Old wooden advertising sign for Old Hickory Furniture Company, out of Martinsville, Indiana. Yellow letters painted on red background read "Let Us Show You Old Hickory Furniture Furnish the Great Outdoors." Very likely originally part of a larger display or even a wall of a building, the "sign" consists of 4 boards, with 2 endpieces nailed on at a later date. The original section measures 16" x 29". Obvious age, wear and paint flaking but still intact and easily legible. Excellent collector piece. Very good condition.
Estimate: 200-300
4 old Smoker brand canoe paddles, manufacured by the Smoker Lbr. Company of New Paris, Indiana. Also a store display with notches for displaying up to 6 paddles. The paddles are each 5 feet long. The display measures 45 1/4" by 8 1/8" x 3 3/4". All pieces show signs of age and wear but are in basically very good shape.
Estimate: 400-600
Vintage Firestone Advertising Enameled steel Store Sign. Approx. 9 feet tall by 18in. wide. Very good to excellent vintage condition. A few small rust spots, one atop the "F" and next to "i", and in areas along edge. Does not detract from the overall cosmetic effect. as-is.
Estimate: 150-250
Vintage enameled metal Coke advertising sign, ca. 1950s? Reads; "Coca-Cola, Sign of Good Taste." Measures 16" by 44" with curved ends. Some fading and slight discoloration, in otherwise good condition with no damage.
Estimate: 100-200
Double sided enameled metal squirt sign, copyright 1955. 13 1/4in. tall by 17 1/2in. wide. Slight bubbling/loss around edges. Along with a cardboard litho dr. pepper sign featuring Rita Daigle promo ca. 1950s. 15in. by 25in. Brown spots upper left corner, bumps to corners, 3 1/4in. rip top right corner.
Estimate: 100-200
Tall Red metal enamel advertising sign/thermometer for R.J. Becht & Son, a Cincinnati custom sports clothing company. Company logo includes a silhouette of a horse and rider. Measures 36 1/2" x 8". Some rusting, fading, discoloration as would be expected with a piece this old. But overall in nice shape, intact and legible.
Estimate: 50-100
"Diamond Crystal Mineralized Salt" enameled metal advertising thermometer. 14in. x 20in. In very good condition with no damage. Dekalb Hybrids litho on masonite sign. 16in. x 24in. Good overall condition. Bottom left corner missing. Bumps to corners with wear to bottome edge.
Estimate: 100-200
Vintage metal enamel 7up store sign, manufactured by the Stout Sign Company, St Louis. Measures 19" x 16" x 1 3/4"deep. Some rusting, slight fading and discoloration as would be expected with a piece this old. But overall in nice shape, intact and legible.
Estimate: 50-150
Old enameled metal farm sign advertising Ful-O-Pep Feeds (Quaker Oats Company). Measures 14" x 32". Some rusting, bending, very little fading, colors still vivid. Substantially intact, legible.
Estimate: 50-100
Coca Cola litho enameled thermometer, 17in. tall, area of rust over the words "Coca Cola". Along with an enamel, "Drink Canada Dry" sign, 7in. x 24in., areas of rust and some bubbling mainly to the edges. And an enameled metal "Eat Golden Toast Bread" sign, 3in. x 31 1/2in., crackling and bubbling to paint with rust. Paint is secure nevertheless.
Estimate: 50-150
Large lot (approx. 11 pieces) antique learning tools (for boys). 2 miniature type set kits; "The Boys Printer" in litho box, incomplete. And wooden box with sliding lid and paper label: "Baltimorean, Educate Your Boys". Looks to be fairly complete with instructions. Measures; 4 1/2"h x 9 1/2"w x 4 1/4"d. Official Boy Scouts First Aid Kit, looks complete, along with registration card. Nat'l Radio Institute ruler and tin mini protractor with thumbtack tin, Indian head stamp pad, and brass fasteners box. Kerney's Catechism US History 1882, and The Union Spelling Book, illustrated, 1838, both with wear. Sold as is.
Estimate: 50-100
4 old tobacco tins. 4 1/2"L Lucky Strike hinged pocket tin in VG condition with slight rust and wear. 6"H Sir Walter Raleigh B&W cannister tin with lid in VG condition with slight wear. Cinco "Handy Humidor" with handle in G condition with fading, rust, and dents. 8 1/4"dia. Dark Sweet Cuba Fine Cut Tobacco round tin in G condition with substantial wear, partial paper label intact center of lid. See photos.
Estimate: 100-200
4 pieces advertizing and alcohol memorabilia. Schlitz Beer vintage metal advertising sign. 7" x 11" with some slight surface scratches, and light rust. JA Dougherty's Sons Pure Rye Medicinal whiskey bottle in box. 8 1/2"H with box showing wear, and missing lid. Paper label on bottle has water staining. American Mfg. Co. steam guage with copper frame, patented 1903. Can Billy Carter beer.
