What Are These Vintage Finds Worth?

We have been traveling all over Western America looking for really cool and interesting things to bring you and wow did we find them we're going to sell 20 of them right now so buckle your seatbelts and let's go along for a fun ride and a deep dive into some really cool vintage. Starting with this. If this looks familiar to you well you might have been a kid in the 50s who was caught up in the western craze. The author is Jessie Brewer McGaw and while she was not from the Plains she was a linguist and a professor and she had a child of her own and wanted to help him learn to read and he loved what they called then Indian stories and she was fascinated by the pictographs of the Plains Indians so she wrote a series of books including this one Painted Pony Runs Away and the graphics are really fun. This one is this came out on New Year's Day of 1958. This one is a first edition and she goes right into as she explains it because again this was for children in the 50s as Indian picture writing in other words pictographs. Here's the Painted Pony and here are the other protagonists Little Elk, Bear Boy, Standing Bear, and White Elk and indeed the Painted Pony does run away and ends up in the Cheyenne camp and the whole thing ends up with Cheyenne chief White Elk making trade with the Sioux chief Standing Bear. They smoked together, gave me eagle feathers, and for helping him Bear Boy to decorate Painted Pony. So Painted Pony comes home in the end. The other thing she does in the end is talk about facts about picture writing and puts in a glossary so much more studied than your average kid's book and that's not surprising because she later did a translation and glossary on a college level for Heptapolis's Discourse on the Seven Days of Creation by the Italian philosopher Mirandola who lived back in the 14 and early 1500s. So she was quite a scholar and this is a different kind of kid's book about western stuff. A lot different than the rather unrealistic depictions of cowboys and gold miners that we saw in a lot of 1950s kids books. This one hasn't been on ebay for a while. I'm putting it out at $9.99. We have a buy it now of $19.99. This next piece is a style of glass that often doesn't look good today but this one is in wonderful shape and it came from a viewer and a personal friend named Mark in Alabama to me and I think it's just wonderful. He collects goofus glass and he was very kind to let it go so we can talk a little bit about goofus glass. This was done by a company called Northwood and while they were not the only ones making goofus glass around 1900, they were one of the first to use metallic paints and iridized finishes. They were one of the first other than Tiffany actually to do that and goofus glass is where the paint was done cold meaning that it's not fired over so the gold and red is just applied on the parts that were not the opalescence. In this case goofus glass generally is not opalescent so that makes this a little different as well and because it was not fired usually if they used Windex, if they scrubbed hard, if they scraped it, this gold starts to come off and so a lot of goofus glass people see today is not in good condition. This one has most of its gold. It is about 90% and that is really important because look how much nicer it looks with all of the detail. It's opalescent and it does have a very fiery opal because they used different chemicals around 1900 when this was made and it's in the Greek key pattern. Northwood shortly after this would come up with various lines of carnival glass and they were one of the big makers of carnival glass in the era. Harry Northwood was from England. His father was famous for cameo glass in England so he grew up in the industry, moved to the United States to work for Hobbs Buchner in Wheeling, West Virginia, started his own firm and then eventually took over part of the Hobbs Buchner factory and moved to Wheeling and that's where Northwood really flourished until well after his death. Northwood's carnival glass lines propelled them into the mid 1920s before they finally went out of business but this is one of their earlier pieces and I just think the treatment is really nice on this. If you use it from the top you won't damage this and that's important too because a lot of the pieces were done with the recessed pattern where painting is inside the bowl and that's why this stuff came off. This one it's underneath so you can actually use this piece without fear. So I just think it's really very sweet. A lot of people might mistake this for Fenton because of the crimping. The crimping is fairly even in the same manner that Fenton did but this is earlier than Fenton and Fenton did not make goofus glass. So this one we're starting at $9.99. We have a buy it now of $39 on it because goofus glass is an area that again because condition is a problem not as many people collect. I would have thought this would be more valuable than that but $39 is a fair price for it so we will give our buyers the option if they want it on buy it now. We really appreciate the members who are contributing a little extra to the channel so we can take the time to do these deeper dives. We do put these videos out to level 2 and level 3 members in advance. That is one of the perks of membership so if you're interested in seeing these things first please consider taking a membership. You can see information in the links in the description of this video. In addition to all the other deprivation of war, one of the big issues in World War II was they knew that men would be separated from their wives and girlfriends for long periods of