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This article appeared in The Collector's Weekly and I decided to share. I have sold many of these thru the years and could usually guess age by looking at them but this now confirms. Thats what I love about Antiques and Collectibles, there is always something to learn. *********************************************** The American “Five and Dime” and the mail-order catalog had grown into national institutions between the 1880′s and World War I, but the truly “Great Golden Age” of the American Dimestore Christmas occurred between the two Great Wars: World Wars I & II. Two names are foremost to be credited with the origins of our American Christmas holiday trappings: The Butler Brothers of Chicago, who in the 1860s invented the concept of the low-priced open display counter from which all “dimestores” sprang; and F.W. Woolworth, who went abroad and provided product encouragement and a vast marketplace – first to the German and then to the Japanese holiday and toy industries, enabling both to bloom and thrive. Prior to WWI, most everything toy and holiday was German. Traveling Europe extensively in the 1890s in search of merchandise for his stores, Woolworth came upon a small glass Christmas ornament cottage industry in the Thuringen Valley region of Germany, sent some home for a trial, and the rest is history. Germany was already famed for cheap and charming toys and cuckoo clocks, but America had not seen the glass Christmas tree ornaments. Demand was instantaneous and insatiable. The words “German” and “Christmas” became synonymous. WWI changed everything. Even several years before America entered the fray, the supply of German goods became unreliable and then totally dried up. Woolworth again set out for foreign shores, but in the opposite direction – this time to Japan, with whom we were not at war. There he did what he had done in Germany some 20 years before. It is fascinating to speculate on the obstacles he surely had to overcome, trying to communicate the kinds of things he wanted to a vastly different culture that had had no idea of Christmas whatsoever. Germany was long steeped in Christmas traditions and had practically invented the Holiday, but to the Japanese it was alien and new. History proves F.W. did it, somehow, but the curious aesthetic nature of so many of the Japanese items from those times remains of never-ending fascination to collectors. In the 1920′s, as inexpensive series lights lit up the average American Christmas tree with blazing color, the middle-class American Christmas came alive with unprecedented electric light and sparkle. Delighted to discover the sheer size of their new marketing opportunities, the Japanese expanded explosively into all holiday product areas and were anxious to sell to anybody. F.W. had no monopoly, and soon Japanese Christmas goods were to be found in every “five-and-dime,” the department stores, and mail-order houses. Thus, the phrase “Made in Japan” came into the American common vocabulary in the “Roaring Twenties,” and German things began to creep back in again during that decade. The Great Depression, for all its strife, was absolutely rich with Christmas – to say nothing of radio, fabulous cars and electric trains and talking motion pictures. If you had a job and money in the 1930s – and 75% of the workforce did – you had an unprecedented cornucopia of wonderful things to choose from. Cardboard Village Houses Arrive: The Prewar Period Sometime around about 1927-28, the ever-innovative Japanese came up with the little cardboard houses – a logical, but brilliant outgrowth of the candy/surprise-box houses they’d been making for some time. Colorful and delightful “eye-candy” on those open counters, they were an immediate sensation, hitting the American Christmas with all the impact that bubble lights enjoyed post-war. There was such an explosion of creative genius and innovation put into these little dimestore notions that it is hard to comprehend! So many different kinds came out in such a short amount of time! Such creative and imaginative – sometimes even bizarre designs and handwork - produced in staggering quantities by virtual slave labor in conditions of abject misery. It was unbelievable what you could buy for a quarter or a dime, so blissfully unaware what great suffering lay behind our delight in bright and inexpensive things. But they have forever made a place in the Christmas memories and traditions of so many American families. And like so many things we’ve loved – we did not begin to appreciate them ’till they were gone …or the untold thousands who produced our dimestore reveries in long days of misery and toil. The End of an Era The period of the truly finest houses was less than ten years. By 1937, war was looming in minds everywhere. The trend was toward the “realistic,” and one sees it in the toys and model trains. Less the whimsical bright fantasies of earlier that decade, they were becoming models, now, and trending ever more toward scale and accurate detail. We had to be “realistic,” now. Put the childish fantasies away and view the dark clouds burgeoning with the clearest kind of eye. Through the War and to the present day, Christmas village houses have continued in some form. They make some really nice ones even now, but it is not the same. The innocence and simplicity of those first Golden Days” when they were bright and newly born can never really be again. Sears Wishbook Catalog 1949 The 1950-1955 Era Houses were made bigger 1955 Sears Wishbook Catalog The COTTON-TOPPERS Some of the largest and nicest pieces of the "Last Hurrah" are the COTTON-TOPPERS. These are definitely postwar, but harken back to some of the sizes and earliest structural features of the prewar - and also especially the figures and cotton-batting roofs which were commonly found on '20's candy-boxes. Some of the churches are remarkably large and resplendent and some are of wholly new design. The huge church rear center is 15" tall! The Cotton-Topper group is very heavy on large churches. I am not sure of the exact year, but it's a big part of that "Last Hurrah" of the mid '50s. Right now I'm betting on 1955. The 1960's: This is where it ends - in the 60's- -like one of those rivers that runs out into the desert , growing thinner and thinner- and finally just disappearing into the sand.......... I guess when you think about it, they didn't fit with Eammes and Danish Modern furniture. "MOD" clothes and all that slick, urbane stuff on TV. They were anything but "cool" as it was thought of then. Also in the 60's you started seeing sets that lit up. Here is the later version. In the mid 60's thru 1970's th Italians came out with their version, not called Alpine Village. The Italian village set shown below is remarkable in that the covers are all light cardboard,the tiny buildings quite interesting and well detailed in and of themselves. But the box says "Genuine Italian Novelty "Lights". Though they do make a cute little town under a small table-top tree. The only problem is that the buildings are so light that the stiffness of the wire makes it difficult to set them level and looking right and have them stay that way.
