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United States Revenue - Private Die Medicine (Ephemera)
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1947
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Cat No: Collection
Private Die Medicine Trade Cards. A collection of 159 cards plus 4 blotters from over 40 companies; includes 38 Ayer's cards, 5 Wm. Clarke including three scarce cards, 11 Comstock, other companies with Curtis, Perry Davis, Dalley's, Fleming Bros., G.G. Green, Dr. Jayne, Merchant's Gargling Oil, Tarrant's and Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills just to name a few; condition a little varied but the vast majority in very good condition, Very Fine overall. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 5,750.00
Sold...US$ 5,750.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:14:58 EST
Sold For 5750
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1948
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Cat No: Collection
Proprietary Medicine Collection. Of 21 packages from 12 companies that issued private die proprietary tax stamps; includes some scarce items such as wood oval pill boxes from Brandreth's, Dr. Hoofland's Pills (with facsimile stamp on back of wrapper), Schenck's Mandrake Pills (with facsimile stamp over wrapper), two different A. Littlefield Court Plasters one with R3 stamp on back, Dr. M.A. Simmons tin and many others, generally F.-V.F. or better (list of companies available upon request). Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:15:52 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1949
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Cat No: Collection
Almanacs Issued by Private Die Proprietary Medicine Companies. Collection of 93 different almanacs arranged in four large binders; many with great graphic covers and contents, many with multicolored lithograph covers, companies includes Ayers, B. Brandreth, The Centaur Co., W.H. Comstock, Perry Davis & Son, P.H. Drake & Co., G.G. Green, Dr. Harter, Merchant Gargling Oil Co., etc., a wealth of information on over 40 companies, good to better condition (list of companies available upon request). Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 2,000.00
Sold...US$ 2,000.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:16:57 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1950
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Almanacs & Booklets Issued by Private Die Proprietary Medicine Companies. Collection of 109 different almanacs arranged in four binders; with great graphic covers and contents, many with multicolored lithograph covers, companies includes Ayers, B. Brandreth, The Centaur Co., Jeremiah Curtis & Sons, Perry Davis & Son, G.G. Green, Dr. Harter, a run of Hazeltine's Pocket-Book Almanacs, Merchant Gargling Oil Co., etc., a wealth of information on over 38 companies, good to better condition (list of companies available upon request). Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:18:03 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1951
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Proprietary Medicine Collection. Of 33 packages, tins and bottles, etc., many with original contents, 22 are from the companies that issued private die proprietary revenue stamps, 7 have battleship tax stamps and 4 have early proprietary stamps; companies include Ayer's, B. Brandreth Allcock Mfg. Co., J.S. Burdsal & Co., Dr. A.W. Chase, W.H. Comstock, A.H. Flanders, Dr. Herrick Family Medicine Co., Dr. D. Jayne, I.S. Johnson & Co., The Dr. J.H. McLean Medicine Co., Dr. J.H. Schenck & Son, The Charles Vogeler Co., World's Dispensary Medical Association, Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Co., Dr. Kilmer & Co., Murray & Lanman, and others; condition varies with many intact items (detail list available upon request), generally F.-V.F. or better. Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:21:22 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1952
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Cat No: Collection
Almanacs & Booklets Issued by Private Die Proprietary Medicine Companies. Collection of 116 different publications arranged in three binders; with great graphic covers and contents, many with multicolored lithograph covers, companies includes Ayers, B. Brandreth, Joseph Burnett & Co., The Centaur Co., Jeremiah Curtis & Sons, rare C. N. Crittenton, Hales Honey & Glenn's Sulphur Soap 1879 Almanac, Perry Davis & Son, G.G. Green, Dr. Harter, a run of Hazeltine's, C.C. Moore, Moore's Pilules, Sure Cure for Chills Booklet, etc., a wealth of information on over 45 companies, good to better condition (list of companies available upon request). Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 2,300.00
Sold...US$ 2,300.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:22:52 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1953
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Cat No: Collection
Proprietary Medicine with Battleship Revenue Stamps. Collection of 24 items (20 packages, 2 small bottles and 2 plasters) each with a complete battleship tax stamp, some of the stamps have printed cancels (including Dr. Kilmer's Prompt Parilla Liver pills intact with contents), others are hand cancelled (including Dr. Tyler's Pepsin Stomach Pills with contents), generally F.-V.F. or better, It would be difficult to obtain these items in today's market (list of companies available upon request). Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:23:49 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1954
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Cat No: Collection
