We went to our last antique show of the year yesterday, my favorite of the whole season. (Thankfully it was an indoor show, because we had our first snow yesterday as well...) Many of the past summer's shows were much smaller than usual due to "the economy", so it was a happy surprise to discover this show was larger than ever, and packed with old toys.
What did we get?
-a simple rocking horse made by the Mengel Company of Louisville, Kentucky in the 1920s-30s, in beautiful condition
-two tin litho and cast iron "Kingpin" bowling games made by the Baldwin Mfg. Co. of Brooklyn, New York, in the 1930s-40s
-a set of antique German dollhouse dishes and utensils in their original box, circa the 19teens-20s
-vintage dolhouse groceries, 1940s-50s
-a 1907 Cracker Jack Bears postcard
-a set of Flagg family dollhouse dolls MIB, 1950s
-a baggie full of very old German dollhouse furniture for only a buck! (The glue on the pieces had dried and given way, so they looked broken, but were not: all the parts were there and they were easily reassembled. Just goes to show: it's often worth rooting around in dealer's dollar bins of apparent junk...)
-a great old carousel photo, dated 1940
Pics to come this week!
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