Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWI YMCA Christmas Card showing two Dutch children, a boy with a United States flag and a girl with a Santa Claus doll cradled inside a Doughboy helmet and reads: "CHRISTMAS GREETINGS", artwork by "Anita Parkhurst". The card is...

ARTIFACT: Great late 1930's Christmas Card with Civilian Air Transport theme. The front of the card is vibrantly colored and shows passengers boarding dressed in winter jackets and carrying brightly wrapped packages. A plane is taking off/touching down...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare lapel pin for CBS Television. CBS introduced their logo (The Eye) one weekend in 1951 and revolutionized the way companies crafted their trademarks. The pin is "the Eye" in black and reads CBS TELEVISION. VINTAGE: Circa early...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1946 "Captain Midnight" radio show Secret Squadron decoder badge. Originally broadcast locally in Kansas City, Captain Midnight began entertaining national audiences from 1940 for about two decades. He was an adventurous WWI...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s badge from the radio show "Junior G-Men". Beginning in 1936, the show was hosted by ex-FBI man and successful pursuer of John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis. "Junior G-Men" clubs sprang up and took the nation by storm in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Lone Ranger Victory Corps lapel pin showing the head of the most famous fictional Texas Ranger over a large "V". There is a maker mark and 1942 copyright on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1942 (World War II)...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1934 member badge for the Dick Steel, Boy Reporter News Service Club. The Sick Steel show aired on NBC Radio for one season. The Educator Biscuit Company sponsored the popular yet short-lived show and supplied all manner of...

ARTIFACT: This is a movie wardrobe prop from the 1989 film "Glory", a story loosely based upon the real life Colonel Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. It is a Civil War era kepi (hat) worn by the Fort Clemens blacksmith...

ARTIFACT: This is a Fred Astaire Gold Cane Club lapel pin in gold, enamel and silver. The pin reads FRED ASTAIRE GOLD CANE CLUB and shows a man and a woman swinging about the dance floor. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s. SIZE: 3/4" height and 7/8" width...

ARTIFACT: These are dining utensils (sold either as a 17 piece set or separately) as used in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". The pieces are stainless steel and are by Amboss of Austria. There is one salad fork ($18), two teaspoons ($18 each), two...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1966 token or gaming coin for the Playboy Club in London, England. Soon after gambling was legalized in the United Kingdom in 1965, a Playboy Club opened in the English capital. The Playboy Bunny is on one side and a picture of...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling World War II US Merchant Marine Lapel Stud. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3/4" in width by 11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass. ATTACHMENT: Stud back. MARKINGS: None. ITEM NOTES: This is from a large...