Spring, 2013 LIVE Auction

Short's 1 Cent Chewing Gum Dispenser. Cast iron base with steel case. Padlock w/o key. Some minor scratches otherwise good original condition. 8...

Clam Shell Lion Motif Cast Iron Mutoscope. Entitled, "The Doctor's Office". Later repaint for Castle Park. Very good working condition...

Indian Motif Cast Iron Coin Operated Mutoscope. Marquee broken off leaving hole in top of the canister. Broken corner on top. Good working condition.

Lion Motif Cast Iron Coin Operated Mutoscope. Original marquee frame, reel featuring "Hoot Gibson" in "Hey Hey Cowboy", with mat...

Mills Novelty Company Turn of the Century Oak Cail-O-Scope. Quarter sawn oak with nickel plated cast iron trim. Missing the Lens otherwise very good o

Caille Bros Turn of the Century Oak Cail-O-Scope. Quarter sawn oak with nickel plated cast iron embellishments and legs. Featuring "The San Fra...

Caille Bros. Turn of the Century Oak Mutoscope. Copper flashed cast iron embellishment and legs. Features, "Comedies" for 10 Cents. Very g...

Mutoscope Stereoptic Cards. 692 Cards in mostly incomplete sets and 235 single cards.

Six Mutoscope Panels. "Garden of Joy", "The Vanishing American Indian", "An Ornamental Iron Worker", China Japan Warfa...

Six Mutoscope Panels. "Charlie Chaplin, The Kitchen Terror", "The Morning After", "Caught without Costume", "Weig...

Oak Table Top Model Mutoscope. Featuring A Street Fignt, Serial # 20 . No maker. Good working condition. 9 X 18 1/2 X 20 inches.

Five Mutoscope Panels. "Return of the Fly", "The Real Hawaiian Hula, Hula", "A Parisian Art Model", "Flame of You...

Seven Mutoscope Panels. "It’s a shame to take the money", "The Gaiety Dance", "Pity the Blind", "Native Hawaiian ...

Six Mutoscope Panels. "Jeffries vs. Corbett", "Living Pictures", "Married for Millions", "Young but capable"...

21 Different Mutoscope Photographs. Includes boxing, gambling, western and more. Various conditions. Approx. 10 X 8 inches.

Six Mutoscope Panels. "Here Comes the Circus', "Felix, No Barking", "Mickey Mouse", (2)"Gene Autry Indian Uprising...

Mutoscope Reel Eve's Leaves. Depicting Nude Woman bathing in lake. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.

Mutoscope Reel Couple Kissing in Field Intitled "The Proposal". Good condition.

Mutoscope Reel " If you had a wife like this" in Five Scenes. And she butted into the game just as you held 3 Aces what would you do? #327...

Mutoscope Reel "Olympic Wrestling". Subject # 7664. Inter. Muto Reel Co. Long Island City, NY. Makers. Comes in original box, good conditi...

Mutoscope Reel "Three Men in a Speed Boat". Subject # 7219. Serial # 20. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original wood crate, ...

Mutoscope Reel "Shame Money". Depicting Woman getting a shoe shine with officer in back ground. Subject # 3026, Serial # 17. American Muto...

Mutoscope Reel "Checker Fight". Depicting four men playing checkers and a fight ensues. Subject # 3200. Serial # 3. American Mutoscope &a...

Mutoscope Reel "Beware of Widows". Laura LaPlante Universal Pictures. Silent narrative reel. Subject #7240. Serial # 6. Inter. Muto Reel ...

Mutoscope Reel "Cohen's & Kelly's in Paris". Subject # 7204. Serial # 57. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original...

Mutoscope Reel depicting Nude woman in a park. Subject # 7796. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.

Mutoscope Reel "Black Americana". Depicting Young Man duping an unsuspecting subject at the farmer's expense. Subject # 7290. Serial ...

Mutoscope Reel "Boxing Match". Subject #1318. Serial # 100. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.

Mutoscope Reel "Artist". Depicting man painting woman in her under garments. Subject # 3407. Serial # 12. American Mutoscope & Biogra...

Mutoscope Reel "Explosion in Market". Subject # 2743. Serial # 18. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.

Mutoscope Reel "Good vs. Evil". Subject #1411. Serial # 31. American Mutoscope & Biographic Co. makers. Comes in original wood crate,...

Angldile Automatic Computing Scale. Complete and all original with mirror and vitrolite tray. Serial # 5060. Advertising better meats, cleaner meats,

Open Face Angledile. Original light, reproduction glass top sign and tray. Professionally restored by Peter Warns.

