6 1/2 FOOT UNITED STATES SILVER TREE CO. ALUMINUM TREE WITH 55 BRANCHES, not pompom, very good condition, missing one storage paper but I will make a new one, a small bit of flattening of the branches, with original box, but the box is pretty beat (that is not the box in the photo to the left)    #X25317f    $110.00
	I  have 7 or 8 aluminum Christmas trees (4 - 6 ft) that I have not had the opportunity to photograph.  PLEASE INQUIRE
	1947 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE MOVIE AD, with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, 10" x 13 3/4", fine condition with rust marks from staple holes on the left side, they can be cropped, matted or framed out and still have a very tiny margin on the left    #X26034    $24.00
	CHRISTMAS EVE BY MAXFIELD PARRISH, Brown & Bigelow, 1946, A New England village at the foot of the mountains.  Gift print on textured deckle edge mat,  bottom left of the print has "Maxfield Parrish 1946", Seasons Greeting card is single light weight sheet ( 3 3/4" x 4 3/4") attached to  the back of the matting, print also comes with a light weight onion-skin-like piece of paper (6" x 7 3/4") that describes the print, there is also an envelope but I do not know if it is original or not, 17" x 12 1/2" including the matte, print area (not including the white margin on the print that  reads "Christmas Eve" and "Maxfield Parrish") is 8 3/8 x 10 7/8", excellent to very good condition,   Unused, vivid in color, but a small scuff like mark between the brook and the bush on the print, a couple of pressure point indents on the right margin of the matte from handling, also a coupe of small spots of discoloration (like foxing) on the right margin (will gladly provide a scan of this if you want it.  I was just trying to avoid handling the print as much as possible).    #MP29670    $250.00
. back view	SWEET CHALKWARE SANTA BANK, PROBABLY 1920'S OR 1930'S BUT HE COULD BE MUCH OLDER, 10" TALL, 6 1/2" WIDE AND 3 1/2" DEEP, HE IS HOLDING HIS SACK OF GOODIES IN ONE MITTENED HAND AND A HORN IN THE OTHER, HE IS INSIDE A GREEN CHIMNEY WHICH IS TOPPED WITH SNOW,  HE HAS THE REMNANTS OF SILVER GLITTER ON THE FUR OF HIS CAP AND ON HIS BELT BUCKLE (IT IS THE REALLY OLD TYPE OF SILVER GLITTER THAT TARNISHES WITH AGE LIKE SILVER DOES  - DID IT HAVE REAL SILVER IN IT?), condition is very good, with wear on his paint ( which, I think, lends Santa a charm),  a couple of what I think are hairline cracks (one on the side of his head and one on the chimney), but which might be layering in the chalk, they are so fine I doubt they go through the depth of the chalk, Also, there are some shallow chips - 3 on the horn and one on the bottom of the chimney.  That spot on Santa's cheek in the top photo, I believe, is a peeling of a single layer of the chalk    #X25402    $65.00
	POTTERY SANTA NODDER, I think 1940's, has blue and white "Japan" sticker on the bottom, about 5 1/2" high, very good condition, nods well, base seems to have some discoloration under the glaze and some stray blue, there is some wear on the paint on the blue bag, and his shoulder, there is a glaze miss on Santa's eyebrow which attacks dirt but which can clean up to not be so noticeable (it is dirty in the photo)     #29692     $45.00
	1919 "Eat Bread" MAGAZINE AD with SANTA, Ladies Home Journal December 1919, probably by Norman Rockwell; although it isn't signed, it is consistent with other bread ads he did at that time; large format, 10 1/2" x 16", near mint condition with  a little roughness on the top and the bottom edges    #Ci14010    $20.00
	DECEMBER 1920, DJER-KISS AD BY WILLY POGANY,  Ladies Home Journal, depicting fairies in a Christmas tree and Djer-Kiss Holiday sets, large format, 10 3/4" x 16", near mint condition    #Ci25115    $24.00
	OLD CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED SANTA BRAND  FRUIT LABEL, marked "copyright 1928" so it is probably from the late 1920's early 1930's, 8 3/4" x 12 1/2", near mint condition, small hole in background which looks like a dent    #X25068    $20.00
	DECEMBER 1922, DJER-KISS AD BY WILLY POGANY,  Ladies Home Journal, depicting old time revelers and Djer-Kiss Holiday sets, 10 3/8" x 13 3/4", near mint condition    #Ci25114    $20.00
	1951 NORMAN ROCKWELL CHRISTMAS PLYMOUTH CAR AD WITH BEAGLE, 10 1/4" x 13 1/2", excellent condition with a small crease on the top right corner    #NR29194    $12.50 ....

ALL ITEMS ARE VINTAGE AND FROM THE TIME PERIOD NOTED IN THE DESCRIPTION.
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