Holiday Deals – 20% OFF Uranium Glass thru Christmas Eve

Beautiful uranium glass - 20% OFF through Christmas Eve 2025 - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace, MD
Beautiful uranium glass seen with black light (UV) - 20% OFF through Christmas Eve 2025 - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace, MD

Holiday Deals – Huge Glass Sale – 40% OFF

HOLIDAY DEALS: Jewel Tea Autumn Leaf on Sale - 40% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD

Holiday Deals – All Records 20% OFF

We have an excellent collection of Records and Albums to fit every taste at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace, MD
A wonderful selection of Children's Stories on 33rpm records available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace
We have an excellent collection of Records and Albums to fit every taste at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace, MD

More Items – 50% OFF – If Marked with “BK”

George’s last vendor is retiring. Back in 2009, he had 20+, but as they left, he took over their spaces. A good deal of Betty’s inventory has sold. So we wanted to highlight the treasures you may be missing. Everything marked “BK” is 50% off. Let’s take a peek at some of the treasures for you to discover.

Holiday Deals – 30% off ALL Dolls

Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls and a few rag dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls and even a few rag dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Baby Dolls to Princess Dolls - 30% off through Christmas Eve 2025 at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD

Holiday Deals – 50% off Board Games

Board Games Sale - 50% off through Christmas Eve 2025 - offering something for everyone at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Board Games Sale - 50% off through Christmas Eve 2025 - offering something for everyone at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Board Games Sale - 50% off through Christmas Eve 2025 - offering something for everyone at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD

Slot Machines and other Las Vegas Memorabilia

A wonderful piece of Las Vegas memorabilia with autographed photos that include Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop plus casino memorabilia - great to add to your collection or a gift idea available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace

Halloween Collectibles at Bahoukas

A sampling of Halloween decorations available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD

Candy continues to be the top Halloween purchase, with spending projected to hit $3.9 billion. Costumes are also a major draw, with 71% of shoppers planning to buy them, driving an estimated $4.3 billion in sales. Decorations are on the rise too, with 78% of consumers expected to make purchases up from 75% last year totaling around $4.2 billion. Greeting cards are gaining popularity as well, with 38% of shoppers planning to buy them, up from 33% in 2024, for an estimated $700 million in spending.

from American Bazaar Online
A sampling of Halloween decorations available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD

Mumming – Guising – Trick or Treating

Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, “Trick or treat?” The word “trick” implies a “threat” to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. The practice is said to have roots in the medieval practice of mumming, which is closely related to souling. John Pymm wrote that “many of the feast days associated with the presentation of mumming plays were celebrated by the Christian Church.” These feast days included All Hallows’ Eve, Christmas, Twelfth Night and Shrove Tuesday. Mumming practiced in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe, involved masked persons in fancy dress who “paraded the streets and entered houses to dance or play dice in silence”.
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In Scotland and Ireland, guising—children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins—is a secular Halloween custom. It is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit, and money.

from WIKIPEDIA
A sampling of Halloween decorations available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD
A sampling of Halloween PEZ collectibles available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD

Started by Greenwich Village mask maker and puppeteer Ralph Lee in 1973, the Parade began as a walk from house to house in his neighborhood for his children and their friends.
After the second year of this local promenade, Theater for the New City stepped in and produced the event on a larger scale as part of their City in the Streets program. That year the Parade went through many more streets in Greenwich Village and attracted larger participation because of the involvement of the Theater.
After the third year, the Parade formed itself into a not-for-profit organization, discontinued its association with Theater for the New City and produced the Parade on its own.
Today the Parade is the largest celebration of its kind in the world and has been picked by Festivals International as “The Best Event in the World” for October 31.
. . .
Now, 52 years later, the Parade draws more than 80,000 costumed participants and spectators estimated at 2 million. Originally drawing only a postage stamp sized article in the New York Times, now the Parade is covered by all media—local, national and worldwide.

from halloween-nyc

Wooden Boxes of All Shapes and Sizes for Gift-giving and Crafts

a sampling of gift boxes, decorated with  shells, jewelry,   gems, and painted. (AI generated image)

Christmas Just 3 Months Away

Are you old enough to remember eating on tv trays back in the 1950s! We have several collectible kids’ tv trays and metal wastebaskets.

In 1954, C.A. Swanson & Sons in Omaha, Nebraska, introduced the frozen TV dinner, marketing it as an easy-to-prepare, fun-to-eat meal, with a disposable tray that reduced clean-up time. The portable TV dinner tapped into Americans’ excitement over television, allowing families to eat in front of their new sets. By 1960, nearly 90 percent of American homes had a television.

From National Museum of american History

Here’s another tidbit that highlights the 1950s and brings us into today’s lifestyle. Did you realize that even presidents enjoyed eating on TV trays? Interesting, wouldn’t you say?

