The Bicycle Playing Cards brand has been around since 1885, but this display is not quite so old.
Made of pressed steel and upholstered in fabric by Stephen Sprouse, this chair sold at auction for $4,375.
Information about this specific item’s provenance is not immediately obvious
This singing bird, which appears from inside a music box, sold for $4,560 at auction.
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An eye miniature on a pendant, as seen on “Bridgerton,” sells for $704 at auction.
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This music box/cigarette dispenser sold for $252 at a recent antiques auction.
Victorians’ many weird tastes included stuffing and mounting birds to decorate their homes’ interiors.
An example is this art deco Viktor Schreckengost earthenware plate from 1930.
And maybe there was 6 grand in there, too, because that’s what somebody paid for this tchotchke.
This Log Cabin Express toy transformed into a toy after its days as a pancake syrup dispenser were finished.
The first team of draft horses delivered the first load of beer after the repeal, and an effective marketing icon was born.
This rocking chair was auctioned to raise money for a group that preserves modern residential architecture.
The collector can often find new uses for items such as this one whose purposes have become obsolete.
The influence of ancient art is clearly seen in this Empire-style stool, which sold for $1,250.
The tray proclaims the drink “The King of Phosphates,” a reference to an ingredient used on soda fountain drinks from about 1870 to 1930.