Michael

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Old movies, old guitars, old records, old books, old photos.

A black cat sitting on a guitar back that clamped up.
Display card with various colorful examples of Galalith.
Scene from the 1934 movie the search for beauty showing a group of men wearing bath robes.
Photo of the Moffett Drive In theater in Mountain View, California.
Movie marquee for teh Redwood Drive-In Theater. The films include Waldo Pepper, Teenage Tramp and Brannigan.
Photo showing three incomplete freeway overpasses in California.
Photo of five musicians dressed in Hawaiian themed clothing. They are playing steel guitars, standard electric guitar and ukulele.
Cover of the DC comic Ghosts. The illustration shows a ghostly woman sitting in a chair holding her head in her hands.
Poster for the movie the Pirates of blood River. The illustration shows Christopher Lee as a pirate wearing an eyepatch.
Paper model of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire.
Cartoon of a ghost reading a book titled human stories. The ghost is looking frightened.
Ad for the Vox-Mobile, a car shaped like a guitar and featuring details made from musical instruments.
Harry Langdon peeling a potato while seated in front of huge pile of potatoes.
Meryl Streep in the movie Death Becomes Her saying, " Now a warning?"
A photo of a bunch of cans of soft drinks that are all knockoffs of Dr Pepper. The names include Dr. Skipper, Dr. Right, Dr. Perkey and Dr. Fine Soda.
Yul Brynner getting out of a car beneath a poster of himself in costume as Pharaoh from The Ten Commandments.
Ad for the movie, Little Man, What Now? The illustration shows Margaret Sullavan, the lead in the film.
Poster for the movie voyage to the bottom of the sea. The illustration shows a submarine diving beneath the water and people fighting a giant octopus.
Cover for sheet music for the composition The Vitascope Two Step: Banjo solo or Duet. The illustration shows a man in evening dress holding a banjo.
Smirnoff ad for the bullshot, a drink that combines vodka and beef bouillon. The illustration shows a man in a suit, wearing a bulls head, sitting at a table with a glass and a bottle of vodka.
Photo of the Liberty Theatre with a marquee that reads “Shocking Horror! Stark Terror! Men Turned Inside Out! Screamers” The second movie is described as “Star Crash: A Vastly Distant Space Adventure.”
CD cover of band called Edward the Second and the Red Hot Polkas.
Photo of the Till Family Rock Band from 1890. They were called a rock band because they played a sort of xylophone made of stone called the Rock Harmonicon. The quartet of two women and two men are dressed in formal attire.
Cover of the National Enquirer with the headline, Yvette Vickers tells why I swept the beat out of my life. The illustration shows Yvette Vickers sweeping some dirt.
Three actors in costume for the movie planet of the apes are standing next to a sign that says gogo girls
Poster for the movie, the incredible two headed transplant. The illustration shows a man with two heads, carrying a scantily clad woman.
Poster for the movie Stunt Rock. The illustration shows a five piece rock band dressed in tight fitting clothes, except one member who is dressed as a wizard with a tall, pointed hat.
Black and white photo of The Shaggs, a trio of women two of whom playing guitars and one playing drums.
A calico cat basking in the sun.
Cover of the book the Baron in the trees by Italo Calvino.
Cover of song called Champion Sparks March. The photo illustration shows a jazz band called the champion Sparkers.
Photo of Toys R Us storefront.
Sheet music for the song Do Shrimp Make Good Mothers? The illustration shows a shrimp sitting in a deck chair.
Cover of a novel called Dracutwig. The tagline mentions the “daughter of Dracula who has a body like Twiggy and turns into a vampire whenever she makes love.”
Broadside from around the year 1675 of the song Barbara Allen. The broadside calls the song Barbara Allen’s Cruelty or the young man’s tragedy. The woodcut illustration shows four women, three of whom are carrying a coffin (maybe).
Page of movie ads from 1983 from Cornwall, Ontario. The movies include Revenge of the Ninja, War Games, Scoring, 1990: The Bronx Warriors and Gregory’s Girl.
Six guitar picks imprinted with alien faces.
Cover of Ray Newman’s book, Thin Places in Hard Concrete. The illustration shows a concrete staircase in various shades of red.
A newspaper ad from 1968 showing the movies playing in local theaters. The films include Doctor Dolittle, Skidoo and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.
Four blu-ray sets. The titles include Ed Wood, Goodbye Dragon Inn, Adventure Calls, Terror and Fog: The Wallace Krimi.
Cover of book titled Edward Gorey’s Haunted Looking Glass. The illustration shows a ghostly woman holding a dagger.
A set of View Master discs for the movie Can’t Stop the Music.
Poster for the Japanese movie Ikiru, which features an image of a woman wearing a skimpy outfit.
Cover of 4-cd set called Swing tanzen verboten!, a collection of jazz records made during World War Ii.
Small coffin shaped pendant on gold chain. The pendant supposedly contains soil from Count Dracula’s castle.
Snapshot of two young men acting out a decapitation with a sword.
Harpos radio bit. Chicago January 28 Herbo Marx has added a new bit to animal crackers here delivering tunes on the Thurman radio wave music box. Being used in conjunction with his regular Harpe solo this is the first time that Thurman has been exhibited on the stage in Chicago.
Avon AV2T electric guitar.
Front and back covers of a book called Spring Harrowing. The front cover shows a skull in a plowed field. The back cover has a map showing the locations of events in a murder.
Movie producer, William Castle, wearing a cape and carving a severed head on a platter
Cover for the book, the Phantom of the opera published by Dell. The illustration show shows a cloaked figure playing the organ.
sheet music for song called Weejee Weejee, Tell Me Do. The illustration shows a well-dressed young couple using a Ouija board.
A stage set for a production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf that recreates the look of a 1970s living room.
Hans Conried dressed in an elaborate drum major costume in the movie The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Joan Crawford punching a caveman.
A scene from the movie 42nd Street showing Ruby Keeler at the head of a line of chorines, with a dapper man with a megaphone kneeling doen and giving them directions.
Cover for the LP Phantom 308 by Red Sovine. The illustration shows Sovine hitchhiking with a guitar case at his feet.
Two women wearing ornate masks.