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[V.C. Brunswick]

What's "Heitai"?

A Japanese soldier.

The book is entitled Heitai: Uniforms, Equipment & Personal Items of the Japanese Infantryman 1931-1945 by Agustin Saiz (Madrid: Andrea Press, 2011). The section on personal items is quite extensive including examples of and a history of prewar Japanese cameras, watches, pens, etc.

 

[MikeBravo]

Norton's Star Atlas, 16h edition (1973)



The Star Atlas covers the entire northern and southern sky, with accompanying reference information for amateur astronomers

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Good finds VC. But I am sure you are thinking the same thing as me, how sad that some ones Air Medal wound up in a sale! Still, would rather see you get it then some Cretonne!

It turns out that the medal is a post Vietnam modern version. I was hoping to find an example from WWII for my USAAF collection.

 

[Shangas]

They look like fascinating books, V, I'd love to have them!!

 

[jamespowers]

Saw this at a yard sale today. Asked about the price and it was the best price ever! It turns on but needs new bulbs. It has the round two prong plug so I am hoping it is older and now I just need a desk to go with it. Now, how do I clean underneath where the bulbs go? Can I just use 409 to clean it up?

Mike View attachment 16392

You can use 409 just be careful not to get it in the sockets. If you do then you need an electrical contact cleaner. Come to think of it, you need that around anyway for other projects. Go get some!

 

[1930artdeco]

Thanks James. I did that and it works like a champ and is very bright.

Mike

 

[jamespowers]

Thanks James. I did that and it works like a champ and is very bright.

Mike

Very good! That lamp looks like the ones we had around in the 70s when I was in school. Of course they were probably old even then.

 

[Retro Spectator]

I found this Swank tie bar at a church flea market on Cape Cod. Does anyone have an idea when it's from?

 

[jamespowers]

Picked myself up a new bowling ball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7_K28GZHdo

 

[dh66]

Picked myself up a new bowling ball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7_K28GZHdo

That is a SWEEEEEET find!!!!!!!

 

[jamespowers]

That is a SWEEEEEET find!!!!!!!

Thanks. I took it to the local Pro Shop to have it resurfaced. There were a few minor nicks and scratches on it that I wanted the guy to get out. He said it would be ready tomorrow. That means it will be massacring pins Thursday.

 

[Shangas]

How's this for a thrift-shop find? Bought today for $25.

Topside:

Underside:

Front:

Back:

Manufacturer: T(homas) Gaunt. Optician. Melbourne & Sydney.

Thomas Gaunt lived from 1829-1890. His shop ran from about 1856 until 1890. It continued after he died, but I'm not sure when the business itself ended. After 1890 products were marked: "T. Gaunt & Co", apparently. So I assume that this dates to the late 1880s at a minimum.

Restoration question:

One of the lenses is scratched. Is this something which an optician can polish out?

 

[jamespowers]

How's this for a thrift-shop find? Bought today for $25.

Topside:

Underside:

Front:

Back:

Manufacturer: T(homas) Gaunt. Optician. Melbourne & Sydney.

Thomas Gaunt lived from 1829-1890. His shop ran from about 1856 until 1890. It continued after he died, but I'm not sure when the business itself ended. After 1890 products were marked: "T. Gaunt & Co", apparently. So I assume that this dates to the late 1880s at a minimum.

Restoration question:

One of the lenses is scratched. Is this something which an optician can polish out?

Nice find! Good deal.

 

[Shangas]

Thanks.

Here are my two glasses together:

 

[vintage.vendeuse]

As a graduate of Michigan State University, it was neat to find these ladies bloomers today. MSU had several name changes but was known as Michigan State College from 1925 to 1955. I believe these are likely from the 50s. They seem a strange item to make/sell for the time, however... perhaps they were marketed as souvenirs for panty raids?

 

[dh66]

Nice bloomers

...........at a junk shop..er,excuse me, "estate liquidator" that I passed on the way home yesterday.

$6

 

[vintage.vendeuse]

I like your boomerang table!

 

[jamespowers]

Nice bloomers

...........at a junk shop..er,excuse me, "estate liquidator" that I passed on the way home yesterday.

$6

Damn! That was a deal!

 

[dh66]

Thanks Vintage Vendeuse.
Back in the '90s (B.C. - before children) there was a guy in Atlanta who made these tables. He made all kinds of really cool looking ones.He had a store where he sold them along with all sorts of vintage ephemera.

JP I nearly fell out when the old guy running the place told me that price.

 

[jamespowers]

JP I nearly fell out when the old guy running the place told me that price.

My $6 would be smoking because of how fast it came out of my pocket.