(Lot) Huge Lot Of Vintage Bakelite & Other Buckles & Clips

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(lot) Vintage Bakelite and other accessories, varied buckles and dress clips, featuring solid butterscotch, cherry red, and olive green, as well as transparent and laminated examples, highlights include: (one) square-framed palm tree buckle, (one) bow-form buckle, with polychrome dotted designs, (one) apple juice colored floriform buckle, (one) laminated buckle with central bird motif, (one) apple juice colored with central rhinestone band, lacking some rhinestones, etc., largest: approx 3"h, 5 3/8"w, smallest: approx 7/8"h, 2"w, 2.25lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Dorothy Jean McPhaul, whose small East Austin antique shop, Johnnie’s Antiques, has survived for generations despite rapid city expansion. McPhaul, a true lover of all things antique and a retired educator with a 40-year tenure at the LaGrange Public School system, personally collected African American memorabilia, jewelry, glassware, pottery, amongst other rare and fine antiques. Established by McPhaul’s grandfather, Simon Sidle, in 1918, Johnnie’s Antiques is among the last vintage properties on East 6th Street, and notable as one of the first black-owned businesses in Austin. After assuming proprietorship in 1999, Dorothy followed in the family tradition as a fixture of the Texas antique sale circuit.