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Lot |
Bid($) |
Description |
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164.07 |
13.95 |
Pond's Bitters - Weighty Matter Detainment. One of a large group of trade cards issued by the Pond's Bitters Co., Chicago, in the late 1890s and early 1900s, this one captioned "Hello wifey! Don't wait for me." R-adv (animated) shows a Pond's bottle with no 1906 FDA guarantee on its label. F. |
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164.19 |
10.50 |
Penn Roofing Co. - Centennial Exposition Agricultural Hall. This company did the roofs of this building and several others at the expo, R-adv. VG, light crease LL corner, slight waviness right edge, faint glue stains on reverse. |
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164.75 |
8.50 |
Sporting Rubber Goods - Early Baseball Players. Stock card apparently one of a numbered set, R-adv for "Gentlemen's Athletic Shoes" produced by the Utica Rubber Co. VG, glue stains on reverse. |
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165.01 |
40.00 |
Froggy Went A-Courtin' - Froggy and Miss Mouse. Stock card illustrating this English folk song dating from 1548 and continued to modern times by artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and the Muppets in which Froggy asks Miss Mouse to marry him. VG+, light wear, 3 small glue stains on blank reverse. |
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165.07 |
15.00 |
Prickly Ash Bitters - Mother Giving To Daughter. Scarce card printed by Compton Litho. Co. St. Louis, R-adv claims "A medicine which is unequaled for the cure of all diseases arising from the disordered condition of the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach or Bowels." VG+, light waviness, tip of UR corner professionally restored, small reverse scuff. |
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165.08 |
83.88 |
Water Lily Flour - Brownies Baking Bread. Palmer Cox Brownies carry the flour from the bag in hods down the ladder into the pan in preparation for baking in the oven behind, printed by Hughes Litho. Co. Chicago, R-adv has directions for making bread. F. |
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165.10 |
13.00 |
Stark's Unique Waist Band - Baby Elephant With Teaser. Demonstrating the waist band's strength, R-adv. VG, small chip UL corner, crease LR corner, other 2 corners slightly curled. |
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165.11 |
23.00 |
Thomson's Glove-Fitting Corsets - Woman Wearing One. Lowering her dress to show how well the corset fits, printed by Wemple, NY. R-adv. F. |
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165.13 |
90.00 |
Bennett & Mouton's Comic Opera Co. - Man With Balance Scale. Balancing Merriment and Melody, R-adv (animated) gives details of their "Entire New Programme." VG+, light crease LL corner, the red slightly mis-registered. |
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165.14 |
16.00 |
Celluloid Corset Clasps and Side & Dress Steels - Chinese Washing Men. With & Without theme comparing a corset using the product with one not using the product after being washed, printed by Doerner & Gunther, NY, R-adv lists 6 advantages over other makes. VG, wear, slight edge waviness, 1/2" sealed tear bottom edge, crease LL corner, light glue stains on reverse. |
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165.15 |
37.00 |
Fleischmann's Yeast - Happy Bread Baker. One of a set of Fleischman's cards showing the yellow label, R-adv gives directions for using the yeast in baking, white bread, buckwheat cakes, muffins and waffles. VG+, front is F, reverse is toned with several small scuffs. |
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165.16 |
8.00 |
New Home Sewing Machine - Family Off To A New Home. Mother on mule calls back "We's gwine to get a New Home We Is !" VG+, album remnants on 4 corners of blank reverse. |
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165.18 |
110.00 |
Big Injun Sulky Plows - Indian With Bloody Scalp. Front panel of a 4-panel folding trade card showing a "Big Injun" displaying a freshly won scalp, the 3 other panels (animated) show 3 of the plows manufactured by Gale, inside panels describe the plows with technical specifications. F-, light wear, inked letters on one inside panel. |
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165.19 |
25.00 |
St. Louis Beef Cooked Canned Meats - Indian With Buffalo. One of a set of 5 St. Louis Beef comic cards showing their tin and printed by Forbes Co. Boston & New York. VG+, narrow crease UL corner, light wear and waviness, faint glue traces on blank reverse. |
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165.20 |
37.00 |
Wilbon's Cod Liver Oil - Spanish Couple. Colorful 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inch card printed by Cosack & Co. Buffalo, R-adv lists diseases cured by this medicine and gives 3 case histories with an excerpt from "The Surgical and Medical Journal." VG+, light wear, small crease UR and LR corners. |
