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Vintage Premium HENRY COMIC Poll-Parrot Shoes Giveaway! - eBay (item 310017209689 end time Jan-30-08 20:18:17 PST) This vintage full-color Henry comic book by Carl Anderson was given away free by Poll-Parrot shoe stores. It's marked, "Boys' and Girls' March of Comics, No. 112. Published by K. K. Publications, Inc., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Copyright, 1954 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. World Rights Reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co."
If you know Henry, you know he never spoke. Well, in this comic, he talks plenty! The story "Fool's Gold" is 28 pages long with 4 pages of puzzles and activities. It's charming from one end to the other and sucked me into reading it when I was trying to scan pictures.
The cover you see here is a copy of the original which was so brittle you couldn't touch it without it falling apart. My artist husband restored it carefully, scanned and printed this facsimile. He attached it to the comic with the original staples. The major difference is there are no ads on the inside covers. The vintage inner pages are as supple as the new cover, so it's now easy to read.
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Vintage SOUTHERN BELLE TOILET PAPER COVER Ceramic Doll! - eBay (item 310017196102 end time Jan-30-08 18:50:19 PST) This vintage doll toilet paper cover has a ceramic body and fancy satin hoop skirt with a lace panel, braid and ruffle trims and a bow.
She's quite old. I'm sure her skirt used to be a lighter and shiny pink. The satin has become darker, discolored and developed holes on her right hip.
I bet she would stand up straighter with a roll of toilet paper in her skirt instead of this crumpled paper. Don't know what I was thinking. Too late smart, eh?
The ceramic body is still shiny, no chips, cracks or crazing. There's a faint mark on her chest, a tiny dark spot on the underside of her nose and a big dark spot on her right back. She could be cleaned up a bit better.
She could look fabulous with a new skirt made like her old one. Maybe make it a bit bigger to cover modern jumbo rolls?
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Vintage CAPITOL BUILDING JEWELRY CASKET BOX Souvenir JB - eBay (item 310017193453 end time Jan-30-08 18:36:18 PST) This vintage box is marked, "Capitol Washington DC" on the front and "1958 JB" on the bottom. It was made by the Jennings Brothers. I don't know if the number is the year or the model number. It's heavy metal with a gold finish and is lined with purple velvet.
It measures about 3 1/2 by 5 inches wide outside, stands 4 1/4 inches high, with a compartment 4 inches by 1 1/2 inches by 1 1/4 inches. The lid doesn't fit down tight on the right due to someone's sturdy, but inexact repair of the hinge on that side.
My father-in-law had a silver-colored one like this that he got on his wedding trip to Niagara Falls in 1939. It sat on his dresser and held his college ring and cuff links.
The metal finish shows wear. The velvet lining is in excellent condition. It's hefty, weighing over a pound and a half.
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Vintage 1938 AUTOBRIDGE JUNIOR Perfect Bridge Teacher! - eBay (item 310016991964 end time Jan-29-08 20:37:54 PST) This vintage box contains a masonite board with metal sliders that hide or reveal numbers, symbols and moves for playing bridge. Inside the lid is the envelope the playing sheets came in. It says there are two classes, a series for beginners and one for advanced players. This set is marked ©1938 by Autobridge, Inc.
One of the creators of this system, Ely Culbertson, says:
If I were learning to play Contract Bridge all over again, I would use AUTOBRIDGE and save both time and temper. AUTOBRIDGE not only teaches (in no time) the fundamental principles of good bidding and play, but, through actual practice, makes a real expert out of any player.
For a thrilling Bridge game in which every hand is packed with drama, the AUTOBRIDGE Advanced Deals cannot be beat. They will put you on your mettle and teach you the fine points of advanced play.
And don't forget--the Instruction Series in not only for beginners and average players but is indispensable for all. The lack of knowledge of fundamentals is the one barrier standing between an advanced and a masterly game.
There are eight sheets included with a different game on each side. A four-page leaflet explains the sample games. A twelve-page booklet accompanies this set of deal sheets which is Group 5. It urges you to order Group 6 to finish the course. There are two order forms, but don't try to order. The address is so old there's no zip code.
Group 5 focuses on:- Rebids. (Note: This is probably the most important phase of bidding.)
- How to rebid after a rebid after a Raise: after a Takeout.
- Rebidding first suit.
- Bidding a new suit.
- Bidding Notrump.
- Raising partner's suit.
- Rebids when partner's response is 2 Notrump.
- When partner has made Forcing Takeout.
- Rebidding strong hands.
- General Principles.
The leaflet seems to refer to 12 games and 4 sample plays, so the 8 sheets here with games front and back must be the complete set.
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1991 ERICH PFRETZSCHNER 3/4 Violin, Bow, Case, Rosin! - eBay (item 310016703477 end time Jan-28-08 20:49:15 PST) This 3/4 size violin is marked on a label inside, "Erich Pfretzschner 1991 Handmade Copy of Antonius Stradivarius. 3/4 Model 2900, Serial 921867." Another label says, "This instrument selected and approved by International Strings, Inc. has been carefully constructed and adjusted to exceed the Music Educators National Conference standards."
The case has a number on it and damaged finish on both ends as if shuffled to and fro on a bus.
The violin fared better. There's finish missing on edges, the worst being along the lower bout I focused on in the photo. There's a chafed spot on the chin rest. The tape on the neck aids learning.
The bow looks fine but with darkened horsehair near the frog. Possibly it's soiled, or was always that way, or it's the dark cello rosin I found in the case after taking photos.
It seems sturdy and sounds good to me. Not that I'm an expert. My old violin (that was my mother's) lost its sound peg forty-some years ago, thus ending my violin-playing. I was never able to tune the thing.
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GROUNDHOG FILES COMIC Joe Wehrle Detective Adventure! - eBay (item 310016671878 end time Jan-28-08 18:10:07 PST) This Groundhog Files self-published black and white comic with a color cover is Joe Wehrle, Jr's charming, off-beat interpretation of the groundhog legend, complete with a groundhog detective on his first case. Actual Punxsutawney landmarks appear.
See Punxsutawney Phil as you've never seen him before. Follow the adventure of a young groundhog detective solving his first case--the kidnapping of the Seer of Seers! Who's got a serious grudge against the most famous groundhog in the world?
It's 5 1/2" by 8 1/2", black and white, 24 pages. All story, no ads! What a concept!
Wehrle is noted for work in Galaxy and IF digest science fiction magazines, covers and interior illustrations in Arkham House and other Mirage Press books, illustrations for Burroughs-oriented journals and on a lighter note, the story and drawings in the Big Little Book Cauliflower Catnip.
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