Important Toy and Advertising Auction

DUTCHESS TROUSER FACTORY TIN SIGN. Nice factory scene with original wood frame with their advertising at the top and their Poughkeepsie, NY address

HEINZ RASPBERRY JELLY CROCK. Larger sized crock with very colorful label. SIZE: 9” high by 5 1/2” in diameter. CONDITION: crock itself in perfect

(HEINZ) HOWARD BRAND RASPBERRY PRESERVES CROCK. Nice crock with top and handle with great label. SIZE: 5” high by 4-1/2” in diameter. CONDITION: Very

SCARCE COLUMBIA CO. BISCUIT TIN. A very patriotic decorative tin from this St. Louis company, in red, white and blue, featuring Miss Columbia. SIZE:

HEINZ VINEGAR CARDBOARD SIGN. Nice early 20th century sign. SIZE: 20 1/2” x 11” excluding mat and frame. CONDITION: Near excellent with only a small

WALTER BAKER CHOCOLATE TIN TRAY. A very nice tray showing their packaging. Chromolithographed, ca. 1905 (1904 St. Louis Expo. on one package). Scarce

ROEBLING BAR & GRILL WOODEN HOTEL SIGN. A long hanging 2-sided sign in gold on black, hung in an old hotel in NYC, sign reads “Mezzanine Level”...

PRANG’S CHRISTMAS CARDS POSTER. Ca. 1880’s self-promoting poster from one of the most important of the early lithographers of greeting cards and chro

1901 CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL CALENDAR. A very beautiful Winter scene of two horse drawn sleighs racing. Their name covered in icicles. Full calendar pa

1876 CLINTON, MASS BIRD’S EYE VIEW. Very nice lithograph in shades of green and blue, annotated list of public buildings, churches and manufacturing

EARLY 1856 DATED AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY DIPLOMA. Awarded at the Burton Fair at Geauga County (? State). Fantastic graphic of female allegorical figur

STARIN’S GLEN ISLAND NY RESORT 1881 SEASON PAPER SIGN. Wonderful image showing the hotel and people boating. Used to promote their season opening in 1

SARONY, MAJOR & KNAPP 1863 LARGE PRINTER’S CARD. Scarce card from this very important Lithographer and engraver of the 1860’s. Insets with fi...

BROOK’S COTTON THREAD 1878 PARIS EXPOSITION PAPER SIGN. A very nice sign, image showing their exhibits at the Paris Expo., with the inscription at th

WHALEN’S RAW BONE PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PAPER SIGN. An early ca. 1870’s sign showing their plant and docks in Wilmington, DE. SIZE: 12 1/2”x 14 3/4” e

COLUMBIA WAGON COMPANY CARDBOARD SIGN. Featuring “Columbia” the Columbia Wagon Co. was from, where else but, Columbia, PA. SIZE: 9” x 8” excluding ma

NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE DEAD GAME ROLL DOWN SIGN. Chromolithographed by Forbes, ca. 1890-1900, this is an odd image to sell sewing machines. SIZE: 19

MURPHY’S VARNISHES EMBOSSED PAPER MACHE SIGN. Unusual and dramatic sign, bronze color with lettering enhanced with gold trim. SIZE: 26” x 19 1/2”.

VERY EARLY NEW YORK CITY PARK ROW STORES. A nice cooperative advertising effort of 8 stores on the 20’s numbered block across from the Astor. Early,

CARRIAGE BUILDER’S NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Early 20th century promotional sign (No. 2), “Happiness Supreme.” SIZE: 29” x 14” excluding frame. CONDIT

FELTON’S RUM DISTILLERY SELF-FRAMED TIN SIGN. Wonderful aerial perspective factory scene of the Felton & Son Boston Distillery. The illustrati...

PAPER POSTER FOR AMERICAN SEWER PIPE CO. 19th C. paper litho poster with central factory scene vignette of parent company Akron Sewer Pipe Co. fla

RARE TIN LITHO ADV. SIGN FOR STONEWARE. This very rare advertisement is the only version of an advertisement we’ve ever seen for Stoneware. The tin

DIAMOND WINE CO. PAPER SIGN. Beautiful and colorful stone lithograph sign from the Diamond Wine Co., Sandusky, Ohio promoting their “Gold Top &...