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165.21 |
66.00 |
American Lead Pencil Co. - Exposition Awards. Front and back covers of a beautifully lithographed folding trade card printed by the Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. Boston, inside text explains that the motto inside the shield means "the palm to him who merits it" or in other words "may the best pencils win." F-, small stain LR corner, otherwise VF. |
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165.22 |
29.00 |
Davis Sewing Machine Co. - Columbian Expo Beauties. Front cover of a folding trade card copyrighted 1892 by Schumacher & Ettlinger, NY, showing American Indian woman with three women from other countries and the Expo in the background, card opens (animated) to show 2 models of sewing machines produced by Davis, and back cover (animated) shows four more beauties in various degrees of undress. VG, separated fold rejoined by nearly invisible archival tape. |
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165.23 |
27.00 |
Story & Clark Organ Co. - Columbian Expo Exhibit. Highly detailed card showing the exhibit and the front and back of the Story & Clark Electric Organ, printed on slightly heavier stock by The American Fine Art Co. Milwaukee, R-adv (animated) shows the Story & Clark factories in London and Chicago. VG+, crease tip of LL and UR corners, crease and chip on reverse side of LR corner (as shown). |
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165.24 |
14.50 |
Randall Harrow - Farmer Using One. Making 12 furrows at a time, printed by Cosack & Clark, Buffalo & Chicago. F-, light glue stains on blank reverse. |
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165.25 |
18.00 |
Sea Fowl Guano - Sea Fowl On Guano Pile. Colorful card advertising this fertilizer rich in phosphorous and nitrogen and is the excrement of seabirds found mainly along the coast of Peru, printed by Bufford, Boston & New York, R-adv for Winston, NC, merchant. VG+, light wear, faint glue stains on reverse. |
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165.26 |
10.00 |
Spratts Patent Poultry Meal - Chickens, Turkey & Duck. All well fed and looking plump from this food, printed by C. G. Crawford, Stationer, NY, R-adv calls it "The Greatest Egg Producer" and advertises Granulated Prairie Meat, Crissel, and Pigeon Food as well. F, several tiny ink stains on the reverse from printing. |
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165.27 |
8.00 |
Atmore's Mince Meat & Genuine English Plum Pudding - Boy At Table. Knife and fork in hand and ready to enjoy, printed by Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. VG+,several tiny scuffs on table cloth. |
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165.28 |
12.00 |
G. C. Young, Dry Goods, Syracuse, NY - Four Window Shoppers. Four colorful stock cards showing people eyeing the goods in a grocer's window. Left card is VG with damaged LL corner and light glue stains on blank reverse, other 3 are F- with faint glue stains on blank reverse. |
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165.29 |
48.00 |
King's Quick Rising Buckwheat - Telltale Evidence. The floury hand prints on the maid's dress indicate what else the cook likes, R-adv for 12 King's products including White Hominy, Corn Grits, and Flaked Hominy. F-, very light crease LR corner. |
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165.30 |
24.00 |
Mallory's Diamond Brand Oysters - Diamond Find. Better than a pearl, printed by Calvert Lith. Detroit. F-, slightly curved, small scuff at top of blank reverse. |
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165.31 |
22.00 |
Peacock Crackers - Two Peacocks. Colorful card featuring the beautiful peacock feathers, R-adv. VG+, light wear small dent top margin. |
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165.32 |
19.00 |
Spoon In Can Baking Powder - Relaxing Woman. She's relaxing amid Victorian splendor with a can of the powder in one hand and a spoon in the other, R-adv claims A Beautiful Silver Plated Spoon will be found in each 1, 3, & 5 lb. can to measure the powder. F. |
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165.33 |
12.00 |
Solar Tip Shoes - Mother With Children. Larger 6-3/8 x 4-1/4 inch card printed by Donaldson Brothers, NY, showing peer pressure at work, R-adv has a message "To Fathers and Mothers." VG, scuffs along girl's right arm and mother's dress, slightly rounded corners. |
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165.34 |
8.00 |
Solar Tip Shoes - Solar Tip Brigade. Kids are parading with shoes on poles, maybe these are their inferior old shoes that they replaced with Solar Tips, printed by Craig, Finley & Co., Phila., R-adv warns parents to watch out for imitations. VG, wear, crease UL corner, faint glue stains on reverse. |
