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#MSH044 - Group of 4 Full Booklets of Head Hippie Era Rolling Papers - Turns to a Flower in Your Mind

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image (both sides are pictured). You get 4 for $3 (that's 75¢ each). If you order 24, you will get a full display box which is pictured in the large image. Vintage colorful 2 7/8" wide booklet full of Head brand rolling papers. The graphics are fantastic. The front pictures marijuana plants growing in a field. The reverse has the sun over a field of pot plants and says "After All, It's Only a Weed That Turns to a Flower in Your Mind". These are from the later part of the hippie era (mid 1970s). They are also marked "Adams Apple Dist, Chicago, Illinois". Unused old store stock in excellent condition.

$3.00 -+

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#SOZ105 - Group of 12 The "Great Root Bear" A & W Root Beer Mascot Advertising Bibs

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 12 for $3 (that's 25¢ each). Vintage large 12" tall advertising bib giveaway featuring the A & W root beer mascot "The Great Root Bear". They are also marked "Copyright A & W International 1978". The bib has a pocket at the bottom to catch food and ties at the top. 1978 was the year A & W standardized their menus at franchises and started using the bear mascot in the United States (he was a couple of years earlier in Canada). These early Root Bear items are very scarce. His run as the chain mascot lasted all the way into the late 1990s. These are unused old stock in near perfect condition. We bought these right, and passing quite a deal on to you.

$3.00 -+

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##MUSICGD2043 - Grateful Dead Car Window Tour Sticker/Decal - Says "What in the World are we Doing?"

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 4 7/8" diameter Grateful Dead sticker/decal. These are high quality art decals that were made for car windows. I peeled the cover off for the picture. They are in mint condition and can still be used. This one is from around the late 1980s. It features a scene where the world and buildings are swirling around and says "What in the World are we Doing?".

These Grateful Dead stickers/decals are old tour merchandise. I found them wrapped in plastic in boxes in master cases. They came from a distributor who sold them to tour vendors. The condition is pristine and they still will work as a car decal or window/mirror sticker. We found them packed away in storage boxes dated 1992 (many are older than that) and 1995 (year Jerry Garcia died). They are high quality artist renderings of Grateful Dead themes. Back in the day, the Dead did not monitor copyrights and that sort of thing, and in fact, at one point encouraged artists to do designs. The LA times explained it well “The Grateful Dead was famously lax in enforcing it’s intellectual property rights and trademarks, allowing fans to create their own designs using the band’s expansive iconography”. Since there was no serious monitoring or much concern back then, a lot of up and coming artists got involved in designing them. This is how some of them got their starts. Some of the sticker artists who designed these stickers went on to produce official licensed works for the Grateful Dead and other famous groups. These stickers include some by now famous designers including David Opie, and others. These older stickers are very hard to find anymore.

$2.50 -+

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#BEADS0730 - Strand of 27 Very Large Cherry Brand 14mm Clear Baroque (Dimpled) Glass Beads

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 26 Beads for $6 (about 22¢ each). Vintage temporary strand of fancy Cherry Brand Japanese Baroque beads. They are very large heavy 14mm diameter clear glass beads. The glass is transparent and very beautiful with dimples (they called it Baroque on the master case). As you can see in the picture, these were made by hand using old techniques. The crude shapes and unusual dimple really enhance the look. These are 1940s Cherry Brand (company only existed from 1946 - 1951). As you may know, Cherry Brand was considered the highest quality Japanese bead maker. This is a very fresh find we made from a dealer in New York who originally purchased them in the 1940s. These are very hard to find, very nice, and have never seen the light of day. Click on the image to see a larger picture with more detail.

$6.00 -+

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#BEADS0171 - Group of 2 Huge Lavender 26mm Japanese Ceramic Powder Big Hole Beads

Click the picture to see larger more detailed image. You will get 2 for $1 (that's 50¢ each). Vintage lavender colored huge 26mm long big hole ceramic powder coated beads. These were in boxes marked "Made in Japan" and are from the late 1960s.