Estimate: 50-100
4 old farm tins. Hercules Blasting Caps tin with lid in good condtion with wear. 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" Merriam's Bevel Clinch Rivets tin with scrapes and dents, mostly to lid. Large, 10"H, Dexin cannister with lid, rust spots throughout and around bottom. Dr. LeGear's Poultry Prescription tonic box with litho paper applied packaging, unopened, in very good condition.
Estimate: 50-100
5 piece vintage tobacciana. Tin litho advertising Marvels cigarettes thermometer in VG condition with minor wear, 12" x 4". George Washington cut plug tin with hinged lid with clasp and handle in VG to VG- condition. 2 cigar tins; Tennyson and Humo in VG to G condition. Chesterfield cigarette tin in VG condition, 4 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Estimate: 50-100
Lot of 7 vintage commercial food containers. Betty Ann Chocolates box (6 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 1", a bit munched), Honeymoon Mints & Limes round tin (3 3/4" x 3 3/4"), McCormick's Orange Pekoe Tea Bags round tin (3 1/4" x 10 1/4"), Bunte Diana "Stuft" Confections tin (9 1/4" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"), Mother's Oats carboard cylinder (7 1/4" x 4", early Quaker Oats box, top missing), Watkins Double Strength Imitation Vanilla Extract bottle in outer box (8 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 1 3/4"), and Beech Nut Ginger Ale bottle (10" tall, label partially missing). All show signs of age and use, some rusting, but generally in good condition.
Estimate: 50-100
16 piece lot of spice, coffee, and cocoa tins. 9 Schilling tins, (Nutmeg is in box, not tin). 2 3/4"h Evans Select Spices Cloves gilt advertising shaker tin with spots of loss to finish. 5 1/8"h Cardboard Nutmeg container with metal lid and bottom, paper label in very good condition. J.W. Edgerly drugstore 7 1/2"h cardboard China Cassia powder container made in Cincinatti with metal top and bottom. Fishback Co. 3/F brand free sample roasted coffee cardboard container with paper label and metal cap and bottom in good condition with slight loss around top. Metal Bonita Coffee cannister with loss to paper label around top. 2 metal containers with embossed lids and no paper label; 4 1/4"h Walter Baker 1/2lb Breakfast Cocoa, and Chase & Sanborn Coffee.
Estimate: 50-100
10-piece lot of vintage kitchen products. All contain at least vestiges of the actual product inside and some are nearly full. Larkin Scouring Paste in tin (2 1/2" x 4 1/4", lid rusted shut), Old Dutch Cleanser in cardboard cylinder with tin shaker lid (3" x 2 1/4"), Semdac Dusting and Polishing Mop in tin (3 1/8"x 7 3/4"), Climalene in box (4 1/2" x 3 1/4"), Roaches Last Meal in cardboard cylinder (4 3/4" x 2 3/4"), Wellington Knife Polish in cardboard cylinder (4 1/2" x 2 3/8", colors still show brightly), Rug-Sta ("Keeps Rugs From Slipping") in glass bottle and outer box (5 1/4"x 2 1/2"), Faultless Starch in box (4 1/2" x 3"), Presto-Shine Polish in tin (1 3/4" x 4 1/4"), and Kleen-O Oil Mop in tin (3" x 6 1/2"). All show signs of wear or rust but all are intact and easily legible.
Estimate: 50-100
3 Bowling League Champion Bowling Pins, ca.1950s with advertising. 2 are Brunswick King red crowns. The other is Meullers Select with 3 red bands. 15" tall. Slight fading and slight loss to paint. See photos.
Estimate: 40-80
Advertising 14 PC cosmetic supplies for men and women, most from around the turn of the Century. Highly decorated silver New Gem Safety Razor with patent 1895, 4.5". King Oscillator razor in case in box with 3 blade packs. B & J "The Masters" hand soap "for removing paint from hands," bar of soap with original wrapper. White rose glycerin soap cardboard box with paper label, made in Germany, 6.5" x 3". Georgia Rose Vanishing Cream box, no lid. Parisian eau de toilette glass bottle with paper label, 6.5" tall. Milk glass jar of Dorothy Perkins Cleansing Cream. Metal cannister Boraxo powdered hand soap. Shoe store advertising shoe brush, 8.5" long. Old tin litho powered deodorant shaker. Colgate's shaving stick tin with embossed screw on lid. E & W Underwear for Men cardboard retail box.