time and that's why movie stars help contribute to the war effort by doing pin-ups and the most famous pin-up in World War II was done by this woman Betty Grable. This is a wonderful picture of her with the dress and of course she's showing her legs. In 1939 she was cast in a movie called The Million Dollar Legs and as a publicity stunt Fox insured her legs for one million dollars and she famously said later these are the two reasons I'm famous. It wasn't really the only reason. She was actually a very good actress and she was in 1946 and 7 the most highly paid woman in the United States and made something like three million dollars. She was top 10 box office all through the 1940s and into the 1950s and famously appeared with Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire which is very fun for the sets and for the colors and just for the performances. It's definitely a period piece. She retired from acting in movies shortly after but continued to be involved with Broadway and stage performances but this is definitely from the peak of her career and there is a real signature and it's a personalized signature. Best wishes Betty Grable and it is a silver gelatin print. You can tell by that reflection that we're getting. So this is a pretty good star photo and it's nice that it's autographed because it's a large format and because it's personalized and because it's a pose that we don't see as often as her famous legs pin-up pose. I'm putting this out at $9.99 without a buy it now and we're going to see which fan is the most interested in this and what they are willing to pay because I don't really know when you have something that's fairly unique like this exactly how this should be priced but you can see she really was a Betty. Well we just had one of the biggest protests in American history and so it seemed appropriate to put out something from the counterculture. This is Earth Magazine and this is volume one number one. This is from December of 1970. It is the inaugural issue. James Goode and Gerard van der Weende started this magazine to discuss topics of interest to the young people of the era including the environment and literature and music and what's interesting about this particular edition besides the fact that he's contemplating his hands it covers the Isle of White festival which was a big music festival on that island off the shores of England so you see Roger Daltrey of The Who, John Sebastian of Eleven Spoonful talking to Donovan and a whole lot of naked people in some really cold water. There's also a whole spread about Iggy Pop from Iggy and the Stooges so it is definitely a piece from its time and for somebody who's interested in the or the culture of that time it's pretty reflective of what was happening at that time. Earth Magazine may have disappeared in 1972 but it didn't die. It actually spawned various radio programs that were syndicated across the country including Earth News which ran into the 1980s and this book is starting at $9.99. We have a buy it now of $29 on it. Westerns were really popular in the 1930s 40s 50s and 60s and kids of those generations loved them too and that's why the Sackman brothers who were famous for doing a Babe Ruth kids outfit and a Buck Rogers kids outfit in the 1930s developed this outfit which I have in the original box. This is Yankee boy play clothes and this one is actually the Indian chief as they called it back then. You can see that in the center there. They did a lot of different designs. This is from the 1940s and it is so fun to have the graphics on the original box. The box is in pretty good shape. There it is one corner that does have a split. I don't know if it was used seldomly or never used but it has the big headdress with the feathers which I've seen separately on several occasions and you knew I was going to try this on right? Here is the vest and here are the pants. It's just in wonderful condition and so much fun. These were used and pretty much used to death by kids back in the day so finding the whole set in great condition in the box is not the easiest trick. The Buck Rogers version from the 30s goes for over $1,000 and the Babe Ruth version goes for over $2,000 at auction. Now the Indian chief is not as dear as that but I do believe that it is worth somewhere in the $75 range which is our buy it now and we are starting this at just $9.99. I'm doing a lot of $9.99 starts this month because I have had lots of good experience letting people start at a low bid and see where it goes. A lot of people don't realize that Reinhold Schlievelmilch had a brother and that there were two RS Prussia factories. One in Suhl that eventually became Tillowitz and was then moved to Poland and the other being the one that Reinhold Schlievelmilch ran and those are the pieces marked RS Prussia and we have a wonderful set here. Look how fancy and ornate this is. You can imagine this sort of thing being in very fine homes in Europe and it also became very popular in fine homes in the United States once importation was able to happen. They started importing in about 1894 after we passed rules saying that they had to put the country of origin on the bottom of things and subsequently lowered tariffs because we were no longer as concerned about things being dumped on our shores and putting our manufacturers out of business because you could tell where these items came from and that is why you have the red mark. Now most RS Prussia is not marked until about 1904-1905 so these are going to be pieces from the second half of the first decade of the 20th century and they're very typical of the brand. Wonderfully sculpted, very ornate detailed