Springless Angledile "Head Light" Candy Scale. Made by Angledile Computing Scale Co. Style 21G-No. 10137. Excellent condition. 10 1/2 X 14...

Cast Iron Talking Scale. Latest patent date 1904. Very good restored working condition. Comes with keys. 20 X 76 X 32 inches.

National Novelty Penny Scale. Converted from five cents to a penny because the rate was too high at the turn of the century. Excellent original workin

Jennings Lollipop Penny Scale. Porcelain. All original working condition. 70 inches tall.

Peerless Coin Operated Platform Scale. Good original condition. 18 X 69 X 25 inches.

Mills Novelty Company Lollipop Penny Scale. Cast iron with porcelain face and claw feet. Excellent original working condition. 15 X 69 X 24 inches. Co

Personen Waage Columbus Cast Iron Penny Scale. Porcelain shield for scale of weights. Initials D.R.P. on platform. Early restoration, excellent workin

The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. Organized 1825, Phila., PA. Some min

The Hartford Fire Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. Organized in 1794, Incorporated in 1810.

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. California's Million Dollar Compa...

"131" Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Co. Brass Outdoor Corner Sign. Fire and Marine. Mfg. by G.N. Black Sign Co. A few scuffs and m...

"131" Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Co. Brass Outdoor Corner Sign. Fire and Marine. Mfg. by G.N. Black Sign Co. Mate to previous l...

National Fire Insurance Copper and Brass Office Building Outdoor Sign. Beveled edge. Excellent condition. 34 X 44 inches.

The Home Insurance Company Brass Home Office Outdoor Building Sign. Raised letters. Excellent condition. 36 inch diameter.

Fire Association of Philadelphia Reverse Glass Sign. F.A. 1817. Comes in original oak frame. Some minor staining otherwise very good condition. 35 X 2

Lafayette Life Insurance Company Sign. Prismatic Hanging Sign, tin over cardboard. A few rubs otherwise very good condition. Bastian Bros. Rochester,

Rare R.T. Whelpley Fire Apparatus and Supplies Calendar, Chicago. No pad, dog eared edges otherwise excellent condition. 11 1/2 X 14 inches.

Pittsburg Underwriters of Pennsylvania Reverse Glass Sign. Very good original condition. Framed under glass in period frame. 32 X 24 inches overall.

Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Co. Porc. Sign. Metal loss at bottom left and edge chips otherwise good condition. 18 X 13 inches.

Phoenix Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. Hartford, Conn. Cincinnati Department Established

Babcock Holloway 1878 Representation Model of Horizontal Chemical Engine. Hand carved wood. Purported to have been built by the Elder Brothers of Bron

First American Fire Insurance Company Reverse Glass Sign. Depicting "American Fore". Excellent condition. 13 1/2 X 17 1/2 inches overall.

American LaFrance Representation Model of Hand Pulled Chemical Extinguisher. Hand carved wood. Purported to have been built by the Elder Brothers of B

Hanover Fire Insurance Company Brass Sign in original walnut frame. Made by Geo. Rutledge Co. NY. Very good condition. 25 X 20 inches overall.

New York Fire Insurance Company Outdoor Building Sign. Brass and copper with applied letters. Very good original condition. 36 X 26 inches overall.

Early Embroidered Picture depicting Fire Steamer racing to a fire. Mint condition. Framed under glass. 6 X 3 inches image only.

Devoursney Bro's, NYC Fire Truck Lamp. Cobalt and Ruby etched glass panels, no chips or cracks. Silver plate loss and a few missing pieces of tr...

Main Hose Cart Fire Wagon Lantern with mounting bracket. Six sided etched glass. 3 emerald, 3 clear. DeVoursney Bros. NY, Makers. Complete with burner

Pair of Fire Apparatus Side Lamps. Nickel over brass with etched "1" on clear glass panels. DeVoursney Bros. New York, maker. Eagle finial...

Rare "Dietz Queen" Brass Fire Lantern. Cobalt blue glass. Patent date on water shield May 23, 1893. Excellent condition.

Dietz Fire Queen Lantern. Last patent date '06 on bottom. Re-nickeled. Deep ruby globe.

Dietz King Brass Fire Lantern. Ruby glass globe. Rare embossed water shield " American LaFrance Fire Engine Co. Inc. Elmira, NY". Patent A...

Dietz King Brass Fire Lantern. Emerald glass globe. Patent Aug 27, 1907. Some denting from use otherwise good condition.