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165.35 |
12.00 |
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers - Before, During & After. Man has gray beard before using any dye, then has a multicolor beard after using an inferior dye, and finally a black beard to match his hair after using Buckingham's, R-adv. F. |
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165.38 |
27.00 |
Goshen Carpet Sweeper - Mamma's Christmas Present. Nice image of Christmas tree with toys, mother and baby, and little girl using the sweeper to clean up the mess from opening presents, R-adv for North Adams, Mass. dealer. VG+, front is F, reverse has glue stain (or toning?) along top edge. |
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165.39 |
70.00 |
E. Ridley & Sons, New York City - Family Christmas. Nice scene of 3-generation family opening presents under a candle-lit Christmas tree with the father proudly standing by, 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, R-adv has the 53-line poem "The Fireman" that was a favorite of elocutionists due to its dramatic story of a fireman rescuing a child from a blazing building. VG, waviness, edge and corner wear, pinhole top margin. |
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165.41 |
110.00 |
Columbian Enameled Ware - Kitchen Scene. Nice card showing kitchen, stove and cookware in sharp detail. F-, faint stains on blank reverse. |
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165.42 |
24.00 |
The Good Morning Coffee Percolator - Woman Using. Charming 4-3/8 x 6-7/8 card printed on heavy stock by Gies, NY, showing the morning coffee being poured from this percolator, R-adv (animated) describes the percolator and its advantages. F-, 2 small scuffs on reverse as shown. |
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165.44 |
28.00 |
Crosman Bro's Seeds - Woman Gathering Onions. One of a set of earlier cards printed by Clay & Richmond, Buffalo, that advertise Crosman Seeds, R-adv. VG+, light wear, several pressed out creases. |
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165.45 |
90.00 |
W. E. Morton & Co. Florists, Portland, ME - Their Place of Business. Detailed view of the store, R-adv gives advertising rates in the "Floral Monthly." VF. |
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165.46 |
10.00 |
Ray Hubbel's Metal Corners For Oil Cloths - Parlor Scene. Colorful card printed by Empire Lith. & Engr. Co., NY, showing cherubs trying to pry up a corner of the oil cloth under the stove, unusual card in that similar examples by other printers spell Ray's last name as "Hubbell," R-adv. VG, light wear, 1/8" tear on top edge mended on reverse with scotch tape. |
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165.48 |
12.00 |
Pierce's Coach Colors - Near Accident. Stage coach forced to pull up short as donkey cart passes by, R-adv (animated) is unusual. VG+, light wear, looks like R-adv was printed over other text. |
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165.49 |
26.00 |
Mrs. Potts. Cold Handle Sad Irons - P. T. Barnum and Jumbo. Barnum tells the ladies that Jumbo always carries a Mrs. Potts' Sad Iron in his trunk, R-adv (animated) shows 3 irons and the detachable walnut handle. VG+, bottom and right margins professionally restored. |
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165.50 |
30.00 |
Globe Lawn Mower - Young Girl Demonstrating. Proudly pointing to the mower she has just used to cut the grass. VG+, several small scuffs on blank reverse. |
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165.51 |
25.00 |
Fairbanks' Standard Scales - Scale Showroom. Nice card showing 7 different kinds of Fairbanks' Scales ranging from large to small, printed by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, NY, R-adv in addition to the scales also advertises Miles' Money Alarm Drawers, Charter Oak Lawn Mowers, Perfected Type Writer, and other equipment. F-, light wear. |
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165.53 |
45.00 |
National Cash Register - Storekeeper Watching Transactions, Mechanical. Rotating the wheel attached by a grommet to the card's back causes different dollar amounts and accounts to appear in the 2 cash register windows and a different comment about the transaction made by the storekeeper in the background (animated to show 2), a later colored half-tone card. F. |
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165.55 |
8.00 |
Norwegian Balm - Boys Carrying Huge Bottle. They and couple behind are in their native Norwegian dress, R-adv claims "it contains no poisonous drugs, alcohol or other spirits." VG-, horizontal crease across card having a 1-inch sealed tear at the left edge, waviness top edge, small scuffs on reverse. |
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165.56 |