shapes, lots of detail in the handles, even the finial is open work rather than just a simple knob. These were made to be fancy and they were and really quite beautiful and very unlike anything that was being made in the United States in porcelain at this time. We typically see big centerpiece bowls or berry sets but they did all sorts of tableware including this cream and sugar set. The prices on these used to be huge. Nowadays these might sell for as little as $45 to $50 for the set and we do have a buy it now of $45 on them but we are starting them at just $9.99. I found them in a store in Tennessee and they were insanely inexpensive because I think a lot of people in the new generation of resellers have not really considered fine porcelain seriously and so they don't always know when they have something really nice. I do believe these are very nice and I think some collector will too so we are going to put them out now and see where they go. I seem to have a thing for headbands and belts today. I get into rolls sometimes and this is my roll now and this one is really great because of the peacock. This particular piece if you look up close you'll see has a lot of metal threading and the repeating patterns are definitely from India and India has a very very long history of making beadwork going back 5,000 years to the dawn of civilization in the Indus Valley. By the time of the late Mughal empire in the 1850s they are importing Venetian and Bohemian beads and making things in India and that's where you see glass beadwork along with lots of embroidery and detailing. This piece is a 20th century piece. It's long enough it could be worn as a belt by a lot of people but I like the idea of using it as a headband. It's got lots of extra room you can tie it in the back. If you have about a 28 inch waist it'll work great around the belt line. Headbands became very popular in the times of the flappers and they were very popular again in the 1960s and 70s. It's in great condition overall. It has definitely been worn a fair bit and you can tell because there is some soiling on the bands themselves and a little bit of wear as you would expect with age but the featured section with the peacock is in wonderful shape and it's just a beautiful piece. We're going to start this one out at $9.99 also. I'm not putting a buy it now on this because I haven't seen anybody try to sell anything like this online lately. In the 1920s and 30s a gentleman named John Frank was the head of the pottery department at the University of Oklahoma. In 1933 Mr. Frank decided to branch off on his own and start his own studio and two years later his first factory caught fire and he lost most of his molds including many of his really high style art deco pieces. So he had to restyle and rebuild from scratch. Now in those early years he had certain colored glazes that are now very scarce and this is one of them. This is the jade blue green color and you notice it does have both bluish and greenish aspects to it and you can also see where it applied in a thinner layer over the spokes and the high points of this wagon wheel miniature pitcher. Now not all of his small pieces are marked Francoma back in this period of time. This just has the stock number 560 but it is definitely the tan Ada clay from Ada, Oklahoma. Eventually the factory in Sepulpa ended up finding a local deposit of Sepulpa clay which is brick red after 1955. But the big deal about the color is the glaze because wagon wheel was introduced in 1942 and this glaze the last year it was made was 1942. So this is a one year only piece and that makes it rather scarce and the serious Francoma collectors really do look for these early glaze colors. By World War II a lot of the blazes had to be discontinued. In fact in 1944 they had so few materials that Francoma was practically on the edge of bankruptcy. We're going to start this out at $9.99 but we're not putting a buy it now on it because we haven't seen anything in this color sell in the recent past. World's Fairs leave a really interesting legacy and this one is no exception. This is a visitor's map to the New York World's Fair and this map I have not actually seen listed on eBay recently so I thought it would be fun to put on. You open up and it has a map of all of the freeways that will get you around New York many of which were designed by Robert Moses. Robert Moses also had a big hand in the New York World's Fair and Robert Moses was quite an urban planner and figured out when he was involved with Al Smith the governor of New York in the 1920s and 30s how to set up local funding agencies so that he could get funding for projects and work without interference and corruption from other departments. By the 1960s however there was a sense that Robert Moses had so much power that he was becoming very difficult to work with and very single-minded and the New York World's Fair in some ways was a testimony to that. Here is a map of the fair. This of course is famous for having Unisphere made by U.S. Steel that is a familiar landmark still there in Flushing but Robert Moses had ideas about how the World's Fair was to run and one of his ideas was that New York City would charge all the exhibitors rent space during the period of the fair. That is not how World's Fairs work. If you want the Bureau of International Exhibitions to approve you as an officially sanctioned World's Fair you may not charge the exhibitors money for the event. You have to put the event on yourself and make it back through ticket sales and sponsorships and other things and Robert Moses refused to do that so the BIE refused to sanction the New York World's Fair and