Tag: antiques

Babs In Bibs: Donning Overalls, She Saw The Light

Up for auction at Heritage Auctions:

Attributed to CHARLES GATES SHELDON (American, 1889-1960)
Admiring the Saw
Pastel on board
30 x 19 in.
Signed lower right

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Genuine Mothers’ Bread Parade Float

A parade float, horse and wagon style, advertising C. R. Henerys genuine Mothers Bread (Steelton, PA). Apparently they didn’t believe in apostrophes so much in the 1880s. Via.

Dames & Dogs #46

Vintage pencil & ink sketch by Charles Gates Sheldon, up for auction on September 30, 2011.

CHARLES GATES SHELDON (American, 1889-1960)
Lady Posing with her Dog, magazine story illustration
Pencil and ink on board
21 x 15.5 in.
Signed lower right

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Long Live Radio

As A Tad Too Much Tan For Taupe reports, Gilt Group has a sale on 3ryan Radios: Antique Tube Radios retrofitted into One-of-a-Kind Antique Docking Stations for iPods®. What’s most shocking to me is the number of these pieces which have sold out already.

Having A Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Here

I guess that’s something to write home about but… What if that’s your home?

A real photo postcard, showing the bomb-tastic remains of the H. Bowman residence.

Dated August 10, 1908; seller says it’s from York, PA.