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Weebles Wobble TV Commercial

MyVintageGeneration — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:18:57 +0000

Weebles entered the Hasbro Playskool family in July 1971.

According to the official Weebles price guide, 116 Weebles were born between 1971 and 1983.
And more continue to enter the world every day.

Enjoy this week’s My Vintage Video as we salute the toy that won’t fall down!

Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can Bowl

MyVintageGeneration — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:10:24 +0000

A friend of Andy Warhol’s once said the pop artist painted Campbell Soup cans because he liked soup.
Warhol must have really liked soup because he painted a lot of cans!

Warhol started painting the iconic red and white design in the early 1960s.
He painted dozens of variations of the soup can theme.
The image on this soup bowl is taken from the painting Big Torn Campbell Sop Can (Pepper Pot), 1962.

Bronze Iron Art Viking Ship Tron

MyVintageGeneration — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:51:36 +0000

Today’s blog post features another item in my family’s collection.

My mom purchsed this bronze Viking ship in an antique store several years ago.
It’s made by a company called Iron Art in Copenhagen, Denmark.
We’re not sure of the age, but a guesstimate would be the early 1900s.
If you know for sure, please let us know!

Shirley Temple playing cards

MyVintageGeneration — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:06:12 +0000

These days, so many celebrities endorse products and make a killing on licensed merchandise that it’s become the norm.
But back in the 1930s, the celebrity and product pool was much smaller.
Shirley Temple was an exception to the rule.

Temple-inspired products made for a multi-million dollar business.
There were dolls, books, clothes and hundreds of other products.
This deck of playing cards is from the mid-30s.

Bizzy Andy Jr. Tin Toy

MyVintageGeneration — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:59:45 +0000

Recently, I was looking through my great aunt’s trunk and came across this tin toy. It’s a “No. 58 Bizzy Andy Jr.”

The patent date is Jan. 22, 1918.
At the time I’m sure many kids found the Bizzy Andy a fun and entertaining toy;
These days I’m not so sure.

Alice in Wonderland Chess Set

MyVintageGeneration — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:43:18 +0000

Here’s a great chess set featuring characters from Alice in Wonderland.
The pieces are made of pewter. The board is handmade.

This set once belonged to a good friend of mine.
It now sits on an end table in the office.

To learn more about collectible chess sets click here.
Listen to a recent BBC radio documentary about chess here.

Snoopy Home Run Mug

MyVintageGeneration — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:55:30 +0000

Baseball season ends today.
Let the post-season games begin. At the end of 1973 baseball season Snoopy was trying to beat a home run record.
He was challenging Hank Aaron for Babe Ruth’s then-record of 714 home runs.
Snoopy was in the batter’s box.
It was the ninth inning of the season’s last game.
But, Charlie Brown was picked off second base, thus ending the game.

The story line ran from August 8 to August 22, 1973.
You can read all the comic strips here.

Despite Snoopy’s failed attempt to beat Ruth or Aaron, he still remains a home run hero.
This mug depicts one successful slug at the plate.

Antiques on the Green in Amherst, NH

MyVintageGeneration — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:25:54 +0000

Me at the entrance to Antiques on the Green

This weekend I went to Antiques on the Green in Amherst, New Hampshire.

It’s an annual event sponsored by the Historical Society of Amherst.

Dianne at the appraisers tent

Jason Hackler, owner & manager of New Hampshire Antique Co-op in Milford, NH

For an entrance fee of five dollars, you could bring an item and have it appraised.

Jason Hackler, owner and manager of New Hampshire Antique Co-op in Milford, NH, looked at our items.

Dianne brought a vintage baseball.
I thought it might be a pre-1930s ball, but Hackler thought it was from around the 1950s.
Estimated Value: $15 to $50

pre-1950s Champion baseball

Detail of German tobacco pipe

I brought this 1898 German tobacco pipe.
A relative brought it home from Germany after World War Two.
Estimated Value: $135 to $150

Pitcher designed by Adolf Loos

MyVintageGeneration — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:31:33 +0000

Adolf Loos was a 20th-century architect who hated ornamentation.
He wrote about his disdain for it in a 1908 essay;
in English it was translated as Ornament and Crime.

This pitcher is a perfect example of Loos’ aesthetic style.
Straight lines, simple curves and smooth surfaces.
Adolf Loos designed it in 1931 for Viennese glassmakers, J. & L. Lobmeyr.

I bought this pitcher in Vienna back in 1996.
It was a wedding gift for my sister and brother-in-law.
But you needn’t travel so far to buy one.
The Neue Gallerie in New York has them for sale.

Mermaid Collection

MyVintageGeneration — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:34:29 +0000

I took the following pictures of my mom’s mermaid collection.

I thought it would be nice to post this time of year.

My mom's from when she was a young girl

Mermaid ornaments