Thursday, July 27, 2006

Antique Kitchenware & Other Collectibles Added to the Shop

Welcome to Collectibles at Country Joe's.
The blog for collectors, accumulators and hoarders of neat stuff.

Been pretty warm around here these last few days and the weekend looks "HOT"!!!
Don't think I'll setup at the market this weekend. Hopefully the shops and ebay will be busy.

Well, I finished up with my swallowing therapy this week, guess I'm fixed or they just got tired of me. How could that be? Sorta gonna miss going there, no not because the food was free, liked the people. Have to go backin a few months. and check in.

Jan finished up painting the bathroom and we added a shelf in the kitchen. PLace is actually coming together. Have to take a few photos and post them. Animals are all doing good, couple of the crazy cats rather sleep on the enclosed porch where it's hot, no AC there.

Starting to move the postcard shop into a section of the Country Joe's shop, will still be sorta separate but will use the same shopping cart etc. Probably take a couple of weeks though, lot's of pictures and descriptions move. Also need to get a lot of stuff listed, holiday shopping season sneaking up. Hope to be a bit more organized this year. Heard that before?

Anyway here's some new goodies that we added to the shop.


MM-067 Disney Address Book
Neat little Disney address book with Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy on the cover. New condition. Price includes USA shipping. 3.50


Paper-044 Tri-City Dairy Coupon Book
A neat dairy coupon book from the Tri-City Dairy, Pasteurizes Dairy Products, Durand, Mis. Phone 246. Book is still full of One Cent and Five Cent coupons. 1950's era. Great dairy collectible. Price includes USA shipping. 15.00


Paper-151 Drexel's Bell Cologne Trade Card
Front shows three cherubs flying around bell covered with flowers. Printed by Knapp Lith. of N.Y. in 1892, advertises Drexel's Bell Cologne as well as Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup for teething babies. A.C. Meyer & Co. Sole Proprietors, Baltimore, Md. U.S.A. Advertising text on the reverse. 2-1/8" x 4-1/8". Price includes USA shipping. 6.50


Raz-006 Gillette Super Speed Razor
Gillette SuperSpeed safety razor, later version with a black handle in plastic display box. Double door, TTO. Great condition. Price includes USA shipping. 18.00


Frat-016 Sterling Silver Eagle Scout Pin BSA
A sterling silver Eagle Scout pin. Marked with "S" in square and Sterling. About 3/4" across wing tips. Nice Boy Scout collectible. Price includes USA shipping. 14.99


Silvplt-058 Reed & Barton Pitcher 3oz.
A Reed & Barton 3 oz. cream or syrup pitcher. Marked Reed & Barton Silver Soldered 2800 3 oz. Original patina. Approx. 2-3/4" tall. Price includes USA shipping. 15.00


Ctry-001Wilton Match Holder, Wall Mount
A wall mounted cast iron match holder (wooden matches), has flip open door and striker surface on front.About 5-1/2" tall. Marked Wilton. Nice kitchen decoration or mount near the fire place. Price includes USA shipping. 22.50


Kit-125 Paulus Dairy Meat Fork
A meat fork with The Paulus Dairy / Use Our Select Milk on front of handle, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year on the back. Approx. 12-1/2" long. Nice advertising or kitchen collectible. Price includes USA shipping. 22.00


Kit-023Early Bryant's Egg Beater
An early Bryant's egg beater, you move the wooden handle up and down to make beaters turn. About 13" long. Marked June 2, 188? on handle. Great country kitchen collectible. Price includes USA shipping. 35.00


Kit-015 Early T-Handle Chopper
An early T-handle food chopper, has nice wooden handle. Blade is approx. 6" at widest. Nice addition to your country kitchen collection. Price includes USA shipping. 22.00

Also added
Check-Out 12 Noon Sign; Normal School N.J. Spoon; Pebble Beach Golf Links, Golf Ball Marker; Christmas Carols Book; N,J, Bell Telephone Bill 1935; Cunard Line Tourist Class Sticker; Arrow Head Oil Co. Inc. Blotters;

Plus other neat collectibles and stuff. Stop in browse around,you never know what my show up. New and interesting items always being added.

Postcards added to our Vintage Postcard Shop
Eagle Rock, Orange N.J.; Surf Rolls In, Ocean Grove, N.J.; Delaware River, Belvidere, N.J.; The Farnese Bull, Duke's Park, Somerville, N.J.; Fountain Terraces, Dukes Park, Somerville, N.J.; The Cascades, Dukes Park, Somerville, N.J.; Jobstown,N.J. Postcard; South Durham N.Y. Street Scene 1911; Marrs,Indian Pond, Maine Real Photo postcard; Kipper's Tourist Court RPC;

See ya later, Country Joe

NOTICE: For unknown reasons the listings in the monthly achives are in reverse order, you need to startat the bottom of the month. In other words the last post of that month is on top. Working on it.

