Spring, 2013 LIVE Auction

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We will feature the Bill and Kathie Gasperino Lifetime Country Store and Advertising Collection as well as part II of the Robert and Harriet Potter Fire Fighting Collection. Also in this auction is part III of the Ed and Christy Ramsey Pedal Car and Toy Collection. Approx. 2400 lots of items in various categories such as Fire Fighting Memorabilia, Country Store, Advertising, Barber Shop, Salesman Samples, Cash Registers, Tobacciana, Toys, Pedal Cars, Match Safes, Saloon, Gambling, Slot Machines, Back Bars, Illustrative Pulp Art, Coin-Op, Western Collectibles, Native American Artifacts, Farm Implement Signs, Tins, Trays, Cigar Tins, Cigar Lighters, Cigar Tip Cutters, Store Displays, Showcases, Etc. Preview for this auction will be Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and Friday the 12th from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The live audience only will be able to bid on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. A complementary Lunch will be served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Preview for Saturday the 13th will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. with the auction starting at 9:00 a.m. There will be 250 lots sold to the live audience only from 8:00a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. The regular auction will begin at 10:00 a.m. with Internet, phone, absentee and live audience bidding the rest of the day.
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Mills Turn of the Century Oak Cail-O-Scope2154 - Mills Turn of the Century Oak Cail-O-Scope
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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
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Caille Bros Turn of the Century Oak Cail-O-Scope2155 - Caille Bros Turn of the Century Oak Cail-O-Scope
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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...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Caille Bros. Turn of the Century Oak Mutoscope2156 - Caille Bros. Turn of the Century Oak Mutoscope
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Caille Bros. Turn of the Century Oak Mutoscope. Copper flashed cast iron embellishment and legs. Features, "Comedies" for 10 Cents. Very g...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mutoscope Stereoptic Cards2157 - Mutoscope Stereoptic Cards
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Mutoscope Stereoptic Cards. 692 Cards in mostly incomplete sets and 235 single cards.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Six Mutoscope Panels2158 - Six Mutoscope Panels
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Six Mutoscope Panels. "Garden of Joy", "The Vanishing American Indian", "An Ornamental Iron Worker", China Japan Warfa...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Six Mutoscope Panels2159 - Six Mutoscope Panels
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Six Mutoscope Panels. "Charlie Chaplin, The Kitchen Terror", "The Morning After", "Caught without Costume", "Weig...
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Oak Table Top Model Mutoscope2160 - Oak Table Top Model Mutoscope
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Oak Table Top Model Mutoscope. Featuring A Street Fignt, Serial # 20 . No maker. Good working condition. 9 X 18 1/2 X 20 inches.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Five Mutoscope Panels2161 - Five Mutoscope Panels
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Five Mutoscope Panels. "Return of the Fly", "The Real Hawaiian Hula, Hula", "A Parisian Art Model", "Flame of You...
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Seven Mutoscope Panels2162 - Seven Mutoscope Panels
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Seven Mutoscope Panels. "It’s a shame to take the money", "The Gaiety Dance", "Pity the Blind", "Native Hawaiian ...
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Six Mutoscope Panels2163 - Six Mutoscope Panels
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Six Mutoscope Panels. "Jeffries vs. Corbett", "Living Pictures", "Married for Millions", "Young but capable"...
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21 Different Mutoscope Photographs2164 - 21 Different Mutoscope Photographs
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21 Different Mutoscope Photographs. Includes boxing, gambling, western and more. Various conditions. Approx. 10 X 8 inches.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Six Mutoscope Panels2165 - Six Mutoscope Panels
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Six Mutoscope Panels. "Here Comes the Circus', "Felix, No Barking", "Mickey Mouse", (2)"Gene Autry Indian Uprising...
