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Public Auction #430

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 18, 2016 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated November 18, 2016 at 6:23pm (New York time)

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Ephemera
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
40OFive cartons of ephemera as received from the consignor. Comprises mainly of 15 binders containing booklets, flyers, letters, advertising, signatures, paper dolls, etc. from the Victoria Age to the 1990s. Noteworthy are Lincoln Halpin Art Work of the Typhoon Co. circa 1917-1919 including interesting nudes, Dionne Quintuplets paper dolls, Kewpie cigarette blanket, autopen signatures of Bill Clinton from the 1990s, Harper’s Pictorial History magazines from the mid -1890s having several with fraying, Chicago published 1890s Bible in Swedish with loose binding, and How to Raise a Dog by Joanne Howard fascinating book having a rubber hotdog on a spring when opened to name just a few. Viewing a must to fully take in all of this fascinating material.Cat. Value: S.B. $1000.00
Price Realized: $650.00
41OAll the ephemera as received form a consignment in a large plastic storage tub. Includes advertising cards, beer, vacation decals, stock certificates, political buttons from Bush I, Al Gore, loose older baseball, football cards, stereo views etc. A cornucopia of neat and unusual items. Recommended inspecting necessary.Cat. Value: S.B. $500.00
Price Realized: $300.00
42O*Ephemera from a large estate filling a bankers box with interesting, pamphlets, joke books (vintage 1950s), Chicago items (World’s Fair 1892, booklets, etc.), stock certificates, old photographs, military pay script (WWII), and many more. Great to look through and admire. Probably was part of an old antique shop’s paper stuff. Would do well on the internet. Nostalgic.Cat. Value: S.B. $325.00
Price Realized: $250.00
43*Odds and ends from a consignment. Comprises Chicago Sun complete First Edition newspaper from December 4, 1941 in remarkable condition, about 30 pieces of vintage costume jewelry, mainly Mexican and Southwest vintage souvenirs, a small display box of Presidential souvenir spoons (not sterling silver) and a box of cameras from the 1960s or 1970s. An eclectic offering.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $95.00
44OTwo large and one small US Civil War books. Consists of Volume I Pictorial Battles Civil War 1861-1865 published in 1884 by Sherman Publishing, and Soldier in Our Civil War Volume II published in 1890 by Bradley Publishing Co. Both books have foxing and some fraying, otherwise intact and fine. McKinlay, Stone, and Mackenize published in 1912 Civil War Through the Camera small book; binding totally ruined with foxing and fraying also but still useful. Super selection to read and to study.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $80.00
45OSt. Louis 1904 World Fair 7” Goofus glass plate from the Festival Hall & Cascade Gardens. Nicely mounted in a 12” by 14” wooden frame ready for wall hanging. Plate has no visible chips, cracks and the gold is intact.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $20.00
46OStereoscope (Saturnscope) and around 110 stereo cards circa 1900. Scope has slight damage and cards are useable and vary in subject matter and condition. Great opportunity to own a precable entertainment device from a simple time in America.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $38.00