Trolley Problem Sculpture Possibly from around 1950

 Vintage Sculpture of the "Trolley Problem" 

Highly unusual find, might be one of a kind. This is a sculpture of what I believe to be a depication of the Trolley Problem a famous philisophical question. I ran some images by an art group and was t told

"Philosophers on a trolley? Plaster cast in bentonite or silica flour for resolution. Academic whimsy, probably generated out of an Ivy League art department for a crusty old professor. Judging from the trolley age, circa 1930’s-‘50’s."

It measures 14.5 inches by 8 in by 2 inches and appears to be made of plaster weighing over 6.5 lbs

Listed in my ebay store here

Trolley Problem Sculpture on Ebay

 Madge Miller Miniature Plays by Children's Theatre Press

Great book published by the Children's Theatre Press

Has the following plays

Pinocchio

Snow White and Rose Red

Robinson Crusoe

Puss in Boots

Published in 1954 and a very hard to find book.

Now in my ebay store

Madge Miller Play Book

 RARE Kubasta Fleet of Columbus Pop-Up Books

I started selling these in 2014 and thought I had completely sold out of them in 2019. I found a bin in my inventory with some more books in it! This was one of my top selling items of all time on Ebay. So excited to be able to offer these again!

This book was done in 1992 and is about 28 years old now. I have new, sealed copies. This is truly the most amazing pop-up book I have ever seen.

These are highly collectible as I believe this was Kubasta's final work before he passed away.

UPDATED LINK as of 12/11/23 here Kubasta Fleet of Columbus Link of item on Ebay

US Olympic Christmas Ornaments in Many Different Sports

Happy New Year! I just realized I did not post to my blog at all in 2021 :(  Between Covid and other life things I even shut down my Ebay store for most of the year. But I recently opened the Ebay Store back up and have been selling at a pretty good clip :)

My most popular items are Olympic Ornaments made for different sports in 1988. One of my friends/clients had made these back then and had some leftover. I believe I am the only one selling these on Ebay.

Some pictures below and a link to my store..

Click to See My Ebay Store -OnceUponaBid

Barefoot Gen Volume 2 First Edition A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Keiji Nakazawa 1979

 It seems like forever since I have posted to this blog which I started so many years ago!!!

Had to get at least one post in this year to keep the chain going! 

So a local bookstore was going out of business and giving away some free books. I found this one and it looked like a winner. A 1970s Graphic novel Hiroshima Comic.  I have been posting quite a few books, booklets from these free pick ups. This one seems to be fairly collectible.

This item Listed on Ebay -Click Here

Religious items such as Vintage Missals are selling well on eBay now

Generally speaking, I have done well with selling some religious items over the years. Lately I have had some luck with vintage Missals (a book containing the text used in catholic mass throughout the year)

This one pictured was from the 1930s and was loaded with inserted items like prayer cards, images, even a paper item regarding converting Russia. It sold for about $40 and I paid 99 cents for it.

I sold another Missal the next few weeks for about $25. 

Just reflecting here for a second , I have been writing on this blog since about 2005 !! 14 years! Not sure if anyone reads much about eBay lately but it has been a long journey for sure! Recently, and sadly , they sold off Stubhub (or are in the process of it) ending my long standing dream for an Ebay Local site to be developed (as was announced then ditched in 2007 or so).

In any case pictures of the missal! And good luck to anyone still selling (I am !)

Melplus Melamine Trays Made In Italy

Sometimes while out hunting for stuff to resell you come across some pretty quality made items you have to research because you have not heard of the name before . Melplus made Melamine trays , often with wildlife themes and they sell pretty well. Usually these can be picked up for a few dollars and sold in the 15-20 dollar range. This is one I sold for $15.99.  The quality is really good and the images are very good. This was made in Italy

Cities of Palestine T Nelson & Sons 1868 Amazing Illustrations

One of the recent items I listed I have actually owned for a while. I picked it up about 4 years ago at an indoor flea market. It is a book called Cities of Palestine and was published in 1868 by T. Nelson and Sons.  It contains some of the most amazing color illustrations I have seen of different cities in what is now Israel. One book collector commented that there might be only 10 or so of these

known to exist in book collections.

 Here is the Ebay listing for this item and ill share  some pictures below.

Cities of Palestine - See Book on Ebay