My consignee said she believed that these small figures are bakelite but I don't know.  I believe they may have been used on a wedding cake. Three and a half inches tall.  Some wear to the paint on the woman.

Minor wear to this 1941 card which was humorous in the 40's but not funny now.  Minor wear.  Artist D Tempest.  

This card has a discreet crease in the mid-top area.  Postmarked in 1950 and is a typical racially insensitive card of that period. 

These two items measure three inches tall, not including the top, one of which is missing.  The paint is missing in spots on the yellow rim but the other paint is in good condition. 

This is a great 1883 advertising item for a quack cure.  Features a "country doctor" administering to a sick child with her worried brother looking on.  Framed so can mail framed or unframed.  This die cut is in mint condition and it is unusual in this time period that blacks are presented in a non stereotypical manner. Indeed blacks were usually presented in a unfavorable light. Measures twelve and a half inches.  J C Ayer and company Lowell Massachusetts.

Wear to the corners and pencil message on the front.  Meant to be funny but isn't. 

Two sample lithograph trade cards which measure seven by four inches.  Businesses ordering these would add their advertising information on the back.  See scans.  The second one has some stains on the border of the upper left edge.  The first caption reads "Who's Dar?' and the second "Golly I'm a Dead Nigger.".  

Plastic figures which measure around three and a half inches tall.  One has the label Aunt Jemima and the other Uncle Mose.   Label on bottom reads F & F Mold and Die Works Dayton Ohio.  
Very minor wear though the plugs on the bottom are missing.

Aunt Jemina type figure measures five and a half inches.  Made in the USA mark on the bottom, F & F Gold and Dye Works, Dayton Ohio.  Some of the paint has worn off on the bandana, plate and apron.  See scan. 

Card was cancelled from Altamonte Springs, Florida.  Pretty sweet view of a young back girl holding a white doll.   Wear to the corners, including some flaking off of the image.  

Rare but damaged postcard showing the Fisk Jubilee Singers appearing at the exposition "World In Boston." which was held in 1911.  Sent and cancelled in Boston.  There is a stamp which is unfortunately pasted to the card from the exposition.  Dingy, floppy card with a large crease and another corner crease.  Stains along the edges and a small flaked off area at the top left edge.  Haven't seen this one before.  These of course are not the original Jubilee Singers who toured in the 1870's but Fisk continued the tradition which had achieved so much recognition for that institution as well saved them financially in the 70's.          

This is a small book measuring five and 3/4 of an inches by 4 inches.  It is undated but I'm guessing it is nineteenth century.  Condition of the exterior is shown in the scans.  The pasted in area has some indentations in it.  There is one of those horrible embossed stamp of the previous owner on the front paper which has a charming illustration on both sides.  Pencil markings of the price when I bought it along with some other markings.  This is a Wee Books for Wee Folks printed by the Platt & Munk Co in New York.  There are twenty-seven illustrations, all in color. 

Offensive early postcard showing black children posed on a wood pile.  Unused with minor wear.

Incredibly racist postcard produced by a New York publisher. Correspondent has written names on the children in pencil, one being the name of the person card was written to. Please view the scan to see the wearing off of the image at top edge and elsewhere.

First Edition, as stated. Complete title Singin' and Swingin' and gettin' Merry Like Christmas. Minor wear

Minor wear, first edition as stated.

Minor wear, not a first edition.

Large cut out of the corner of the first blank page. Otherwise minor wear to the book and dust cover.

This book was inscribed by Haley to a previous owner. First Edition, as stated. Minor wear.

First edition of this work by Joel Chandler Harris published in 1904 by D Appleton and Company. Reglued, causing it to swell slightly. Shelf wear to the upper and lower spine and the tips of the boards. Some stains on the boards and on some interior pages. Strap on front and back boards. Ink signature of a previous owner on a fly page.

This book was published in 1940 with no further printings listed. Stories of Little Brown Koko is by Blalnche Seale Hunt and illustrated by Dorothy Wagstaff. Full of stereotypical illustrations. Colorful pictorial cover which has a large crease like in upper right hand side. Wear to the corners and edges and shelf wear to the spine. Paper stamp on inside cover and ink presentation message. Interior is very clean.

This book was published in 1953 by Harper. First Edition. Bumped corners and spine and considerable wear to the dust cover.

Interesting large post card with a gangster like figure. The "black jack" sticking out of the suit, which is laid on the face of the card, is actually a folded up flyer for the P & H Rubber Collars, sold by the Sullivan and Company in Philadelphia. The back side is all messed up from being removed from an album. I've never had anything quite like this card.

Two trade card with racist scenes of African Americans. One corner tip missing and some age staining. The corned beef trade card is blank while the other has an advertisement for Howe Scales.

This is such a staged photo that I believe it must have been used in an advertisement for Esquire Magazine. At any rate, a nice family shot.