because there had already been a very successful fair in Seattle in 1962 and another one coming Expo 67 in Montreal, most of the big countries in Europe and Canada did not participate in the New York World's Fair and because of that it did not draw the 70 million people that Robert Moses promised it would and it actually was a financial failure. So some World's Fairs work out really well and others don't but this map is a really cool reminder for the people who did go and a lot of people did go because it was in New York. It has one tiny pinhole right here. I just like to point that out for full disclosure. These are not expensive things to collect but they're fun things to collect because they're really graphic, they show New York in a certain period of time. This was about the time that he was also trying to blast an expressway through Greenwich Village and Soho. Imagine if those places didn't exist now. So Robert Moses, this was kind of his apex and things didn't really go well for him after that. He's remembered as a controversial and divisive figure now but he did leave a legacy in the World's Fair and World's Collectors find these interesting. We're putting it out at $9.99. We have a buy it now of $15 on it. We sold a really interesting 1920s book full of photographs of Western America and Native dancing on the reservations in New Mexico, people having parties in Tijuana during Prohibition. Well, this is a very interesting photograph book from the same era but a different group of subjects. The owner of this photograph album was actually involved with the U.S. Army Engineering Corps, involved with battleships, and involved with building during and after World War I. About 150 photographs in here and it starts in the usual way with pictures of home and pictures of loved ones and a picture of a tugboat, a picture of someone involved in athletic pursuits. Then we get into the area that's going to make this really interesting to collectors of certain types of photographs and paper ephemera because it shows machinery used in engineering, building extensions to the docks here. They took a side trip to Danto Falls. What I really like about this one is it's not specific to one subject. This actually is just a chronicle of this person's life as it goes on through the 19-teens. They show a grass house on a rubber plantation, concrete work at a dam on the Mississippi River, the USS Neptune and other boats, the brown concrete atomizer. So already this is an interesting compendium of industrial machinery and things that we have not seen in our lifetime. They show them building an emergency dike and then they are in Salzburg in 1916. And there is breasts, you see a French officer corps with the old car underneath, a poisoned spring in the Argonne. Yes, amongst other things, the enemies would poison each other's water sources during the First World War. It was such a standoff and such a stalemate. It was just horrific. You see doughboys at camp and it's great because it has annotations so we know who a lot of these people are. Here they're using the German light railway and bringing in things to make temporary buildings out of concrete block. Constructing bridges. You see they have the and more pictures in the Argonne. As well as this biplane. And the biplane picture alone is a pretty valuable piece because you just don't see a lot of photos of World War I biplanes. And they show Verdun where the loss of human life was just insane. As well as the standard oil fire tug. And pictures of various battleships. The Connecticut, the Nebraska, the North Carolina. So this is a very interesting book to a specific collector of Militaria. So this is a very interesting book for someone who's a specific collector of Militaria. And we don't see very many like this. And of course it's unique because it's unique to this person's experience. So I believe this will be another rather valuable photograph book. We are again starting it at just $9.99 but we do not have a buy it now because this could be worth a few hundred dollars potentially. Maybe more if the right collectors find it interesting and start bidding. So we'll follow it and see. And of course you can go to the links and follow these items if they are still available. You're welcome to bid and you can also follow along to see what these items sell for. It's a great way for collectors and resellers to get the benefit of some market research courtesy of us. For years I've pronounced this word incorrectly. I've called it Niloak and it is actually Nile Oak. And there is the word. And what is that word? Well that is Kaolin spelled backwards. Kaolin is a fine clay that is part of what is used in a lot of pottery. And they found one of those deposits in Benton, Arkansas. And in 1909 they built a pottery factory there that produced all the way through World War II. They started out doing swirled natural clays and did what they called missionware which is very collectible. But by the 1930s the artware was too expensive and they were on the verge of collapse. And so Mr. Hyden, one of their founders, came up with the Highwood line of molded wares. So instead of doing hand-swirled and hand-gathered clay they started to do things that could be molded in a machine. And that saved a lot of money and made them economical during the depression. But they still wanted an artful approach to this. So while a lot of these were done in solid colors, this one is in an ombre that changes color halfway in the glaze. And that makes it a little more unusual. And I just love the flamingo. I collect flamingos. I've never actually seen this piece before. I know that they're out there but I've never