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Larry and Carole Meeker
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General Store Related Antiques

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Dry Goods

 

NOS Vintage Button Fasteners    

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Excellent ..... $5.00 / lot

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NOS Mending Silk & Clasps   

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Excellent ..... $5.00 / lot

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NOS Vintage Silk & Cotton Thread  The 2 boxes in the center are empty but the others are filled with beautiful vintage silk thread in gorgeous colors and in original packaging.   Click for Pic

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Excellent ..... $40.00 / lot     SOLD!

 

 

 

 

3 Cards of Vintage "Brownie" Hooks & Eyes   These are cards of hooks and eyes illustrated on the back with artwork of the Brownies showing just how strong these hooks are.  All the hooks and eyes are intact, there is some loss to the cardboard on the front of one.  Really charming!      

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Good+ ..... $15.00 all three cards

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Vintage "Piccadilly" Needle Book   This one is pretty much all intact with assorted size needle packs.  In overall nice condition with just a little wear to the back cover.      

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Good+ ..... $5.00     SOLD!

 

 

 

Antique Wooden Pyro Button Box   I have seen this type of box made for gloves and hankies.  The saying on this one is "Button Button Who's Got the Button".  A great piece to display with an antique or vintage button collection!      

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Excellent ..... $22.00

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Card of Vintage Singer Sewing Machine Needles  A few of the packets are missing, but still a fun piece to display.  

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Fair ..... $5.00     SOLD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willimantic Thread Box  Filled with vintage snaps and hooks and eyes.  The box is about 6 1/2" long.      Click for Pic

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Fair ..... $2.00      

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La Palina Wooden Cigar Box  An unusual square shaped cigar box that someone carefully lined and decorated to use for ????      Click for Pic

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Good ..... $5.00      

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J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet Box  The condition of the 12" long box is a bit rough, but it is still filled with 10 spools of vintage crochet thread, all in reasonably good condition for display.      Click for Pic

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Good ..... $5.00     SOLD!      

 

 

 

Vintage Curtain Tie Back Holders   Great pattern and colors!  Sixty or seventy years old and still perfect for today's decorators!      

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Excellent ..... $10.00

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Transparent Mend Tape   More than you could use in a lifetime!  Question is what was it used for?   

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Excellent ..... $12.00    

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NOS Throw-away Collars in Box  From the old days, before they could deal with ring around the collar with detergent, the answer was to throw the dirty one out and just take a new one.  You only changed your clothes once a week anyway.     ML-drygd-1     SOLD!

Girdle Support Box   I always wondered how those ladies managed to fit into those little tiny-waist dresses.     ML-drygd-2

Empty Hankie Boxes   Never been used and still folded up.     ML-drygd-3

Excellent ..... $8.00 / choice

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Polly Parrot Child's Garters  New-old-stock still in the original box.  Perhaps the current trend to wear baggies will fade and these will come back into vogue.  Or they could use them to hold up the baggies.      

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Excellent ..... $24.00

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3 Garters  Boxes  The good one is on the right.  "The Missing Link"  Must have been from right after the Scopes trial in Tenn. or Iowa.  What a name.

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Excellent ..... $20.00 / lot

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NOS in Box "Pique Pins" Safety Pins   I have no idea what  the actual intended use was for these.  They look kind of like fishing leaders / swivels, but...... The whole idea is kind of quaint though.  I think they are saying that these were made by an Indian tribe back when they were trying to integrate them into society, and before they came up with the casino idea as the road to independence and wealth.  These obviously were not the correct path as they are marked half price in pencil and still only one packet is gone.  

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Excellent ..... $24.00

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