Miscellaneous Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a Wonderful Circa 1904 Expo "The Watch Camera" Spy Camera with Directions Booklet. VINTAGE: Circa 1904. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/4" in height x 2-1/4" in diameter x 7/8" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated brass cover...

ARTIFACT: This is an unknown plastic coin-like object. The front has a skull with the word "TLARGI" and is dated 195On the back it has the letters in a circle: A C D F G I K L M P R S V W. VINTAGE: Circa 1953. SIZE: About 1-5/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1920s child's Singer hand-crank sewing machine in cast iron and nickel. The Singer Corporation can trace its roots back to 185The sewing machine comes with a vintage red leather case, but it is probably not original to...

ARTIFACT: This is a very early nineteenth century brass lock engraved with the letters "US" along with its companion key. VINTAGE: Circa early nineteenth century. SIZE: 3-1/4" height and 2-3/8" width and 2" depth (with key inserted as shown)...

ARTIFACT: This is a quaint little gentleman's pin tray of the Arts & Craft period. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 7" in length and about 3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Hand-hammered copper with 2 brass rivets...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s-1920s mbira, an African musical instrument that is sometimes also called a kalimba, thumb piano or finger xylophone. This mbira has a hollow wooden body (although others can be a simple plank) with eight graduated metal...

ARTIFACT: This is a small informational brochure for the Hamilton Hotel in Bermuda. It looks as though it is/was a large summer resort. The pamphlet tells briefly of the charms of Bermuda and then goes on to tell the history of the Hamilton which the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Church War Cross pendant. Bordered with a decorative circle, the cross is in an openwork design and has a smaller encircled cross in each of its quadrants. The front of the cross reads CHRIST DIED FOR THEE. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a great whimsical lamp made from a circa 1930s or 1940s red alarm box (it was converted in the 1970s). The burlap lamp shade has a great large applied cloth fire engine! This is in wonderful condition and still works. There is a switch...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage circa 1950s or 1960s "Guardfather" concealed spike pen straight out of a James Bond movie! The "pen" has a 4" stainless steel spike that can be pulled out and pushed back in to conceal. It was made in Italy. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s or 1920s mechanical pencil in wood, nickel and brass which is in the shape of a musket. The pencil is retractable: there is a peg on the right-hand side that pushes back on an internal spring. The hammer also moves...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1737 pass coin for the private roads of George II, King of England. Originally joining Hampton Court to St. James' Palace, the King's Private Road dates from circa 1630. It was later to take a more direct route through fields and...