¢ each
Vintage Odd Moments Label
Haven't we all had them? A few (or more) odd moments in life!? This vintage label might be just what you need for the perfect scrapbooking page - when no other label works!
We suspect that this larger label was for a cigar box, but, with a bit of imagination, it could probably label just about any product!
Price: $2.85 each
Vintage Toby Tyler Circus Ticket in Protective Glassine Sleeve
No Refunds - No Exchanges - these vintage tickets are companion tickets to be used with a General Admission Ticket. Perfect for projects profiling the Big Top, each ticket arrives in a protective glassine sleeve.
Printed on both back and front (picture illustrates 2 tickets, your package contains one), seeing one will allow you to almost smell the sawdust and taste the peanuts!
We're guessing that this was quite the circus, as the back of the ticket warns:
THE PERSON USING THIS TICKET SO ASSUMES
ALL RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY AND LOSS OR
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. MANAGEMENT MAY
DESIGNATE WHERE HOLDER IS TO BE SEATED
AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THE
LICENSE GRANTED BY THIS TICKET.
Price: $1.25 per ticket
Vintage Cigarette Cards
Just like bubble gum (baseball) cards and other collectible cards, cards inserted into cigarette packs were collected from the end of the 19th century through the beginning of World War II. Usually they were issued in series and people would trade or collect them. On the front, you'll usually find a vivid pictures - usually a print or painting, but sometimes a photographic image. The flip-side would describe the front (and sometimes the other cards in the series) and indicate the advertiser and sometimes the artist.
Because they were created specifically to be collected, the manufacturers and printers chose appealing subjects: movie stars, royalty, circus animals, birds, airplanes, trees, butterflies, and more. Some people, in fact, purchased the cigarettes for the cards even though they didn't smoke!
Most cigarette trading cards are about 2-3/4 inches by 1-1/2 inches printed on card-weight paper, making them the perfect addition to your artwork. Our package contains an assortment of 10 assorted cards printed in vivid color, watercolor-like hues, sepia-tone or black and white. Glue one to a small piece of cardstock to make a special gift tag or doll-house poster! We're sure you'll find many uses for these wonderful cards!
Printed the world over
Packaged in USA
Price: $3.75
Assorted Vintage Transportation Tickets
Hailing from England and the United States and South America, this assortment of over 40 vintage transportation tickets includes bus tickets and transfers as well as a Railroad ticket stub, ticket or transfer.
Some are in strips and some are singles: they are all vintage and will make great additions to any of your ephemera projects - from collage to assemblage. The selection may differ from above, but all packages contain an great assortment of tickets that differ in color, size and type.
Printed in England and USA
Price: $5.25 per package
Vintage Western Union Form
Today's telegrams have little of the charm or impact of those of days gone by. These are the forms used in times past to record your telegram's message before turning it over to the telegrapher to send it.
The front of the form displays blank lines for penning your thoughts as well as areas for identifying you as sender and your intended receiver, etc. The back is loaded with instructions, rules and caveats.
What a nice way to send a special message to a loved one - indeed, to propose marriage? And ultimately perfect for your travel and communication related collages and assemblages.
Two forms are shown for illustration only. Your package will contain one authentic 2-sided Western Union form.
Vintage Stock Certificates
While you can't cash these on Wall Street or anywhere else, they make fantastic gifts for anyone interested in the stock market, or old scripophily. But we love them for collage and assemblage projects. Not only are there great illustrations - many are engravings - but the perforations, stampings, cancellations and handwriting (mostly in fountain pen ink) are marvelous. No two are alike. These are vintage and show some wear, adding to their artistic possibilities!
Package Size: 1 - $1.50 5 - $6.25 10 - $10.00
Grab-bag of Dresdens & Scraps
This assortment of 10 or more vintage and reproduction embossed scraps, die cuts and Dresdens is really quite amazing. Some are glittered with true glass glitter or mica.
This set would make quite a nice start for a collection. Or, of course, you can use these for decoration, collage, embellishment, whatever you can dream!
Included may be vintage scraps created in Germany and England, as well as reproductions made in the same way with the old dies on the same machines as the vintage scraps.
We may also include some American reproductions.
Assembled in USA
Price: $2.85
Vintage French Wine Medallions
These lovely printed medallions boast golden ink and the vibrant red and blue of the French flag. These were probably meant to be secured to the neck of the wine bottle. They are lovely pieces of ephemera that will enhance your every French or wine project. The fine paper will accent any artwork. We think these would be just the thing to add to a wine-tasting invitation.