had one. I just like the way that it has the relief on the panels. And of course they've decorated both sides because this wasn't supposed to be cheat pottery where you only decorate one side and shove it up against the wall. This was something that could be put in the middle of the table and then you could see all of the dimension. I like the rope handles. Really appreciate the glaze. We're putting this out at $9.99 but we have a buy it now of $39 on it. Now because I'm involved in the estate sale business and I do sell sometimes on consignment, I occasionally am presented with things that do have value in the marketplace but are not vintage in my estimation. And this one isn't even vintage in Etsy's estimation because this company started producing in 2007. And so this could not be yet 20 years old. But close. It is by Fluid or Fluid depending on how you say that with the umlaut. And it is a watch but the reason that I wanted to present this is because it is a specific watch done in their early years as a turntable. And these turntable watches represent the fact that Fluid was created to be streetwear. And they are based in New York. They were heavily influenced by New York hip-hop style. They came out with these turntable watches with the idea that they would be a novelty that they could sell to people who were sampling, DJs, that sort of thing. And they were not inexpensive and they're not inexpensive now. And this one's great because it's in its original box. It has everything including extra links and the original one year limited warranty which I suppose is expired but since it's never been used we know it should work just great. In 2007 turntables were not on anybody's mind unless you were a DJ. Now there's a craze for old turntables and old vinyl but that wasn't really true when this piece was made. So the turntable was a novelty for a very specific group of people and that's the reason that this piece has a chance to sell for as high as $200 which is our buying it now. We are starting it again though at just $999 and we're gonna see where it goes from here but the gold band and the gold face and the fact that it's new in the box mean that it is a premium piece and there is an audience for these. Another name that had great import in its time was this Royal Insurance Company and this is a memo pad and it is really heavy. This thing is felted on the back so it wouldn't scratch your nice desk or the leather top on your nice desk but the rest of it is a very very heavy bronze and it has a wonderful enameling with the Royal Insurance Company limited seal in enamel and if you look closely you notice it says it's its 100th anniversary 1845 to 1945. It's not often that we have things that tell us their date like this so that's kind of fun and it is something that I suppose could be classified as ephemera because it was made to be given out in their anniversary year. Royal Insurance came along in the Victorian era but insurance really started in England after the Great Fire of 1666. At that point fire insurance became a concept. Share the risk and we spread it between a bunch of people so if one person gets wiped out we don't all get wiped out because the Great Fire of London really devastated that city and the English economy for a period of time. Even though Royal Insurance was a relative late comer they grew very quickly. By 1851 they were in New York City, they were in India, they spread into Canada. Most of the memo pad is still there or at least half and this seems like it was very lightly used but it is definitely heavy. It's not going to budge and it's a good writing surface. I used it a few times when I was preparing for this. We're starting this off at $9.99 we do have a buy it now at $39 and yes indeed old office supplies and related items surprisingly collectible now. I mentioned protests recently in the news and one person who's been the subject of protests lately appears on this dish. The former Prince Andrew. He was still the prince when he married Sarah Ferguson and Fergie became very well loved by the people and for a while it seemed like they were the perfect happy couple. Andy had a reputation of being Randy Andy so the problems he's facing now were not really necessarily a mystery to people at the time. He had dated porn stars and had to be reprimanded by the Queen and so they told him it was time for him to get married. Sarah Ferguson was someone he had met in childhood and not seen in many years. They encountered each other, had a whirlwind romance just to keep things safe on his stag night instead of letting him go out on the town. They surrounded him with Elton John and Billy Connolly and a lot of other famous people and his brother Prince Charles to act as chaperone. So he behaved well for a little while. Why am I selling this today? Well because, truthfully, notoriety sells. This little dish has been a five dollar item at antique stores for years and suddenly they're selling between 15 and 20. Of course the recent disgrace which has also caught up Sarah Ferguson has led both of them to relinquish all of their royal titles and peerages and so there is a collector audience for these that didn't exist just months ago. This one has the back stamp from Crown Trent from 1986 when the wedding occurred and we are starting it at $9.99 but we have a buy it now of $19 on it. We sold a piece of Rookwood last month. It's so beautiful, so well made, has such a great story, and while this is made as a trivet it is essentially a tile and Rookwood tiles are part of what has made them really famous and created a lasting legacy. They made amazing tile work. The Seelbach Hotel in Louisville