Important Toy and Advertising Auction

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...