Collectibles and Original Historical Documents

Gold and Silver Currencies. Listed on fascinating printed price list, June 1813, Vienna, seat of Austro-Hungarian Empire. 4 x 7 -1/4 , printed both si

Philadelphia and California Mining Co. Pennsylvania, 1852, no. 1794. Set up primarily for gold mining, and owned by J.C. Fremont (although not signed

Land of Lincoln. State of Illinois "Internal Improvement Stock," 1841, signed by Gov. Carlin, 17 x 21, $1000, 48 coupons @ 6% attached, no...

Cedar Hollow Lime Co. Penna., 1852, low no. 26. Vignette of train on tracks between two hills of stone. Signed by William R. Paul as President. Fine.

Franklin Coal Co. of Lykens Valley. A Massachusetts company, but imprinted Penna., 1863. No. 396. Revenue stamp. Very good.

North Mountain Coal Co. Penna., 1873, very low no. 3. Rows of freight trains; attractive border. Signed by Pres. P.H. Watson. Very good.

Green Mountain Coal Co. Philadelphia, 1864, no. 515. Vignette of two facing horses. With attached stub, two revenue stamps, and vestige of stub at edg

Abraham Lincoln's Early Client. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, represented by Lincoln against a barge company; he won the case. St...

West Reading Iron Co. Penna., 1868, very low no. 11. Vignette of arm holding hammer. All-around border. Fine.

Liquid Air, Power & Automobile Co. West Virginia, 1899, no. 747. Vignette of Miss Liberty with flag, shield, and eagle. Revenue stamp dated Sept...

Bull Dog Motor Truck Co. South Dakota, 19-, no. 75, unissued. Vignette of sea creatures. Black and white. Fine.

Direct-Drive Motor Co. Delaware, 1918, no. A452. Vignette of open car with passengers. Brown, with embossed seal. Possibly the Champion Direct Drive,

Dort Motor Car Co. Delaware, 1923, signed by J.D. Dort as Pres. Vignette of two maidens framing name "Dort." Shades of brown. Cancellation...

Auburn Automobile Co. Indiana, 1932, no. CS 23171. Orange, for "1 Fiftieth of a share"! During the Depression, fractional shares were some...

Little Motor Kar Co. 1919, no. 3614. Eagle vignette, black and white. This firm also manufactured one of the very few cars built in Texas - the Texmob

Brevete Motors, Inc. N.Y., 1921, low no. 14. Green. Signed by three trustees. Fine. Unlisted in Kimes.

Automobile Spring Wheel Co. Delaware, 1912, no. 79. Vignette of Indian chief, orange embossed seal. Fine.

Day-Elder Motors Corp. New Jersey, 1921, no. 300. Eagle signette. Signed by Pres. Chas. P. Day. Embossed gold seal. Black and gold. Original folds, el

American Electric Car Co. Maine, 1912, no. 119. Vignette of eagle across top. Black and white, embossed seal. Split starting at two original folds, in

Dearborn Truck Co. Delaware, 1919, no. 2413. Eagle vignette, blue and white, imprinted "Common." Light original folds, else very fine.

Federal Motor Truck Co. Michigan, 1943, no. NY 22595. Eagle vignette, blue. Cancellation holes, else about fine.

Canajoharie & Catskill Rail Road Co. 183-, unissued certificate of this early New York railroad. Very fine and attractive.

Congolese Bell Money. In rare double or twin form. C. 1850-1890, iron, hammered black and brown coloration. Primitive African barter money: 100 of the

Silver "Tok" Money of Siam. C. late 1700's-early 1800's, group of three, button shape, about 1 -1/2 " diameter each. Characte...

Siamese "Sycee Bottlecap" Money. The rarest form of Sycee money, late 1800's. Shaped like a bottlecap with scalloped edge, before the ...

African Armband Money. Used by Aken tribe of Ghana, on the Gold Coast, c. 1900. Made of -1/2 " hollow tubing, low grade silver, in shape to fit...

Siamese Canoe Money. A classic in collecting curious money: group of four, used as currency along Mekong River, c. 17001800. Size from about 3 -1/4 ...

Chinese Tally Stick Money. Mid 1700's. Group of four different, bamboo, highly polished, bearing Chinese inscriptions. Three of the four also wi...

New Guinea Conus Shell Necklace Money. South Sea currency, fashioned from sections of the conus shell, threaded on handmade twine. This type was used

Raemaekers' War Cartoons. Two volume set, World War I Century deluxe edition, 1917, with about 125 plates, 14 x 17 -1/2 , of anti-German World W...

Men Behind the Scenes in World War I. Group of eleven American, English, and French admirals, generals, and government leaders. Each has signed on car

Pres. Wilson's "Advertising Man." George Creel, a confidante of Pres. Wilson, was the leading American propagandist during World War I...

German Art Nouveau Postcards. Set of ten, 1917, prepared for propaganda use. Each on a different subject, contrasting Germany with England, with some

Victory is soon to come! Broadside issued by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Jan. 12, 1917 three days after orders to renew U-boat attacks, warning "our en...

Pearl Harbor. Group of ten letters and signed photos, all from or about survivors of the Arizona. First-hand, vividly dramatic accounts of action on D

Pearl Harbor. Group of eight postal covers, postmarked 1932-41, signed variously by officers and survivors of the Arizona (two), Nevada (two), togethe

Hiroshima I Saw it First. First-hand account by the tailgunner on the Enola Gay, George (Bob) Caron. In bound booklet, 39 pp., paper wrappers, the fir

Reflections on Hiroshima. Gen. Paul Tibbets' "Reflections on Hiroshima...The morality of dropping that bomb was not my business. I was inst...

Loss of the Reuben James, U.S. Destroyer. As reported in Nazi newsletter to be delivered to Regiments and Special Field Companies. Entitled, "N...

Gen. Omar Bradley. Commander in Tunisia and Europe during the war; subsequently Chief of Staff, U.S.Army. Dark signature on 4 x 5 -1/2 card bearing fi

Gen. Lucius Clay. Director of Materiel, U.S. Army, during war; administrator of U.S.-Occupied Germany after war. T.L.S., 1971, with signed Time magazi

World War II Poster. On the Home Front: "Save waste fats for explosives Take them to your meat dealer." Dramatic coloration, 20 x 28. Arti...

Patriotic Stationery. Package of over 35 sheets of "U.S. Navy" Service Airmail Stationery, each with eagle and anchors emblem, 6 -1/2 x 1 ...

Naval Records of American Revolution, 17751788. Book published by Library of Congress, 1906, 549 pp., index. Events and personalities during the Revol

Sea Captain. Ambrotype of a Maine Clipper Ship Captain, found in the home of a Kennebunkport, Maine family, where tradition dated back to an early exp

Practical Navigator. A Journal Kept from England to the Island of Teneriffe...the first American, from the 13th English edition of John Hamilton Moore

David Porter. War of 1812 naval officer, later Commander-in-Chief of squadron attacking piracy. A.D.S., Washington, 1820, ordering payment of $50 to W

Admiral Daniel Amman. On Steam Frigate Merrimac, 185960. During Civil War, executive officer of North Atlantic blockading squadron; in 1863, commander

Admiral George Dewey. Naval hero of Spanish-American War (Battle of Manila Bay). A.L.S. on front and back of 5 x 8 hotel letterhead, Sept. 7, 1906, to

Capture of a Blockade Runner. Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy, is informed on Feb. 3, 1865 by Commander C. Caldwell, that the Armstrong, captured on