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Clear Vintage Handblown Czech COCA-COLA SELTZER BOTTLE! - eBay (item 250397293595 end time Mar-30-09 18:18:17 PDT)This hefty vintage hand-blown clear glass bottle is etched on the front, "Property of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of DuBois, PA" and on the bottom, "Bottle Made in Czechoslovakia." The metal topper is marked, "Coca-Cola Bottling Co." It weighs nearly four pounds.
The bottle has small flaws typical in old glass. There's a bubble in the bottom rim and two flaws which may have been bubbles at the surface or else they're small chips. It's hard to tell.
There's about a tablespoon of clear liquid inside. I don't see how to dump it out or how to clean the bottle inside. Maybe you do?
1942 McCALL PRINTED PATTERN 200 Ladies Ensemble Hepburn - eBay (item 310128603154 end time Mar-17-09 19:16:58 PDT)This McCall Printed Pattern 200 from 1942 is for Ladies' & Misses' Ensemble, Jacket, Skirt, Blouse, Slacks & Shorts. This is the crisp style Kate Hepburn wore in so many great old movies. The pattern is so old the number only has three digits, the envelope opens at the bottom, the seam allowance is 1/2" and the instructions are all on a single double-fold sheet. Also the sizes have changed a lot since then. They call this size 16, bust 34. They show a series of snaps to close the skirt, shorts and pants if you don't want a zipper.
It looks like someone made a jacket as those pieces have been cut and refolded along the original creases. The rest are sorted and have a straight pin through the blouse pieces and another through the shorts pieces. One jacket piece has a narrow strip torn off for about 4" along the bottom, but it's easy to see where the cut line goes.
The back of the pattern suggests there are instructions in English, French and Spanish, but I only see one sheet and it's in English. Here are the other dimensions for size 16:- Bust 34 ins.
- Waist 28 ins.
- Hip (7" below natural waistline) 37 ins.
- Finished jacket length from back of neck 25 ins.
- Fin. slacks length from natural waistline 42 ins.
- Fin. skirt length from natural waistline 27 1/2 ins.
- Width at lower edge of skirt, about 2 yds.
The envelope has minor wear and small tears. The pattern pieces look very good except for the narrow missing smidgen I mentioned above. The instruction sheet has a slit where the four folds meet at the center.
6 Vintage Mail Order SEWING PATTERNS 1950s-60s Dresses! - eBay (item 310127929006 end time Mar-14-09 20:37:42 PDT)These six vintage sewing patterns were ordered through the mail from newspaper features. Two of the six envelopes are stamped 1971 and 1972. Two are much earlier, the rest later. One has a top and pants plus a dress, the others are all dresses in women's size 12 1/2 or 12.
The third class postage on the oldest pattern was 2 7/8 cents! For comparison, my man has a Captain Marvel club envelope for 3 cents, mailed in 1951. The postage on the newest pattern was 8.4 cents--still vintage!
The patterns from oldest to newest include:- Mary Dunbar sheath dress with V-neck, short sleeves or sleeveless, tie belt, #8122, size 12 1/2, unused
- Pattern Department princess seams and double-pleated top and dress with short sleeves or sleeveless, wide pants, #4534, size 12 1/2, unused
- Anne Adams Pattern princess seams and double-pleated A-line dress with jewel neckline, short and three-quarter length sleeves, #4917, size 12 1/2, unused
- Pattern Department front seams and single pleats A-line dress with spread collar, short and three-quarter length sleeves, #9060, size 12 1/2, used
- Pattern Department modified princess seams and front box pleats, button/tab waist detail, with short or three-quarter length sleeves or sleeveless, #9032, size 12 1/2, used
- Sharon's World Designer Pattern shawl-collar sheath with slit, contrast belt, with short or full-length sleeves, #M 246, size 12, unused
The envelopes are all in bummy condition, but the patterns look great and the instruction sheets have creases and edge bends.
3 SAILING SHIPS Pinta, Sea Witch, Constitution 14-Inch! - eBay (item 310127092822 end time Mar-08-09 19:04:34 PDT)This trio of three-masted sailing ships have wooden hulls and masts, fabric sails, plastic rigging, and either plastic or wooden crow's nests. The Pinta, Sea Witch, and Constitution models measure about fourteen inches long and about twelve inches high. They're small enough to sail across your shelf or mantle.
They are in very good condition except for dust, minor paint chips and such. The stains on the Constitution's gauze sails appear deliberate. The Constitution has guns below decks. The Sea Witch has a figurehead and a lifeboat. The Pinta has wooden crow's nests.
Rare 1963 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Reference, John Harwood! - eBay (item 310126019208 end time Mar-01-09 20:00:31 PST)This vintage soft cover reference volume The Literature of Burroughsiana is sub-titled, "A listing of magazine articles, book commentaries, news items, book reviews, movie reviews, fanzines, amateur publications and related items concerning the life and/or works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Compiled and with commentary by John Harwood." It's a first edition published in February, 1963. Front cover portrait by J. Allen St. John. The frontispiece has Tarzan art by Roy J. Krenkel, Jr. The back cover lists highlights of Burroughs' life.
Contents:- Introduction, by Henry H. Heins
- Acknowledgements, by John Harwood
- Commentary, by John Harwood
- Foreword, by Camille Cazedessus, Jr.
- Personal Articles, Letters, and News Items by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Articles, Commentaries and News Items Concerning the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Professional Publications
- Articles, Commentaries and News Items Concerning the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Amateur Publications
- Reviews and Discussions Concerning the Novels and Magazine Stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Reviews, Articles and News Items Concerning Motion Pictures Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Articles and Indexes Concerning Newspaper Story Strips Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
From the first page:The Literature of Burroughsiana
...was first published in early 1954 in the Burroughs fanzine, Barsoomian, then edited by James V. Taurasi, and contained about 115 entries. This new, revised and enlarged edition, edited and published by Camille Cazedessus, Jr., editor of ERB-dom, contains over 1,000 entries and is the culmination of 24 years of research by John Harwood.
John Harwood
...an avid fan of Tarzan's creator for over 35 years, is considered one of the foremost authorities on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works. John has been writing about Burroughs since 1947, and has had articles published in nearly every ERB fanzine.
The book is creamy pages of typeset with a pebbled paper stock cover. It's in excellent condition.
Vintage BATMAN #62 w/ Catwoman, Restored by Pro Artist! - eBay (item 250381133845 end time Mar-02-09 18:44:10 PST)This vintage DC comic Batman #62, Dec. 1950-Jan. 1951 features Catwoman. The cover says, "Catwoman Returns! Batman's Feline Foe in a Daring New Role! Exposing for the First Time 'The Secret Life of the Catwoman!'" The comic looks pretty good now, but you should have seen it before professional artist Joe Wehrle, Jr. restored it. We present pictures of the process. Don't look if you've a tendency to faint at dismemberment. You've been warned.
The trouble with the comic was it had masses of tape at the spine where a lot of the paper was missing. Joe removed the tape, patched the missing places with similar paper stock, and drew and painted in the missing areas of cover art. We don't have the materials and equipment that a professional restoration lab has, but the comic looks mountains better!
He also replaced a small round piece of the text in the last story as you can see in one of the photos. The cover is now tightly stapled onto the comic as it was originally. We're not professional graders, but we would say the present condition is an apparent good.
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