TV tray tables often came in a set of four—you’d take them off of their storage rack and unfold them to use them. No one knows for sure who invented them, but they captured the zeitgeist of a new generation. While nowadays TV trays are often the stuff of garage sales and flea markets, these compact tables cashed in on Americans’ growing excitement over television in the 1950s. According to the National Museum of American History, nearly 90 percent of American homes had a television by 1960, and everyone from cultural icons to ordinary families used TV tray tables. Ike and Mamie Eisenhower often ate their supper on matching tray tables in their Pennsylvania home with the news on, and some thirty years later, the Reagans famously ate their dinner in the White House on TV trays instead of in more formal dining rooms.
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Eating in front of the TV was an exciting change of pace back in the 1950s, and we’ve always liked a good distraction. Households had lap tray sets for armchairs as early as the 1930s, which allowed people to kick back in their living rooms and listen to radio shows as they ate dinner together. With its moving pictures and (eventually) vibrant colors, television—and the TV tray table—only made this trend more compelling, convenient, and ultimately pervasive. And truthfully, dining on TV tray tables continued well into the ’80s and ’90s and still exists today. What’s changed? The motifs, materials, and colors of TV tray tables are certainly more modern on the whole. And these days, many of us are simply eating at the coffee table (hello, small spaces!) and binging Netflix instead of “I Love Lucy”. Seems we’ve been slowly migrating to the living room for dinner all along.

from apartment therapy

Successful Christmas-in-July Sale at BAHOUKAS

More Christmas-in-July Specials at BAHOUKAS

The UNICORN and 3 other story/songs on 45rpm records available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace
Avon Mini-Duck Collection available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace
Avon Mini-Duck Collection available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace

Bahoukas Celebrates Christmas in July

Spring is in the Air at Bahoukas Antique Mall

Vintage Federal Glass covered bowl - Atomic Starburst - available at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace MD
Set of 4 Pyrex Early American Cinderella nesting bowls 1960s vintage - available at Bahoukas Antique Mall in Havre de Grace, MD
Variety of beautiful Lenox serving dishes and more - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD
Beautiful Lenox Serving Dishes, candle holders, and more at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL
Fire King gas stove - 1920s - manufactured by A Weiskittel & sons of Baltimore MD - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace

SYD MEAD Prints Created for USSteel

Prints from Syd Mead - the visual futurist - created for USSteel - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUES MALL in Havre de Grace MD

Sydney Jay Mead, born on July 18, 1933, in St. Paul, Minnesota, revolutionized the world of conceptual design with his unique ability to visualize and render entire futures in ways never seen – nor imagined – before.

After graduating with distinction from Art Center School in Los Angeles in 1959, Mead’s career quickly evolved from automotive design at Ford to creating futuristic concepts for corporations, and eventually, the film industry.

Mead’s film work, beginning with Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), showcased his extraordinary talent for creating fully realized, plausible future worlds. His designs for Blade Runner (1982) defined the film’s iconic dystopian cityscape, while his work on Aliens (1986) brought to life the utilitarian yet believable aesthetics of future space travel. Other notable films included Tron (1982), 2010 (1984), Short Circuit (1986), and Mission Impossible III (2006).

What set Mead apart was his approach to design. He didn’t just create isolated objects or settings; he envisioned entire scenarios, solving logistical and practical problems as part of his creative process. Each design, whether a vehicle, a building, or an entire city, was part of a larger, thoughtfully considered world. This holistic approach lent his work a level of plausibility that made even the most fantastical concepts feel achievable.

Mead’s precision and expertise in rendering these visions were unparalleled. His technical skill allowed him to present his ideas with photorealistic clarity, further enhancing the believability of his concepts. As he once said, “I’ve called science fiction ‘reality ahead of schedule.'”

Throughout his career, Mead continuously adapted to new technologies, embracing computer illustration in the 1990s. He shared his techniques through exhibitions, lectures, and his instructional series Techniques of Syd Mead.

Syd Mead’s legacy is not just in the futures he designed, but in his approach to imagining them. He showed that the most compelling visions of the future are those that feel both innovative and inherently possible. Mead passed away on December 30, 2019, leaving behind a body of work that continues to inspire designers, filmmakers, and futurists worldwide.

from SYD MEAD Website

Does Your Family Enjoy Board Games?

Huge choice of board games available at Bahoukas Antiques in Havre de Grace MD
Huge choice of board games available at Bahoukas Antiques in Havre de Grace MD

Holiday Gifts at BAHOUKAS for the Last Minute Shopper – save 20% thru Christmas Eve – STOREWIDE

Beautiful lamps - many with shades - might be just that gift you've been looking for. Available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD

Vintage kitchen tools are loved by many. They also are often used in home decor and make a perfect gift for the special person on your list.

Vintage, collectible kitchen tools - perfect for your own home, a prepper, a collector, or a special gift - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD
Wade figures - perfect for home decor and a beautiful gift idea - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL at Havre de Grace, MD
Vintage tools of all shapes and sizes - perfect for your do-it-yourself carpenter - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL at Havre de Grace, MD
Reproduction metal gas and car related signs make a unique gift for the collector or maybe a special room in your home - available at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD

Last minute ideas for HIM – HER – and the KIDS!

Stunning glassware - stop by BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace MD
Functional Cast Iron pieces at BAHOUKAS ANTIQUE MALL in Havre de Grace, MD
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