Winter 2008 Sale

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Morphy Auction will have the Winter Sale on December 11th, 12th & 13th, 2008. The three day auction includes an outstanding bakelite collection, art, furniture, stoneware, clocks,venetian lamps, apothecary, advertising with over 500 advertising tins, Coca-Cola, slot machines, coin-operated, marbles, sports cards, and toys including pressed steel, die-cast, trains and MIB Star Wars & Action Figures.
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Handsome Dan Horizontal Tobacco Box.704 - Handsome Dan Horizontal Tobacco Box.
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Description Manufactured by L.L. Stroddard in New Haven, Connecticut. Nice details and image of the Yale mascot on lid. Flaking to left side and gener
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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New Bachelor Cigar Tin.705 - New Bachelor Cigar Tin.
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Description Decent example with very nice color and image of gentlemen playing cards at a table. Some scattered nicks and scratches. Condition (8.0 -
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Poker Square Corner Cut Plug Tobacco Tin.706 - Poker Square Corner Cut Plug Tobacco Tin.
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Description Manufactured by the Rock City Tobacco Company Limited. Nicely embossed tin with great detail and image of gentlemen at a table playing car
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Magnet Tobacco Pail.707 - Magnet Tobacco Pail.
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Description Manufactured by the Myers Cox Company in Dubuque, Iowa. Very rare tin. Displays okay with unique image of a magnet and four gentlemen on f
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Dixie Queen Knob Top Tobacco Canister.708 - Dixie Queen Knob Top Tobacco Canister.
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Description Plug cut with vivid dark blue color and detail on front and back. Displays well with some tarnishing and minimal wear. Remnants of origina
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Bull Dog Oval Tobacco Canister.709 - Bull Dog Oval Tobacco Canister.
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Description Manufactured by the Lovell & Buffington Tobacco Company in Covington, Kentucky. Good example and displays well with some scattered n...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Velvet Octagon Tobacco Tin.710 - Velvet Octagon Tobacco Tin.
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Description Stock owned by the Liggett & Myers Company. Nice embossed example with good color, shine and moderate tarnishing to lid. Condition (...
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G.W. Gail & Ax Smoking & Chewing Tobacco Canister.711 - G.W. Gail & Ax Smoking & Chewing Tobacco Canister.
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Description Manufactured by the G.W. Gail & Ax Company in Baltimore, Maryland. Decent example with embossed lid and minimal flaking and nicks. C...
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Hi-Plane Tobacco Canister.712 - Hi-Plane Tobacco Canister.
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Description Manufactured in Richmond, Virginia. Nice-looking tin with good solid color and shine. A few nicks and scratches to lid with minimal wear.
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Culture Knob Top Tobacco Canister.713 - Culture Knob Top Tobacco Canister.
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Description Manufactured by the Scotten Dillon Company in Detroit, Michigan. Nice example with solid eye appeal and minimal wear. Condition (8.2 - 8.6
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Advance Agent Round Cigar Tin.714 - Advance Agent Round Cigar Tin.
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Description Manufactured by the Liberty Can Company in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Rare tin with nice solid color, shine and very minor wear. Cond
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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El Cruzador Cigar Tin.715 - El Cruzador Cigar Tin.
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Description Manufactured by the A.T. & Lawn Company. Unusual tin with nice image of solider from the Crusades on front and back. Fantastic detai...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Allen & Ginter's Barrel Tobacco Tin.716 - Allen & Ginter's Barrel Tobacco Tin.
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Description Nice unusual piece with good color and shine. A few nicks and scrapes to lid with minimal wear. Condition (8.4 - 8.8, Excellent). Size 3...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Havana Cadet Cigar Tin.717 - Havana Cadet Cigar Tin.
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Description Marked "Liberty Can Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania". Decent example with several areas of light surface indentations and moderat...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Uniform Cut Plug Tobacco Canister.718 - Uniform Cut Plug Tobacco Canister.
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Description Manufactured by the Larus & Brothers Company in Richmond, Virginia marked "American Can Co.". Solid display piece with hig...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Camel Cigar Tin.719 - Camel Cigar Tin.
