VTG RECIPES BKLTS JELL - O HIRES ROOTBEER PILLSBURY KNOX GELATINE BENSDORP CHRISTY
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:46286117 | Time Period Manufactured: 1900-20 |
Upfor sale is a lot of eight (8) printed food-, drink-, and recipe-related vintage paper items, for products including Jell-O, Hires Rootbeer (yes, one word, not "root beer"), Knox Gelatine (not "gelatin"), Pillsbury's Flour, Fleischmann's Yeast, and more. The items appear to be mostly from the 1910s through 1920s, though there could be some things from an earlier or later time. Also in the lot are a number of hand-written recipe cards, for Mock Mince Meat, Clam C...howder, Chili Sauce, and Bradley Muffins (a Cora Farmer Perkings recipe).
Here's a list of the individual items (not including the four recipes mentioned above):Single-stapled colored 8-page booklet, 4 by 8 inches, for that "elixor of life, " Hires Rootbeer, which, as it reads on the front cover, "Renews vigor of youth, " "Purifies the blood, " and is "for clear and rosy cheeks."Tiny single-stapled 12-page booklet, with color wrapper, 2-1/2 by 3-1/4 inches, called "Dainty Dishes Made of Knox Gelatine." 1915 copyright date. Recipes inside for sherbets, jellies, frappés, snow pudding, chocolate blanc mange, and more. With some cut-out recipes laid inside.Double-stapled colored 14-page Jell-O booklet, 4-1/4 by 6 inches. 1920 copyright date. Lots of color images inside, along with lots of recipes, for the likes of Mocha Charlotte, Fruit Whip, Neapolitan Jell-O, Snow Pudding, Prune Whip, Glorified Rice, Pineapple Bavarian Cream, Cranberry Mould, Jappy Hell-O Compote, Cucumber Salad, Jell-O Horseradish Relish, Imperial Salad, and Ginger Ale Salad. Four pages brochures laid in between pages 13 and 14 all about "Jello--O Ice Cream Powder" and with recipes for Peach Ice Cream, Delicious Cream Pudding, Lemon Sherbet, and more. Unfortunately, someone wrote their name on the front cover, at the top of the photo showing a bear in the mountains.Three-fold Pillsbury's Flour flyer, entitled "Because Pillsbury's Best." 3-1/2 by 6 inches. Includes receipts (which shows the item's likely age, as the word "receipt" is used instead of "recipe") for bread, layer cake, pie crus, and baking powder biscuits. Back of flyer advertises two cereals, Pillsbury's Vitos ("a wheat cereal of superior quality") and Pillsbury's Health Bran.A small unused (and empty) Fleischmann Company envelope, measuring 3 by 7 inches, with a recipe for "Children's Buns" on one side and a blank form to fill out on the other to obtain booklets "if you are interested in baking and good things to eat made with bread." Form 980. A-31 printed on it, which may mean it's from 1931. Cool image on one side of a doughman next to a loaf of bread, with the man wearing a chef's toque and an apron on which is printed "John Dough / raised on / Fleischmann's / Yeast."Single sheet (blank on back) that's a "Retail Selling List" for "Oak Hill Pure Food Canned Goods" for the "season 1916." Measures 3 by 6-1/4 inches. E. C. Hall Company was located at 282-284 Montello St., Brockton, Mass. On offer are items ranging from 10 cents to 28 cents, with these canned goods containing apricots, asparagus, baked beans, lima beans, "Refugee Stringless Beans, " clams, corn, peaches, peas, pears, pineapple, red raspberries, salmon steak, shrimp, spinach, squash, succotash, and tomatoes. Available in glass containers are chili sauce and catsup.Double-stapled, round-edged "Christy Scrap Book of Salad Recipes, an undated 10-page booklet, 3 by 4-1/2 inches, containing recipes that be made using a Christy hotel and restaurant mixer (which is pictured on the inside front cover). Recipes include various mayonnaises, salad dressings, sauces, beet salad, pea salad, chicken and sweetbread salad (yuk), lamb salad, egg salad, Southern oyster salad, salmon salad, fruit salad, and plum pudding. Advertisements for Christy knives (50 cents each)and Christy spatulas (25 cents each), "Made Only by Christie Knife Co., Fremont, Ohio." On back are mentioned Christy Mayonnaise Mixers, Christy Putty Knives, and Christy Kitchen Sets. Appears to be from the 1920s, if not earlier.Single-stapled brochure, in Dutch, from v.h. Bensdorp & Co., Amsterdam, makers of Dutch cocoa and chocolate powders. Charming illustrated cover is entitled "Reis om de Wereld met Bensforp's Cacao" ("Travel around the World with Bensfdorp's Cacao"). Inside are 16 pages of black-and-white photographs of Paris attractions. The booklet is No. 2 of 32 such charming little booklets, measuring 4 by 3-1/4 inches, that cover cities all over Europe. Undated, but looks to be from the early 20th century (one online source dates them circa 1910).
