Friday, December 28, 2012

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

And now an item from the vintage Christmas novelty department:

An old toy/”musical novelty” with a Christmas theme: ‘CHRISTMAS EVE CAPERS’—made by Glolite--wind it up, the children “sneak” down the stairs while Santa Claus descends from the chimney; once “spotted”, Santa scoots back up the chimney—ditto for the kids—to repeat the process over and over again all powered by the music box mechanism. See the 1949 ad below.

Followed by an incredible restoration by our friend CF; click on the photos below--in her case, the Santa and children were missing—so she made copies. We were also both missing the deer head over the fireplace—she made one for hers!

Click on the photos.

P.S. SEE AN INCREDIBLE VINTAGE CHRISTMAS PUTZ DISPLAY BY OKPAT AT THIS LINK--and keep scrolling down the page to see all the pix http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=263

3 comments:

  1. Amazunrestoration. I saw one of these in mint condition go for over $300 on Ebay a few months back.

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  2. Thanks! I had the most fun painting the children and santa...it really takes you back to a fantastical nostalgic time. I was worried the deer would not look like a deer but in the end I surprised myself :)

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  3. Thank you so much to the wonderful people who helped me find the display with kiddies and santa to be able to re-create them :) you guys are the BEST

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