This basket was given as a gift in 1940 in Arizona. Was thought to be a Navajo or Zuni "dreamkeeper" basket, but have since been told it is a Chinese basket.
This is a cute little board game that I bought because KY loves horse racing, I tried to find any information and can't find any at all. I can tell you that the game is from American Toy Works in NY, and the game is by Arthur Dritz. The No.402 is also on the front of this My Word! game. Any information or appraisal would be appreciated, the site won't let me upload any photos, if anyone has any idea what this game may be, email me at [email protected] and I can send pics, thank you!
The attached photos and frame were purchased at an auction we attended early 2010. The pictures were in backwards so we had no idea there were in pictures in the frame, we bid for the frame. We discovered two Moffett [or Moftett or Mottett] pictures both signed and one had a slight smug in ink and both are on heavy paper stock, they appear to be originals. One is cutout and mounted to a piece of cardboard to fit the frame and the other is complete with top corners clipped to fit frame and the # "7-50806" written in pencil. We have done extensive research trying to find this woman with no luck. If you could please help us. We are also looking for information on the frame as well, it is gold metal or brass frame with black painted? edges where the frame has cutouts, it is fairly heavy, the slide out velvet covered board back with flaired retracting stand-arm. I can not see any makers marking of any kind but I realize this are sometimes in spots one can't really see. If you could please give us any information you can on these two pictures and the frame, it would be so very helpful to us in case we decide to sell them or just to have as general knowledge in case we want to keep them. Thank you in advance for any help you can be to us.
Can anyone offer any info on this painting/print at all? It is such an eye catcher and a pleasure to view. I could not find a signature anywhere. Painting or print is stuck to glass so am unable to assess what it is made of but is obviously thinner material. Plaster of Paris frame has scratches and chips missing. Left upper corner of picture and glass broke off. I can cover that with black and get it presentable but would really love any information on time period, style .. anything. Thanks!
This is a Full Molded Shoofly Duck Teetertot, circa 1964. Teetertot Shooflys were manufactured by the Juvenile Playtime Products division of the Delphos Bending Company from 1945 to 1979. There was very little change made to them during their production years and no date was stamped on the products to indicate the year they were manufactured. We believe this Teetertot was manufactured in 1964 because the front of their 1964 catalog shows similar Ducks announcing "two new delphos ducks, full molded, beautiful plastic shooflys..." Generally a shoofly had flat sides shaped like animals with a bench type seat in between. The only difference between this duck and the one on the front of the catalog is the small duck on the catalog did not have the springs and rockers, just the rockers.
It appears this duck got hot at one point and melted two small indentions in the tip of the wings. This can be seen in the pictures. It also pebbled the forehead of the duck. However there is no discoloration of the paint. The seat belt is still intact which is amazing, to us, since these are usually the first things to go. There are two small cracks under the seat of the duck as shown in the pictures. The label is still on the duck. It is in great condition. Especially for a plastic toy that is 46 years old. Must bave been kept indoors all the time. We have been unable to find another shoofly duck like it.
