Vintage Halloween

I love Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays, in the middle of one of my favorite seasons. Nothing evokes Halloween for me quite like great vintage Halloween decorations.

I recently listed this huge lot of little vintage Halloween jack-o-lanterns. They are little nut cup sized plastic pumpkins. Some are rigid plastic and some are the more pliable (older) plastic. They are really, really cute.

Currently having a bidding war on these (yay!) and had to send a few photos.

Fun with Dick and Jane

One of my favorite things to find, research, and list -- Dick and Jane books. I have some beauties up this week. Have to also include a photo of a 1950 vintage Scott Foresman math game that I found. Two more boxes of vintage readers to list. Some of these photos were too great not to share, though!

Scott Foresman here:
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Birdhouse-Books__W0QQ_sidZ81052548?_nkw=scott+foresman&LH_TitleDesc=1

Pause for Living - Mid-Century Style

Love these mid-century suburban lifestyle photos from Pause for Living Magazines published by Coca-Cola in the 1950's. I'm writing these up for eBay, and had to share these pics - great fun!

Nancy Carter's 1960 Guide to Leisure Living

This unusual little mid-century book combines recipes and a catalog of summer living items - all sponsored by Colonial grocery stores. I love the pics so much that I had to share a few with you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nancy-Carters-1960-Guide-to-Leisure-Living-CATALOG_W0QQitemZ360170747093QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item53dbd974d5&_trksid=p4634.m334.l1262

Everybody Loves Cute Animals - on Valentines!

My wonderful faithful blog readers will know that one of my favorite things is vintage Valentines. I especially love animal Valentines. I'm going through a huge estate lot of vintage ephemera and scanning and listing cards this week. There were a few 1940's - 1950's vintage cards that are just too cute not to share. I especially love the little photo Valentine that features a cute puppy dog lifting a kitten up to mail a card. Very sweet!