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Stop in and visit the shops.

Country Joe's Collectibles Stuff
Paper And Postcard Shop
More Neat Stuff
Country Joe's Ebay Store
Country Joe's Auction in central N.J.
And our new forum atEclectic-Collectibles.Net

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Country Joe's Collectibles is loaded with lots of neat collectibe items, advertising tins and other items, cigarette lighters, antique and collectible kitchenware, graniteware, restaurant china, Mickey Mouse and other character collectibles, vintage safety razors and blades, antique tools and irons, paper collectibles,
ephemera, postcards, dollhouse furniture and miniatures, medals, tokens etc. Also glassware, china, porcelian. Holiday collectibles, dolls, and porcelain half dolls and small toys. We also havecostumejewelry, silver jewelry, sterling silver and silverplate items, souvenirs, World's Fair collectibles, Wade whimsies and other neat stuff.
Open 24 hours a day for your shopping convience. Stop in browse around, you never know what my showup. New items always being added.
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Monday, July 24, 2006

Ephemera, Collectibles added to shop

Welcome to Collectibles at Country Joe's.
The blog for collectors, accumulators and hoarders of neat stuff.


Hope you all had a good weekend.
Well it's definitely been summer around here, hot, muggy, thunderstorms even had some hail one night last week.
Friday morning went to the market about 6am setup early was busy for about an hour or two then it slowly started to warm up and get muggy. by 9:30 people were disappearing think I left about 10:30 was packing slow cause I wanted change the load around a bit for Sunday. Spent the rest of the day in the air conditioning, working on the shops as usual. Saturday was sort of rainy in the morning and pouring in the afternoon, but it was on and off. Set up early again Sunday was a light crowd and then a small shower, then it got busy and was happily selling stuff again. Then it started to rain again so I decided to pack it in. Got home and looked at the clock was only about noon. Went food shopping and then back to adding taking pictures, sorting stuff, packing some orders etc. Now I guess it's time to start working on next weeks market load. Never boring around here.

Anyway some new additions are:


Blotter-027
Blotter-027 Ivory Salt Blotter
Vintage blotter advertising Ivory Salt. "Flavor's the thing". Shows elephant and container of Ivory Salt. 3-3/4 x 8-1/4". Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. $6.00


Paper-146 Safe Driver Booklet
Picture Yourself as the Safe driver booklet, published by John Hancock Life Insurance Co. Contains about 20 pages of safe driving tips with many neat photos of old autos. Copyright 1936. Nice condition.
Price includes USA shipping. $6.00


Paper-147 Knox Quickies Recipe Booklet
Knox Quickies recipes booklet, 20+ pages of Knox salad and dessert recipes. Copyright 1941. Price includes USA shipping. $6.00


Shv-001Tripoli Shaving Brush
A vintage Tripoli shaving brush with long bristles. Extra Quality, Set in Rubber, Made in U.S.A. Approx. 5-1/2" long. Has some discoloring on the bristles (see photo). Price includes USA shipping. 12.00


Light-017 Twinkle & Stars Oil Lamp
Miniature amethyst glass oil lamp with embossed "Twinkle & Stars" pattern, solid brass acorn burner and collar. No chimney. 4-1/4" high. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. 16.50


Lighter-001 Royal Crown Soda Bottle Lighter
A vintage Royal Crown Soda bottle lighter, Label is a bit faded. Kem Co. Detroit, Mich. Made in USA. Never used. Price includes USA shipping. 12.50


HD-002 Porcelain Half Doll Holding Flowers, Germany
A nice porcelain half doll holding flowers in right hand. Has blue hair ribbon, marked "Germany" on the back. Approx. 3" tall. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. 22.00


Raz-045 Ever-Ready Safety Razor in Case
Vintage Ever-Ready safety razor in original case. Marked Ever-Ready, bklyn, N.Y. U.S.A. Pat App'd For. Also has holder for blades and one original wrapped blade. Use single edge blades. Price includes USA shipping. 22.00


DS-041 Dr. Lyons Tooth Powder Tin
Old tin advertising Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder. 4-1/2 oz. size, approx. 5" tall. Has small rust spot at the bottom. Nice addition to your vintage drugstore display or collection. Price includes USA shipping. 12.50

Also
Delicious Fish Dishes Booklet 1930; Day Line Guide Book 1937; Pennzoil Advertising Postcard; PRR Time Tables; Iced Specialties from Servel, Recipe Booklet; Celluloid Eye Glasses Trade Card; Tavern on the Green,(Staten Island) Wine List; Early paper cut-outs of little girls; Wooden Cheese Box plus other neat collectibles and stuff. Stop in browse around, you never know what my show up. New and interesting items always being added.

