Important Toy and Advertising Auction

VERY EARLY RARE DR. LEON’S INFANT REMEDY CARDBOARD SIGN.. Printed in four colors by letterpress on thick glossy coated stock, this small sign has all

CLASSIC KAMM & SCHELLINGER BREWING COMPANY PAPER SIGN. Compelling graphics and bold colors make this a perennial favorite. Chromolithographed by...

FANTASTIC GENESEE LAGER BEER REVERSE ON GLASS SIGN. A very impressive sign from this famous Rochester, NY brewery, showing their plant mostly in gold

POMEROY CHAMPAGNE EMBOSSED CARDBOARD SIGN. A great looking sign with a black embossed crow (“The Jackdaw of Reims Uncorking a Bottle of Pomeroy”). Ch

BLATZ BEER SELF FRAMED TIN SIGN. Beautiful sign features the Private Stock and Wiener brands of beer of the Blatz Brewing Company, Milwaukee. Exceptio

GORGEOUS WEST END BREWING CO. TIN TRAY. Beautiful image of Columbia with their barrel and holding shafts of wheat. SIZE: 13” in diameter. CONDITION:

GORGEOUS NARRAGANSETT SUSPENDER CO. PAPER SIGN. Very patriotic small paper sign or possibly large label, featuring the heroes of 1776 and 1876, undou

AKRON BREWING CO. WHITE ROCK BEER TIN TRAY. A beautiful image of a woman with a tiger. Chromolithographed by Kaufman & Strauss Co., NY, 1912. S...

HOPSBURGER GOLDEN BEER TIN TRAY. A very pretty woman featured on this nice tray from the Union Brewing & Malting Co., San Francisco, CA. Chromo...

GROMMES & ULLRICH’S MARQUETTE PURE RYE SIGN. Ca. 1880-90’s large brilliant chromolithograph of the “First Landing of Pere Marquette in Illino...

BARDENHIER WINE & LIQUOR COMPANY SELF FRAMED TIN SIGN. Nice oval sign with older couple. “Take a Little ‘Progress Rye’ Papa, It Will Steady Your...

HUMMINGBIRD CIGARS PAPER SIGN. Beautiful Victorian lady sits in her parlor with Herbs Co. boxes of Hummingbird and Black Prince cigars on the table. P

PLAYER’S NAVY CUT TOBACCO, REVERSED ON MIRRORED GLASS. Exceptionally lifelike appearance, strong colors really “pop.” SIZE: 15” x 19”. CONDITION: Nea

PLAYER’S NAVY CUT TOBACCO MIRROR. A nice advertising mirror with a colorful chromolithographed label. SIZE: 16” x 21 1/2”. CONDITION: Very Good, imag

FANTASTIC 1874 DATED GOODWIN & CO. CHEWING TOBACCO PAPER SIGN (or label). A super example of the highly advanced graphics used by the tobacco in...

WAVE LINE CUT PLUG TOBACCO PAPER SIGN. Happy old man enjoys fishing, smoking their tobacco (“Does Not Bite The Tongue), and eyeing the sexy lady. The

MT. VERNON GOLD DUST TOBACCO PAPER SIGN. Featuring George Washington this ca. 1870’s chromolithographed sign was printed by Major & Knapp, NY...

SWEET CORPORAL CIGARETTES PAPER SIGN. Very pretty lady clown. From the American Tobacco Co. SIZE: 18” x 28” excluding frame. CONDITION: Near excellen

ALLEN TOBACCO COMPANY DIE CUT PROOF. Uncut die cut proof with printers cutting marks. Elephant holds a box of their cigars in his mouth. SIZE: 17” x

PIPER HEIDSIECK CHEWING TOBACCO PAPER SIGN. Wonderful image of champagne (they still make a very good one today) splashing over a plug of their tobacc

EGYPTIENNE LUXURY CIGARETTES CARDBOARD SIGN. Pretty, sweet girl with the caption “Convincingly Mild.” Chromolithographed, ca. 1900-1910. SIZE: 13 1/2

LORILLARD SNUFF PAPER SIGN. A nice sign featuring an older couple using the snuff. “Won the Only Gold Medal Awarded Snuff at the Atlantic Exposition.

WOLF & CO. FLOUR MILLING & MACHINERY FACTORY SIGN. A wonderful factory scene from this Chambersburg, PA company. Side insets listing all the...

