Father’s Day Vintage Collectible Gifts
Retro Vintage Bazaar offers an eclectic mix of rare, vintage and collectible selections sure to please even the most discriminating Father. Currently we have over 400 items in our shop which you can access above at “Enter Shop” or to the right through the “Categories”.
Shure Unidyne III 5455 Vintage Microphone – The Shure Brothers Model 5455 Unidyne III is mounted on a lifetime swivel that also contains the On-Of! switch and was made in the USA around 1968. The List Price for this classic mic was $94.00 in 1968. The microphone is in good visual condition, no testing was performed and has been priced accordingly. This is a classic 1960s microphone used by many recording artists during that era.
Universal Space Heater 1920s – This awesome Universal Brand antique Copper Reflective Heater was made by Landers, Frary and Clark of New Britain, Conn. Measures 13 x 16 1/2 inches approximately at the extremes. Cast metal base and support, copper reflector are both in good age specific condition. Missing power cord, no testing was performed on this visually appealing old space heater. This vintage heater is used, sold as a collective and sold as is. Circa 1920 Landers, Frary and Clark was the name of a company, based in New Britain, Connecticut that made housewares from 1865 until 1965 when its assets were sold to the General Electric company. They manufactured a large number of products including stainless steel bull-nose rings, electric ranges, kitchen scales, vacuum bottles, window hardware, space heaters, ice skates, mouse traps, percolators, can openers, cutlery, straight razors, aluminum cookware, and thousands of other home products. A majority of these consumer items were marketed under the brand Universal.
Mini Wood Bench – This miniature solid wood bench measures 14 1/4 x 10 x 4 inches approximately. A nice little mini wood bench, it is used, sold as a collectible and sold as is. Great for dolls, decor, tea party, conversation piece or as a gift.
Heilemans Special Export Light – Heilemans Special Export Light Wall Hanging Beer Light – This cool retro Special Export Beer Light measures 6 x 12 x 2 1/2
Brown and Bigelow Clock – This retro Art Deco styled Remembrance Clock was made by Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, MN during the early 1970s. The clock measures 7 h x 5 1/4 w x 3 1/2 d inches approximately and is light beige plastic, the angular base is metal and both are in good age specific condition. When plugged in the second hand moves, we let it run for 5 minutes and the minute hand advanced the 5 minutes, no further testing was performed. Hour and minute hand are black, and the second hand is
red.
Tabletop Brandy Cabinet – This vintage wood brandy cabinet includes 2 glass decanters, has a wind up clock and music box. A retro look sure to compliment any decor and spark many a conversation. Cabinet and Decanters are in good condition, the music box played when wound, clock worked after winding.
Yashica 8U-P 8mm Vintage Camera Kit – This awesome Yashica Super 8mm Movie camera was made in Japan in the early 1960s. The body is cast metal, the lens is a Yashinon Power Zoom 1:1.8, f=9-28, No 627718. The camera motor and spindles turns when activated, all buttons, levers and dials turn – no further testing was performed. This vintage Yashica movie camera is used, sold as a collectible and sold as is. This set up includes the camera, one empty film spool (inside of camera), original camera pistol grip with leather hand strap, case (fair condition, small 2 inch crack/split on front flap, the long carry strap is separating in several places), manual (fair condition), one used roll of film in metal container with Kodak box, original operators manual (ok condition front cover is loose and may be missing a back-page or two as well as the back cover), and one wired Yashica on and off remote control good condition (worked when tried with camera). Carrying case measures 9 x 7 x 3 3/4 inches.
Wakulla Springs Vintage Travel Brochure – A vintage original Wakulla Springs Florida Travel Brochure, late 1950s. This was “The Home of Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish” in the late 1950s
Florida
Luray Caverns Vintage Travel Brochure – Interesting Travel Brochure for the Luray Caverns of Virginia that includes a map of the area. This original 1959 brochure measures 4 x 9 inches approximately and is in good condition.
Silver Springs 1959 Travel Brochure – This Historical Florida Travel Brochure from 1959 for the Silver Springs Attraction with a Florida Road map inside. This original colorful brochure is in good condition with color images and a map of 1959 Florida. Measures 4 x 9 inches
approximately.
Pickett Vintage Circular Slide Rule – Vintage 1957 Pickett Slide Rule, this is a yellow face Pickett Circular Slide Rule Model 103ES. The slide rule has a mark up calculator on the other side. The slide rule is in good condition and the included original leather case is in fair condition, the manufacturers name has partially rubbed away from use. The Original leather case measures 4 3/4 inches approximately.
1960 Missile Guidance Printed Wiring Manual – This interesting General Electric Manual is most likey from the late 60s as it was in a batch of other NASA and GE related items from this time period. The manual is in good condition with some age specific yellowing. There are 37 pages – 7 pages if text and the rest are schematics and diagrams, the outer binder measures 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches approximately.
1969 Space Program Trade Magazine – This amazing publication (titled Challenge) by General Electric Public Affairs was printed in the Winter of 1969. On the front cover is Astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon and on the back cover is the Apollo 11 crew: Charles Conrad Jr, Richard Gordan, and Alan Bean. This trade magazine is full of high quality black and white photographs showing the timeline of the US Space Program starting with a full page image of Dwight D Eisenhower in 1960 on page 3 and then John F Kennedy from 1961 on page 5. There are 48 pages and the majority of them have images including the presidents of the Era and many early space vehicles including an RVX-2A re-entry vehicle, the magazine is in over all good age specific condition. This is great for Space Program, NASA, GE, Technical collectors or as an interesting historical conversation piece, this is sure to please on many levels. Measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches approximately.
