Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1951 Zippo advertising lighter for Harris-Seybold, an Ohio-based manufacturer of rotary presses and power cutters. VINTAGE: Circa late 1951. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and 1/2" in thickness...

ARTIFACT: Cool circa 1944 Australia souvenir pin. The pin's pendant features a kangaroo in raised detail and the pin bar reads: "AUSTRALIA 1944". VINTAGE: Circa 1944. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" x 1-1/8". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver plated brass...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWII era Australia souvenir pin made from two different colors of Mother of Pearl. The darker color forms a tree-hugging koala bear and the lighter color is in the shape of Australia. VINTAGE: Circa WWII era. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1970s sign for the "all new" Market Square Pub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is painted masonite and drew in patrons at about the time when Portsmouth was on the threshold of entering its renaissance...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1934 celluloid pin for the September 5, 1934 dedication ceremony of the Little Bay (also referred to as the General Sullivan) Bridge spanning the Little Bay where it meets the Piscataqua River, reaching from Durham and Dover New...

ARTIFACT: This is a German-made advertising tape measure for Portsmouth Savings Bank in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1910s. Portsmouth Savings Bank at one time occupied the northern half of the oldest bank building in America, at 22-26 Market...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 lint brush advertising of Boynton Bottling Works of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The brush handle is in embossed wood and reads BON-TON GINGER ALE & BEVERAGES BOYNTON BOTTLING WORKS-TEL-8-PORTSMOUTH, N.H. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1941 bootblack license badge from Worcester, Massachusetts. The badge is oval and hangs from a safety pin. This particular badge was numbered 7826 and originally belonged to Joseph Gentile. VINTAGE: Circa 1941. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s to World War II Japanese worker's visor hat. The hat has nine insignia, including a nicely enameled anchor badge, a painted anchor badge and a badge numbered 34The hat has a maker's mark inside the liner. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1930's WWII Commemorative Japanese Sake Cup. Sake cup displays two delicately painted red and white flowers and Japanese characters that read: "Maneuvers" and "Loyalty", "Devotion", "Simplicity", "Courtesy", and "Bravery" and the...

ARTIFACT: WWII Japanese soldier identification tag in stamped brass. Obverse reads: Infantry 12th Regiment, 2nd Company, third line is a serial number relating to the regiment and the enlisted man issued these tags was serial number 1The reverse of the...

ARTIFACT: Japanese Sake bottle commemorating WWII Navy, the bottle displays a gray sandstone finish and black top, with a three dimensional floral detail above writing. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 6" in height x 8" in circumference...