MURAD CIGARETTES SIGN. Colorful framed cardboard advertising sign for “Murad, THE Turkish Cigarette, 15 c.” Features central figure of a gypsy wom

OLD PLAYER’S NAVY CUT TOBACCO MIRROR. Reverse glass painted “Tobacco and Cigarettes” with applied paper “Player’s Navy Cut” label. Note: This is a

PRINCE ALBERT TOBACCO TIN SIGN. Illustration of Chief Joseph Nez Perce with full headdress set against a black background ex-Thomas Gray collection.

CUBAN COUSIN CIGAR BANNER. Stars and stripes draped Victorian damsel promotes the Cuban Cousin 5 cent cigar in this richly colored advertisement on c

MACCOBOY SNUFF 5 LBS. TIN. Eight-sided hinged-lid tin illustrating the appeal of Maccoboy snuff across all social classes. Ginna & Co., New Yo...

HERALD TOBACCO WOOD STORE DRUM. Paper label depicts trumpeter heralding the arrival of tobacco from the Scotten, Lovett & Co’s. Hiawatha Tobacc...

PILGRIM FATHERS CIGAR EMBOSSED TIN SIGN. Early illustration of colorful pilgrims adorn this heavily embossed sign from the W. K. Gresh & Sons m...

INDIAN & HENDERSON TIN MOTORCYCLE SIGN. Certainly the granddaddy of all Indian and Henderson motorcycle or bicycle signs is this unique hand pa...

SNOW BOY WASHING POWDER SIGN. A fabulous cardboard advertisement with winter imagery of little boy in a red outfit, sledding down snow-covered slopes

SNOW BOY & SNOW GIRL PRINTS. Early pair of chromolithograph prints in period frames published by Lautz Bros. & Co. Complimentary lithograp...

MAXFIELD PARRISH FERRY’S SEEDS POSTER. Elusive Maxfield Parrish illustration for Ferry’s Seeds captioned “Mary Mary Quite Contrary How Does Your Gard

MAXFIELD PARRISH FERRY’S SEEDS POSTER. Scarce Ferry’s Seeds poster version illustrating children’s tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Poster features a

MAXFIELD PARRISH JELL-O DISPLAY. Fabulous three-panel diecut cardboard store display for Jell-O gelatin, circa 1921. A royal court valet is shown pr

MAXFIELD PARRISH CHRISTMAS SCRIBNER’S POSTER. Advertising poster to promote the Scribner’s 1897 Christmas magazine issue featuring an illustration of

EDISON MAZDA 1924 CALENDAR TOP. Maxfield Parrish illustration for the large size 1924 Edison Mazda calendar titled “The Venetian Lamplighter”. SIZE:

EDISON MAZDA 1923 CALENDAR TOP. Maxfield Parrish illustration for the large size 1923 Edison Mazda calendar titled “The Lamp Seller of Baghdad”. SIZ

MAXFIELD PARRISH “CENTURY” POSTER. One of the classic Maxfield Parrish graphic images designed as a promotional piece for the Century Magazine circa

EDISON MAZDA LIGHT BULB DISPLAY. Scarce Edison Mazda lamp display with the colorful “Get Together” front panel image by Maxfield Parrish. Features t

MAXFIELD PARRISH “CLEOPATRA”. Medium sized version printed 1917 by the House of Art in what appears to be the original frame. SIZE: Overall 18-3/4”

MAXFIELD PARRISH “JACK FROST”. Wonderful humorous illustration of diminutive Jack Frost coloring the autumn foliage. Printed by P. F. Collier &...

MAXFIELD PARRISH “SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE”. Humorous 1911 illustration of the nursery rhyme depicting a startled king and his court with a raucous pi

MAXFIELD PARRISH “MOTHER GOOSE”. Fanciful image for the Fisk Rubber & Tire Co. depicting Mother Goose circa 1919. SIZE: Sight size 13-1/2” w....

MAXFIELD PARRISH “RUBIAYAT”. Large House of Art image originally done for the Crane Chocolate Company circa 1919. SIZE: Image size 30” l x 8” t.

MAXFIELD PARRISH “WILD GEESE” PRINT. Print of girl lying prone on precipitous rock outcrop gazing skyward, in stunning period frame. Reinthal &...

MAXFIELD PARRISH JACK SPRATT PRINT. Couple at dining table enjoying Swift & Co. ham sandwiches profiled against large neoclassical paladin, C...

ARMOUR & CO. TIN SIGN. Butcher shop illustration depicting the wide variety of Armour’s Star hams and bacon products at the turn of the century...