The catalog below is maintained only as a reference to Karl's total work. Not all the
items will be available at any given time. New types will be coming on. For what
IS available - go by Karl's "AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW" site page as per above.
You will be dealing directly with Karl, a real nice guy.
Prices, shipping charges and ordering information are all to be found there.
"DIMESTORE DWELLINGS" by Karl Fey
Shown below are pictures of the full line of
Karl's Houses. To get prices and shipping and find out which
are currently available, click on the "AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW" green box above.
Here introducing -
- Karl Fey -
Karl's been personally creating his
"Dimestore Dwellings"
on a very limited basis for just a few years,now, so they'll likely remain
quite collectible and rare. But, mainly, they are just utterly charming with a
special "sugar candy" quality and all-original designs that nonetheless strongly
harken back to the Golden Era of the 1930s. These would make
handsome Christmas gifts or the beginnings of your family Christmas legacy.
Just look at them and see if you don't agree!
If you have any questions about how to purchase Karl's houses, e-mail me at :
This marvelous, LARGE blue mansion measures 10"wide by 5" deep and
6" high. Just look at those wonderful rounded-porticoed porches!
#F-1000:
Also big! 8"wide by 5" deep by 6" high. Classic "T" wing 2-story house with
charming long balcony.
#F-1001:
Big again! 8" wide,5" deep,5"high. Double dormer charmer!
#F-1002:
Magnificent high spired church: 10 1/2" tall! - the ideal
centerpiece of any village skyline. And it has a wonderful raked perspective,
reminiscent of the Japanese antiques. Base size is 6 1/2" wide by 5" deep.
Standout piece!
#F-1003:
Just had to show you two views! The balconey of this big,
towered multi-storied flat-roof is the real story here. Large, "L"-shaped
walk-around with semi-enclosed veranda below. 8" by 5" by 5" high.
#F-1004:
Inroducing the LOG CABIN style!
This is an almost perfect reproduction of an actual,early '30's
"Made in Japan" original(see: "House of the Month, Feb.,2005) - and one of the
largest and most elborate of the "Loggies" - 8" X 5" X 4.5"
Notice that double porch ..
FL-1000:
Introducing the NEW "LAKKIE!" style!
The "Lakkies" were made back in the late'20's/early '30s by
the Japanese as an economical way to fill up a tinplate train layout. Trains and
accessory buildings of those days were high-gloss enamelled sheet metal, and
very expensive.
It took us collectors a while to figure what the "Lakkies" originally had been
intended for, because over the decades even the best-preserved
had become warped and dingy to some degree. Karl has made the first new one in
at least 70 years and it proves the point. It looks exactly like
high-gloss metal. You can even see the side porch roof reflected in the shiny
end-wall.
Not all people made winter-scene putzes, and the "Lakkies" also fit well into
green summer themes where there were no trains involved.
FLK-1000:
A smaller, but still good sized church ( 5 1/2" wide by 3 1/2"
deep by 8 1/2" tall )with a metal cross atop the steeple as so many of the old
ones had.
#F-2000:
The same church as above in different color scheme.
#F-2001:
The Side Entry with that delicate railing! Yes! Also quite
large -8" wide by 5" deep by 5" high.
#F-1005
"The Blue House:" The latest edition! Size is
7"wide, 5" deep and 5 1/4" high - a nice big one. Just look at the frontal
structural details!
#F-1006:
A smaller house, but charming in yellow with it's large,
rounded dormer. 5 1/2" wide by 3 1/2"deep by 4 1/2" high: about the size of most
old Japanese classics.
#F-2002:
Classic smaller 5 1/2" by 3 1/2" by 4" double humped roof and
arched "stained glass" windows.
#F-2003:
A variation in roof and color on #F-2003 above. Same size.
#F-2004:
Another 5 1/2" by 3 1/2" by 4" Classic in green.
#F-2005:
NOTE: All the houses have the large, round hole in back
for lights, just as the old "Made in Japan" houses do. The modern tiny clear
lights work fine. You can bunch several inside. Or, if you have the old 15-volt
C-6 type, they will fit, also.
Keep Watching! More houses to come!
Alas! The days of being able to pick up the
little cardboard Christmas houses in Woolworth's for a nickel or a dime are
forever gone, but Karl's "Dimestore Dwellings" are actually a great
bargain in these present times. If you think them expensive, just look at what
the old originals are fetching online!
NOTE: All the houses have the large, round hole in back
for lights, just as the old "Made in Japan" houses do. The modern tiny clear
lights work fine. You can bunch several inside. Or, if you have the old 15-volt
C-6 type, they will fit, also.