Estimate: 50-100
6 pieces old Automotive advertising memorabilia. 2 vintage iron taxi meters: One with blue enamel is coin operated (45cents) with an arm embossed "Vacant", manufactured by Ohmer Fare Register Company (Dayton OH), 9 3/8" x 8 1/4" x 9"; the other is enameled silver, but looks to have originally been yellow, manufacured by the Dayton Taximeter Corporation, 4 1/2" x 8" x 5". Both show signs of wear and age (some rusting, paint loss, etc) but are in pretty good shape. Along with 3 old tins (all empty): a gallon can of Pennzoil Motor Oil (7 3/4" x 6 1/2"), a quart can of Wards Engine Tone (6 7/8" x 4 1/2"), and a can of Riverside Cream Separator Oil (Montgomery Ward, 5 1/4" x 8", w/handle, no cap). Also an old wooden-handled aluminum oil or gas can, 9 1/2" tall x 6 1/4" across). As with the cab meters, the cans show age, wear, paint loss, rust -- but are intact, no holes, caps screw on and off, etc. Sold as is.
Estimate: 100-200
2 tin litho advertising tip trays. One is for O.P. Raber the Druggist (Kendallville & Corunna, Indiana) with Paroah's three Arabian horses. The other is for De Laval Cream Separators (New York-Chicago-Montreal) with picture of the separator itself. Each measures 4 1/4" across in good shape with some wear. Some of the lettering has worn off the Raber tray.
Estimate: 20-40
Niagara Falls souvenir -- a comb in celluloid case. Case is molded in the shape of an Indian brave. The Indian holds a bow in front of him and a 1 3/4" mirror behind him. Shows some wear from use. Comb is missing 3 teeth. Indian measures 4 1/4" long.
Estimate: 20-40
Folk art hand carved well-dressed man figure Old Times Rye advertising store display on pedestal. This is a hand made piece of Antique style folk art. Figure carved from one piece of wood. Cane is removeable. Hair is applied wool? 59" tall, base is 10" x 11". Has a couple tiny paint chips to edge of top hat. Paint has an intentional, subtle crackle finish.
Estimate: 750-1,000
Nestlé advertising hand painted mural on canvas. "Serving Humanity Throughout the World". Supposed to have hung in the Nestle Company's general managers office for years. 71" x 122". Tobacco? stains toward the top. Light horizontal crease through the middle.
Estimate: 500-800
9 pieces advertising and utility items. Goblin Soap wrapped bar in box, very good condition with slight structural wear to box. 7/8"dia. Swift & Co. Wool Soap advertising pin back button, 1896 pat. date on back. 2 1/8'dia. The Globe Clothing House, Warsaw IN advertising purse mirror. Smoke Chapman's Cigars paper pouch with stitched edge, Warsaw IN. 3" Swan Vestas cardboard match box with structural damage to "push ends" on inner box. Cardboard Litho "Il Cosmet" powder box in very good condition with discoloration to one side of lid. 3 1/2"h Betsy Ross Tea tin with paper label. Sen-Sen throat ease and Breathe purfume tin dispenser with mints inside which look like charcoal. Empty 2 1/8" Fulton stamp pad tin. Sold as is.
Estimate: 40-80
4 pieces vintage advertising pieces. 2 3/4"h Tin Litho Planters Peanuts cup in good condition with slight loss. Tin litho Buster Brown Shoes clicker in very good condition with a few scuffs and/or scratches. Early plastic 7 1/8" Fuller figural letter opener in very good condition with slight wear to opener section. Nehi beverage flapper shoe 3 1/8" bottle opener with fold in knife in very good condition.
Estimate: 30-60
3-piece glass advertising lot, all Monarch brand. Includes a butter churn with metal lid/gears and wooden handle & blades, 13" tall by 6" across, "Monarch Finer Foods" molded in glass, seems to work. Also a 14 1/2 oz Monarch Tomato Catsup bottle, 9 3/4" tall; and a one pound Monarch Coffee jar, 6 1/4" tall, with metal lid. Both with paper labels. All three pieces feature a picture of a lion's head and are in reasonably good condition. No big torn sections from the labels.
Estimate: 50-100
7-piece lot of old Monarch brand containers. 2 Tea tins: green tea, 5 1/2" x 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"; and imperial gun powder tea, 6" x 3 1/4" x 3 1/4", tin top and bottom, cardboard sides. Both are beautiful with colorful renderings of tea fields. One breakfast cocoa tin, 6" x 3 1/4" x 3 1/4", still has quite a bit of cocoa left. One ground cinnamon tin, 1 7/8" x 2 3/8". One bouillon cubes tin, 1/2" x 2 5/8". One stick cinnamon box, 4" x 2 1/2", with lots of cinnamon left. One peppermint extract bottle, still nearly full, 3 3/4" tall, in original box. Very pretty pieces, all with the Monarch lion. Some age wear but basically in very good condition.
Estimate: 50-100