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Item Ships From: USA
Vintage 1912 Arizona and New Mexico Statehood Flag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
25th Design Patriotic American silk flag with 48 stars. Arizona Statehood Feb 14, 1912; New Mexico Statehood Jan 6, 1912
Period: 1912
Origin: United States
Size: 12" x 17".
Family ...
Category
1910s American Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silk
Monumental Porcelain Roadside Rest Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super rare vintage porcelain highway sign. Great green coloring with white lettering. Retired highway sign letting drivers know there is a place to pull o...
Category
1970s American Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Steel
Victorian Child's Shoe on Mannequin Form
Located in Houston, TX
The leg of a wooden mannequin with a child's high-top shoe and black ribbed sock from the Victorian Era mounted on a metal base. The seven button shoe is ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Steel
Seven Falls Colorado Springs Antique Photographic Postcard, circa 1880
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an antique photographic postcard of Seven Falls, Colorado, from 1880. Postcard production blossomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as railroads opened up much of the Western frontier to new and exciting travel opportunities.
Seven Falls is one of Colorado’s most captivating natural wonders. Located at the base of the Front Range, this magnificent series of waterfalls is situated in a 1,250-foot-wall box canyon between the towering Pillars of Hercules and boasts a 181-foot drop of falling water.
Seven Falls was originally part of land given to Nathan Colby in 1872 as part of the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homestead Act granted 160 acres of surveyed land to pioneers in the west, with claimants required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. Mr. Colby promptly sold the track of land to James Hull...
Category
1880s American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Set of Six Chinese Bound-Foot Lotus Slippers, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these pointed slippers, crafted of beautifully embroidered silk, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Cast Iron Fireman Fire Marker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Unique cast iron fire marker with fireman, horn blowing "FIRE", and hose. Used primarily for advertising purposes, fire marks were used from 1752 to circa 1900. Going back to their ...
Category
19th Century American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Chief White Feather "Dr. Teyet Ramar" Sioux Beaded Vest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chief white feather "Ramar" Dr. Teyet Ramar , better known as Chief White Feather Sitting Bull (1908-1957) Born of Sioux father and Chippewa mother, he was a direct descendant of an even more famous chief, Sitting Bull. Teyet Ramar graduated from Shelton College, New York City, and before his conversion was a feature organist in Broadway theaters...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Beads
19th Century Leather Covered Box with a Domed Lid, Brass Handle and Hinges
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This small box for personal possessions (perhaps papers or letters), is covered in black leather and decorated with borders of brass tacks, including the letters A.T. on its lid, and...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
1950s German Newspaper Advertising Tin Clips Midcentury Graphic Design Set
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Small collection of light duty metal clips, from German newspapers. Silkscreen on thin metal. All working.
Kölnische Zeitung (Cologne Gazette)
Frankfurter Rundschau
Rheinische P...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Chinese Shanghai Deco Perfume Bottle
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 1920s and 1930s, Shanghai, China was swept up in the Art Deco design movement. Design, architecture, art, fashion, and furniture were all influenced by this modern movement, permeating every part of life in the bustling, vibrant city. This blue glass perfume bottle...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
Provincial Chinese Kite Reel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusually-shaped object is a 19th century Chinese kite reel, cleverly carved to contain small wooden beads that rattle back and forth as the reel is used. A popular past time, kite flying...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass and Enamel Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah lamp, Israel, 1950s. Enamel over brass. Marked on bottom, "made in Israel." The front scene depicts the Maccabees against Roman soldiers over the battle of Jerusalem. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Israeli Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Charlie Duke Signed Photograph of the Phoenix Lander on Mars
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a photograph of the Phoenix Lander on Mars, signed and inscribed by Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke. In the inscription, Duke shares his thoug...
Category
Early 2000s American USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Antique Cast Iron Elgin National Coffee Mill Grinder #40
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Cast Iron Elgin National Coffee Mill Grinder #40
This antique Elgin National coffee grinder has an American Bald Eagle and crest logo. Decorate you coffee shop, cafe, restau...
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Pair of Chinese Silk Lotus Slippers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These dainty, pointed slippers, made of cotton and silk embroidered with pink flowers, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity in the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These silk lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Chinese Black Silk Lotus Slippers with Plum Blossoms, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These pointed slippers, beautifully embroidered with light blue plum blossoms on black silk, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silk
Paul Rand IBM Packaging Collection
By Paul Rand
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A collection of packaging from the IBM corporation by iconic graphic artist Paul Rand , colorful and direct containing materials for IBM office machines . The collection includes pap...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
1908 Artillery & Musician Infantry Uniforms by Ogden, Antique Chromolithograph
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This colorful lithograph by H. A. Ogden was published in 1908 by Brigadier General J. B. Allshire. Originally published as a comprehensive series of U. S. military uniforms, this pri...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century American Jewish Themed Caricature
Located in New York, NY
American cartoon, USA, 1895.
Caption reads: 'A Natural Mistake. Ikenstein: "I vould like to ged a cheap drunk." Salesman: "Next door.'"
The cartoon is framed with American frame of t...