has the Rathskeller which is the last remaining structure fully tiled from floor to ceiling in Rookwood tile. It's amazing. This is Garden Girl. Now by the 1930s Rookwood, like Nile Oak, had stopped making artwork and were doing a lot of molded designs. This one is dated 1945 on the back but you can see all the delicacy in the hand painting. So the art aspect still exists at Rookwood. There is the mark XLV stands for 1945. They used Roman numerals and then below that is a stock number. It is just really sweet. Now this piece has actually been reintroduced by the Revival Rookwood Pottery Company that sprung up in the 21st century. They did get the mold for this but they do not paint it out like this. It is a plain white finish and it does not have the Roman numeral date because they're not trying to fate. So this one is definitely original from the 1940s era. It's just so sweet. It's perfect for spring. Rookwood is pretty collectible. So again we're starting this at $9.99 but we have a buy it now of $100 on it because that is about where these typically settle. Basketball changed a lot in the 1960s. The professional leagues moved out of some small markets into bigger cities. It became more of a nationally followed game and at the college level a certain player was so good that they actually created a college basketball player of the award and gave it to him in 1969 and he was the first. And that is the fellow on the left, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. This is a given out when the Milwaukee Bucks were playing the Portland Trailblazers. This was actually given out in Portland and came from an estate there. But it is pro-Milwaukee Bucks all the way because they were the defending champions. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the rookie of the year in 1970 and led them to the NBA title in 1971. 1972 was a good year for them as well although I believe they lost in the semi-finals. Kareem, like Muhammad Ali before him, originally was born under another name. He was Ferdinand Alcindor II. He changed his name when he converted to Islam as a lot of black professional sports people did in the 1970s. So I don't know whether this will go to a Portland Trailblazers fan or a Milwaukee Bucks fan or someone who just likes sports memorabilia or someone who collects novelty rulers. All of those are potential buyers for this. But because it's a specific dated thing, it is another ephemera item and so it's a little bit harder to find than the average. We're starting it at $9.99. We have a buy it now of $19 on it. I have a monthly chat with our level 3 members. That's one of the perks they get for taking a membership on that level. And we recently talked about Disneyata and the pre-war Disney collectibles and we didn't talk a lot about the ones made in England but I was in Canada and the viewer there was kind enough to have me to his house and I purchased this. And it's a wonderful little teapot and this is an English-made Dumbleduck teapot and it is by the Wade Heath Company. I'm going to take this lid off because it's in perfect shape and I don't want to break it and it's rather small. But there you see on the bottom, Wade Heath England by Permission Walt Disney. A little different than the Walt Disney Productions marks that came later. This is from about 1936. It was one of the most popular things that Wade Heath ever made. And yes, they are connected to the same Wade that makes the little tea figurines that a lot of people collect. They actually branched off from their utility wear and their industrial wear and started making decorative items in the 1930s. By the 1950s, the companies had re-merged and were just called Wade. During this period of time, they were Wade Heath. It's all hand-painted. He's got the lawn bill which is an indication of 1930s, just like Mickey Mouse had a longer snout at first. All the cartoon characters were restyled in the mid to late 30s and so this is a good way to tell an earlier piece. I like that they did the tracery. The English just are very precise about the way they did things in the pottery decorating. You see the pupils and the eyes. So there's a lot to it and that's why these typically sell for somewhere in the $175 to $200 range. This one's in perfect condition. We do have $175 is the buy it now but we are launching it at $999 and there's so much interest in Disney that I know that we'll get a bunch of people who are bidding on this and so we'll see where it goes. Donald is happy here but generally he's so irascible which is one of the things that makes him so fun. This next toy is a little spacey and isn't he cool? This is a Cosmic Kittle and he looks like the guy on the Quisp cereal commercials if you're old enough to remember Quisp cereal. He has his antennas which is important. His name is Yellow Fellow and he and his cohorts Bluey Blooper and Greeny Meany flew through space in these little Cosmic Kittles saucers. The folks in Mattel realized after the success of Barbies that little children sometimes wanted a smaller doll that was easier to hold and play with. Look at his googly eyes move around. They're just so great and this funky little spaceman in the plastic capsule was their idea and it does have its stand and it's got everything it should have. The only issue it has is that the hinge is a little bit broken on this piece so it sits on there fine but it doesn't unhinge. You actually can lift the whole thing out. It doesn't really make any difference in terms of how it displays. I don't think it will make a big difference in terms of value and these were pretty valuable. The little Kittles were already very popular at Mattel