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$28 USDSigned photograph of Johnny Olsen
Collectibles:Autographs:Signed Photograph:Ephemera:Vintage Paper
Photograph 8 1/4 x 10" Signed photograph of Johnny Olsen, ABC radio personality. Overall good condition, some surface dirt, scuff marks.
$18 USDRubber Mfg. Mutual Insurance Co. 1897 policy for A. G. Dewey
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Insurance
This insurance company was in Boston. Issued for itemized properties in Quechee, Vt. including a woolen mill. Excellent condition. Signed by Benjamin Taft, secretary & E. Converse, president.
$16 USD Offers ConsideredOld China, magazine issue for April 1902
Collectibles:Paper:Magazine:China
18 pgs., b/w illustrations, blue and red ink used on cover. Published by Keramic Studio Publishing Company in Syracuse, N Y. A magazine for collectors featuring articles on china, as well as listing dealers in china, items for sale, and price lists. This issue features an article about a syntax plate with raised border. Also there is an article on Lowestoft decoration on old English porcelain. Advertisement on inside front cover from Boston Antique China Exchange. Very good condition, some ...
$28 USDRiver Thames 1913 steamer timetable-Salter Bros boat builders
Collectibles:Paper:Advertising:Booklet
This multi-generational company started in 1858 and continues today. Originally due to family adherence to strict Wesleyan Methodist rules, there was no business done on Sunday. This business decision was eventually reversed in later generations due to the pressure of Sunday leisure boating on the Thames. Excellent condition 12 page booklet with times, fares, details of rental, and one small photo image of a launch for hire. Printed by the Oxford Chronicle Co.
$48 USDHotel del’Univers & de Suede, Brussels foldout guide map
Collectibles:Paper:Advertising:Map
Hotel del’Univers & de Suede, Brussels foldout guide map, c. 1900. Printed by J. E. Goossans, Brussels, this piece is in excellent condition save for minor partial spine separation which has been correctly repaired with a small piece of nearly invisible archival tape. The map unfolded is 12 1/2 x 9 1/4. The hotel owner was Scheffter Wiertz. The inside cover lists monuments and walks.
$75 USDVt. Colonization Society, Montpelier, Vt., anti-slavery,1840
Collectibles:Historical:Booklet:Slavery
Vt. Colonization Society, Montpelier, Vt., anti-slavery, 10/18/1840 booklet. This early Vermont group was dedicated to the “elevation of the colored man”, suppression of the slave trade, and revitalization of Africa. Founded in about 1820, the Vermont Colonization Society was one of a number of such groups that started in New England even earlier than 1820. However, the Vermont group lasted beyond most of the earlier groups. The concept of colonization was radical at the time, and seems strange ...
$190 USDMount Vernon cigar box label, c. 1880
Collectibles:Tobacciana:Cigar Box Label:Ephemera:Vintage Paper
Cigar box inner label 7 3/4 x 5" Mount Vernon, c. 1880. Full color image of Mount Vernon, with various medals in the border. Overall very good condition, light age toning on top edge.
$28 USD1930’s Cuban American Touring Co. Brochure
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Advertising:Booklet
1930’s Cuban American Touring Co. (Miami, Fl) travel brochure for cruises to Cuba from the U.S.Emphasis is on visiting Havana, seeing its nightlife, & tours Morro Castle & the Presidential Palace. Blue & Orange on white. Excellent condition.
$22 USD1938 Virgo astrological forecast fold over
Collectibles:Paper:Advertising:Foldover
1938 Virgo astrological forecast fold over for Toms River, N J businesses including: Traco Theater Capt. Kidd’s Inn, Money Island, Bill Van Kirk Steinbach - Kresge Dept. Store, Asbury Park A. B. Newbury Lumber & Coal Co. Bey - Lea Farm Dairy, McGuire Bros. Krauss Food Store Ray Deep Cut Drug Store Ocean County Automobile Dealers Assoc. Extensive information on personality traits & behavior traits of people under the Virgo sign. Excellent condition.
$18 USD Offers Considered1926 Smith Shoe Shoppe letterhead, Winchester, Ky
Collectibles:Paper:Letterhead
This piece of ephemera is a lovely example of period, well-rendered graphic design. There is a nice mix of medium strong full color with muted boundary lines and single motifs. This combination allows the two elements to play off each other in their contrast. For the bottle collectors, the content of this letterhead is interesting. It is unusual to find references to specific bottle related products. In this case shoe blacking is the item, with Gilt Edge and French Gloss being familiar to both ...
