Pop-Up Flea Market Sale May 23 & 24th 2019

Come on by and see our booth at the Attic Treasures Flea Market! We’re offering some fun, vintage items.

A few of our cool Mid-Century Finds

Where:

Address:2112 Hewitt Ave 
Everett, WA 98201
Sale Date(s):5/24/2019 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
5/25/2019 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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Featured Auction: Vintage Mechanical Kiddie Christmas Cards

I remember the designs from my childhood my guess is that they were sold sometime in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s.

vintage mechanical card girl skiingOriginally there were 22 cards in this box. A few were used, because now the lot contains 17. Each card is different, some have wonderful greetings on the back.

This one, for example, includes the sweet little greeting:

“This horse must pull me very fast,

I’m hurrying to you – mechanical card snowman

With Christmas wishes oh his back

To last the whole year through!”

 

There’s even a couple of cards for the Teacher!

One special card, for your best friend included – it features a fuzzy/velvet finish.

Originally sold amechanical-christmas-cardst Lustre Lane Greeting Card Co, in Portland Oregon – there is a price sticker on the bottom of the box.

You can see the whole assortment of 17 cards and bid on them – click here to go to the Mechanical Christmas Card auction.

 

Featured Auction: Transparent Polaroid Sun 660

Rare Transparent Polaroid Autofocus 660 The Square Body Polaroid Sun 660 was introduced in 1981.

It was the first in the range to use Polaroid’s patented Sonar Autofocus device. The distance to the subject was calculated by emitting an sonar (ultrasonic) pulse which then was captured again. The time difference between the sent versus received pulse gave the distance measurement. The sonar emmiter/receiver is the big gold disk next to the lens.

To demonstrate the features of this camera, Polaroid produced transparent versions. They were provided to camera stores so a person could see the functioning parts of the Sun 660 camera.

You can see a similar transparent camera and read more about them on the Impossible blog.

If you’d like to own a piece of Polaroid history and join in the auction – click here to bid!

Featured Auction: Bausch & Lomb, The American Agriculturist Microscope Circa 1880

Bausch & Lomb, The American Agriculturist Microscope

This little microscope is under 2 inches. An early  microscope bottom of black is etched in Bausch & Lomb Optical Co Rochester N.Y. Pat Jan 8 ’78. Box shows some wear and top says American Agriculturist Microscope from Orange Judd Company, 245 Broadway, New York.
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURALIST MICROSCOPE (From:http://www.microscope-antiques.com/ag.html)
Starting in 1877, the American Agriculturalist Magazine advertised this diminutive instrument. It was touted as an aid to the farmer in detecting contamination and deterioration of e.g. seeds. It could also be used by children to explore the little things around us. The earliest version is labelled with a ‘PAT. APP’D FOR’ whereas shortly later, the patent date was added; this patent date as stated on the slightly later instruments, is Jan 8, 1878. This is patent number —– issued to J.J. Bausch.
American Agriculturist Microscope

The Orange Judd company address, as given in the 1877 through 1880 editions of the American Agriculturist was 245 Broadway, the address on this. Starting in 1881, the address had changed to 751 Broadway, the address on the green box.

Bid Here: American Agriculturist Orange Judd Antique Microscope Bausch & Lomb

Featured Auction: Pentax 645 Medium Format SLR Film Camera + 75mm & 45mm Lens Backs Bundle

IMG_8443Looking for a medium format film camera? This camera is unique in that Pentax created it as Single Lens Reflex camera – instead of the traditional view camera format of most medium format cameras. This makes it great for those people who prefer to focus through a viewfinder, not ground glass. It accepts 120, 220 roll film, and 70mm film types.

With a shutter speed of 15 – 1/1000 sec, this Pentax film camera lets you capture moving pictures with utmost clarity. Now you will get more number of photos per roll as this Pentax medium format camera employs 6×4.5 format. The Pentax 645 comes with multiple exposure modes – P, Tv, Av, M, B, X – to achieve the optimal conditions required for shooting different scenes. The center-weighted meter pattern in this Pentax film camera loses focus on the edges, achieving more emphasis on the cente rmost part of the image. The standard grip of this Pentax medium format camera adds to improved maneuverability and handling ability.

 

Pre-owned by a working photographer – this camera was used for aerial photography back in the day when they used hot air balloons instead of drones!

This bundle comes with lots of extras!

Including:

  • Pentax SMC – 645 Camera Body
  • SMC Pentax-A 645 75mm F/2.8 lens w/ cap
  • SMC Pentax-A 45mm f/2.8 Lens w/cap
  • 2 – 120 Film Backs
  • Nylon Shoulder Strap and plastic eye cup
  • Pentax 645 Manual & 2 Pamphlets about SMC Lenses

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