Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities

A decorative religious sculpture or statue. Some wear with a nice patina. Made of metal on a wooden stand. Found at an estate sale in Bolzano Italy.

Gorgeous vintage cigarette or cigar ashtray. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina, probably missing something at the eye and also has a small chip at the rim (please see det...

A rare Christmas ornament set of three lampions. Each is made from thin mouth blown glass, this would be a great antique addition for your Christmas...

A beautiful cigar cutter. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of silver plated metal and Horn. A beautiful nice collectible item or just a display item in your hu...

Early 20th century fairground fortune telling penny machine We are proud to offer a unique and very rare early 20th century English fairground penny fortune telling machine...

Early 20th century original Mr Jolliboy dancing doll circa 1915 We are proud to offer an original circa 1915- 1920 Mr Jolliboy dancing doll, advertised o...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely and emotive solid bronze statue dated 1914-195 of two French soldiers carrying a wounded man off the battlefield stamped Propriete T...

Smaller type "portable" carnival bean toss game with three figures; a Frenchman on one end, an Asian looking gentleman on the other end, and a clown in the middle. all are wearing their period original clothing in excellent condition. The hand painted papier mâché faces are also in excellent and original hand painted condition; quite extraordinary considering they are waiting to be knocked down by a ball or a bean bag. The top canopy is hand painted blue and the thin curtain wood border is hand painted in red; there are some applied gold "stars" but most of them are missing (see image). This type of game would have been prevalent at carnivals during the turn of the century and later. The original brightly colored lithographed paper front, consists of an old lady and her black cat standing in the doorway; and two targets in place atop the painted picket fence with a garden behind. This is attached to a wood frame. This frame is also attached, in an easel like fashion, to another wood frame that folds down flat; a piece of string holds it on one side from opening all the way when it is put "in play". The French looking figure, in conjunction with the popularity of these carnival games...

Antique tabletop gaming wheel. Most likely made by Evan's gaming company. Graphic painted dice in original paint surface. Heavy cast iron stand and leath...

This is the larger oversized version (21 1/4") long of the fire patrol manufactured by The Dent Hardware Company of Fullerton, Pennsylvania, circa 1910. It is also the rarer, three h...

Nicely painted large cast iron, horse drawn fire toys are much sought after by collectors. The piece becomes special when it is all original, because of the abuse that might have occurred from the rough play. Over the years the cast iron figures would typically become separated from the toy. This "Hook and Ladder" by the Dent Hardware Company, Fullerton, Pennsylvania was manufactured in 1910 and is completely original. It was listed in their 1910 catalogue as "No. 147-3 Hook and Ladder". This example has the original two figures; the brightly colored paint all-over is authentic with no touch up; the red painted wheels (which are often replaced) are original and in original paint; as are the three horses (two black and middle white horse) pulling the hook and ladder. All three ladders are also original to the piece. There are no repairs or restoration of any kind. This is all worth mentioning because most horse drawn pieces usually have something "wrong" with them. It even retains some of the thin red stenciling to the predominantly white body. This is the three horse version which is more desirable than the two horse example. The four wheels to the main chassis and the two wheels under the three horses facilitate pushing or pulling the piece along the ground. When this is done, the horses start in motion and the articulation gives the appearance of horses galloping. This toy is in excellent all original condition and would make a nice mantel piece, fitting in nicely at all levels of collections and horse drawn aficionados. Dimensions: 27 1/4" long x 7" wide x 8 1/4" high Provenance: it has been in my own collection for 30 years having been acquired in an estate sale in Oceanside, California where it resided since its original purchase. I am a leading specialist in the field of antique cast iron toys...

Each signed by John Lavalle (American, 1896-1971). Each is a watercolor and gouache on paper matted and framed.