🌟 SUMMARY OVERVIEW Up for absolute sale is an exceptional, highly premium lot of 55 vintage mid-century and retro plastic clothespins! Dating from the late 1950s through the 1980s, this colorful mixed-style archive is a spectacular find for retro home decorators, design historians, and advanced vintage plastic collectors. This specific lot stands out because it spans a highly sought-after checklist of retro variations: classic full-sized mechanical spring clips, rare miniature novelty smiley face pins, an entire subset of matching flared-finial slide pegs, an item with its original vintage import label, and a specimen featuring an authentic, crisp "Kordite" factory maker's mark stamp! The collection features a versatile range of mixed sizes spanning from tiny 1.5-inch craft pins up to standard 3-inch utility clips, making it a perfectly well-rounded archive.
📐 SIZE MEASUREMENTS * One-Piece Slider Pegs (Kordite & Sliders): Approximately 2 ¾" long — a great standard mid-century length for display or utility. * Classic Full-Sized Spring Clips: Approximately 3" long — traditional robust size with solid structural presence. * Novelty Smiley Face Miniature Pins: Approximately 1 ½" long — highly adorable miniature scale, perfect for delicate crafting or photos.
🎨 COLLECTION STYLES & COLOR BREAKDOWN (55 Pins Total) GROUP A: SPECIALTY ONE-PIECE SLIDE PEGS (20 Total Pieces) * The Flared "Fishtail / Fish-Shape" Style Pegs (18 Pieces total): An incredible, uniform collection of stylized mid-century sliding pegs. Features an elegant silhouette where the contoured handles flare out beautifully into wide, decorative flat-bottom bases. * 8 Yellow (Includes 1 authentic Kordite specimen featuring a crisp, embossed factory brand stamp along the upper crown of its retro fish-shaped silhouette!) * 7 Red * 2 Blue * 1 Cream / Tan
* Narrow Straight-Leg Style Pegs (2 Pieces): Hard-to-find design variants featuring a narrower, sleek body profile. * 1 Bright Pink * 1 Dark Red
GROUP B: SPRING-ACTION MECHANICAL PINS (35 Total Pieces)
* The Novelty "Happy Face" Miniature Pins (19 Pieces): Rare miniature scale with an adorable retro-style molded smiling face right on the thumb grips. Perfect for junk journaling or hanging photo banner displays. * 6 Small White (Includes 1 collector-bonus piece featuring its original vintage gold foil "Made in Taiwan" factory sticker!) * 6 Small Yellow * 4 Small Blue * 3 Small Orange
* The Classic Retro Solid Full-Sized Pins (16 Pieces): Traditional full-sized mid-century laundry clips in bold, punchy shades. Smooth bodies with heavy-duty metal tension springs.
* 6 Large Yellow * 5 Large Orange * 5 Large Green
✨ CONDITION DETAILS * Trademark & Mold Quality: The embossed Kordite factory stamp is very well-defined, legible, and free of historical flattening wear. The original gold foil Taiwan label is still affixed and legible. * Functional Integrity: All 55 pins are completely intact, strong, and usable. Mechanical springs remain taut and free of major rust; one-piece sliders maintain excellent structural compression. * Material Quality: All plastics are bright, glossy, and vibrant. The collection has been stored safely away from long-term UV sun degradation to prevent brittleness. * Visual Confirmation: Please review all photographs closely to confirm the exact cosmetic condition and color gradients before purchasing.
📦 LOGISTICS & SHIPPING INFO * Packaging: Ships promptly and securely packaged in protective sorting bags to prevent any impacts, scratching, or cracking during transit. * Support: Feel free to message with any questions or if you need additional measurements for your craft layouts!
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