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Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox
Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox

Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox

By Think Big

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Fantastic set of oversized matches and matchbox, made by Think Big NYC in 1984. Set contains all 8 original matches. Box slides open as a normal matchbox...

Category

1980s American Vintage Paper Signs

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Felt, Wood, Paint

Antique 1900s Reis Men's Underwear Clothing Advertising Framed Paper Sign Poster
Antique 1900s Reis Men's Underwear Clothing Advertising Framed Paper Sign Poster

Antique 1900s Reis Men's Underwear Clothing Advertising Framed Paper Sign Poster

Located in San Diego, CA

Rare Reis of New York men's underwear printed advertising sign/poster dating from the early 1900's. This is in an old frame and under glass. Would have hung in a men's clothing store...

Category

Early 20th Century American Paper Signs

Materials

Paper

Light Up Paper 'Yield' Sign, 1980s
Light Up Paper 'Yield' Sign, 1980s

Light Up Paper 'Yield' Sign, 1980s

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vintage light up Yield sign with a white wire metal frame and rice paper body. Made with great attention to detail and skill. A very unique piece that...

Category

1980s American Vintage Paper Signs

Materials

Metal

Vintage Elks Club Hand Painted Event Sign Donkey Armchair Races
Vintage Elks Club Hand Painted Event Sign Donkey Armchair Races

Vintage Elks Club Hand Painted Event Sign Donkey Armchair Races

Located in Santa Monica, CA

This was a really fun find! "All Elks and Their Ladies." Hand painted event and dance signs for Elks Club. These appear to have been used over a 40 year period. They would recycle each year by repainting dates and prices. Sometimes covering up with a new piece of cardstock and repainting the info. Admittedly done by an accomplished sign painter...

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1940s Vintage Paper Signs

Materials

Paper

18th C "Stolen or Strayed" Gem Penned Notice Sign For its Return Giltwood Frame
18th C "Stolen or Strayed" Gem Penned Notice Sign For its Return Giltwood Frame

18th C "Stolen or Strayed" Gem Penned Notice Sign For its Return Giltwood Frame

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A stolen gem!!!! beautiful penned circa mid to late 18th century notice for it to be returned. Housed in a later glazed deep moulded gilt frame “Stolen or strayed the 8th instant At...

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18th Century English Antique Paper Signs

Materials

Art Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Musical Score for Norwegian Dances
Musical Score for Norwegian Dances

Musical Score for Norwegian Dances

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Antique musical score for norwegian dances. discovered in my sheet music folders. ref. SN

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Early 20th Century Norwegian Other Paper Signs

Materials

Paper

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1950 Vintage American Folk Art Band Stand Hand Painted Goofy Jazz Music Stand
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Located in Santa Monica, CA

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Large Scandinavian Adjustable Metal White Pendant, 1980s
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H 43.31 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in

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Located in Antwerp, BE

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Vintage Mid Century Hand Painted Wooden Luncheonette Hot Coffee Diner Sign
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Located in Milford, NH

A vintage polychrome hand painted luncheonette or diner sign on plywood featuring hot coffee, sandwiches, and tonics, signed lower right Cooley-Alton, with an additional support boar...

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Framed Vintage Gilded "Gudgeon & Sons" Sign from 19th Century, England
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Framed Vintage Gilded "Gudgeon & Sons" Sign from 19th Century, England

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This distinguished sign reading "Gudgeon & Sons," rendered in gilded and ebonized wood, hails from the era of English auctioneers based in Winchester. The piece showcases a striking ...

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Vintage Hand Painted French Patisserie Sign c.1930-1940
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Vintage Hand Painted French Patisserie Sign c.1930-1940

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Vintage Hand Painted French Patisserie Sign c.1930-1940

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT Vintage French wooden sign for "Boulangerie Pattisserie, Pain cuit au feu de bois." (Wood fire baked bread). Framed in steel. CR...

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Located in Napa, CA

18th Century Apothecary sign was created with wrought iron, fer forge. Beautiful details of the medical symbol of a winged staff with two snakes intertwined.

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Paper Signs

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Located in Bristol, GB

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Original Vintage Post Modern Advertising Sign For Memphis Group At Liberty & Co
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Enormous Fyffes Bananas Advertising Display 1930's
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Located in Hastings, GB

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Vintage Papier-mache Dutch Butchers Cow Trade Sign, C.1950
Vintage Papier-mache Dutch Butchers Cow Trade Sign, C.1950

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Vintage Desk Sign, circa 1944
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1979 New York City Stuyvesant High School Talent Show Poster
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