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Public Auction #445

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Bids updated November 14, 2020 at 2:19pm (New York time)

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Ephemera
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
62OMiscellaneous mainly German Zeppelin items. Consists of a set of twenty-seven 4 X 6 official Zep related photos from Luftschiffau archives including Zeps Sachsen, Viktoria, Louise, Graf Zeppelin, Deutschland, Bodensee. Also entails a set of eleven Zep 4 X 6 photos mostly of aerial views of various cities visited. And a 1 ˝” square of skin salvaged from the wreck of the USS Shenandoah plus interesting miscellany.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $475.00
63O*CVPaper Collectable Assortment. Four-carton lot with two cartons of U.S. and foreign QSL cards from 1960’s and later. Over 2,500 cards. Also features two cartons of trade cards, old maps, advertising, greeting cards, publicity mailings, playbills, etc. Contains one large binder of Canadian checks with revenue stamps. Attractive, colorful, and topical. Unusual grouping.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $650.00
64O*Eclectic assortment of ephemera in one carton. Involves German Zeppelin complete 1932 cigarette card album (a little worn) WW I, WW II propaganda items from Germany and France plus miscellany. Coming along for the ride is a complete mint set of British Antarctic Territory #1-15 and several easy to find ROC and Japan mint souvenir sheets basically from the 1950s-1960s.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $250.00
65*Full set of sixteen 1898 Chicago Columbian World’s Fair Admission tickets in mint condition. Includes an extra Chicago Child’s ticket with stub. Terrific lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $425.00
66OFifteen anti-slavery publications in a binder in a pizza size box. Predominately speeches from 1860 to the Grant Administration in 1870. Makes for interesting reading putting this issue in historical context.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $200.00
67OSix United States mortgage documents of which five have the first issue revenues having owner’s Cat. value of over $750. 1871 document from Bridgeport, CT is a mixed franking of first and second issue ten dollars The sixth document is nice historical 1765 from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Condition for there age is remarkable.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $230.00
68OOutstanding East to West 1928 Transatlantic First Flight holding. Includes two pinbacks one medal, three covers, two postal cards, one German pamphlet, one American magazine, and a frame picture. Amazing condition for their age. A lovely snapshot in time.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $75.00
69OFascinating Revenue and Spanish American War selection. Consists of a 1898 PO accounting sheet for newspaper mailing, a check from the Merchants National Bank of Burlington, Vermont with IR overprint stamp and written in red “This check is given to pay Internal Revenue Assessment and the sum is paid under protest.” Also includes two Detroit newspapers 1898 Free Press and Journal talking about the Spanish American War.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $100.00
70OFour Germany 1930s tobacco classic military theme cigarette trading cards books. Two of the books have soiling and the large book has several tears/fraying on its edge, but cards all appear complete and fine. Also includes a small stockbook of early Polish Republic used stamps having duplication and a History of the United States subscription item.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $140.00
71OInteresting assortment of mainly United States newspapers from 1690s to the 1930s in one carton. Condition varies which should be expected because of their age. Please see several photos for some lists of available items.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $40.00