when this came out around 1968. They were already making lockets with them, other jewelry pieces. They had Cola Kittles and Cologne Kittles and little figures that just stood out by themselves. They had this size. They had four inch size. It was a very popular line. Then in 1970 you see the beginning of oil prices increasing and there was a vinyl shortage and that's why the Cosmic Kittles did not stay in the line very long and they're very hard to find now. There's a lot of interested space toys. If you saw my recent video from Roswell, New Mexico, there's a whole museum of space toys with the big collection in great shape. All the controls are there. Other than that hinge there is nothing wrong with this guy. You just don't run into these very often. It's the first one I've ever owned and maybe the second or third one I've ever seen and so we're pricing it at a $9.99 start again but our buy it now on this is $150 because if the hinge wasn't broken he could easily sell for well over $200. This next item is something that we were not meant to have because when this was issued it was restricted. The USS Adirondack was a flagship and it eventually served as the flagship for the commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. This manual dates to 1948 but it was actually launched on the day Japan surrendered so it ended up serving in the Cold War instead and its crew of 60 would use this manual to tell them how to do everything. Tells you what's supposed to be happening on the deck and who's in control of what from the bridge. It tells you you have the sea watches to be performed, what consists of ship inspection. It's got all the deets, everything you needed to run this vessel and there weren't many of these made. Restricted is now considered confidential. It wasn't something that was supposed to get into everybody's hands. It also wasn't top secret because it's basically your owner's manual for this boat. You can only imagine that today this would be three times the size but in 1948 this is what it took to keep that flagship going. We know it's before 1953 because the term restricted is dropped in favor of confidential at that point and we know that the Adirondack sailed on up until the 1960s at which point it was decommissioned and scrapped. So an interesting thing for someone who collects U.S. Navy related items this came from the daughter of a gentleman who served aboard the Adirondack and it was stored for many years and so it does have a bit of a musty smell but is intact and in good condition otherwise and we are starting it at $999. We have a buyout now of $100 on it. I haven't seen anything quite similar to this cell but I've seen manuals for other military vehicles and vessels of the same era and they seem like they are setting a course for the $100 range so that's our buyout now. And that brings us to our last piece and our last piece is a timely piece to sell and it's not exactly the way I would usually like to present it but I do not have silver polish with me because I'm traveling and this has a wonderful silver rim which is part of its main attraction but also the fact that this was made by Spode. This is a serving plate. The surround is something like four and a half ounces of silver roughly and the pattern which is a rose garland in black is a very early Spode pattern that was redone around the early post-war years sometime in the 1940s 50s because it is a reproduction of the Spode pattern done in 1808. There is the Spode-Copeland mark from the mid-20th century. Spode made thousands and thousands and thousands of patterns over the years and a lot of early patterns and so while this is very similar to the rose briar pattern it is not exactly the same. I have not been able to make a firm identification of what this particular rose garland pattern was in the early years of Spode so if any of you have that information out there leave a comment because I would love to be able to put that in the listing. I don't think it really matters in terms of the value of this piece. There are definitely Spode collectors who will like it. There's definitely people who are decorating in a lot of gray tones and also like gold so this has both the silver and gold tones for people who like mixed metal which is popular now but of course the sterling silver rim is a lot of the value and the big attraction on this piece. Pieces like this were made for high-end department stores like Shreve in San Francisco and Gimbel's in New York. Sometimes they'll have their back stamps. Oftentimes they will have the name of the pattern. Copeland sponsored Spode to have the first china shop in England and so Spode is the granddaddy. It is a really well made very pretty very stylish piece that I think someone will love having on a wall or on a well stressor on a shelf or in the middle of a table. Again we're going to start at $9.99. With the price of silver the way it is we know that it will bid up to something close to where it should and so I'm not afraid to let things start out at a lower price with the idea of getting people interested and having a lot of eyes on them to see where they go. It's just a strategy that I have been finding is working for me on eBay and so I'm going to try it again. I know a lot of people are afraid of that. They list things for full price or whatever they hope to get. Oftentimes I get more than I would think to list a piece like this for. It does have a buy it now of $275 on it based on the current value of silver that is basically the scrap value of the silver surround. Well I hope you have enjoyed seeing all these things. 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