silhouettes

Got lotsa old art deco framed silhouettes recently.

Wanna see?

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More coming!!

More awesomeness to be found here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

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The tragic Diana Barrymore for Arrid deodorant

I thought Arrid was introduced much later than this.  Like the 1960s maybe.  

Bag of the Week

Featuring a lovely 1920s image, found in a 1920s Broadway playbill:

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1920s_lady_and_gentleman_on_the_dance_floor_tote_bag-256583417234012996

Have a look see at the other 2,000+ bags in my store here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/bags?dp=252891655969764845

latest antiques and untiques

Some more must-get marvelous marvels, including, but not limited to...

 three-handled vase, mystery maker  SOLD

Here's the mark on the underside.  Looks a little like a map of North Carolina. 

I wish it was legible.

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angel and cache pot!  Sadly, this broke when the box it was in fell from the shelf.

Here's the mark on the underside of it.  

My research suggests that this is a European mark of some kind.  

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Annie Laurie is in the house!  SOLD

 With the adorable above decoupage box purse.
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History's most appealing miniature ceramic shoe

I actually have one even neater than this one -- if possible - but that one's hiding in a box in the garage.
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SUPER-NEAT 1970s owl with cowrie (or cowry) body  SOLD

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weeping gold vase  This broke too.  It was in the same box.

Screamingly Mid-Century Modern

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See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

button button

We gots all kindsa neat pinback buttons!

YES.

Like so...

the tongue-cut sparrow

 Look up the Japanese fairy tale this comes from.  It's very interesting.  
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Who doesn't love a happy elephant?

 Nobody.  Everybody loves.  Loves loves loves.

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Epic Scottie dog cuteness in pinback form !! 

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macho macho man

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Who doesn't love penguins??

  Nobody.  Everybody loves.  Loves loves loves.

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Be very afraid.  Or scared.  Or apprehensive.

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Wanna see more of the 500+ pinback buttons in my store?

Gosh, why am I asking - of course you do!!

See more, get more here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/buttons+patches?dp=252214659170826953

The Star Made Me Buy It

Here's Joan Crawford for Lustre-Creme Shampoo:

I've always thought that was a very ugly hairstyle, even though a LOT of stars in the 1950s had that 'do.  It looks good on absolutely no one.

Bag of the Week

This week's bag is a backpack.

A backpack with a pithy and so very wise message, i.e. 'It Pays to Advertise.'

Here's what it looks like when worn:

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/old_matchbook_cover_it_pays_to_advertise_print_backpack-256847870420269626

Wanna see the other TWO THOUSAND PLUS !! bags in my store?  (of course you do).  Go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/bags?dp=252891655969764845

Pillow Talk

Let's talk pillows!

Awesome, rare and 100% totally and completely all that pillows!!  And Made in USA !!  

We got geometric abstractions

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We bowl. Do you?

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We got beeYOOtiful horses

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We got cats dancing with mice.

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The Carnival King is in the house!

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As is a lady riding the Racycle

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What we don't got is watermarks on the actual pillows.  As you probably know already, they're only here to protect YOU from flying monkeys.  

To see the other 920+ pillows in my shop, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/pillows+poufs?dp=252672834280540567rf=238225004668148127Z

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Sorry to have been MIA the last two Tuesdays.  We be busy and distracted.

Anyhoo, I heard this on the local oldies station for the very first time a coupla weeks ago.   
It's maaavelous.

'Sleigh Ride' - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Bag of the Week

This week we have a large -- 12" x 21" x 9" -- messenger bag, Made in USA (San Francisco, CA, to be exact)  featuring two epic cute Scottie dogs.

Then again, Scottie dogs are epic cute to begin with.  No adjectives or modifiers required.

Get it here:  

https://www.zazzle.com/adorable_scottish_terriers_print_courier_bag-210724260812141136 

To see my other TWO THOUSAND PLUS (or, if you prefer, 2000+) bags, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/bags?dp=252891655969764845

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Evelyn Keyes for Max Factor's Hollywood Face Powder

Even though she was in a gazillion movies, I've only seen her in two: Ladies in Retirement and Gone with the Wind - that's the one I remember her from.  All I remember from Ladies in Retirement is Ida Lupino.  

Wrap it up, Christmas Edition

We gots Christmas gift wrap!  Or wrapping paper!

Whatever you call it, it's all kinds of neato and that. Featuring images that go back to the 1930s:

See all, get all here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products?qs=christmas&pg=1&dp=252247864383488606?rf=238225004668148127Z

If you wanna see the over 300 other print gift wraps in my store, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/wrapping+paper?dp=252247864383488606 

Newest antiques and untiques

This week's dose of old-timey awesomeness:

Royal Austria is in the house  SOLD

 

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HOW

COOL

IS

THIS???

It's a candle holder for a huge candle

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retro rooster country decor juice glasses SOLD

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Mr. Wu

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See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

Bag of the Week

This week's bag has a print that's a fine example of circa 1900 advertising:

Ain't that neat???

NOTE that the bag looks better in person than this screen shot from my store!!

Get it here: 

https://www.zazzle.com/1902_g_j_tires_ad_print_tote_bag-256275464197320885 

To see my hundreds of other bags, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/bags?qs=bags&dp=252891655969764845&pg=1&sd=desc&st=date_created

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Freddie Mac is in the house!

Not that Freddie Mac.  It's Fred MacMurray for Jeris Hair Tonic.