Important Toy, Doll & Advertising Auction

20th Century vintage hollow-bodied padlock constructed from welded steel plate features a key and working keeper. Top of rod iron clasp is stamped &...

Nice example of an early locksmith's trade sign with through-tenon construction where the key shaft fits into the thumb ring and along the shaft...

Soldered tin construction, this lighthouse shaped coffee pot retains an older black painted surface. SIZE: 17" w x 20" t. CONDITION: Very ...

Sign reads "Gypsy Palmist / Only 2D". There are two drilled holes presumably where the mounting bracket was originally fastened. Appears t...

19th Century double sided carved wood tavern sign with wrought iron chain and clasp. One side features a carved wood half-tankard while the other side

Construction consists of a red and blue lens set into a hollow bodied soldered figural eyeglass frame. SIZE: 15-1/2" w x 10-3/4" t. CONDIT...

Nicely carved solid wood cannon with crusty old finish, equipped with two eyelets and brass hanging chain. SIZE: 20-1/2" l x 5-1/2" diamet...

Wood pretzel carved from a single piece of wood. Pretzel "terminations" show where former hanging hooks had been located. SIZE: 16" w...

Carved and gilt painted trade sign probably used at an early stationary supply shop. SIZE: 12-1/2" t. CONDITION: 7" portion at the tip of ...

Cast brass sewing needle with eyelet. SIZE: 34" l overall. CONDITION: Very good with a few scuffs and scratches. 1-13467

This knob or drawer pull would have likely been used by a carpenter's shop or an early hardware store. Constructed of a lathe turned knob with a...

Unusual louvered tin and wood sign delivers three different messages depending upon the viewer's angle. Viewed from the front the sign reads &qu...

Outstanding and realistic carved wood horse head with glass eyes, hinged jaw (lacking spring) and real horse hair mane. Likely hung outside a farrier

Hand forged iron horse shoe which would have been displayed by a blacksmith or farrier. SIZE: 13" w x 13-1/2" t. CONDITION: Very good with...

Haberdasher's trade sign in the shape of a man's formal top hat. SIZE: 7-1/2" w x 7-1/4" t x 10-1/4" front to back. CONDITION...

20th Century trade sign constructed from lathe turned wood, aluminum and nylon bristles to simulate a brush. SIZE: 70" l. CONDITION: Very good ...

A most amusing lot in a variety of categories including two old ice skates (one marked Timmerman, the other unmarked), tire pressure gauge, spear and

Lot includes 4 large jack knives with steel blades in wood housings also 2 over sized pairs of scissors (one heavy steel the other in aluminum) for gr

Interesting lot of store displays consisting of two leather dress shoes by Foot-Joy, early style canvas sports shoe with leather trim by Keds and plas

A phenomenal model that was 2-1/2 years in the making and completed in 1894! A complete written history accompanies this lot which has been in the sam

Salesman sample flat car constructed of walnut with brass hardware. Affixed with brass plaque stating "Screw Safety Car Brake by A. B. Pool and...

Lot consists of two wooden flat cars with brass couplers and trucks within their original wooden carrying case. Also includes what appears to be a pat

Two large scale sample wood and zinc train car undercarriages in their original wooden crates perhaps to show new developments in brake mechanisms. Th

Lot consists of large wood and metal base with four flange wheels and spring loaded brake mechanism and three smaller similar examples including one w

Lot includes four wheel train car truck, locomotive undercarriage or chassis, mounted spoke flange wheel, aluminum coupler, sample train rail, tank ca

It doesn't get any better than this. Outstanding salesman sample painted brass plow in apple green with orange and yellow pinstripes with a seri...

A most unusual brass, copper and nickeled iron walk behind horse drawn plow with two large spoke wheels and hand crank that adjusts the height and ang

Cast brass ride on plow with formed saddle seat above large formed plow blade and two hand levers that adjust the height of the two spoked wheels for

Solid nickeled brass walk behind plow embossed "John Deere" across each handle. Base is affixed with metal plaque reading "Presented ...

Solid iron two handled walk behind plow embossed "John Deere" across each handle. SIZE: 10" l. CONDITION: Near excellent. 1-13258

Brass and iron walk behind plow with swivel hitch at front. SIZE: 13-1/2" l. CONDITION: Good to very good with uniform wear to red paint, some ...

Separately cast steel walk behind plow with swivel hitch at front. SIZE: 9" l. CONDITION: Good to very good with wear and chips to paint. 1-13259

Wooden framework with brass hardware between two heavy iron traction wheels. Rear bed is set with three brass plow blades (one detached but present) t

Words cannot convey the beauty and intricacy of this salesman sample reaper. From top to bottom, left to right the brass works and finished wood come

Somewhat larger than the average salesman sample mower this was likely a store display consisting of 2 large cast iron traction wheels marked "...

Heavy iron model of a sickle bar mower with spoke wheels supporting an intricate gear mechanism that engages the side mower as it rolls along. Sickle

An ambitious project for the salesman sample collector who likes a challenge. This sample has great bones consisting of a heavy textured center wheel

Illustration of a young woman gathering wheat with a sickle, flanked by vignettes of Adriance Buckeye harvesting machings. Adriance, Platt & Co....

Lithographed brochure unfolded to display colorful panels of their farm machinery at work in the field. SIZE: Sight size: 12-3/4" w x 26-3/4&qu...

Massive brass and wood model with two large spoke wheels supporting a wooden platform topped with a wooden box seat to the left of a hand lever that a

Lot includes 2 examples by the C&C Manufacturing Co of Newburgh, NY with ribbed cast iron wheels that propel a series of rotating blades between...

Patented August 18, 1868 by G. W. Yost #81,241. Diminutive all brass model with two spoke wheels supporting a gear mechanism encased within a gear box

Patented February 2, 1858 by George Miller #19,254. Tiger maple hospital bed frame marked with inventor's name having multiple hinged sections u...

An unusual lot, likely patent models, lot consists of 1) A two part boat that is split vertically, symmetrically separating the port side from the sta

Patented August 24, 1875 by P. B. Gibbs and Jason Brown #166,927. Ingenious animal trap purported to be self setting. It consists of a wire cage area

Patented January 8, 1884 by D. C. Lowenstine & J. E. Fox #291,612. Wooden flip top case with inlaid tiger maple accents, rounded corners, brass ...

Patented May 5, 1860 by H. A. Clum, # 28454. Tall wooden case barometer with brass accents as well as a panel showing the different barometric levels

Patented by G. Tagliabue # 24,674. Tall wall mount wood barometer with long slender glass tube and brass accents accompanied by partial original paten

An interesting space saving breakthrough in furniture technology. Fully collapsible this oak table circa late 1880s is marked "Pat'd May 10...

Lot includes 1) Apparatus for drying grains #37,632 dated February 10, 1863 by Sylvester Marsh with original patent tag. Painted tin faux brick struct