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Description Marked " American Can Co.". Nice example with good color and just some light spotting to left side and top. Condition (8.4 - 8...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Forest & Stream Tobacco Canister.720 - Forest & Stream Tobacco Canister.
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Description Manufactured by the Imperial Tobacco Company in Montreal, Canada. Some tarnishing to lid, scattered nicks throughout and moderate wear. Co
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Pure Stock Round Cigar Tin.721 - Pure Stock Round Cigar Tin.
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Description Marked "Factory 1022 First District Pennsylvania" and "Liberty Can Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania" on bottom. Great ex...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Sure Shot Store Bin.722 - Sure Shot Store Bin.
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Description Displays well. Very nice example with great color and shine throughout. A few areas of light wear but nothing serious. General tarnishing
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.723 - Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one Handsome Dan square cornered box and one Tuxedo canister. Handsome Dan by the L.L Stroddard Company in New Haven, Connecticut
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Union Leader Lunch Box Tins.724 - Lot of 2: Union Leader Lunch Box Tins.
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Description Solid color and shine throughout with minimal wear. On one tin, remnants of original tax stamp still present. Condition (8.8 - 9.2, Excell
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Knob Top Tobacco Tins.725 - Lot of 2: Knob Top Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one Catcher and one Velvet. Catcher by the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky. Decent example w...
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Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.726 - Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one Just Suits cut plug and one H-O small-top canister. Just Suits by the Buchanan & Lyall Company, an American Tobacco Com...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Cadet Cigar Tins.727 - Lot of 2: Cadet Cigar Tins.
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Description Includes one Reichard Cadet and one Havana Cadet canister. Reichard by J.P. Reichard marked "Liberty Can Co.". Solid color, sh...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Cut Plug Tobacco Tins.728 - Lot of 2: Cut Plug Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one George Washington and one Century Union. George Washington still contains original product inside with light to moderate wear
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Tobacco Canisters.729 - Lot of 2: Tobacco Canisters.
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Description Includes one Century Union and one Winter cut plug. Winter cut plug by the J. Wright Company. Both are decent examples with moderate wear
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Granger Knob Top Pipe Tobacco Tins.730 - Lot of 2: Granger Knob Top Pipe Tobacco Tins.
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Description Manufactured by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. Both have excellent color, detail and a few light, scattered scratches. Conditi...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 5: Miscellaneous Tobacco Tins.731 - Lot of 5: Miscellaneous Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes three Velvet Pocket and two Prince Albert. Velvet Pocket tins in like-new, never opened condition. Prince Albert tins, one crimp-
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.732 - Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one Tuxedo canister and one Good Cheer cigar stein. Tuxedo by the R.A. Patterson Tobacco Company. Nice example with minimal wear
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 3: Tobacco Tins.733 - Lot of 3: Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one Dutch Master, one Hickory and one Bond Street. All are in superior condition with great color. Condition (9.2 - 9.6, Near Min
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Lot of 3: Tobacco Canisters.734 - Lot of 3: Tobacco Canisters.
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Description Includes one Hurley Burley and two Union Leader. Hurley Burley with some paint remnants on top lid and edge. All have light to moderate we
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Lot of 8: Blue Boar Tobacco Containers.735 - Lot of 8: Blue Boar Tobacco Containers.
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Description Most have little to moderate wear. Condition (7.6 - 8.4, Very Good - Excellent). Size Largest: 5 - 1/2" T.
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 14: Misc. Tobacco Tins & Cigar Packs.736 - Lot of 14: Misc. Tobacco Tins & Cigar Packs.
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Description Includes Handsome Dan, Surbrugs, Modell, Murad, Flexo, Forrest & Stream, etc. Very nice grouping. Condition (8.2 - 8.8, Excellent). ...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.737 - Lot of 2: Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes Union Leader lunchbox and Camel cigar tin. Union Leader by P. Lorillard Company with good color and shine and remnants of origina
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Union Leader Tobacco Tins.738 - Lot of 2: Union Leader Tobacco Tins.
