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NV - Goldfield,Esmeralda County - Bag Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:38.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 150.00 USD
NV - Goldfield,Esmeralda County - Bag Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 4. Two are tobacco bags and two are the frontpiece from cloth bags from the Gulf Bag Co. Ltd. It is believed these bags are filter bags used in farming. This company was located in New Orleans, Louisana and made bags for companies across the U.S. The two included in this collection are printed in black and color. Of the two tobacco bags, one is smaller and made out of white muslin with a yellow drawsring. It has a label attached around the center which reads "Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco W.T. Blackwell & Co. (Blackwell's Durham Tob. CO. Sur'r.) Durham, N.C." Also included with this bag is a round tab printed with the company logo and a guarentee. The other bag is much larger treated cloth bag. It is red in color with all designs and text printed in black. The text reads "Union Leader Cut Plug " and has an illustration of an eagle on a "Union Leader Cut Plug Smoke and Chew" box, circa 1910. (Information on the Gulf Bag Co. Ltd. From here http://books.google.com/books?id=3ugoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA388&lpg=PA388&dq=%22Gulf+bag+company.