Medicine Company Collateral Balance. Of 91 items from the companies that issued proprietary die revenue stamps: 4 advertising calendars; 4 trade cards and die-cuts; 64 billheads, letterheads, receipts, etc.; 9 postal cards; 1 advertising facsimile banknote, 1 advertising blotter, 5 labels and wrappers, 3 plasters (including scarce Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster with wrappers) and 21 flyers, circulars, broadsides, etc., includes a series of 5 letters from Demas Barnes, John Henry & Curran and John Henry that shows the progression of company ownership over time; a diverse collection that would be hard to duplicate today, list of companies available upon request. also includes 24 revenue stamped checks (20 of which seem to be different examples from Lanman and Kemp) and one check with R5b dated 1865, total of 116 items. Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:26:59 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1955
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Proprietary Medicine with Early Revenue Stamps. Group of 13 medicine packages (many with contents); one with R3 (Parisian Aroma and Bouquet Alaska, two bottles in slide-top box), three with RB1 (including Hankins' Celebrated Pectoral Lozenges, oval cardboard box), seven with RB11, and two with RB12, generally F.-V.F. or better, It would be difficult to obtain these items in today's market (list of companies available upon request). Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:28:23 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1956
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Cat No: Collection
Private Medicine Tokens. Group of 11 advertising tokens; includes 4 different Dr. Bennett's Medicines with "Dr. Bennett's Medicines Cure Sickness and Pain" with shield on reverse, similar with "200,000 Families Now Use" on reverse, "Use Dr. Bennett's Medicines" with "500,000 Persons Annually Cured" on reverse, and Indian Head Liberty 1863 with "500,000 Persons Annually Cured By Dr. Bennett's Medicines" on reverse, others include two Steinfeld French Cognac Bitters (the same), Buffum's Mineral Water Pittsburg, E.W. Hall, Atherton's Wild Cherry Syrup, Magnetic Powder and Pills for Insects and Rats, Miller's Hair Invigorator 25c, Miller's Hair Dye 50c and Pulmonales for Cough and Colds, Very Fine. Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:29:49 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1957
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Dr. Mott's Vegetable Liver Pills Medicine Group. Three wood ovals, two with tax stamps, one with facsimile; three examples of wood oval for Dr. Mott's Vegetable Liver Pills each with the same wrapper but two with different tax stamps and one with a facsimile stamp, one has John Henry RS114 stamp, another has a Bennett RS30 stamp (some wax over stamp), and a third with a John Henry facsimile stamp, Fine, a rare opportunity to obtain stamps used on the package as the product was produced by different companies. Estimate; $250 - 350. Est. $250-350 (Image)
Est. $250-350
Opening US$ 270.00
Sold...US$ 270.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:30:25 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1958
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Dr. McLean's Plaster with RS170. Dr. J.H. McLean's Wonderful Healing Plaster cylinder product inside wrapper, McLean, Dr. J.H., 1¢ black, old paper (RS170) stamp covers one end of the cylinder, F.-V.F., rare to see a completely originally sealed product with a tax stamp. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 210.00
Sold...US$ 210.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:30:38 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1959
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Dr. Harter's Bottle and Wrapper with RS98. 5¾" tall bottle embossed Dr. Harter's Fever & Ague Specific with complete front and back labels and contents, wrapper has a vertical pair of RS98 tax stamps, flyer inside the wrapper, F.-V.F., rare. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:31:05 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1960
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Cat No: Collection
Medicine Labels and Wrappers. Group of 12 labels and wrappers from 9 companies that issued proprietary die medicine stamps; includes engraved Brandreth box wrapper, Wright Indian Vegetable Pill Co. "One Dozen Boxes" label with specimen overprint, B.A. Fahnstocks Vermifuge label, Jayne's Expectorant, etc., Very Fine, list of the companies for the labels and wrappers is available upon request. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:32:20 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1961
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Cat No: RS75b
Perry Davis Wrapper & Flyer with Medicine Stamp. 11½" x 6¼" wrapper & flyer inserted with bottle with Davis & Son, 1¢ blue, silk paper used to seal the flyer around the bottle; stamp torn in half when removed from around the bottle with half of the stamp remaining on each end of the flyer, F.-V.F. Scott No. RS75b; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 240.00
Sold...US$ 240.00
Closed..Jul-31-2021, 00:33:32 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 97
Lot No: 1962
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Fleming Bros. Early Broadsheet Advertisement. 12 1/8"x9½" illustrated sheet for Dr. McLane's Celebrated Vermifuge and Liver Pills (RS88-90), showing female allegories at top and package wrapper design at center, with additional ad text on reverse, printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson who were in business from 1847-58; usual folds and minor tone spot, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)