$28 USD Offers ConsideredDie-cut card supplement to Hearthstone, c. 1885.
Collectibles:Paper:Die-cut
Hearthstone was likely a household type newspaper. It was common practice for newspapers to have give-away supplements, like paper toys, cut-out dolls, pretty pictures, etc. This log die-cut card of a burrow or donkey at the front door is marked on the front as a supplement. The subject matter is unusual. Possibly the image is referencing a children’s story. Excellent condition with a blank reverse.
$18 USD“The March to Market - The Story of Meat”
Collectibles:Paper Advertising Comic Book
“The March to Market - The Story of Meat”, advertising comic book, Swift & Co., Chicago. Unused condition.
$12 USD Offers ConsideredThe Vermonter magazine, March 1907
Collectibles:Magazines, Periodicals:Vermont
This monthly was published by Charles R. Cummings, White River Junction, Vermont. This 32 page publication is a wonderful resource for Vermont history and conveying a sense of the people of the times. The associate editor was Charles S. Forbes. Article: “The Grange in Vermont”. History of the Grange. Photo image of Jonathan Lawrence, 1st New England member. Photo image of E. P. Colton, 1st Vermont State Grange master. Photo imager of George W. Peirce, Master of the Vermont State Grange. Article: ...
$12 USD Offers ConsideredThe Vermonter magazine, April 1907
Collectibles:Magazines, Periodicals:Vermont
This monthly was published by Charles R. Cummings, White River Junction, Vermont. This 32 page publication is a wonderful resource for Vermont history and conveying a sense of the people of the times. The associate editor was Charles S. Forbes. Article: “The Church of Christ of Newbury and Haverhill at Coos”, by F. P. Wells. Photo image of Congregational Church at Newbury, Vt. Article: “Strafford”, by Elizabeth M. F. Chandler. Photo images of the Common & Town House; Justin S. Morrill, U S ...
$22 USD1840 Belvidere Village / Lowell, Ma. warranty deed
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Legal
1840 Belvidere Village / Lowell, Ma. warranty deed for Sarah C. Livermore. The land was purchased by Andrew Barr, also of Lowell, Ma. This legal document is filled in with hand penned information concerning the disposition and history of this land. It is signed by F.? Abbott, Justice of the Peace. This property was connected to the estate of John Bennett. Condition is overall good with some medial fold line separation which has been correctly taped with archival tape. Some minor light soiling. ...
$75 USDI. S. Richardson's Self Acting Fire Alarm 1833 broadside
Collectibles:Paper:Advertising:Newspaper Ad
Text from the New England Telegraph newspaper, dated July 31, 1833. Describes the fire alarm in detail. Invented by Capt. Ralph Arnold of Braintree, this device was based on it its nitre soaked twines in every room burning and setting off the alarm which will ring for up to an hour. A strange and cumbersome device. Very early advertising for fire equipment. Good condition, other than upper left corner missing and two chips out of bottom border as shown, a 1 1/2” archivally taped tear left margin ...
$12 USD Offers ConsideredThe Vermonter magazine, October 1906
Collectibles:Magazines, Periodicals:Vermont
This monthly was published by Charles R. Cummings, White River Junction, Vermont. This 32 page publication is a wonderful resource for Vermont history and conveying a sense of the people of the times. The associate editor was Charles S. Forbes. Article: “The General Assembly” by Frederick A Spencer. Photo images of Charles H. Ferrin, Sergeant-At-Arms, Governor F. D. Proctor, Lieutenant Governor George H. Prouty in Senate Chamber, Speaker Thomas C. Cheney, view of the capitol building in ...
$26 USD1930’s newspaper articles/photographer Herman Hesse
Collectibles:Paper:Photography
(12) articles about various aspects of taking photographs meant for the amateur photographer. Three images taken by Herman J. Hesse are in the group of clippings, plus two photos clipped from magazines. One of them was used in an advertisement for Eastman Kodak in “Snapshot Magazine”. This is an interesting group of material documenting part of the vast home-photography / amateur photography movement starting at the turn of the century and fueled by Eastman Kodak. In terms of advertising and ...