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Description Includes one canister by P. Lorillard Company and one vertical pocket. Canister with nice overall appearance and some tarnishing. Vertical
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lot of 3: Celluloid Over Tin Gin & Ale Signs.739 - Lot of 3: Celluloid Over Tin Gin & Ale Signs.
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Description 1940s to 1950s. Bends, dents, stains and a few tears with soiling and overall wear. Condition (6.0, Good). Size Largest: 20" x 13&q...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Lot of 2: Johnnie Walker Figures on Bases.740 - Lot of 2: Johnnie Walker Figures on Bases.
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Description 1940s to 1950s. Both very soiled with medium to heavy wear. Condition (6.0, Good). Size Largest: 30" T.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Lot of 3: Assorted Advertising Pieces.741 - Lot of 3: Assorted Advertising Pieces.
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Description Includes one Old Thompson Whiskey display, one Seagram's large display bottle and one Corina display case. A few marks and nicks wit...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Pabst Blue Ribbon Figural Countertop Display Piece742 - Pabst Blue Ribbon Figural Countertop Display Piece
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Description 1950s to 1960s. Cast metal. Overall heavy soiling and medium wear. Condition (6.5, Good). Size 10" x 15" x 4".
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Embossed Tin Over Wood Beverwyck Beer Sign.743 - Embossed Tin Over Wood Beverwyck Beer Sign.
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Description 1880s to 1890s. Rare early sign with great remaining gold tones. Displays wonderfully and still attached to original curved corner wooden
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Start Price : 325.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Iron City & Tech Tin Beer Sign.744 - Iron City & Tech Tin Beer Sign.
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Description 1930s to 1940s. Nicely embossed. Some yellowing, medium stains and minor marks with heavy soiling and wear. Condition (7.0 - 7.5, Very Goo
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Porcelain Volk Beer Die-Cut 2-Sided Sidewalk Sign.745 - Porcelain Volk Beer Die-Cut 2-Sided Sidewalk Sign.
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Description 1940s to 1950s. Nice color and condition. One side is very heavily soiled. Condition (7.5, Very Good). Size 37" x 36".
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Yuengling & Son 2-Sided Beer Sign.746 - Yuengling & Son 2-Sided Beer Sign.
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Description 1870s to 1880s. Tremendously rare and believed to be unique. Wonderful finish remains on the smaltz surfaces with strong surviving gold an
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Neon Yuengling Beer Sign.747 - Neon Yuengling Beer Sign.
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Description 1950s. Only light soiling overall. Condition (8.5 - 9.0, Near Mint). Size 20" x 16".
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Reverse on Glass Yuengling Beer Corner Sign.748 - Reverse on Glass Yuengling Beer Corner Sign.
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Description Pre 1900. Very rare. All original, including fluted metal framework, trim and wooden corner bracket. Moderate to extensive flaking primarl
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Reverse on Glass Schlitz Lighted Corner Sign.749 - Reverse on Glass Schlitz Lighted Corner Sign.
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Description 1920s. Rare sign. All original with copper banding and wooden framework on back. Small marks and minor flaking on black background with he
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Tin Finnegan's Ale 2-Sided Sign.750 - Tin Finnegan's Ale 2-Sided Sign.
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Description 1930s to 1940s. Probably once housed neon and a transformer, although it no longer does. General overall marks with soiling and wear. Cond
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Embossed Tin Puritan Pale Ale Sign.751 - Embossed Tin Puritan Pale Ale Sign.
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Description 1920s to 1930s. One or two strong dents, minor edge nicks, small marks, faint stains and medium soiling and wear. Condition (7.5 - 7.8, Ve
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Cardboard Utica Club Sparkling Ale Sign.752 - Cardboard Utica Club Sparkling Ale Sign.
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Description 1920s to 1930s. A few minor rubs, small scratches and marks with medium soiling and light stains. Condition (7.5, Very Good). Size 8 - 1/2
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Porcelain Lawson's Ale Shield Sign.753 - Porcelain Lawson's Ale Shield Sign.
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Description 1920s to 1930s. Some edge chips, nicks and surface scratches with light soiling. Condition (7.5, Very Good). Size 42" x 30".
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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