Rare Fixed Globe Wristlet Fire Lantern. Globe etched "Keene 1". Minor repair to base, missing pinch pot clips otherwise very good condition.

A.J. Sangsters Wristlet Brass Fire Lantern. Patent 1851. Good condition.

Dietz Fire King Lantern. American La France. Replated nickel with ruby globe.

Dietz King Brass Fire Lantern. Rare embossed water shield "The Seagrave Co. Columbus Ohio". Patent August 27, 1907. Denting to air tubes o...

Dietz King Tubular Fire Lantern. Rare lift off cage. Steel cage with copper body. Water shield embossed, "Gleason Bailey, Seneca Falls, NY"...

Dietz Tubular Fire Lantern. Nickel plated brass. Patent March 24, 1891. Rare bull's-eye lense under globe. Minor dents with wear to nickel, miss...

Unusual Nickel Plated Fire Lantern. Etched glass globe, "Hope 1 w/wreath". No maker. Excellent condition.

Dietz King Fire Lantern. Steel construction with rare lift off cage and bull's-eye lense under globe. Patent March 21, 1893. Loose soldering on ...

Brass Eclipse Fire Lantern Decanter. A couple of dents and creases otherwise good condition.

Dietz King Brass Fire Lantern. The Seagrave Co. Columbus, Ohio. Patent 1907.

Copper and Brass Eclipse Fire Lantern. Clear globe. Very good condition.

Dietz Tubular Fire Lantern. Steel with copper bottom. Very good condition.

Two Fire Lantern Glass Globes. Dietz Fitall Dark Amber and Emerald. No chips or cracks.

Early Leather Fire Bucket. Painted green with gold stenciling. Wier, F.F.S. 1803, No. 2. Missing handle otherwise good condition. 12 inches tall.

Early Leather Fire Bucket. H. Jacock No. 2. Missing handle otherwise very good condition. 13 inches tall.

Early Leather Fire Bucket. Hand painted motif with G.L. Brown, Springfield, No. 1. Depicting wood hydrant and hose with Fire Assn. of Springfield. War

Early Leather Fire Bucket. Hand painted motif worn except for No. 2. Broken handles and well worn. 12 inches tall.

Early Rubber Fire Bucket. Marked Home Hose 7. Very good condition. 11 1/2 inches tall.

Early Leather Fire Bucket. Embossed bottom, Navy Yard, Washington, 1893. T.F.J. Most paint worn. 11 inches tall.

Early Rubber Fire Bucket. F.D. 3. Warping, well used condition. 12 inches tall.

Black Leather Fire Bucket, "REX". Excellent condition. 9 inch diameter X 12 1/2 inches tall.

Early Brass Working Fire Trumpet with yellow tassels. Very good condition. Bell measures 7 inch diameter X 19 inches tall.

Early Brass Working Fire Trumpet. One tassel ring missing otherwise very good condition. Bell measures 6 1/2 inch diameter X 17 1/4 inches tall.

Silver Plated Presentation Fire Trumpet. Heavily engraved with floral and fire motif. Most silver worn off. Bell measures 8 3/4 inch diameter X 19 1/2

Silver Plated Presentation Fire Trumpet. Heavily engraved with floral and fire motif. Fluted bell. Most silver worn off. Bell measures 9 1/2 inch diam

Silver Plated Presentation Fire Trumpet. High relief floral décor, scalloped bell. Inscribed HLL, Rahway, NJ. A few light scratches otherwise e...

Silver Plated Presentation Fire Trumpet. Scalloped and fluted bell with heavily engraved fire and floral motif. Fireman's Association of the Sta...

Silver Presentation Fire Trumpet. Inscribed, Presented to Reliance Fire Engine Co. No. 5 to F.L. Allen, Fireman's. New London Nov 22, 1848. Tass...

Gamewell Oak and Brass Gong Fire Bell. Gamewell F.A. Tel. Co. NY. #3964. Oak with beveled glass front door. Very good original condition. 18 X 27 X 7

Fall River Brass Fire Apparatus Bell. Purported to have been on truck that fought the Great Fall River and Notorious Firestone Fires. These bells were

Gamewell Gong Bell. Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. New York. Beautiful Oak Cabinet. Has a brass tag inside with a # 30 on it. Has the lock on the d

Brass Fire Muffin Bell. 5 inch bell diameter with turned wood handle.

Watchman's Wood Fire Rattle. Single reed, weighted round end. Good original condition. 7 X 6 1/4 inches.

Fire Departure Gong Bell. Excellent condition. 18 inch diameter.