The overall condition of these numerous booklets, pieces of paper, etc., is fair to good. There's spotting, smudging, rubbing, corner bends, stains, chipping, tears, annotations (including a penciled dealer's price and an inked owner's name and address), age-toning / darkening / yellowing / browning of the paper, etc., here and there on just about all the items. The silver-tone metal staples in five of the booklets have rusted, causing browning of the adjacent paper. There's no musty or smoky odor to these pieces of food and drink ephemera.
This paper lot of food- and drink-related items are being sold AS IS, as described above andpictured herein. I am setting what I believe is a reasonable startingprice for the vintage paper, and there is NO RESERVE. I am also including a Buy It Now option. Thecost of shipping and handling for the lot: $3 to U.S. addresses(via Media Mail), and $14.50 to Canada and $16.50 to Europe, theMiddle East, Asia, Japan, Australia, South America, and elsewhere in theworld (the latter two via First Class International Mail aka AirMail, which is the cheapest method). If it happens that I haveunderestimated the shipping price, I hope you will not be averse to myincreasing the required amount, once I get the items all packed and readyfor shipping. Likewise, if I've overestimated the cost for shipping (which issometimes the case, depending on what the postal clerk considers the item tobe, that is, a letter or package), I will issue you a refund.
If you want theitems sent more quickly to you (e.g., via Priority or ExpressMail), you must request this asap after winning or purchasing them (orbeforehand, if possible), and I will adjust the amount accordingly. I will domy best to send the ephemera out to you no more than 2-3 business days followingreceipt of payment (that is, when eBay informs me that your payment hasbeen posted to or otherwise cleared in my account). Ifyou are the winner or buyer of this lot of old food- and drink-related paper, PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN TWOWEEKS (14 DAYS) FROM THE PURCHASE DATE. If you cannot pay within this timeframe, please contact me asap so we can work something out. I'm very flexibleand understanding, but I would appreciate communication from you one way oranother. PLEASENOTE THAT DUE TO THE AGE AND FRAGILITY OF MOST OF THESE PAPER ITEMS, RETURNS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED NOR REFUNDS MADE FOR THIS LOT, SOPLEASE READ MY DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS I’VEUPLOADED, AND ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE CONTENTS OR CONDITIONOF THESE PAPER BOOKLETS ET AL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! Thanksfor looking, and please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questionsabout this fun old paper lot.
PLEASENOTE THAT I WILL HAPPILY ADJUST SHIPPING CHARGES FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT, IF APPLICABLE, eBAY WILL ADD ANY APPROPRIATE STATE SALES TAXTO THE INVOICE.
Here's a list of the individual items (not including the four recipes mentioned above):Single-stapled colored 8-page booklet, 4 by 8 inches, for that "elixor of life, " Hires Rootbeer, which, as it reads on the front cover, "Renews vigor of youth, " "Purifies the blood, " and is "for clear and rosy cheeks."Tiny single-stapled 12-page booklet, with color wrapper, 2-1/2 by 3-1/4 inches, called "Dainty Dishes Made of Knox Gelatine." 1915 copyright date. Recipes inside for sherbets, jellies, frappés, snow pudding, chocolate blanc mange, and more. With some cut-out recipes laid inside.Double-stapled colored 14-page Jell-O booklet, 4-1/4 by 6 inches. 1920 copyright date. Lots of color images inside, along with lots of recipes, for the likes of Mocha Charlotte, Fruit Whip, Neapolitan Jell-O, Snow Pudding, Prune Whip, Glorified Rice, Pineapple Bavarian Cream, Cranberry Mould, Jappy Hell-O Compote, Cucumber Salad, Jell-O Horseradish Relish, Imperial Salad, and Ginger Ale Salad. Four pages brochures laid in between pages 13 and 14 all about "Jello--O Ice Cream Powder" and with recipes for Peach Ice Cream, Delicious Cream Pudding, Lemon Sherbet, and more. Unfortunately, someone wrote their name on the front cover, at the top of the photo showing a bear in the mountains.Three-fold Pillsbury's Flour flyer, entitled "Because Pillsbury's Best." 3-1/2 by 6 inches. Includes receipts (which shows the item's likely age, as the word "receipt" is used instead of "recipe") for bread, layer cake, pie crus, and baking powder biscuits. Back of flyer advertises two cereals, Pillsbury's Vitos ("a wheat cereal of superior quality") and Pillsbury's Health Bran.A small unused (and empty) Fleischmann Company envelope, measuring 3 by 7 inches, with a recipe for "Children's Buns" on one side and a blank form to fill out on the other to obtain booklets "if you are interested in baking and good things to eat made with bread." Form 980. A-31 printed on it, which may mean it's from 1931. Cool image on