8.00 |
Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton - Jones's Plight Metamorphic. 8-line verse telling how Jones's clothes sewn with rotten thread fell apart until his wife started sewing with Clark's (animated), R-adv. VG+, printed slightly off center. |
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165.57 |
8.00 |
Duke of Durham Smoking Tobacco - Discomfited Drummers, Metamorphic. 6-line verse on closed card tells how the two drummers (Victorian term for traveling salesmen) try to sell inferior tobacco to the dealer and card opens (animated) to another 6-line verse telling how they departed after the dealer showed them his preference for Duke of Durham. VG, stains and light creases. |
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165.58 |
30.00 |
President Lawn Mower - Mr. Brown and Pompey, Metamorphic. Scarce card with 8-line verse telling how Pompey's grass cutting improved greatly after Brown bought a President Lawn Mower (animated). VG, separated fold rejoined with nearly invisible archival tape, light corner crease. |
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165.59 |
25.00 |
Van Houten's Cocoa - Unhappy/Happy Woman, Metamorphic. One of a set of at least 9 before & after cards showing a person unhappy with their imitation cocoa and then (animated) happy with their Van Houten's Cocoa, R-adv. F, tiny stain right margin. |
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165.60 |
35.00 |
Napoleon Fortier's, Keene, NH - Girl In Clam Shell, Metamorphic. Diecut card that opens (animated) to show her in a somewhat revealing bathing suit. VF. |
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165.61 |
165.00 |
Decker Bros. Pianos - Accompanying Dancer. Larger 4-3/4 x 7 inch cardshowing a colorful Victorian living room, R-adv. VG, crease UL and LR corners. |
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165.62 |
85.00 |
Fischer Pianos - At Home, Concert and Club. Front cover of folding trade card printed by Wm. Bengough, NY, that opens (animated) to show various pianos and where they're used, 6-3/8 x 3-7/8 inches when closed, R-adv (animated) captioned "Nature's Music." F. |
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165.63 |
8.00 |
Estey Organs - Opulent Music Parlor. Beautifully ornate scene with a view of the Estey Factory through the window, R-adv. VG+, small crease LL corner. |
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165.64 |
34.00 |
Edison Phonograph - Kids' Concert. Front cover of folding trade card that opens (animated) to show the concert in progress, a later card printed in colored half-tone, back cover lists 7 foreign countries having offices for manufacturer National Phonograph Co. Orange, NJ. VG+, light wear, small crease UR corner. |
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165.65 |
125.00 |
A. Findlow Warwick, Isle of Man Photographer - Bootblack & 3-Legged Man. Unusual CDV (carte-de-visite) showing 3-legged man gypping a bootblack, R-adv (animated) shows a 3-legged image (triskelion) in ancient armor encircled by the Isle of Man motto in Latin translated as "Wherever you throw it, it will stand." VF. |
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165.66 |
25.00 |
Domestic Sewing Machines - Battle of Bunker Hill. Large card (6 x 9 inches) printed by Wells & Hope, Phila., issued by Domestic and captioned First Blow for Liberty with a wonderfully detailed image of the battle. F. |
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165.67 |
160.00 |
Wasburn, Crosby Co., Minneapolis - 1892 Republican National Convention. Patriotic 5-3/4 x 8-3/4 inch card showing presidential nominee contenders Harrison and Blaine and inviting convention attendees to the Washburn, Crosby Mills. VG+, light crease on 3 corners, water stain and album removal scuffs on UL and UR corners of blank reverse. |
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165.68 |
35.00 |
Wheatlet - Uncle Sam Addressing Nations. Diecut card, probably 1893 Columbian Expo issued, copyright 1893 by Alfred von Cotzhausen, Milwaukee, showing Uncle Sam introducing this breakfast cereal to men from around the world. F-, several shallow scuffs on blank reverse. |
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165.69 |
8.00 |
Clark's Thread - Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. One of a set of Clark's cards from their "Gallery Of American Heroes" copyright 1894 by Donaldson Brothers, NY, R-adv tells the story of his life which included a jousting match against a Muslim leader and being saved by Pocahontas, both illustrated on front. VG, crease UL and UR corners, toning and light glue stains on reverse. |
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165.70 |
10.00 |