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Mutoscope Reel "Eve's Leaves"2166 - Mutoscope Reel "Eve's Leaves"
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Mutoscope Reel Eve's Leaves. Depicting Nude Woman bathing in lake. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mutoscope Reel Couple Kissing in Field2167 - Mutoscope Reel Couple Kissing in Field
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Mutoscope Reel Couple Kissing in Field Intitled "The Proposal". Good condition.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mutoscope Reel " If you had a wife…"2168 - Mutoscope Reel " If you had a wife…"
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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...
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Mutoscope Reel "Olympic Wrestling"2169 - Mutoscope Reel "Olympic Wrestling"
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Mutoscope Reel "Olympic Wrestling". Subject # 7664. Inter. Muto Reel Co. Long Island City, NY. Makers. Comes in original box, good conditi...
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Mutoscope Reel  "Three Men in a Speed Boat"2171 - Mutoscope Reel "Three Men in a Speed Boat"
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Mutoscope Reel "Three Men in a Speed Boat". Subject # 7219. Serial # 20. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original wood crate, ...
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Mutoscope Reel "Shame Money"2172 - Mutoscope Reel "Shame Money"
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Mutoscope Reel "Shame Money". Depicting Woman getting a shoe shine with officer in back ground. Subject # 3026, Serial # 17. American Muto...
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Mutoscope Reel  "Checker Fight"2173 - Mutoscope Reel "Checker Fight"
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Mutoscope Reel "Checker Fight". Depicting four men playing checkers and a fight ensues. Subject # 3200. Serial # 3. American Mutoscope &a...
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Mutoscope Reel "Beware of Widows"2174 - Mutoscope Reel "Beware of Widows"
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Mutoscope Reel "Beware of Widows". Laura LaPlante Universal Pictures. Silent narrative reel. Subject #7240. Serial # 6. Inter. Muto Reel ...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mutoscope Reel  "Cohen's & Kelly's in Paris"2175 - Mutoscope Reel "Cohen's & Kelly's in Paris"
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Mutoscope Reel "Cohen's & Kelly's in Paris". Subject # 7204. Serial # 57. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original...
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Mutoscope Reel " Nude in Park"2176 - Mutoscope Reel " Nude in Park"
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Mutoscope Reel depicting Nude woman in a park. Subject # 7796. Inter. Muto Reel Co. NYC. Makers. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mutoscope Reel  "Black Americana"2177 - Mutoscope Reel "Black Americana"
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Mutoscope Reel "Black Americana". Depicting Young Man duping an unsuspecting subject at the farmer's expense. Subject # 7290. Serial ...
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Mutoscope Reel  "Boxing Match"2178 - Mutoscope Reel "Boxing Match"
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Mutoscope Reel "Boxing Match". Subject #1318. Serial # 100. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.
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Mutoscope Reel  "Artist"2179 - Mutoscope Reel "Artist"
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Mutoscope Reel "Artist". Depicting man painting woman in her under garments. Subject # 3407. Serial # 12. American Mutoscope & Biogra...
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Mutoscope Reel  "Explosion in Market"2180 - Mutoscope Reel "Explosion in Market"
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Mutoscope Reel "Explosion in Market". Subject # 2743. Serial # 18. Comes in original wood crate, good condition.
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Mutoscope Reel  "Good vs. Evil"2181 - Mutoscope Reel "Good vs. Evil"
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Mutoscope Reel "Good vs. Evil". Subject #1411. Serial # 31. American Mutoscope & Biographic Co. makers. Comes in original wood crate,...
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Angldile Automatic Computing Scale2182 - Angldile Automatic Computing Scale
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Angldile Automatic Computing Scale. Complete and all original with mirror and vitrolite tray. Serial # 5060. Advertising better meats, cleaner meats,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Open Face Angledile Scale2183 - Open Face Angledile Scale
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Open Face Angledile. Original light, reproduction glass top sign and tray. Professionally restored by Peter Warns.
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Springless Angledile "Head Light" Scale2184 - Springless Angledile "Head Light" Scale
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Springless Angledile "Head Light" Candy Scale. Made by Angledile Computing Scale Co. Style 21G-No. 10137. Excellent condition. 10 1/2 X 14...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Cast Iron Talking Scale2185 - Cast Iron Talking Scale
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Cast Iron Talking Scale. Latest patent date 1904. Very good restored working condition. Comes with keys. 20 X 76 X 32 inches.
