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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    This doesn't belong to me yet, and I think I squealed a bit too much when my friend brought it into my store yesterday, and I wouldn't him let leave with it, but we haven't agreed upon a price yet. Do you think maybe I set myself up? I thought I had to share it with you, even if I don't end up with it, so I cleaned it all up, and here are some pictures. It's 22" inches wide, huge, and made out of molded plastic.

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    Bookahtoo, Jun 28, 2019
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  2. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Remarkable condition... and big! Cary Grant's looking fairly young in that photo... circa 1940? Around the time he filmed Suspicion? (Took a quick look at publicity stills.) Is a set like that out of line for circa 1940?
     
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  3. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Oh lovely.
     
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  4. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    Does size does matter :nailbiting::nailbiting::nailbiting:? I mean, taking up a lot of real estate on a vanity.

    Out of my zone, but it's a sweet looking piece!
     
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The photo frame puts it over the top.
     
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  6. Bookahtoo

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    They lightened his eyes in the photograph - very strange. He had dark brown eyes. The photo does look 1940s to me though.
    I'd say the case was closer to the 1950s.
     
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  7. Bookahtoo

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    I brought this back to my friends store tonight. He offered it to me for $40, which is not unreasonable if I loved it and was going to keep it.
    But I had it all day, and spend about an hour cleaning it, and amused myself with it, and I'm happy to give it back to him. It's too darn BIG to display, at least in my house.
     
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  8. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    From my look at newspapers, the picture frames started appearing in the mid-forties. But no matter when I looked, I found nothing like the molding on this fab piece.

    Curious as to what's next to the picture?
     
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  9. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    It’s beautiful. But yes? What is next to the picture enquiring minds would like to know...
     
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  10. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    I'm going to make a "wild-eyed" guess but . . . I wonder if it could be an old/older funeral/mourning handkerchief, perhaps kept in the vanity box for sentimental reasons (carried by a family many years before?).
     
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  11. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    It's a mirror.


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  12. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Hair long and wavy. Topper-era (1937) or a bit beyond for Cary.

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  13. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

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  14. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

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  15. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

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  16. Bookahtoo

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    It's the same case - no mirror or photo inside though. :(
     
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  17. ola402

    ola402 Well-Known Member

    Maybe you should call your friend and tell him you reconsidered his offer. That one that sold for $73 on EBTH was not nearly as good as yours and the Cary Grant pieces are a game changer. Just sayin'. You know the peeps who come to your store and what they would pay for it.
     
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  18. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    I can't tell you HOW many times I watch those TOPPER movies!!!!!!!!!!
     
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is lovely, Book. Is it Bakelite? It looks 1930s-40s to me.
    The photo frame is not original to the case imo, a very different style. But a nice bonus, what's not to like about Cary Grant?:)
    The mirror may not be original either, the design on the back is different from the design on the set. And why have two mirrors? Does the hand mirror fit in between the bands on the lid?
     
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