Awesome folk art advertising sign for the San Antonio Radiator Company of San Antonio, Texas. Excellent untouched original painted surface. Cool Art Deco style sign, with a period car radiator. A sweet primitive piece of vintage Texas advertising.

Date: 1930′s.

Size: 68 1/2″  x  21 1/2″.

Condition: Overall great with expected aging and wear – see photos.

Price: $444.00

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Nice primitive folding metal duck decoy. Lovely original painted surfaces with excellent patina. Hinged center section folds flat for transport and storage. Has an almost folk art appearance. A fun country piece.

Date: 1930′s

Size: 16 1/2″  x  7 1/2″

Condition: Overall very good with expected use wear. See photos.

Price: $71.00

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Fun folk art wood dog wedge type doorstop. Outstanding untouched painted surface with nice craquelure on this cute primitive country pooch.

Date: 1920′s – 1930′s

Size: 7″ tall.

Condition: Typical aging and wear. Minor loss to tail.

Price: $52.00

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Great looking cast iron toy coach. Presented on a custom welded steel stand. Cool old rusted surface gives this piece nice eye appeal. The value as an object of art exceeds its material value as an antique toy.

Date: Early 1900′s

Size: Coach is 9″  x  3 1/4″  x  5 1/4″ tall. Stand is 11 3/8″  x  6″.

Condition: Some loss and repair to one wheel. Rusted surface as described.

Price: $82.00

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Fantastic folk art/ trench art picture frame made from brass bullets. Stippled engraving on propeller, tail fins and main wings, as well as, “FRED FRITZ.” Easel style frame with copper support. The propeller spins. Period photo postcard showing three soldiers. A great World War One piece.

Trench Art has been around in one form or another for centuries, but reached its height of popularity during World War One and Two. Typically, these items are crafted out of bits and pieces of military leftovers, such as brass bullets and shell casings, aluminum canteens and mess kits, and occasionally wood or even plastic. Despite the name, few if any of these items were actually made in trenches. More often they were crafted in camps or in metal shops by servicemen with a little spare time. These soldier made pieces seem to represent a lesser portion of trench art, which most typically appears to be products of local artisans in war torn areas. With many cities and businesses reduced to ruins, making “trench art” souvenirs to sell to soldiers for hard money was a practical way for many locals to earn badly needed funds. Generally, the majority of the somewhat less refined pieces tend to be soldier made, though there were many well crafted examples made by servicemen as well. Trench art remains an interesting almost folk art like relic from past conflicts.

Date: 1916-18.

Size: 9 1/2″ tall. 5 1/4″ wide.

Condition: Excellent with nice old mellow patina.

Price: $152.00

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Groovy folk art box. Fantastic craquelure to the painted surfaces. Top reads’ “BUDDY” and “O.D./W.D.” Wonderful primitive folk art adaptation of an old pine advertising box. Looks like it reads, “ATLANTIC/ WHITE CHALK CRAYON.” Discovered in Nashville, TN.

Date: early 1900′s

Size: 7″  x  4 3/4″  x  4″ tall.

Condition: Old unimportant split to track on lid. See photos to determine condition.

Price: $73.00

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Nice occupational shaving mug for H.P. Allberg, a typesetter. Well painted scene with great gilding. Offered in pristine condition.

Date: 1880 – 1920

Size: 3 3/4″ tall.

Condition: Excellent.

Price: $171.00

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Excellent pair of cast iron bookends. Great Western themed action scene depicting a pair of cowboys chasing and roping a running steer. Outstanding original painted surfaces. Rarely seen in such nice condition.

Date: 1920′s.

Size: 5″ wide. 4 5/8″ tall. 2 1/2″ deep.

Condition: Typical minor paint loss and wear.

Price: $126.00

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Well made wrought iron and brass wafer iron. Cast brass decorative griddles. Nice curled wrought end with original catch. Excellent primitive example of a once popular country kitchen implement. Similar example pictured in Neumann’s, Early American Antique Country Furnishings (Plate 862, Page 196).

Wafer irons were similar to waffle irons. They used the same type of batter, but created a flat wafer that would have been dipped in honey or rolled into a cone (like a modern waffle cone) to hold preserves or other sweets. 

Date: Second half of the 18th century.

Size: 16 3/4″ long.

Condition: Excellent. Typical wear to iron.

Price: $173.00

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Sweet little cast iron still bank. Referred to as the “Washington Bell with Yoke.” Made by the Grey Iron Casting Co. of Mount Joy, PA. The yoke has the dates 1732 and 1932. The bank was crated to commemorate the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth. Excellent original painted surface with a nice mellow patina. A great example of an 80+ year old bank.

Date: 1932

Size: 2 7/8″ tall. 3″ wide.

Condition: Typical minor paint loss.

Price: $84.00

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