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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National Novelty Penny Scale2186 - National Novelty Penny Scale
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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
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jennings Lollipop Penny Scale2187 - Jennings Lollipop Penny Scale
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Jennings Lollipop Penny Scale. Porcelain. All original working condition. 70 inches tall.
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Peerless Coin Operated Platform Scale2188 - Peerless Coin Operated Platform Scale
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Peerless Coin Operated Platform Scale. Good original condition. 18 X 69 X 25 inches.
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Mills Novelty Company Lollipop Penny Scale2189 - Mills Novelty Company Lollipop Penny Scale
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Personen Waage Columbus Penny Scale2190 - Personen Waage Columbus Penny Scale
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Personen Waage Columbus Cast Iron Penny Scale. Porcelain shield for scale of weights. Initials D.R.P. on platform. Early restoration, excellent workin
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company Sign2191 - The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company Sign
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The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. Organized 1825, Phila., PA. Some min
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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The Hartford Insurance Co. Advertising Sign2192 - The Hartford Insurance Co. Advertising Sign
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The Hartford Fire Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. Organized in 1794, Incorporated in 1810.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. Adv. Sign2193 - Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. Adv. Sign
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. California's Million Dollar Compa...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Merchants & Mfg. Insurance Co. Sign2194 - Merchants & Mfg. Insurance Co. Sign
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"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...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Merchants & Mfg. Insurance Co. Sign2195 - Merchants & Mfg. Insurance Co. Sign
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"131" Merchants and Manufacturers Insurance Co. Brass Outdoor Corner Sign. Fire and Marine. Mfg. by G.N. Black Sign Co. Mate to previous l...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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National Fire Insurance Copper Bldg. Sign2196 - National Fire Insurance Copper Bldg. Sign
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National Fire Insurance Copper and Brass Office Building Outdoor Sign. Beveled edge. Excellent condition. 34 X 44 inches.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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The Home Insurance Co. Outdoor Bldg. Sign2197 - The Home Insurance Co. Outdoor Bldg. Sign
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The Home Insurance Company Brass Home Office Outdoor Building Sign. Raised letters. Excellent condition. 36 inch diameter.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Fire Assn' of Philadelphia Reverse Glass Sign2198 - Fire Assn' of Philadelphia Reverse Glass Sign
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Lafayette Life Insurance Company Sign2199 - Lafayette Life Insurance Company Sign
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Lafayette Life Insurance Company Sign. Prismatic Hanging Sign, tin over cardboard. A few rubs otherwise very good condition. Bastian Bros. Rochester,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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R.T. Whelpley Fire Apparatus Calendar2200 - R.T. Whelpley Fire Apparatus Calendar
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Rare R.T. Whelpley Fire Apparatus and Supplies Calendar, Chicago. No pad, dog eared edges otherwise excellent condition. 11 1/2 X 14 inches.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Pittsburg Underwriters Reverse Glass Sign2201 - Pittsburg Underwriters Reverse Glass Sign
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Pittsburg Underwriters of Pennsylvania Reverse Glass Sign. Very good original condition. Framed under glass in period frame. 32 X 24 inches overall.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Co. Porc. Sign2202 - Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Co. Porc. Sign
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Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Co. Porc. Sign. Metal loss at bottom left and edge chips otherwise good condition. 18 X 13 inches.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Phoenix Insurance Co. Advertising Sign2203 - Phoenix Insurance Co. Advertising Sign
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Phoenix Insurance Company Gesso Dimensional Advertising Sign. Large and impressive dramatic relief. Hartford, Conn. Cincinnati Department Established
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Babcock Holloway 1878 Representation Model2204 - Babcock Holloway 1878 Representation Model
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Babcock Holloway 1878 Representation Model of Horizontal Chemical Engine. Hand carved wood. Purported to have been built by the Elder Brothers of Bron
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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