ephemera

Playboy Club Bunny Manual 1965

Up for bid on eBay is an original, not a reprint, or a reproduction, Playboy Club Bunny manual from the New York Club (published on November 30, 1965).

The seller says, "The manuals are pretty rare...I've yet to see another for sale, and I have been looking for quite a few years. The pictures and news column that are with it are pictures of the bunny with fellow bunnies and a mystery man, I haven't been able to put a name to the face, and a mention in the paper on her beauty. I also have VIP matchbooks, club matchbooks and the Bunnies personal matchbooks all unused,along with swizzlle sticks, olive picks, coasters and porceline VIP change/tip bowl. So here is your chance to own a rare piece of Playboy Club history."

To win it, click the link provided and place your bid.

Antique NYC Department Store Catalog Digital Download - Special Sale Price

Dozens of pages from a high-end New York Department Store catalog, published in 1914, is now available as a digital download. This catalog was a very popular item once offered by Green Paper Packages who retired the catalog earlier this year. I'm bringing it back by popular demand. And I have the exclusive rights to distribute it.

Here's what you'll find when you download the catalog:

There's a great mix of images featuring clothing, furniture, shoes, housewares, and accessories--more than three dozen of the pages are in color. If you like to use figures of women in your art, about 60 of the pages show dresses, suits, unmentionables, etc. (Six in full-color like the example shown.) There are also pages for hats, shoes, stockings, and more.

As you can see from this example, there's so much detail on the pages and so much cool imagery and historical information, it's one of those collections you'll use again and again, for figures, backgrounds, and accents. Or, as a collector, doing research on your specific area of interest--in this case antique dolls.

Special Sale through 6-31-12

To re-introduce this catalog to the market, I'm offering it for ONLY $2. Don't hesitate. The price will increase to its standard $17 price on June 1, 2012. Click here to download now.

1969 Woodstock Music Festival Newspaper August 16, 1969

Up for bid on eBay is this Woodstock Music Festival newspaper dated August 16, 1969.

The seller describles the newpaper as follows: ...recalling to many events at the Aquarian Festival to mention here. This is from The Times Herald Record, of Middletown, N.Y. just 35 miles from where Woodstock took place. There are some small rips on the edges of some of the pages and some discoloration around the ecg, some lines going through the picture on the front of the paper and one picture on page 2, but all in all considering the age this is an amazing piece of history and must have for any woodstock fan. Some of the Headlines in this 9 page expose: 400,000 flood site, rock crises eases off Drug Arrests Soup kitchen set up One slept and died, one climbed and fell Hog farm -- festivals most peaceful area...

To own this amazing piece of music ephemera, click the link provided above.

Tattoo Artist Sailor Jerry Business Card "Feminigraphics" circa 1972

Up for bid on eBay is Norman Keith "Sailor Jerry" Collins business card (circa 1972)

Sailor Jerry, according to the seller, is to tattooing what Louis Armstrong is to jazz--he wasn't the first at his craft, but he's the one who turned it into an art form. Part of his expansion of ideas was encouraging women to get tattooed, back when skin ink was considered the domain of seamen and gangsters.

The seller continues, "In 1972, the year before he died, Jerry started the "Feminigraphics" sideline to encourage woman to go under the buzzing tattoo needle. As an associate of Mike Malone, who bought Sailor Jerry's business and contents of his shop on Jerry's death in 1973, I've come into possession of Jerry's last business card. Own a piece of tattoo history and proudly display it in your shop or home."

So, to get this ink, place your winning bid by clicking the link I so thoughtfully provided above.

Apple Computer Lisa 1 Poster 1982 Steve Jobs

Up for auction on eBay is this very rare Apple Computer Lisa 1 poster.

The seller says, "This poster symbolizes the System Applications that came with the Lisa 1 back in 1983. That is, the six programs that were included in the original Lisa-1 package, i.e., LisaDraw, LisaCalc, LisaList, LisaGraph, LisaProject and LisaWrite. LisaTerm was not included as it was not released until later. Of course, these programs were totally revolutionary! I mean to go from DOS commands on an IBM PC to a Lisa interface seemed by many to be impossible. But not to Steve Jobs and Apple Computer, Inc. I can remember seeing this poster at our training seminar in Cherry Hill, N.J., back in the Winter of 1983. (Anyone remember the blizzard that hit that weekend?) They emphisized the "ease of use" that the Lisa had and almost instant availablilty of commands that made it so, thanks to the Lisa Mouse and pull-down Menu's."

To own this Apple Computer memorbilia click the link provided above and bid with gusto!

Howard Johnson's HoJo's Restaurant Menu 1940s

Up for bid on eBay is this Howard Johnson's vintage menu from the 1940s when the chain was known as America's "Host of the Highways."

To own the menu, click the link and bid. Better hurry, this one ends soon.

Confederacy of Dunces Ignatius Reilly Big Chief Writing Tablet

Up for bid on eBay is a Big Chief writing tablet just like the one Ignatius Reilly pens his philosophical ramblings on in Toole's Confederacy of Dunes novel. (The novel is among my all-time favorites.)

To own this hard-to-find scratch pad, click the link and place your winning bid.

Brit's Drive-In Menu Carhop Los Angeles 1930s

Up for bid on eBay is this astounding original 1930s drive-in menu for Brit's Drive-In in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate (Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach freeway, Firestone exit Southgate).

The seller says, "...the restaurant was even ON Firestone Blvd, how cool is that?. This menu is from 1930s based on the ridiculously low price of 20 cents for a cheeseburger. Features fantastic graphics of a carhop holding a tray of goodies amidst a sea of cars.Even cooler are the full set of specials inserts, including one for country fried rabbit (yikes!) So rare to find a drive in menu from the 1930s."

To own this vintage drive-in menu, click the link provided and bid to win.

Ted Cassidy as Lurch from Addams Family TV Show Signed Photo

Up for bid on eBay is this autographed picture of Ted Cassidy as Lurch from Addams Family TV Show.

The seller says, "...comes with original envelope in witch it was mailed back then May 26 1965 The photo is address to Ronda All My Best Ted Cassidy Lurch."

To own it, click the link above and place your bid.

Victoria's Secret Catalog Fall 1998 Laetitia Casta

Up for bid on eBay is this 1998 Victoria's Secret Catalog (Vol II N 1), which feature Laetitia Casta on the cover.

To own this vintage catalog, click the link and place your winning bid.