Vintage Wallets & Coin Purses

We added additional vintage wallets and coin purses to 20th Century Finds.  Here is a preview of four of the fabulous items we added to our store site yesterday.

New WESTPORT Vintage Women's Black Leather Billfold Wallet
New-In-Box
$42.00 USD

New-in-the box vintage women’s black leather wallet by Westport.  The look is sleek and sophisticated when folded closed.  Upon opening, it reveals a playful, feminine touch with gold-leaf and white embossed flowers along the coin purse and photo case flaps.  Circa 1950’s. 

Comes with original manufacturer’s tags and in original box.  The inside of the lid of the box is stamped: Perkowski Jewelry Store, Greenville, N.Y.  The phone number is crossed out, but it is a number that would have been used in the 1940’s and 1950’s.  

SIZE:  3-3/16” x 9” open.  3-3/16 x 4-1/2” when closed.

CONDITION:  New vintage condition.  Mint.

BOND STREET ORIGINAL Vintage Ostrich Leather Billfold Wallet in Kelly Green
$55.00 USD

A wonderful and gorgeous vintage find.  Bond Street wallet in ostrich leather in dyed Kelly green.  Moire fabric billfold interior.  Coin purse and billfold.  Stamped BOND STREET ORIGINAL which has started to fade slightly.  Bond Street was founded in 1917 in New York. It is known for well-made, high-quality wallets and accessories.

SIZE:  4-3/16 x 4-1/8 closed.  4-3/16 x 8” opened

CONDITION:  Excellent.  Close-to-mint.

Circa 1955 WHITING & DAVIS' MESH-MATES Women's Billfold Wallet
Made of Oromesh
In Original Box

$35.00 USD

Vintage Whiting & Davis Mesh-Mates brand women’s billfold wallet in original box.  Box reads that the wallet is made of Oromesh.  Oro means gold which is the color of this wallet.  Interior material is a black satin faille.  Snap button closure to coin purse.  Long billfold.

We state circa 1955 as Whiting & Davis advertised this wallet in Vogue in 1955 in their Gleam of Her Dreams ad campaign.  

SIZE:  3-1/8” x 8” opened.  3-1/8” x 4” when closed.

CONDITION:  Good vintage condition.  No missing parts to the mesh.  There are signs of natural aging and wear to the mesh.  We have taken magnified photographs of the wallet for you to review, so it will look even better in person.  Interior billfold is clean.

AMITY Vintage Women's Cream & Gold Embossed Cowhide Leather Wallet
New-In-Box
$42.00

This is a vintage new-in-box women's Amity cowhide leather wallet.  Pretty gold-leaf embossed floral pattern.  Leather is a nice, thick, supple leather.  Interior is lined with leather and also a taupe moire fabric.  It has its original box.  It also has its original manufacturer's tags.  

SIZE:  4-1/2" x 4-3/8" x 7/8" closed.  7-5/8" x 4-3/8" when opened.
Box is 4-5/8" x 4-3/8" x 1-1/2".

CONDITION:  New vintage.  Unused.  Excellent condition.  Box shows signs of wear from storage and moving.  Box has a thick plastic acrylic top.