It's a beautiful city. What dangers? What happened on your Copenhagen Vacation? Of course, it's their business. But, I still don't understand that practice.
Name: Madeleine and Karl Stamer Location: Caulfield; Melbourne, Australia Size: 110 square metres (1,184 square feet) Years lived in: 2 years; Owned for 10 years The minute you walk into this wonderful family home- filled with color and beautiful artwork, much of it created by Madeleine- you wish it was your own. The mixture of vintage, new, and handmade/handcrafted has been collected over time and is well thought-out and displayed so effortlessly.
En dépit de tout ce que nous avons traversé, essayons de finir ce mois de Décembre avec de la douceur et la couleur rose... Rose comme la fleur qui résiste aux intempéries. Rose comme la vie dans une maison qui a traversé peut-être des siècles. Rose...
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Artist/Title: Patsy Cline - A Portrait Of Vinyl Condition: VG Jacket Condition: VG Label: Decca Records DL 75408 (Scarce French "Brunswick Label" Pressing ) 1964 All records and jackets are visually graded using the following standards. Mint/Still Sealed Near Mint Excellent/VG+ VG Good Frisbee This vinyl record album is from my personal collection that was started in the late 1950s. With many thousands of trips to used record stores and local thrift shops it grew to around 5000 LPs and a few hundred 45s by the mid 1990s. I was fussy about condition and tried to buy albums only in excellent condition (unless they were quite scarce). I have played only a few since then and decided it's time to do some house cleaning. They need a new home with an owner that will play them again and appreciate the unique sound vinyl produces. I will carefully wrap and ship via USPS Media Mail unless you choose to upgrade to Priority. I mail all records between two sheets of cardboard and use a heavy cardboard box designed specifically for shipping records. Please email if you have any questions.
This " Bauhaus Archiv " rare vintage 1970 lithograph print custom framed Modernist museum exhibition poster is an incredibly special and unique piece to add to your collection. The Modernist exhibition poster is published by The Bauhaus Archiv Museum Fur Gestaltung Berlin, printed in Germany in 1970 by Druckerei Hellmich KG in an unnumbered limited edition on the occasion of the exhibition. It features an artwork image originally created in 1929/30 by the artist Eugen Batz ( 1905 - 1986 ) titled " Farbenseminar Kandinsky, Affinitat Der Farbe Zur Form, Studie Von Eugen Batz, 1929/30 ", from The Exercise For Color Theory to Form course taught by Wassily Kandisnky, 1929 - 1930 at The Bauhaus School. The relationship between color and form occupied the artists and teachers of The Bauhaus School very intensively in the 1920's. The search for the right color as a design and orientation tool runs through the entire history of Bauhaus. The two teachers Johannes Itten and Wassily Kandinsky and the their students developed color schemes and color systems that are still valid today. The Bauhaus movement is one of the most significant cultural developments of The 20th Century. Walter Gropius founded this institute of design in 1919. Several renown architects served as directors of the school, Walter Gropius, Hannes Mayer, and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. Famous Bauhaus artists and educators include Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Laslo Moholy Nagy, Josef Albers, and Marcel Breuer among many others. Bauhaus was founded to explore new aesthetic perspectives and creative teaching programs for the education of architects, designers, and artists for a Post War democratic society. Today, The Bauhaus is embedded in the public consciousness, held in high esteem, and considered part of Germany's cultural heritage. The Bauhaus movement hold s a very important place in art history as the original Modernist Art school. The Bauhaus Archiv is a state archive and museum of design located in Berlin Germany. Founded in 1960 by Walter Gropius and other members of The Bauhaus movement. The museum collection documents the history of Bauhaus in art, teaching, architecture, and design, including teaching materials, workshop models, architectural plans, photographs, documents, and a library. The comprehensive collection includes works from all the most important artists, designers, and educators of the movement. In addition to the permanent collection, each year the museum holds four special exhibitions. The rare out of print framed lithograph print exhibition poster measures 23 3/4" W X 33 1/4" H X 1 3/8" D. It is custom framed with UV protective plexiglass in a Contemporary Modernist charcoal gunmetal tone polished chromed finish recessed detail metal frame molding, with an attached hanging wire on the reverse back side for easy wall installation. It is in excellent " like new " condition. The poster print is in excellent " like new " very clean vintage condition consistent with age and light signs of handling. It is brand newly custom framed and has never been displayed. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price.
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