See ya later, Country Joe

NOTICE: For unknown reasons the listings in the monthly achives are in reverse order, you need to start at the bottom of the month. In other words the last post of that month is on top. Working on it.

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Stop in and visit the shops.

Country Joe's Collectibles Stuff
Paper And Postcard Shop
More Neat Stuff
Country Joe's Ebay Store
Country Joe's Auction in central N.J.
And our new forum atEclectic-Collectibles.Net

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Country Joe's Collectibles is loaded with lots of neat collectibe items, advertising tins and other items, cigarette lighters, antique and collectible kitchenware, graniteware, restaurant china, Mickey Mouse and other character collectibles, vintage safety razors and blades, antique tools and irons, paper collectibles, ephemera, postcards, dollhouse furniture and miniatures, medals, tokens etc. Also glassware, china, porcelian. Holiday collectibles, dolls, and porcelain half dolls and small toys. We also have lots of costume jewelry, silver jewelry, sterling silver and silverplate items, souvenirs, World's Fair collectibles, wade whimsies and other neat stuff.
Open 24 hours a day for your shopping convience. Stop in browse around, you never know what my show up. New items always being added.
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Sunday, July 16, 2006

Printers Plates, Matchbooks, Costume Jewelry, Collectibles added to shop

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Okay went to the market on Friday about 6 AM was ok for a while, but about 9:30 people started to melt. Packed up a little after 10 and was home by 11:30. Not bad at the house but there is some shade, but market had no shade and I was sorta facing into the sun. Actually sold a bunch of small stuff, postcards, paper, costume
jewelry type stuff. Did't put much out cause I knew I wouldn't want to pack it later.

Not going to set-up over the weekend, gonna be to hot. Anybody in their right mind will either stay home, hang in their pool or head for the beach which is only a few miles away. So being in my right mind I stayed home and sorted more stuff and added some to the shops.


AJ-058 Trotter Necklace
Goldtone necklace with enameled image of a trotter on oval piece inside square pendant. Chain is 24". Nice horse racing collectible. Price includes USA shipping. 7.50


CJ-033 Monet Butterfly Necklace
Nice little goldtone Monet butterfly necklace. Butterfly is approx. one inch across wing tips. On a 16" flat chain. Price includes USA shipping. 9.99


CJ-044 Givenchy Necklace, Rhinestones
A Givenchy necklace with square pendant that has 12 square rhinestones, clear, pink, amber, rose and light blue. Pendant is approx. 3/4" square. On a 16" chain. Marked "Givenchy". Price includes USA shipping. 9.99


CT-010 Food Fair Coffee Tin
A vintage Food Fair Coffee tin or can. One pound, keywind can. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. 14.00


Adv-046 Anheuser Busch Bottle Corkscrew
Vintage corkscrew from Anheuser Busch in the shape of a bottle. This miniature bottle unscrews to reveal a Corkscrew which pulls up and out to create a handle from the bottom of the bottle. It is made of a silver - gray metal and has a gold colored metal label. Approximately 2 3/4" high and is in average condition. The bottom is marked Williamson Co. Man'f'r's Newark, N.J. Nice advertising collectible. Price includes USA shipping. $25.00


Blotter-026 Premier Vaccum Cleaner Blotter
Advertising blotter for Premier vaccum cleaners, Eastern New Jersey Power Co. Asbury Park, Hightstown. Has images of three sizes of vaccums. 3-1/4 x 6" in size. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. 4.50


Paper-140 Robert E. Lee Booklet
Robert E. Lee, The Beloved General booklet by Mabel Mason Carlton. Presented by John Hancock, LifeInsurance. Copyright 1926. Contains 16 pages. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. 5.00

Also William McKinley Booklet and American Indian Chiefs Booklet;


Paper-143 Health For Your Dog Booklet
Booklet put out by Gaines Dog Food "Health For Your Dog" booklet. Loaded with info on vitamins, feeding directions and care. Maybe 1950's era. 32 pages. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping.

