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It’s a treat to see items I’ve not seen before. Star Molding Corporation was a family-run firm that seems to have left East Aurora, NY after a fire in 1956. They almost certainly had a regional reach only, far eclipsed by their much more established competitor, Gurley, of Buffalo, NY. I think it is more likely this set is from the late 1940s rather than the 1950s. The graphic...

These large Beistle enveloped sets have picked up pricing steam of late. The envelope is the star of the show. (The clasped-back style was used by Beistle during the early 1920s. They then switched to a envelope style with a flap, probably a change driven by their relentless drive to reduce costs.) The larger silhouettes comprising half of the contents of the set of eight are...

I was surprised by this result. I am thrilled for the fine seller who through her photographic and descriptive efforts attained top (TOP) dollar for her consignor. I feel this is simply the result of some long-ago end-user imaginatively taking a table card (We know now that this is a hard-to-find design.) and using glue to attach it to a generic match box. It would then be pl...

The various fence table centerpieces that have been sold publicly have brought strong dollars, even examples like this with many condition issues. The #1 producer of these items was Whitney. They had many great designs, all now highly prized. The seller of this fence, or a previous owner, did a nice job replicating the four missing tabs in such a way that the replication is o...