I have always been drawn to the vintage 1950 – 1960 poodle dog figurines and collectibles. The spaghetti poodles ALWAYS catch my eye when I am at flea markets, antique malls, and junk shops. I am amazed at the wide variety of poodle collectibles on the market today and we of course have the [...]

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Dated: 30th December 2011
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  Wrapping up my vintage Christmas pics and images series of posts, here are some of my favorite vintage 1940s and 1950s vintage Christmas tablecloths with images of Santa Claus. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!

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Dated: 24th December 2011
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  As Christmas approaches, we are preparing to wrap the gifts we have for friends and family and I am finding so much vintage gift wrap paper from the 1950s and the paper is so darn cute and sweet that it will surely add that touch of vintage charm to my packages. I tried to [...]

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Dated: 18th December 2011
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  I always thought that vintage snowman by Napco, Holt Howard and Lefton were so darn cute!! Here are a couple handsome fellows and their matching mates. Maybe I need to start myself a vintage snowman collection now!!        

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Dated: 10th December 2011
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I am loving these cute vintage Christmas figurines that have a “candy cane” theme.  Many of these are made in Japan by the great manufacturers of the era like Napco, Norcrest, Lefton Wales, Inarco, Kriess, Holt Howard, Relco, Replo, Ucago, and Commadore.  These vintage candy cane themed figurines and decorations are increasing in value each [...]

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Dated: 7th December 2011
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    Dropped our lovely little fluff ball Luna (Bichon Frise) doggy at the groomers and had a few hours to ourselves so we headed to Antique Society in Sebastopol. Antique Society is a multi-dealer mall (my favorite kind of mall) and have been “waiting” for the dealers to put out some vintage holiday items [...]

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Dated: 3rd December 2011
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