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#ZZA119 - Ultra Rare Complete Set of 12 Pacific Ocean Park 1¢ Arcade Postcards

Vintage 12 card set. Ocean Park was built in Santa Monica, CA in 1958 and closed in 1967. It was a very large park that was built to compete with Disneyland. However, city planners, in an effort to renew the area, demolished buildings and closed streets all around the park so people couldn't find there way in. Even though it was a huge park, it was forced to close it's doors and the contents were auctioned off in 1968. These cards are marked "Pacific Ocean Park Arcade 1¢" on the front and have a postcard back. They are 4 in 1 cards that are just like some of the Exhibit Supply cowboy cards and were likely made by them for the Park. I don't think I've ever seen a complete set before, but we found a stash of them. There are multiple cards with Roy Rogers, John Wayne, William Boyd and all the most popular cowboys. This is a very scarce and nice set.

$24.00

#ZZA110 Complete 32 Card Original 1940/50s Exhibit Supply 4 in 1 Cowboy Cards

Vintage complete set of 32 4 in 1 Cowboy Cards that were issued by the Exhibit Supply Co.in the 1940s and 50s. These came from a closed arcade and were in the original bricks market Exhibit Supply. Don't confuse these with the later reissue set they made in 1977. This set is impossible to find in near mint condition like this and goes for $70 - $100 retail. These were cards that you paid a penny for at the local amusement park arcade. You can make some money selling these cards individually too as there are many famous stars including cards with Roy Rogers, William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Gene Autry, John Wayne, The Lone Ranger, and many others. This is a good set. There is at least one famous cowboy on almost every card.

$32.00

#ZZA114 - Complete 16 Card Exhibit Supply Then and Now Male Movie Star Cards

Vintage complete set of "Then and Now" arcade card with male movie stars of the day and their childhood pictures. The set includes Tony Curtis, Ray Milland, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Steve Cochran, Tyrone Power, Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Fred MacMurray, William Holden, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby, Gregory Peck, Robert Stack, Dan Dailey, and Dale Robertson. These came from a closed arcade and were in the original bricks market Exhibit Supply. They are in near perfect condition. Some are "colorized". The complete sets like this are very rare. The individual cards turn up every once in awhile. The common ones retail for around $3, but the scarcer ones go for up to $10. Note that this is a very good group containing Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Rock Hudson, and Humphrey Bogart which are all much better cards.

$24.00

#CH160 - Monster Head Charm Display Picturing Frankenstein

Vintage 7" tall cardboard vending display card picturing Frankenstein and another ghoul. The cards are marked Mike Turner (not the famous comic book artist). My now grown son and I found these when he was a little boy and we went to the auction of the AAA vending company in downtown Cincinnati. They are from the 1960s are very neat looking. There were 100s of them, but this is the last pile. They have two plastic heads glued on them and they went in the front of a vending machine where they were vended on mini keychains. It says "Hey Kids" "They Stick on your Head". AAA was the manufacturer and distributor of the charms and they would push them around Halloween around the mid 1960s. We used to have the literature showing how much they cost with dates and things, but it is long gone. If I remember correctly, they were $10/1,000.

$7.50

#CH119 - Extremely Rare Charlie Chaplain Silent Movie Handbill

OK guys. Something like this is extremely rare. Vintage Charlie Chaplain items like this are nearly impossible to find. They came out of an old theatre in Brooklyn, NY. They are 11" tall thin paper handbills that they passed out in front of the theater to attact customers. It advertises D. W. Griffith's The Fall of Babylon which was made in 1919, so that is the time period these are from. It shows the second feature was Charlie Chaplan's comedy "Carman" which was made in 1917. This was the era of the silent movie and so it says "music throughout the entire show". What that means is that some guy played the organ while you watched the silent movies. This is a very good piece and we are proud to be able to offer it. These are the only examples we've ever seen. We bought them right and so are passing them on at an amazing price.

$4.00

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