$12 USD Offers ConsideredThe Vermonter magazine, February 1907
Collectibles:Magazines, Periodicals:Vermont
This monthly was published by Charles R. Cummings, White River Junction, Vermont. This 32 page publication is a wonderful resource for Vermont history and conveying a sense of the people of the times. The associate editor was Charles S. Forbes. Article: “A Fishing Farm in Maryland”, by Agnes Bailey Ormsbee. Article: “News of Vermont’s Sons and Daughters”, by Adelaide Slack. Notes on Vermont Association of Boston. Includes remarks by Governor Proctor. Article: “A Plea for More Flower Gardens”, by ...
$26 USD Offers ConsideredA wonderful c. 1895 Japan tea bag from B. Fischer Co. of New York.
Collectibles:Paper:Advertising
Narrow box-bottom paper bag, Empress Chop Pan Fired Japan Tea. Very colorful, bold printing. Overall very good condition, some age toning, light fold at upper right corner, 4 3/4 x 9 1/2"
$18 USD Offers ConsideredColgate & Co. FAB unused laundry detergent box
Collectibles:Paper:Ephemera:Advertising
c. 1940’s (?). This unused soap box is in excellent condition. It can be unfolded if one wanted to display this piece 3-dimensionally.
$65 USD(6) Prang watercolor sheets
Collectibles:Paper:Toy
(6) Prang watercolor sheets which came from a set of 8. (Originally they came in an envelope with a direction sheet, which are not present with these 6 sheets.) This product was produced by Louis Prang in Boston in 1892 under the title of “Prang’s Outline Pictures - Our Pilgrim Fathers” This early version of a coloring book carried with it the predictable restrictive qualities of any coloring book - lines and instructions on what colors to use. Nothing was left to the imagination to foster ...
$18 USDIndustrial Mutual Insurance Co. 1898 policy for A. G. Dewey
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Insurance
This insurance company was in Boston. Issued for itemized properties in Quechee, Vt. including a woolen mill. Excellent condition. Signed by Benjamin Taft, secretary & O. H. Sampson, vice-president.
$16 USD Offers ConsideredLindemann & Hoverson Co. electric toaster 1928 advertising fold-over
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Advertising:Foldover
Lindemann & Hoverson Co. electric toaster 1928 advertising fold-over. Excellent condition with good product illustrations from this Milwaukee, Wisc. company.
$68 USDMennen's Flesh Tint Talcum advertising pocket mirror
Collectibles:Advertising:Pocket Mirror:Ephemera
Advertising Pocket Mirror 1 3/4 x 2 3/4" Mennen's Flesh Tint Talcum. Image of powder tin. "A Pink Powder/Not a Rouge". Overall very good condition, light staining, mirror worn.
$48 USD“Ben - Hur” movie release souvenir program, 1926
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Program
“Ben - Hur” movie release souvenir program, 1926. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, this quality program shows photo images of the stars, outlines production information, and includes photo images of many scenes in the movie. Also there is biographical information of the author, Civil War general and territorial governor, Lew Wallace. Inspired by a conversation with Robert Ingersoll, Wallace set forth to write this Biblical story which became a best seller in the 1880’s, was performed as plays, ...
$18 USDWhat Cheer Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 1899 policy, A. G. Dewey
Collectibles:Vintage Paper:Ephemera:Insurance
This insurance company was in Providence, R I., issued for itemized properties in Quechee, Vt. Excellent condition. Signed by Joseph J. ? Day, secretary.
$36 USDMaynard boat unused decal, Gales Ferry, Ct., c. 1930’s
Collectibles:Advertising:Label
Maynard boat unused decal, Gales Ferry, Ct., c. 1930’s. This is a very unusual format to find because they were generally used. I imagine this went on a beautiful wooden speed boat of some sort. Very good condition.
$28 USD1948 Trade mark registration papers for the state of Mass
Collectibles:Paper:Certificate
1948 Trade mark registration papers for the state of Mass. Registering “Nu-Type” for the John D. Landerman / Allied Engineering Co. in Allston, Mass. This trade mark was to be used in connection to oil burners. Sample sheet is included with the registration paper.
$19 USD Offers Considered1930 M. M. Geboski Sales Co. furniture letterhead, Helena, Mont
Collectibles:Paper:Letterhead
A very well designed letterhead picturing period furniture. This company also sold Washington stoves and ranges, which gives an example of celebrity branding. Excellent condition with normal fold lines.
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