1920s Flapper Hair Crimper Tongs & Burner Box

Updated August 7, 2026

Lot number844
AuctionESTATE DOWNSIZING AUCTION PART 5 WITH ADDITIONS
DateAugust 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM EDT
Auction houseRed Truck Auction Company
LocationCarrollton, Kentucky

Up for auction is a rare, extensive estate lot of antique beauty history featuring a collection of non-electric Marcel waving curling irons and a stove-top heating canister. This lot is an incredible addition for antique vanity collectors, historical theater prop houses, barber shops, or salon decorators. The iron tongs open and close on manual scissor hinges and feature authentic wooden handles—some showing their original green and dark stained finishes—to shield the stylist's hands from the intense heat. The accompanying heavy tin canister served as the localized heat chamber to bring the metal barrels up to styling temperatures over a flame.

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