Just Curiosities

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: England.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Wart A Joke” consists of two Plastifol “warts” that you place on your face to look like you have huge warts.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Wash Day In The Garden Of Eden” is a post card showing two palm trees with a wash line between. On the wash line are two leaves, one large and one small.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Waters.
Country of Origin: Unknown.
Age/Date: Unknown.
Condition: Good – box very good, ink dried up.
Description: “Waters Disappearing Ink” is a bottle of ink that can be sprayed on someone with an ink pen and it will disappear after a while.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Fishlove/Fun Inc., Chicago, Illinois 60639.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1985.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #689 “Whoops” is the classic fake barf created by and made popular by H. Fishlove & Co.

Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1959
Condition: Good – item is intact but faded.
Description: Item # 689 “Whoops” is the original fake vomit created by H. Fishlove & Co.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – The envelope is in very good condition, the rubber band is broken.
Description: “”Wind Machine” is a rumble type device that is wound up and put inside a folded cardboard. When slightly released it unwinds and makes a farting sound.

Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1907.
Publisher/Distributor: Wehman Bros., Park Row, New York, New York.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: “Witty Sayings” is No. 1 in the series.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Richard Behrendt, Publisher, San Francisco, California.
Country of Origin: Germany.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “X-Ray Postcard” is a vintage post card with a tiny hole in it. You are supposed to look through the hole and supposedly you will be able to see the bones in your hand.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Honey Toy Industries, Inc.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “X-Ray Vision Glasses” are glasses that supposedly to allow you to see with x-ray vision.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Kellogg Mfg. Co. sold by Daddy & Jack’s.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1933.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Ye Midget Weighing Machine” is a device that is intended to tell your weight. You put in a penny and press the lever on the back at which point a message comes up saying you are now a penny lighter.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Taiwan.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “You Have Reached 40” is a gag box with a pile of poop in it.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in the Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: Germany.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good.
Description: “You Want To See The Third Like Him …” is a prank inviting someone to see the third donkey and when they turn it over there is a mirror.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Fun Incorporated/H. Fishlove, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 2013.
Condition: Excellent – in original packaging.
Description: Item #689Z “Zombie Whoops” is the original Whoops but with a zombie twist.