Category
1890s American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Chinese Lilac Lotus Slippers with Plum Blossoms, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These pointed silk slippers, beautifully embroidered with pink plum blossoms, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Cotton, Silk
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut, Scott Carpenter
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carpenter, Scott, Stoever, Kristen C., For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut. New York: Harcourt, 2002. First Edition, Signed by Scott Carpenter on the free...
Category
Early 2000s USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
19th Century Walla Walla Prison Horse Bit Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of seven Walla Walla prison made bits. All silver overlaid but unique from each other with various techniques and designs. In the 19th Century f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hide, Leather
French Commercial Coffee Bean Dispenser (4 available- Sold EACH)
Located in Dallas, TX
Commercial Coffee Bean Dispenser (4 available- Sold EACH), is a testament to the ingenuity of our ancestors, with an interesting dispenser with integral funnel that allows one to dis...
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Yellow Cowboy Slicker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yellow oil cloth cowboy slicker with slit back outside pockets and brass buttons. Corduroy collar, no makers mark but there were only 3 makers.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th cent...
Category
1870s American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fabric
20th Century Belgian Metal & Wooden Sign On Stand
Located in High Point, NC
Step back in time with this charming 20th Century Belgian Metal & Wooden Sign on Stand, a vibrant homage to the golden era of advertising. "La Préférée Wie...
Category
20th Century Belgian USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Antique English Spring Balance Scale Made by Salter 100 Years Old, Custom Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English spring balance scale made by "Salter Co." on custom made stand, 100 years old.
(Shown at center in group photo)
...
Category
Early 20th Century English USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
1970s Bell System by Western Electric Barbie Pink Desk Rotary Telephone USA
By Western Electric
Located in Miami, FL
Western Electric had been producing telephones for the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (ATT) and the Bell System since 1927.
During the 50's, new line of type 500 sets were int...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
1980 Basquiat magazine article (Basquiat Glenn O'Brien)
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Graffiti 80: The State of the Outlaw Art by Glenn Obrien
June 1980 edition edition of High Times featuring in important early profile of Bassuiat aka SAMO by writer & key early supp...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
1900s Belgian Horse Drawn Paint Cart
Located in High Point, NC
This antique wooden carriage was produced in 1900 in Belgium. A large carriage painted in black, displaying the inscription “Peintures Constant Smal” in dark red lettering. Standing firm on sturdy wheels, the wooden cart conjures the daily routine of labor, the carrying of paint cans to their destination for Constant Smal’s small company. The slightly cracked finish and distressed patina lend a picturesque touch to this gem of rustic engineering. In an ideal state for its age, this ode to craftsmanship adapts as an exceptional decoration or an audacious repurposed furniture...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Rustic Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Antique 1945 Smith Corona Sterling Typewriter
By L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique 1945 Smith Corona Sterling Typewriter
Use this typewriter as decor in your restaurant or coffee shop. It will bring a vintage aesthetic ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
A Polish Metal Printing Block for a Printing Press
Located in New York, NY
This is an antique Polish metal printer's block, used for printing Hebrew text or religious documents. Printer's blocks like this were essential tools in the printing process, partic...
Category
19th Century Polish Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Lead
Mid-20th Century Tin Charity Container by Alfred Zaltsman, Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
The front of the box is inscribed with Hebrew and German: "Rabbi Meir Baal Ha' Ness charity collecting funds for Shomrei Ha' Chomot Kolel" and decorated with two images; Hatam Sofer ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Antique English Spring Balance Scale Made by Salter 100 Years Old, Custom Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English spring balance scale made by "Salter Co." on custom made stand, 100 years old.
(shown at left in group photo)
Me...
Category
Early 20th Century English USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Framed Pillsbury's Best Flour Sign
By Pillsbury Company 1
Located in Dekalb, IL
This large sign advertises for Pillsbury's Best Flour. The sign has brilliant red and green color with white lettering. This sign is divided into two sections down the middle and is ...
Category
1920s North American Other Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
1950s Central European Metal & Wooden Scooter
Located in High Point, NC
Introducing the 1950s Central European Metal & Wooden Scooter – a delightful piece of post-war history that captures the essence of childhood fun from a simpler time. This charming s...
Category
Mid-20th Century European USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Pair Plateau Parfleche Packets
By Plateau Indians
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matched pair of Plateau parfleche packets with diamonds and stylized flowers and brain tanned ties. Difficult to find a pair. Very nice, rare design.
The term parfleche was first co...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Other
Colt Distributors Quill Letter to Governor Beginning of Civil War, 1861
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This handwritten (it appears with quill) letter was addressed to the Governor of the state of Ohio in 1861- the beginning of the Civil War. Tyler Davidson, one of the major Colt distributors, is offering the Ohio Militia one to two thousand Colt Navy revolvers. They "can provide 100 per day at a cost of $22.50 each." This document from the files of Civil War General...
Category
1860s American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Other
20th Century Central European Metal Bike
Located in High Point, NC
Discover a slice of history with this 20th Century Central European Metal Bike, a collector's delight that transcends time. Its durable metal construction a...