Famous Person Caricatures - Charles J. Guiteay. One of a set of 6 cards copyrighted 1882 by E. B. Duval showing personages of that time in a satirical manner, this one showing Charles J. Guiteau (1841-1882), an American lawyer with a history of mental illness who shot and fatally wounded President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881, and was hanged on June 30, 1882. F, faint glue traces on blank reverse. |
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165.71 |
71.00 |
Famous Person Caricatures - Oscar Wilde. One of a set of 6 cards copyrighted 1882 by E. B. Duval showing personages of that time in a satirical manner, this one showing Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) whose lifestyle and humorous wit made him the spokesman for Aestheticism, the late 19th century movement in England that advocated art for art's sake and about which he gave over 140 lectures in America during 1881 and 1882. F, faint glue traces on blank reverse, tiny dent on bottom edge. |
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165.72 |
153.20 |
American Oleograph Co. Lithographers, Milwaukee, Wis. Important card for this company which, according to Last's "The Color Explosion," was founded by lithographer Louis Kurz in 1872 after leaving Chicago due to the 1871 Chicago fire and disbanded in 1878 when he returned to Chicago to form Kurz & Allison known for their pictorial lithographs. F. |
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165.73 |
12.00 |
Youth's Companion - 1886 Announcement of Authors & Stories. Large 4-panel folder showing authors of stories and special articles on the left and right panels and an 1886 calendar on the two inner panels, 19 x 7 inches when fully opened, R-adv (animated) lists the various stories and articles. VG, slight fold separation, album residue on 2 panels of reverse as shown. |
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165.74 |
180.00 |
Large Lot of 512 Trade Cards. Many categories in following conditions: 8 Excellent, 24 Very Fine, 116 Fine, 196 Very Good, 116 Good, 52 Poor. Shipped in a variety of photo album pages, one per pocket, by USPS Priority Mail with charge to be determined by destination. |
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165.75 |
199.00 |
Sam Loyd Puzzle - Teddy And The Lion. Mechanical puzzle copyright 1909 by famous puzzle maker Sam Loyd (1841-1934) in which rotating the circular disk by means of a tab on the reverse side causes one of the 7 black men to turn into a yellow lion, printed on heavy stock by Sackett & Wilhelms, NY, go to www.samloyd.com for more about Sam Loyd, R-adv offers $1000 in prizes for the best correct answers. VG+, light creases and wear. |
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165.76 |
8.00 |
Singer Sewing Machine - Brooklyn Bridge. Historic structure completed in 1883 and still carrying traffic across the East River, R-adv gives Singer sales numbers from 1850 to 1881. VG+, light wear, small glue areas on reverse. |
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165.78 |
125.00 |
Imperial Club Skates - Ice Skating Scene. Large image of skate that adjusts to different boot sizes by means of a latch rather than by easily lost wrenches, keys, screws or nuts, printed by Bufford, Boston & NY. VG+, slight waviness, small bend LL & LR corners. |
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165.79 |
93.88 |
Wabasha Roller Mill Co. - Mother & Child On Bicycle. Nice card showing mother and child in bicycle riding outfits, printed by the Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co., R-adv has recipe for making bread of Big-Jo Flour. F. |
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165.81 |
15.00 |
Star Paste Stove Polish - George & Martha Washington. Father of Our Country admiring a can of the polish, printed by Chas. Hart Lith. NYC, R-adv (animated) has a nice b/w image of George. VG+, slight damage left edge, small glue stains on reverse as shown. |
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165.83 |
30.00 |
Veggie Person - Grape Man. Scarce stock card imprinted for Schermerhorn Hats & Furs, R-adv has an extensive list of items for sale in their various departments. F-, slight crease tip of UL corner. |
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165.84 |
325.00 |
Veggie Person - Old Man Corn Riding Bicycle. One of a set of 6 very scarce stock cards that have text below the ribbon (instead of inside like the less scarce set) and in which 5 of the cards in the set show the veggie person with a small cap, R-adv. VG+, traces of words along right side of card done in the printing. |
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165.85 |
8.00 |
Standard Sewing Machine - Woman With Flowers. Trade card version of a 17-1/2 x 24 inch lithograph reproduced from the painting "Our Nation's Pride" by Jervis McEntee and offered by the Standard Sewing Machine Co. for fifty cents, copyright 1900 by The American Lithographic Co. NY, R-adv describes this. VG+, light crease left and top edges. |