Hippies were stringing big hole beads on rope back in the day and these had the earthy look that was popular. They are in unused condition, and are very uncommon. They were sold as hippie beads in the late 60s from a bead store near the Haight Ashbury area. In 1967, the hippie phenomena dominated the area and the demand for beads was huge. The owner of this store put out the call that he wanted all types of beads that were either colorful, large, earthenware, or had mystical significance. The hardcore hippies wanted glass or ceramic or earthenware, so that is what most of these items are. The demand started slacking as the hippie phenomena died down and by the mid 1970s, they started selling gold chains and disco related items instead. The hippie items were taken from the front shelves, and stored in the back. The newspaper they were wrapped in was dated 1977, so that's when they put them back there. The most striking thing in the store was an old display of huge African Trade Bead necklaces from the 1800s. They were even selling those sort of beads to the hippies. One of those necklaces will run you about 2 grand now. That place is a real time warp. You could still smell incense around some of the boxes and I kept hearing Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane in my head. Just amazing.

$1.00 -+

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#UPaper063 - Japp's True-to-Nature Toupees for Men Brochure with Prices

Vintage 7 1/2" tall Japp's 1920s Men's Wigs brochure with prices. These are incredible. Here's what they say "The directors in Hollywood Movie Studios brought it about. They insisted that the men who were partially bald must have a full head of hair so as to look youthful. So, these directors demanded a Toupee that could not be detected on screen." "Hence, the new Hollywood Toupee". "Baldness is a handicap to any man both from the standpoint of appearance and health. Toupees make one look 10 years younger and also prevent colds in the head." Japp's was a high end beauty care company that specialized in wigs and hair care products. They catered to wealthy clients. These were found in the building many years ago and were made during the roaring 20s right before the Great Depression. During that time period, people had lots of money to spend, and the prices for these wigs were really high for the time period. You sent them a sample of your hair and a paper drawing of your bald spot to get the color and size right. Hair-Lace Front Toupees were $40. That would be $513.07 in today's dollars!!!!!!!! The building is still here in downtown Cincinnati where these were found and has been converted to a bar that is all about the history of the building. They even have tours down there now. These are the only group of these brochures found.

$0.75 -+

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#MSH051 - Group of 2 Mechanical Mini Ash Tray/Hippie Stash Boxes in Original Boxes - Love Thy Neighbor

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image (the illustrated box and device are both pictured). You get 2 for $5 (that's $2.50 each). These are a real piece of hippie history. Vintage colorful 2 3/8" tall box. The ashtray/stash box , and the device inside says "Love Thy Neighbor" "But Don't Get Caught". This was from back in the day of free love. It pictures a couple dancing. The device inside has a spring loaded cigarette/joint holder that pops out when you open it. It is a tin box that you could use as an ash tray or for joint storage. "Made in Hong Kong". These were sold as novelties and in head shops all over the country in the late 1960s into the early 1970s when stash boxes were all the rage. We found these at an old novelty distributorship in northern Ohio. Excellent unused condition. There were nine different variations (Cigarettes, Cars, Novelty) that we will be offering in this and future catalogs. They would make a really interesting collection.

$5.00 -+

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##MUSICBP0984 - Michael Jackson OTTO Cloth Pepsi L.A. Sports Arena Backstage Pass from the 1988/89 Bad Tour

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Group/Artist Name: Michael Jackson

Bands Played with: Jackson 5

Origin: Gary, Indiana

Years Active: 1964-2009

Genre: Pop

Manufacturer: OTTO

OTTO Mark Location: Front

Material: Cloth

Type of Pass: Backstage Pass

Location and Date: L.A. Sports Arena

Tour Name and Date(s): Bad Tour 1988/89

Size: 4” tall

Condition: Unused

Album Sales: 1 Billion Plus

Date of Induction to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2001

Grammy Awards: Has been nominated 38 times, and has won 13 times.

Other: Referred to as the "King of Pop", and one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century, he is number 35 on the Rolling Stone top 100 list, and number 2 on the Best-Selling Albums of All-Time List. He has more awards than any other music artist in history.

$5.00 -+

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#CH441 - Group of 2 Dirty Harry Inspector Wallets with Metal Identification Badge

Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get two for $5 (that's $2.50 each). Vintage 4" wide vinyl wallet opens to show a metal badge that says "Police Inspector 2211". It also has a laminated ID card that pictures Dirty Harry and says "Harry Callahan Inspector 2211" "Expires 1970". The movie was made in 1971, so these are from around that time period. We found them in remote storage in a warehouse way up north. Excellent unused condition. The window the laminated ID is behind (the ID can be taken out) has an impression of the badge on it where the badge has sat against it all these years. If you rub it real good with a wet napkin, it will clear up.

$5.00 -+

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