The Police do an outstanding job living up to unreasonable standards and excessive demands. Thank you.
By choosing an item from Jeff Bird Art, you are not only adding a one-of-a-kind piece to your collection, but you are also preserving a piece of history for generations to come.
This is the Kilgore trifecta. From 1935: The Mountie, displayed with a Royal Canadian souvenir pocket knife and a very rare box of Stevens Action Caps. From 1920: World War I gave us the doughboy, here Kilgore gives us the US Doughboy, patent applied for coupled with a pristine package of caps by the same name. Also from 1920 and from Kilgore: The Border Patrol model combined with Halco’s Best-Loudest caps. Built within an child’s playset box.
Special Police
This Kilgore bakelite (early plastic) pistol is quite a find. The clip (usually missing when you can even locate this rare gun) holds a roll of caps. This piece, collected in an old cigar box, features an unusual package of matching Kilgore caps and is presented with a Auburn Rubber Compay Motorcycle Patrol Officer molded from, you guessed it, rubber, a special Motocycle Patrol Police Badge and a plastic automatic handgun charm in blue.
Police
This Jeff Bird Art piece features highly collectible, early century automatic style toy cap guns include a unique reverse hammer National from 1920, a vintage Hubley Winner cap pistol featuring their very early Stallion Logo and a Kilgore Captain cap gun also from the 40’s. The caps included National Repeating Ammunition and Nichols Fury rolls. Of course there is a cast iron, hand painted police officer to maintain the peace. The box was harvested from a machine shop and features recycled wood backgrounds. It opens and the pistols can be removed and enjoyed. Jeff bird uses post consumer materials to create his recycled art. 9″ wide by 18″ high. ReHomed (SOLD)
Rex
A discarded metal file drawer, encases quite a collection of cool Cop stuff. Not one but two Kilgore cast iron REX cap guns from the 193o’s mounted over matching tin lithograph Police cars (Highway Patrol no less), a tin Juvenile Police whistle, several Police Association pins, an Official Special Police badge still mounted on it’s cardboard backing, a cast Police officer and a small tin pistol that clicks.
Mountie
The Jeff Bird Art Creation uses an uber-rare Kilgore Mountie cap gun with a box. The back of which informs the purchaser that the toy gun is completely guaranteed for ten days. Should it break in that time it provides a return address and asks for twenty -five cents to cover postage! Matching Kilgore caps and a vintage Canadian souvenir are enclosed in a discarded laboratory instrument box salvaged one step ahead of the trash man. Jeff Bird Art features vintage cap gun collections encased in recycled materials. 13″ wide by 12″ high.
Little Chief
An unusually shaped cigar box is lined with the remains of a discarded wire mesh basket. Three rare alliterations of the1947 Kenton Little Chief cap gun are supported by electrical insulators and complimented by a Boston Police uniform button and a collar pin in this Jeff Bird Art box from the Cop Art collection. A cast iron officer and two boxes of ammo complete this piece. Due to high development and fabrication costs some manufacturers offered the same basic model toy cap gun in different finishes and presentations. Included here is the same vintage cap gun in three finishes and a rare model with plastic grip handles. A commissioned piece.
Police 414
Hammerless
Spark
An old sewing machine case forms the outline for a diverse mix of police cars tin lithograph and a Lindsey original. A collections of kid’s law enforcement badges. Six lighters in the form of little pistols. Urban ledge says that when the munitions factory workers appeared for their shifts after the surrender of Japan and its occupation by Allied Forces at the end of World War 2, the America officer in charge decided to start making cigarette lighters instead of pistols. Far fetched? Maybe! Buy, a cool story. Featuring a more modern cigarette lighter in the form of a cigarette.
A unique mix of Cops
and Vice.
A discarded Exacto Knife box homes a very small cast Police Officer, a tin lithograph Police car, a cracker jack prize auto and two vintage pistol lighters made in Occupied Japan.
Urban ledge says that when the munitions factory workers appeared for their shifts after the surrender of Japan and its occupation by Allied Forces at the end of World War 2, the America officer in charge decided to start making cigarette lighters instead of pistols. Far fetched? Maybe! Buy, a cool story.
Two Kilgore Presto cap guns, with very unique colors, nestled with non-matching tin police carrs. A newer Kilgore Cap Box, a Juvenile Police whistle, an older Halco repeating cap box, a small handgun charm and a marksman medal, The Police (the band not the local Department) concert pin and a Traffic Cop telling you to stop. (Trust me it’s just the lighting that make him resemble a certain despotic murdering bastard.)
G-Man
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“Don’t shoot G-Men!” yelled Machine Gun Kelly while surrendering to Government (G) agents. During prohibition the Federal Government formed Bureau of Investigations (today’s FBI) to thwart he violence associated with selling bootleg liquor. This heavily armed force is honored here with a variety of lithograph cars, tin badges, a red bakelite pencil sharpener (image bringing hat to school today!). The suited agent centrally is a vintage Barclay Office cast from lead, This display contains a very rare, 1940 plastic and metal Kilgore G-Man pistol with its drop out magazine, (usually lost to time). A box of “Extra Loud” Halco caps finishes this piece. Enclosed a a rough wine glass gift box.
Captain
It takes a while to earn the rank of Captain on the police Force. One can spend many a year directing traffic (top left) or pounding a beat (bottom left). But, you always need a trusty firearm. The collection features three Kilgore Captain models from the 1940’s. Kilgore was big into unique colored grips as witnessed here, the red and blue being almost impossible to find. Boxes of Halco and Arroe roll caps, and a variety pins and shooting awards fill in between the guns. Two key chain sized autos and a diecast single shot Kilgore Avenger complete the scene.
Auto
Vintage working cap guns from the 1940’s. This Jeff Bird Art assemblage features a 1940 Hubley Dick (a flagrant proprietary encroachment designed to capitalize on the Dick Tracy craze) toy gun, a cast iron nickel plated Hubley Champ cap pistol from 1941, a classic Hubley Forty-Five cap gun, this die cast version was created in 1945, another 1945 toy gun model is the die cast Kilgore Hawkeye, rounded out by a 1958 nickel plated Hubley Hawk toy cap gun. Cased in old window shutters pulled fro the waste of a local kitchen remodel. The box opens and the pistols can be removed and enjoyed. This collection of vintage cap guns includes five rolls of unique and hard-to-find caps, worth as much as any one of the guns. Recycled art by Jeff bird features collections of vintage cap guns. 11″ wide by 29″