Made in France
Price: $2.25
Vintage Dennison Gummed Fragile Liquid Labels
The labels are in superb condition for their age. The gum is ready to be moistened - but because they are vintage, we suggest that you add another adhesive to ensure their stickability.
Price: $1.25
Vintage Dennison Gummed Special Delivery Labels
For letters or for a special gift that you deliver in person - these vintage labels are an excellent addition to your wrapping. They are not just retro, these are the real thing - vintage labels. How much fun for a Baby Shower Invitation!
Vintage Dennison Gummed RUSH Labels
Price: $1.85
Sliding box of Dennison Gummed Labels - Parcel Post
Wow! Were we ever happy to find these for our customers! These are small labels that were quite ordinary several decades ago. We think these are from the 1950s or 1960s - before self-stick labels became all the rage!
Each red label says (in white letters):
PARCEL POST contents: merchandise return requested
Each package (originally numbered 34-067) contains about 30 gummed labels - we didn't count them in each box, but they appear to be complete. The boxes and labels are mint condition. The gum is ready to be moistened - but because they are vintage, we suggest that you add another adhesive to ensure their stickability.
Price: $5.25 per box
Uncirculated World Currency
Absolutely wonderful for your global art is SilverCrow's Uncirculated World Currency. Kids will find it fun for show-and-tell. They are real currency that was either discontinued by the issuing countries or devalued. Most are very colorful indeed. Each of the 5 pieces of paper currency in your packet will be different.
Limited Availability
Package of 5 Different
Alphabet Blotter
If you are fond of dip pens or fountain pens, then doubtless you've needed a blotter. This delightful blotter is new but have the appeal of a vintage one. Printed on one side of pale green blotting paper is the complete upper- and lower-case alphabets in an elegant Spenserian style script. Each measures approximately 7-1/8 x 4-1/4 inches.
Vintage Blotters
How special these are! Whether you're a collector of vintage blotters or old photos, you'll love these. The coloring is faded a bit - originally, they may have been much brighter. But, they are still so very usable for their original intended purpose. Please see the close-up to see the entire blotter. Colors vary, so please let SilverCrow choose one for you.
Woman Out of Stock Vintage Item - Limited Availability
Price: 3.25
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Chinese food coupons
Just the thing for any colorful Asian project, these coupons will also make a great show-and-tell item for any grade school student.
When we first discovered these, we thought they were made of paper, but after touching them, we realized how wrong we were! They seem to be made of acetate or some other plastic material - which lends them to some exciting possibilities for alteration!
Our package of 5 includes one of each color.
Made in China
Price: $1.75
Vintage Matchbox covers
Of course, every package of 10 is different - and each of the 10 inside your package is different! - All of these are original and vintage. Some are so vibrantly illustrated, you'll want to start a collection. And the less colorful ones are expertly printed you'll think them masterpieces. They hail from all over the world and are ready for you to use in your artwork. Consider a matchbox retablo with one of these appropriately situated atop the sliding box!
Old-Time Cigar Labels in Full Color
In the first decades of the 20th century, the labels that graced cigar boxes were often miniature works of art. Admired for their fine detail, superb design and decorative flourishes, the labels encompassed a wide range of artistic vignettes. Among them were lovely ladies adorning boxes of such brands as Brunette, First Blush, Blue Belle, La Coqueta and Madame Butterfly; portraits of Tom Mix, Walt Whitman, Sherlock Holmes and other celebrities; as well as illustrations of cowboys, sailors, gentlemen in evening wear. Bedouins on horseback, dogs, eagles, racehorses and other images.
For this volume, Dover's Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 89 of these rare, full-color designs. Not only are they masterpieces of early commercial art, they also lend themselves to a variety of art and craft applications. Commercial artists and designers will find this collection a superb sourcebook of copyright-free period graphics that can easily be reproduced on a color copier. Collagists, decoupeurs and other craftspeople will want to add this book to their design libraries, while nostalgia enthusiasts will delight in the charms of advertising art from bygone days.
The 24 plates (89 full-color designs) are printed on one side only for convenient use.
Price: $10.95
Vintage Trading Stamp Assortment
We have been collecting old trading stamps for a long time. These are the greatest to use as extra faux postage on letters, in collages, on packages, whatever you can imagine. Each 50-stamp assortment is different. Because these are all vintage stamps, the adhesive gum may not be intact, but they are all in great condition!
Selection of 50+ Stamps
Price: $5.25