July's Fourth Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Our latest collection of thoroughly awesome awesomeness, AND...

of course, there's more coming.

Here we go!

       We be having BRONZE!   SOLD

Only wish I could have gotten a better picture of this beauty. Alas, the minute I take the camera outside, humidity fogs up the lens.

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1960s pens scented with Arpege and Chanel No. 5, AND with 14k gold filigree on the barrels. SOLD

I googled these, and every pair I found online had the same problem these pens have, i.e. they need the ink holder thingie replaced.  The upside, they still smell nice.  And the gold.

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 Somewhat later in the 1960s/early 70s   SOLD

free-form blue milk glass vase.

This is another sub-par photo.  The blue is much brighter in person than what you see here.

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English bone china is in the house!

cup, saucer, cake plate.  (Or sandwich plate, but I prefer cake.  Thanks.)

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       Now here's something super-special:   SOLD

pink and white slag glass toothpick holder

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      Let's take a trip!   SOLD

to Alaska in the 1950s !!!

So fun!!!

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That's all for today.

See more, get more here:

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July's - and earlier - ties

You may be wondering why I don't post ties anymore.

One simple reason, to wit, some complete and total nitwit at Zazzle had the idea to turn this: 

to this:

Not to be vulgar, but WTF????  

The alternative is nearly as bad:

Does the above give you a good look at the print?

No it does not.

For EVERY tie on Zazzle, the alternatives are the rolled version, the blurry-ish full version, or the blurry-ish full version being worn by some dude.

I'm guessing the number of neckties being sold on Zazzle has plummeted.

I complained, but all I got was 'We'll pass your comment along.'

The Star Made Me Buy It

Last week I made an little note about Dinah Shore.

This week we have Dinah Shore!

 Dinah Shore for Birdseye Baked Beans

I have never heard of frozen baked beans.

July's Third Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Even more amazing amazements, and sooooooooooo many more coming.

Here's today's collection:

        B. Kliban Momcat pillow  SOLD

AYdorable, no?

YES.

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Boy Scout trinket box  SOLD

BE PREPARED

and

DO A GOOD TURN DAILY.

Every guy who'd been a Boy Scout that I've ever met was a person to admire.

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framed black ink drawing of a slightly cranky Scottie dog SOLD

 

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piggie shoulder purse!

This opens from the back.  And the part you take off has a curly straw piggy tail on it. 

 Which is nice.

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Next up, something awesome for the man cave and/or historic British decor

A bottle covered in leather.  Equestrian scene around the circumference.  Made in Italy.

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another doll/pillow, this one almost a hundred years older than the B. Kliban stuffed item

1890s Arnold Print Works bunny.

NOT a reproduction!

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That's all for today.  As previously noted, LOTS more coming!

See more, get more here:

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Bag o' the Day

Something very fishy.

AND with their Latin names.

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/fish_print_crossbody_bag-256994010928572758

July's Second Haul of Antiques and Untiques

Soooo much awesomeness, and sooooooooooo much more coming!!!

Here's what we have for you today:

American Gothic with cats!

in brooch form!

The dangly things are items that appeal to cats, i.e. can of tuna, mice, a bird, a ball of wool.

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From a 1980s brooch to something about a hundred years older:

Victorian box with Victorian cutouts mounted under the glass on the lid.

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Back to cats...

Shawnee Puss 'n Boots cream pitcher

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History's Most Neato Music Box

Winds up on the underside.  Plays Beethoven's 'Für Elise'

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Norman Brumm is in the house!  SOLD

Classic Brumm chickadee in enamel on copper.

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Lastly, but light years from leastly, we have adorable vintage children's hankies:
 

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SOLD

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Until next time...

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Tickets, please

 Another ticket stub from another movie I barely remember seeing:

The Nightmare Before Christmas

I don't remember the plot or any of the characters.  I do remember, though, how creepy Christmastown was.  

Latest ashtrays

The most recent arrivals in my collection of old advertising ashtrays:

Courtesy Telephone Service

'30 Days Free'

From back when there was no such thing as answering machines, caller id or cellphones. 

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Golob C's Camino Bowl

'Visit the Bowlero Room.'  This was a bowling alley in Mountain View, CA.  Closed in 1997.

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Kelchner Dry Cleaning - Coin Laundry

There's a Kelchner Cleaners in Kutztown, PA.  According to their website, they've been in biz since 1945, for I'm guessing this began life there.

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Poor Red's Bar-B-Cue

Still in business!

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Stanley Restaurant & Bar

I looked up 1230 Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City.  There isn't one.  Just a vacant lot.

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Lionel Hampton, from a 1953 ad for Manischewitz wine...

These skinny ads are hard to deal with.

I've always confused Lionel Hampton with Count Basie.  When I was a kid, I remember one or the other would occasionally turn up on Merv Griffin or The Dinah Shore Show*, and The Mike Douglas Show.

Dinah would come on around 4:00 in the afternoon - this was her talk show, not the show she had in the 1950s, long before I was born.  One of my little friends and I would play this hilarious game.  Every day, she started her show with a song, and we would wait until the very last second before the very first word came out of her mouth to change the channel.  It was both fun and challenging. The key was to change the channel at that exact second.  No sooner, no later.  

Not that we had anything against Dinah.  As an uncle of mine remembered, she was a 'sweet gal.'  The uncle in question - who was really my father's cousin - not an uncle exactly, was a commercial pilot, and on one of his flights was Dinah, who during the flight busied herself in the plane's little kitchen, whipping up something yummy for the four or five other passengers.  

The Tuesday Song of the Week

This one's lotsa fun.

Plus you get a gander at the Nicholas Brothers.

'Jumpin' Jive' - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Bag o' the Day

Even on national holidays, we at The Full-Service Bohemian are on the job. 

And bringing you today's BotD.

the smiling lion

Regal.  Feline.  Happy.

Get it here:

 https://www.zazzle.com/smiling_lion_print_tote_bag-256143078219033447

Mug of the Month

It's now July, and July is all about the seashore, and the beach and that.

I know this because I live downashore in Cape May County.

Which brings us to an image that began life around 1910 on the boardwalk in Atlantic City.  (AC is in Atlantic County.  Just thought you'd wanna know.)

Hand-colored by yours truly.

And on a mug.

Believe it or not, their attire would have been worn on the beach, and in the ocean. 

Even the shoes.   

Get it here: 

 https://www.zazzle.com/circa_1910_atlantic_city_bathing_beauties_rppc_coffee_mug-168437030797631775

July's First Collection of Antiques and Untiques

As ever, awesome awesomeness and marvelous marvelousness.

Wanna see?

first up, we have this lovely hand-blown glass ewer with cherub design SOLD

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You may remember those lovely hand fans in May's first haul.  Here's another: SOLD

bewitching in black

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Some lovely vintage hair clips, some with 'satin' finishes

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direct from the 1960s to you

sweet tile trivet, flower basket design

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we be having white bisque

cute girl and boy busts

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 Lastly, but many many miles from leastly, is a beautiful Walborg tapestry handbag  SOLD

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