one side of a doughman next to a loaf of bread, with the man wearing a chef's toque and an apron on which is printed "John Dough / raised on / Fleischmann's / Yeast."Single sheet (blank on back) that's a "Retail Selling List" for "Oak Hill Pure Food Canned Goods" for the "season 1916." Measures 3 by 6-1/4 inches. E. C. Hall Company was located at 282-284 Montello St., Brockton, Mass. On offer are items ranging from 10 cents to 28 cents, with these canned goods containing apricots, asparagus, baked beans, lima beans, "Refugee Stringless Beans, " clams, corn, peaches, peas, pears, pineapple, red raspberries, salmon steak, shrimp, spinach, squash, succotash, and tomatoes. Available in glass containers are chili sauce and catsup.Double-stapled, round-edged "Christy Scrap Book of Salad Recipes, an undated 10-page booklet, 3 by 4-1/2 inches, containing recipes that be made using a Christy hotel and restaurant mixer (which is pictured on the inside front cover). Recipes include various mayonnaises, salad dressings, sauces, beet salad, pea salad, chicken and sweetbread salad (yuk), lamb salad, egg salad, Southern oyster salad, salmon salad, fruit salad, and plum pudding. Advertisements for Christy knives (50 cents each)and Christy spatulas (25 cents each), "Made Only by Christie Knife Co., Fremont, Ohio." On back are mentioned Christy Mayonnaise Mixers, Christy Putty Knives, and Christy Kitchen Sets. Appears to be from the 1920s, if not earlier.Single-stapled brochure, in Dutch, from v.h. Bensdorp & Co., Amsterdam, makers of Dutch cocoa and chocolate powders. Charming illustrated cover is entitled "Reis om de Wereld met Bensforp's Cacao" ("Travel around the World with Bensfdorp's Cacao"). Inside are 16 pages of black-and-white photographs of Paris attractions. The booklet is No. 2 of 32 such charming little booklets, measuring 4 by 3-1/4 inches, that cover cities all over Europe. Undated, but looks to be from the early 20th century (one online source dates them circa 1910).
The overall condition of these numerous booklets, pieces of paper, etc., is fair to good. There's spotting, smudging, rubbing, corner bends, stains, chipping, tears, annotations (including a penciled dealer's price and an inked owner's name and address), age-toning / darkening / yellowing / browning of the paper, etc., here and there on just about all the items. The silver-tone metal staples in five of the booklets have rusted, causing browning of the adjacent paper. There's no musty or smoky odor to these pieces of food and drink ephemera.
This paper lot of food- and drink-related items are being sold AS IS, as described above andpictured herein. I am setting what I believe is a reasonable startingprice for the vintage paper, and there is NO RESERVE. I am also including a Buy It Now option. Thecost of shipping and handling for the lot: $3 to U.S. addresses(via Media Mail), and $14.50 to Canada and $16.50 to Europe, theMiddle East, Asia, Japan, Australia, South America, and elsewhere in theworld (the latter two via First Class International Mail aka AirMail, which is the cheapest method). If it happens that I haveunderestimated the shipping price, I hope you will not be averse to myincreasing the required amount, once I get the items all packed and readyfor shipping. Likewise, if I've overestimated the cost for shipping (which issometimes the case, depending on what the postal clerk considers the item tobe, that is, a letter or package), I will issue you a refund.
If you want theitems sent more quickly to you (e.g., via Priority or ExpressMail), you must request this asap after winning or purchasing them (orbeforehand, if possible), and I will adjust the amount accordingly. I will domy best to send the ephemera out to you no more than 2-3 business days followingreceipt of payment (that is, when eBay informs me that your payment hasbeen posted to or otherwise cleared in my account). Ifyou are the winner or buyer of this lot of old food- and drink-related paper, PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN TWOWEEKS (14 DAYS) FROM THE PURCHASE DATE. If you cannot pay within this timeframe, please contact me asap so we can work something out. I'm very flexibleand understanding, but I would appreciate communication from you one way oranother. PLEASENOTE THAT DUE TO THE AGE AND FRAGILITY OF MOST OF THESE PAPER ITEMS, RETURNS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED NOR REFUNDS MADE FOR THIS LOT, SOPLEASE READ MY DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS I’VEUPLOADED, AND ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE CONTENTS OR CONDITIONOF THESE PAPER BOOKLETS ET AL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! Thanksfor looking, and please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questionsabout this fun old paper lot.
PLEASENOTE THAT I WILL HAPPILY ADJUST SHIPPING CHARGES FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT, IF APPLICABLE, eBAY WILL ADD ANY APPROPRIATE STATE SALES TAXTO THE INVOICE.