1950's Sinclair / Nebraska Roadmap; 1960's Texaco Roadmaps; Advertising Beer Bottle Openers;Canadian Pacific Hotels opener; Automatic Safety Transmission Booklet


Print-017 Barbara Eden Printers Plate
A 1970's era printers plate of Barbara Eden. Also includes newspaper photo clipping made from the plate. Hard to get good scan. Came from an accumulation of newspaper stock photo plates from the early 1970's. Approx. 1-1/2 x 2-1/2" in size. Price includes USA shipping. 6.00


Print-018 Bobby Orr Printers Plate
Vintage printers plate of Bobby Orr. Hard to get good scan. Came from an accumulation of newspaper stock photo plates from the early 1970's. Approx. 1-7/8 x 3" in size. Price includes USA shipping. 6.00

Also printers plates of Liza Minnelli, James Cagney and Richard Burton;


MB-081 Pepsi Cola Matchcover
Vintage 5¢ Pepsi-Cola matchcover. Price includes USA shipping. 4.00


MB-084 Steinbach Kresge Co. Asbury Park
Vintage matchbook (empty) advertising Steinbach Kresge Co. Asbury Park, N.J. Price includes USA shipping. 4.00

Grange Supply, Oliver Tractor Matchbook; Langhorne Speedway Matchbook;
E.K. Roggenkamp, Chevrolet Dealer; Pepsi Cola Matchcover; Pepsi Cola Matchcover;

Plus other neat collectibles and stuff from the "Zillion Item Hoard". Stop in browse around, you never know what my show up. New and interesting items always being added.

See ya later, Country Joe

NOTICE: For unknown reasons the listings in the monthly achives are in reverse order, you need to start at the bottom of the month. In other words the last post of that month is on top. Working on it.

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Stop in and visit the shops.

Country Joe's Collectibles Stuff
Paper And Postcard Shop
More Neat Stuff
Country Joe's Ebay Store
Country Joe's Auction in central N.J.
And our new forum atEclectic-Collectibles.Net

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Country Joe's Collectibles is loaded with lots of neat collectibe items, advertising tins and other items, cigarette lighters, antique and collectible kitchenware, graniteware, restaurant china, Mickey Mouse and other character collectibles, vintage safety razors and blades, antique tools and irons, paper collectibles,
ephemera, postcards, dollhouse furniture and miniatures, medals, tokens etc. Also glassware, china, porcelian. Holiday collectibles, dolls, and porcelain half dolls and small toys. We also have lots of costume jewelry, silver jewelry, sterling silver and silverplate items, souvenirs, World's Fair collectibles, wade whimsies and other neat stuff.
Open 24 hours a day for your shopping convience. Stop in browse around, you never know what my show up. New items always being added.
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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Old razors, Sterling Jewelry and other collectibles

Welcome to Collectibles at Country Joe's. The blog for collectors, accumulators and hoarders of neat stuff.

Well it's Thursday again which is pretty close to Friday, so that means the weekend is just around the corner. Only problem is that in this business there is no weekend. No actual days off, no nothing. Guess that's the price one pays to work for yourself. Ah, but it's better than having a boss.

Nothing real interesting this week, except my days at physical therapy have been cut down to once a week. Either I'm getting better or they're tired of me. Hope I'm getting better. Had to go see the oncologist today (just a checkup).

Going to head for the market on Friday, move some stuff and maybe make a few $$. Gotta go early and get out of there early, going to be hot tomorrow.

Anyway we added mo' stuff to the shop, such as


DH-003 Jeryco Baby & Stroller, Original Box
A vintage 1950s plastic dollhouse size baby stroller with baby in the original box. The box is marked AJeryco Product #100. The stroller is 4 inches long, baby 3 inches tall. Price includes USA shipping. 16.50

Metal-019 Miniature Bronze Sailing Ship
A small bronze or brass sailing ship paperweight or figurine, maybe the Santa Maria. 2-5/8" tall, nicelydetailed. Price includes USA shipping. 10.00


Oil-012 Oil Funnel Can with Spout
One quart oil funnel can, galvanized, with flex spout. One Quart Liquid, N.Y.C. PA. Approved. Average condition. Price includes USA shipping. 15.00


Souv-054 Ireland Souvenir Spoon
A souvenir spoon from Ireland. Marked W.A.P.W. About 4-1/4" long. Price includes USA shipping. 6.50

Raz-049 Gem Single Edge Safety Razor
Silver color Gem single edge safety razor, Flip-top, ornate handle. Inside: 'Gem Brooklyn, Made in U.S.A.', on back: 'Gem', underside: 'Pat'd 1912'. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. $16.00