CASE THRESHING MACHINERY DECAL ON GLASS. Their imposing trademark features an eagle sitting on top of the world. Chromolithographed, ca. 1890. SIZE:

VICTOR BICYCLES CARDBOARD SIGN. Very nice scene, ca. 1890’s “Why Not Ride the Best? Victor Bicycles Lead.” SIZE: 10”x11” CONDITION: Good. Pleasing, s

ADRIANCE BUCKEYE HARVESTING CO. FARM PAPER SIGN. Beautiful farm girl hand harvesting wheat, with insets of their machinery doing the same job. Chromol

1863 BLACK VALLEY RAILROAD TEMPERANCE POSTER. Printed by Ch. Crosby and lithographed in color by E. Ackerman, Boston. The Black Valley Railroad was a

SCHULTZ & CO. STAR SOAP PAPER SIGN. A very endearing image of “Grand Pa’s Pets.” Superb 19th century chromolithography by Ottman Litho., the fa...

RISING SUN STOVE POLISH PAPER SIGN. Very colorful image printed by Forbes & Co., Boston. Mr. Morse (one of the more flamboyant Victorian pitch ...

PENN ESTER STOVE EMBOSSED SELF-FRAMED CARDBOARD SIGN. Bold, dramatic rare sign with the stove and very decorative borders embossed. Hanging hole at t

MILKEN’S PARLOR PRIDE LIQUID STOVE ENAMEL PLASTER 3-D SIGN. A wonderful self-framed, shadow box effect store sign (“For Sale Here”). SIZE: 21 1/2” x

CETACOLOR WASHING PRODUCT PAPER SIGN. Prevents colors from fading in wash, with and without theme, half of lady’s dress faded because they did not use

RARE FELL’S SPICES/MUSTARD WELLS & HOPE TIN SIGN. Fantastic graphics and very early look make this a very important Wells & Hope printed tin...

STICKNEY & POOR SPICE CO. TIN SIGN. Bold sign showing their Mustard, Pepper and Ginger packages on a red background. Has a self framed look to ...

BOSCHEE’S GERMAN SYRUP & GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER MEDICAL PAPER SIGN. Nice dual advertising sign with caption top and bottom telling what they c...

BEAUTIFUL EMPRESS CHOCOLATE SELF FRAMED CARDBOARD SIGN. A very classy lady is featured on this impressive sign printed by Whitehead & Hoag Co.,...

BAKER & CO. CHOCOLATE AND HOMEOPATHIC COCOA EARLY PAPER SIGN. A wonderful sign with graphics typical of 1860’s, this one ca. 1868 as it procla...

ARMOUR & CO. MEATS EMBOSSED TIN SIGN. A classic sign in the advertising field. SIZE: 23” x 26 1/2” excluding frame. CONDITION: Fair-Good. Some s...

UNUSUAL LION BRAND MEATS OVAL TIN SIGN. Wonderful graphics of a lion holding the Geo Zehler Provision Co. meat package. Most unusual shape, printed

WOONSOCKET BOOTS, WONDERFUL FISHING SCENE PAPER SIGN. A very dapper couple trout fishing in their boots. Great image by American Lithographic Co., NY.

COATS THREAD CARDBOARD FISHING SIGN. Victorian couple fishing, using Coat’s thread as fishing line. Dated 1872 partial label on the back calls this a

WRIGHT & McGILL FISHING TACKLE PAPER SIGN. A nice store sign, “Get Your fishing License Here,” probably 1950’s. SIZE: 54” x 13” excluding frame...

EARLY BOXING 1860 SAYERS – HEENAN CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT OF ENGLAND & AMERICA GROUPING. Fantastic 1860 lithograph of the fight. What makes this esp...

SCANDINAVIAN–AMERICAN LINE SELF FRAMED TIN SIGN. Impressive chromolithographed steam ship sign, ca. 1890’s in brilliant colors. The brown frame bears

RED STAR LINE POSTER. Nice large turn of the century poster, pretty lady and daughter await incoming passenger liner running between Antwerp and New

LENOX HOTEL BUFFALO, NY LARGE ROUND TIN SIGN. Wonderful street scene with very decorative border. Chromolithographed, ca. 1900-1910. SIZE: 24” in d

HUSER & CO. SHOES - MISS LIBERTY TIN TRAY. Patriotic image with Miss Liberty and other allegorical female figures. Chromolithographed by The Tu...

BUTTERICK 1872-73 REPORT OF NEW YORK FASHION SIGN. Wonderful look at the fashions of time for men. Printed by Hatch Litho., NY. SIZE: 26” x 21 1/2” C

HAWLEY & COMPANY PERFUMERS AND CHEMISTS EARLY PAPER SIGN. Colorful framing of much advertising text for the Philadelphia firm selling all kinds...

UNITED STATES FUR COMPANY PAPER SIGN. Humorous scene of hunter’s laughing as black boys get “An Unwelcome Surprise” as a skunk comes after them. Ca. 1

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...