Number of Pages: 164.
Date: 1936.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, 6615 E. Jefferson, Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very good – some minor separation from spine staples in front.
Notes: JSC booklet – includes 68 page JSC catalog.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Appel.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: .
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 502 “Bending Fork” is a fork that bends when you pick it up.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Appel.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 503 “Bending Knife” is a knife that bends when you try to use it.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Western Germany.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – winding key missing.
Description: “Best Swiss Cheese” is a metal wedge of cheese that can be wound and placed in the box so that when the unsuspecting person pulls the cheese out it vibrates.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1954.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #662, “Colored Water” are pellets that are placed in your faucet with the help of a spring that change the color of the water to either red or blue.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1970.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 588 “Crazy Mixed Up Shakers” is a set of salt and pepper shakers where the salt shaker dispenses pepper and the pepper shaker dispenses salt.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Made for Chadwick MIller In Hong Kong, distributed by H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: Hong Kong.
Age/Date: 1965.
Condition: Good – box has some damage.
Description: “Dieter’s Delight” is a gag box that has a spoon with a hole and a knife and fork that are clipped to be shorter, thus forcing the dieter to eat less. This item is probably a prototype that was acquired by Fishlove, because it has the original maker’s name on it and because it does not have the Fishlove item number on it.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Richard Appel.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – spoon is very good, box is crushed.
Description: Item # 506 “Economical Teaspoon” is a teaspoon with a hole in the middle of the bowl.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1965.
Condition: Good – repair and minor rust on fork.
Description: Item # 566 “Extend-O-Fork” is a fork that looks ordinary, but it extends out 9″ inches beyond the size of the original fork to allow you to reach across the table.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1969.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item # 566 “Extend-O-Fork” is a fork that extends 9″ beyond it’s normal length to allow the user to reach across the table.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1965.
Condition: Good.
Description: Item # 566 “Extend-O-Fork” is a fork that extends 9″ beyond the normal length of the fork so that the user can reach across the table.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: Unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #754, “Fool-Em” paper napkins are stuck together so when someone tries to get one they all come out together.
Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1936.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Good – corners cut off on several pages, crease on front page.
Notes: Includes handwritten note by previous owner on brewing beer.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Japan.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Imitation Dinner Roll” is a fake dinner roll that looks like the real thing, but squeaks when squeezed.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: .
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Bending Teaspoon” is a spoon that bends when you pick it up.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Appel.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – box end is missing.
Description: Item # 500 “Bending Teaspoon” is a teaspoon that bends when you pick it up.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Bottles made by, Bloomfield Ind., Inc., gag maker and distributor, H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: .
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Ketchup and Mustard” are ordinary ketchup and mustard bottles that are fitted with string of the same color as the bottle. When someone tries to get ketchup or mustard a string flows out instead of the real thing.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknow.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Left Handed Fork” is a gag fork that has the words “left handed” written in scroll handwriting on the back of the handle.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1969.
Condition: Good – some spotting on box.
Description: Item # 586 “Noiseless Soup Spoon” is a soup spoon with a hole in the middle. With the hole you will not be able to pick up much, if any, soup so it will be noisless.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: sold JSC in 1930s
Condition: Fair – box is damaged, ends missing.
Description: “Noisless Soup Spoon” is a spoon with a hole in it so that little, if any, soup is taken up making it noisless.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Franco American.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – untested.
Description: Item # 10440 “Palpitator” is a plate lifter that uses a tube and bulb to produce a burst of air to a bladder under the plate and lifts the plate to the surprise of the unsuspecting diner.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – some color deterrioration.
Description: “Phony Peanuts” are four rubber peanuts you can mix with the real ones to fool your friends.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1937.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Smart Set Sardine Server and Can Opener” is a spatula to serve sardines and a can opener that can open the kind of cans that need a key.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1948.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item #610 “Spice Pots” is a gag box with two toilets, which are salt and pepper shakers.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1965.
Condition: Good – box shows wear, bottom has puncture and split.
Description: “Sure Way To Prevent Overeating” is a gag box that has a spoon with a hole in it and a knife and fork that are cut down.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Richard Appel.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – box needs repair.
Description: Item # 515 “Tantalizing Teaspoon” is a is a teaspoon with a clear plastic cover over the bowl of the spoon. Therefore you can’t put anything on the spoon.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Tarrashourne, Ltd., London.
Country of Origin: England.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “The Self-Winding Spaghetti Fork” is a fork that has a lever on the bottom that allows you to put your fork in a dish of spaghetti and wind it up.
