Wacky Weird Vintage 1960s Politcal Folk Art On Hat Head Form Nixon Kissinger +++

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Wacky Weird Vintage 1960s Politcal Folk Art On Hat Head Form Nixon Kissinger +++
Wacky Weird Vintage 1960s Politcal Folk Art On Hat Head Form Nixon Kissinger +++
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We drove out east to shop down the perimeter of the gorgeous rolling farm hills of Western Ohio, recently, and stopped by my favorite Amish farmer’s barn in Indiana on the way. Oh boy – do I have the finds for you – I’ll be listing for weeks; many very old primitives, antiques and uniques, there’s MORE than something for everyone, so be sure to keep checking!
Please know that shipping is NOT correct as far as ebay’s estimates – items are still arriving late – and it’s not consistent – it depends upon where you live, I’ve found.
AND…I might as well say it from the get-go. ALL of my items this week are DIRTY, DUSTY, COBWEBBY AND DEBRISY, all barn or attic lived for a long time, and ALL will need a good cleaning. I do not clean or mess with as found patina in any way.
Also please note that I’ve made some changes to my payment and combined shipment policies, which you can see highlighted in my detail below. With recent increases in USPS mail charges, it might not always be less expensive to combine, especially if a box is over 12.”
What can I say?! I love all things wacky and weird. This one is clearly a political statement piece - from the 1960s, and maybe into the 70s as I THINK one of the images may? be of Margaret Thatcher? It's a VERY cool piece of folk art - whatever the maker's motivation, and it's clearly all political. I don't know if you would call the base a hat form or a head form, but it provides an awesome canvas for the manymanymany printed images that have been affixed - I guess it's decoupage, but it's not shiny at all. There's many prints applied to the piece all over, including the bototm, and some appear to be newspaper prints while others...I don't know for sure - maybe all of them are - see my photos and what you think. I see Nixon multiple times and Kissinger - the others I'd have to look up, but I bet you recognize a few! There's also printed pieces applied with messages like, "Are You Police?" and "DAK Safety," and "File." There's the top of a phone booth on the bottom, cartoons, lots of images of hands thrown in, too. This one will keep you looking, that's for sure! I can't tell what the form is made from - it doesn't feel light or pushable like styrofoam, and it's light, but not as light as that, at just over 1 1/4 lbs heavy, but it's in the shape of a hat or head form. The colors I'm sure have darkened with age, and I think that the images look much more clear and easy to see in person than it does in my photos. The piece is in excellent solid and sturdy condition structurally, with no cracks or structural issues. All of the applied paper is well attached, with nothing sticking up or out that I see, but you can see a handful of small scrapes and chips to the paper in spots, and there's three spots toward the top of the head where there's white that looks like paint brush oop's of white paint - they are not chips or rips. See photos 2 and 3 for the largest one that is a 1" by 1/4" line, and then you can see a small chip to the paper in that one, too. There's two larger paper chips along the bottom rim - one is in photo 7 and that's 1" largest and the other as in photo 15 - that one is 3/4" longest. Those are surface chips to the print. The smaller chips that go down show a darkdark brown color - I don't know if that is the base, or ??. The piece has clearly darkened with age, as I said above, and there's some spots of darker caramel that are small - nothing that keeps you from seeing the images, though. Oh, I just saw a reel to reel tape player image that I had not seen before. Most of the print images are black and white, but some are colored - like the red of the phone booth on the underside. Like I said, you will keep looking for a long time! It measures 8 3/4" tall to the top of the head, 7 1/2" widest going one way and 6" going the other. Oph - just saw George Washington on the top of the head. Everyone will want to know where you got it - please feel free to tell them! And I bought it at a roadside flea market just north of Camden Ohio. When else will you find another? That's it - you won't!
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Please ask if you have any questions, or feel free to inform me if you have any information about one of my listings.  As with any of my items, if you ever need extra photos, let me know.  My white stool, my rug and anything else that you see other than the item discussed are not included in the auction!
PAYMENT IS DUE IMMEDIATELY(SAME DAY) AFTER THE CLOSE OF AN AUCTION.
I’m happy to combine shipments for you, when possible - depending upon size and weight,
it might not always be possible, though
.
I have found recently, with USPS latest rate hikes, that it now is often cheaper NOT to combine, if by doing so the box goes above 12." Please know before bidding, or check with me if you have questions.
If you win an item and plan to bid on another, please email me to let me know that you are looking at other items, hold to pay for the first item and
request a combined shipping invoice once you’ve won the other item/s
.
If you pay for an item, I have to ship it
, I cannot hold for items that close another day, if you pay for the first item. Unless you ask me for an invoice earlier, I will invoice on Sunday for multiple items purchased the week prior, or after 5 days have passed since the item that you won has closed.
5 (FIVE)
days from the closing of the FIRST bought item will be the
longest
I can wait time wise to combine, and
I ask for immediate payment after invoice for combined orders
.
I NOW HAVE EBAY'S UNPAID ITEM ASSISTANT SET TO AUTOMATICALLY FILE A CLAIM FOR PAYMENT 8 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF AN AUCTION, WHEN NO PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE -  PLEASE KNOW.
Please know that some items cannot be combined, though, do to size, weight, or safety of the items.  Many items that are set to ship in USPS FLAT RATE boxes; I cannot combine due to size restrictions. Please look at the shipping alternatives in the listings.  I only mail USPS and pack in the best manner that we feel safe – I cannot change shipment methods after the close of an auction (i.e. rolling an old map to save money when I have it set to ship flat), especially if I feel the requested method is not safe.  Again, I only ship USPS and charge actual cost to ship only. I ship within one business day of receipt of your payment, unless there’s a holiday that closes the post office, or I will notify you otherwise.
As I shop for treasures on the weekends, I most often do not ship on Saturday. Most items closing and paid for on Friday will be shipped on Monday.
Many of my items come from local rural estate sales and auctions.  They are coming right from the barn or attic to you - dust, dirt, cobwebs and all!  I do not clean and polish before I sell – they are in the condition found, as you see in my photos, and I leave the patina exactly as it was when I bought the item
.  I do my best to photo and describe all thoroughly.
With postage rates increasing regularly, I am shipping more and more items Parcel Select. Parcel Select travels by land or rail and the packages do not leave the regional post office until they fill up a bin going in the same direction (so the estimated delivery is truly only an estimate – not exact).  The post office estimates 5-7 days, but it can go up higher, sometimes even 3-4 weeks in peak mailing times like the holidays.  I always provide a tracking number, so you can see where your item is on any day.
Sales tax will be added for states as required.
…and thanks so much for looking, I appreciate having you as a customer!
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