Raz-050 Ever Ready Single Edge Safety Razor
Silver colored Ever Ready single edge safety razor in case. Flip-top. 'American Safety Razor Co. Inc. New York'inside, on back Ever Ready / Patented March 24/14 / Made in USA. Has chrome case. Nice condition. Price includes USA shipping. 24.00


Raz-003A Famous Travel Razor, Gillette
A travel razor in silver colored case, says 'Famous Razor' inside lid. Contains a Gillette razor with 3prong blade holder and a 2 piece handle. One part of handle slides inside the other when packed. Blade holder is marked 'Gillette', Made in U.S.A. Price includes USA shipping. 17.50


Raz-006A
Schick Krona Razor
A Schick Krona safety razor, double door, twist to open blade holder, marked Schick Krona. Black handle, marked Schick on end. Price includes USA shipping. 12.00

Raz-007A Old Enders Razor
Old Enders thin handle razor in case, Has Wm. Enders on the lid of case. Average condition. Price includes USA shipping. 18.00


Raz-008A Enders Speed Razor
Vintage Enders Speed Razor in original box. Black handle. Made by Durham Duplex Razor Co. Jersey City, N.J. Paper hinge on box is broken. Price includes USA shipping. 14.50


Raz-010A Valet Auto-Strop Razor in case.
An early Valet Auto-Strop Razor in case. Has Valet flop top razor with the strop. There is a strop holder inside the case. The brass case had a black alligator like covering at one time. Razor and strop in great condition. Price includes USA shipping. 27.00


Raz-016A Gillette Razor Ornate Handle
Early Gillette safety razor with ornate handle. Three piece, sandwich type blade holder, top has three prongs to hold blade, Gillette (diamond logo) "Made in U.S.A". 22.50


SJ-071 Silver Abacus Earrings
A pair of sterling silver abacus earrings with movable beads. Abacus is 3/8 x 5/8". Screw back holders. Marked 'Japan Sterling'. Price includes USA shipping. 12.50


SJ-072 Silver Leaf Earrings
A pair of leaf shaped sterling silver earrings. Screw back type, marked 'Sterling'. Price includes USA shipping. 7.99


SJ-073 Sterling Silver Earrings #1
A pair of sterling silver earrings, large center ball surrounded by a twisted rope design with smaller balls around the outside. Approx. one inch in diameter. Screw-backs, marked 'Sterling'. Price includes USA shipping. 9.99


SJ-074 Sterling Silver Earrings
A pair of sterling silver earrings, looks like a leaf shape with small black onyx stone. Wires are marked 925. Price includes USA shipping. 9.99


SJ-075 Sterling Silver Earrings #8
A pair of sterling silver earrings, looks like a flower with circle in center. Marked 'Sterling'. Price includes USA shipping. 7.99


SJ-076 Sterling Earrings #3
A pair of sterling silver earrings with knot like design. Pierced ear type. Marked .925. Price includes USA shipping. 7.99


SJ-078 Marcasite Earrings
A pair of diamond shaped clip-on sterling and marcasite earrings. Approx. 3/4" square. Marked 925. Price includes USA shipping. 12.50


SJ-079 Silver & Marcasite Dangle Earrings
A pair of sterling silver and marcasite hearts earrings. Pierced type, marked 925. Price includes USA shipping. 9.99

Plus other neat collectibles and stuff. Stop in browse around, you never know what my show up. New and interesting items always being added.

See ya later, Country Joe
NOTICE: For unknown reasons the listings in the monthly achives are in reverse order, you need to start at the bottom of the month. In other words the last post of that month is on top. Working on it.

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Stop in and visit the shops.

Country Joe's Collectibles Stuff
Paper And Postcard Shop
More Neat Stuff
Country Joe's Ebay Store
Country Joe's Auction in central N.J.
And our new forum atEclectic-Collectibles.Net

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Country Joe's Collectibles is loaded with lots of neat collectibe items, advertising tins and other items, cigarette lighters, antique and collectible kitchenware, graniteware, restaurant china, Mickey Mouse and other character collectibles, vintage safety razors and blades, antique tools and irons, paper collectibles, ephemera, postcards, dollhouse furniture and miniatures, medals, tokens etc. Also glassware, china, porcelian. Holiday collectibles, dolls, and porcelain half dolls and small toys. We also have lots of costume jewelry, silver jewelry, sterling silver and silverplate items, souvenirs, World's Fair collectibles, wade whimsies and other neat stuff.
Open 24 hours a day for your shopping convience. Stop in browse around, you never know what my show up. New items always being added.If you would like to link to our blog:
Collectibles at Country Joe's http://countryjoes.blogspot.com/
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