Category
20th Century European USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Fringed Cotton Beacon Blanket, circa 1920
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Two sided beacon blanket with fringe. Catalog 302. Very good condition. 69" x 81"
Period: circa 1920
Origin: Beacon
Size: 69" x 81"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in...
Category
1920s American Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Cotton
Desk Register from Buffalo Bill's Hotel in the Rockies
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Buffalo Bill's desk register used at the Irma Hotel, including a double inkwell, hotel bell, envelope holder, pen holder, two envelopes, baggage claim tag, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Vintage Hand Drum Wooden Base
Located in Seattle, WA
Possibly Rawhide as the Stretched Fabric on Top of Drum. Five Direction Handles. Intricate Knotting at the Bottom to Secure the Top Fabric.Possibly Native American Origin. Vintage Co...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fabric, Wood
An Authentic Greek Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm Coin Set in 22 kt Gold Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Greek Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm Coin (Thrace, circa 450-400 BC), set in a custom squared 22-carat gold bezel and 22-carat gold bail, wi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Gold, Silver
A Charity Container For Jewish Institute for the Blind by Alfred Saltzman, 1930
Located in New York, NY
A charity container for the Jewish Institute for the Blind by Alfred Saltzman from Jerusalem in 1930 reflects the efforts to support education and welfare for visually impaired indiv...
Category
1930s Israeli Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Metal Eiffel Tower Decoration, a Pair
Located in High Point, NC
This pair of brass decorations in the shape of the Eiffel tower conjures the romance of a voyage to Paris. Made in France in the 20th Century, the intricate lattice-work is rendered ...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Empire Portrait Painting of Julie and Desiree Clary by Robert Lefevre
By Robert Jacques LeFevre
Located in Essex, MA
Period First Empire portrait of the Sisters Julie and Desiree Clary, Future Queens of Spain and Sweden by Robert Jacques Francois Lefevre (1755...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Canvas
20th Century French Wooden Sharpener
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th Century French Wooden Sharpener showcase the elegance and practicality of vintage office tools. Crafted from polished, richly toned wood...
Category
20th Century French USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Remnants of oxblood red and silver blue banded paint. Original pestle included.
Origin: Eastern, United States
Period: First half of the 19...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah lamp, Israel, circa 1950.
Covered with beautiful original green patina, bearing in gold Hebrew letters the word: "Hanukkah".
Fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Siege of Arras Floor Screen
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Louis XIV Siege of Arras floor screen, 19th century, a four panel screen with paper lithograph laid down on wooden panels, depicting the schematic pla...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
19th Century French Cast Iron Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This cast iron scale was made in France, circa 1900. A household and marketplace classic, scales of these dimensions were commonly used to weigh fruits...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Iron
Vintage Ped Xing Florescent Orange Metal Traffic Signs
Located in Topeka, KS
Cool vintage Ped Xing aluminium metal traffic signs in florescent orange. There are a pair, but we have priced them separately. They are in excelle...
Category
20th Century North American Industrial USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Wooden Hand Painted Cross.
Located in Seattle, WA
Cross with Beautiful Aging and Petina to the Paint and Wood. Floral and Angel Motifs. Pink and Green Toned Color,with Gold Tones at the Tip of the Cross. Possibly of Mexican Origin. ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Mutual Insurance Fire Marker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mutual Insurance Co. fire marker without the 1784. Used primarily for advertising purposes, fire marks were used from 1752 to circa 1900. Going back to th...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Ulysses S. Grant, Large Albumen Photograph on Card by Abraham Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Grant, Ulysses S.
Large Albumen Photograph
Magnificent large albumen photograph of Ulysses S. grant by Abraham Bogardus.
An unusually large late (circa 1880) photograph of Grant, post-presidency, in formal dress, sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer’s credit and address (“A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway, NY”) on matte below the photo.
The photographer, Anthony Bogardus, was a photographic pioneer, described by the New York Times as “the best-known photographer in the United States” in his prime who took “the first photographs of Gen. Grant, Gen. Hancock, Samuel D. Morse, inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men.”
The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph, calling it “the last and best taken of General Grant...
Category
1880s American Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
France Art Deco Horse, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
It was exhibited in the original Miami beach antique show and Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)".
Horse in wood and chrome.
We ha...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Central European Wooden Element
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden decoration created in 20th century central Europe. Crafted in an inherently minimal design, this unique element doesn’t fail to please the eye all the way around its structu...
Category
20th Century European Industrial USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
A Wooden Gavel Presented to Chebra Rofei Cholim Krakauer Society, New York, 1884
Located in New York, NY
A Unique Wooden Gavel, Presented to Chebra Rofei Cholim Krakauer Society in New York, 1884.
This wooden Gavel has a long baluster handle and a thick circular body with a dedicatory ...
Category
1880s Antique USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Mid Century European Pictorial Charts of Warsaw, Belgrade & Vaduz
Located in Houston, TX
Collection of large, roll-up vintage teaching charts on linen backed paper with original wooden dowel rods. Dated 1956. Pictures portrait the era nicely. Used in a Belgian school ho...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
