Collection of autographed covers for various politicians; group of 1969 inaugural covers signed by members of the Nixon Cabinet, incl Blount, Laird, Schultz, Volpe, Kennedy, G Romney, Hickel, Mitchell and others; also Lady Bird Johnson, Justice Hugo Black, also some unsigned inaugural covers from 1957-85; collector has created cachets out of magazine color photographs of the Cabinet, other w/o or w/ regular cachets; also some collateral letters & envs responding to the request for autographs; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 L

(2) Cover albums w/ (200) autographed cacheted event covers or FDCs, mostly military & government figures, incl Medal of Honor winners, Purple Heart recipients & many other military men (WWII, Korea and Vietnam), politicians & personalities such as John Kerry, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Dr Jack Kevorkian, Joseph P Kennedy, Chuck Robb, John Glenn, Jeana Yeager, Paul Tibbets, Alexander Haig, Robert McNamara, Al Kaline, Thor Heyerdahl, Bob Woodward, Kurt Vonnegut, Jonas Salk, Sir Edmund Hillary, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Betty Ford, Sophia Loren, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Nguyen Van Thieu, Colin Powell; also a group of (54) cacheted FDCs or event covers relating to the Vietnam War (not autographed); a few dup of autographs, a good number of these were obtained by the consignor, others purchased, many w/ receipts; gen VF (Image)

Est. $400-500 B

MEDAL of HONOR (203) Autographed covers in (2) cover albums, all obtained by one collector, some dup in individuals, covers are FDC or event covers, all cacheted, some inscribed or w/ added info about the veteran; most appear to be Marines from WWII, Korea & Vietnam; also (2) large Guadalcanal patches also signed; VF (Image)

Est. $400-600 B

Collection abt (500) Willis cigarette cards w/ a few Players cards in an album from early 20th Cent, topics incl aircraft, birds, buildings, coat of arms, coronations, industry, scenes, insects, movie stars, royalty, ships, soccer players & much more, album in good cond & cards EX to EXMT (Image)

Est. $300-400 B

Olympic German books (3) made by Cigarette company w/ cards & photos, incl 1932 Summer & 1936 Winter games both (127) pages w/ color & black/white photos & 1936 Summer games w/ (165) pgs, gen in clean cond

Est. $300-400 L

(4) Documents from Union Occupied areas, all for same person; 1863 Oath of Allegiance for man E.B. Benton from Lauderdale County, Tennessee, printed document from Provost Marshal's Office at Memphis, dated Dec 22, signed by both at bottom w/ age & description; 1863 Printed "Permission to Take Out Family Supplies." from Office Board of Trade at Fort Pillow, Tenn., dated 3/26/63, embossed Office of Provost Marshal seal; (2) shipping documents glued together, one from shipping company, the steamboat Diadem going from St. Louis to Memphis, loaded at Cairo with Benton's goods to be taken to Fort Pillow, items incl nails, stove & pipe, saws, lanterns & 1/2 dozen can of oysters, 2nd doc titled "Special License to Ship into Insurrectionary States and Districts" dated 10/31/63 at Cairo, also to ship by river to Fort Pillow "22 Pkgs [household] Goods & 5 bales hay for family use." interesting view into life during the war; folds, typical wear, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $300-400 LE

Collection of trade cards & prints of wildlife; incl Arm & Hammer small trade cards showing Birds (61) w/ a couple dup & Fish (7) diff; Brooke Bond Tea cards w/ more birds, US & Canada versions (28) diff; brightly colored attractive lithos of birds in natural habitats, roughly 6.5" square on paper, (78) diff of uncertain origin (some marked Tom Dolan) & a few other bird prints; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 A

A real hodge-podge of items incl old letters & prints, vintage photos, advertising & coupons, old rubber stamp kit, old foreign currency, metal buttons, (4) 1960 Life magazines, disasters book, a few 1970s comic books, facsimile Confederate Currency, full size American Flag & much more, something for everyone here (Image)

Est. $150-250 L

Balance lot of random things: Crown Royal bag of (25) small spoons incl some matching monograms, state souvenirs (older), fancy stirrers, Middle Eastern motifs, some likely silver, others plated, (6) are Tiffany; Hardcover 1st edition "So Called Dollars" by Hibler & Kappen (1963) used; some old documents & entertainment ephemera about Queenie Denedin & other entertainers; (16) folding pocket magnifiers in leather case, still in original retail packaging (Made in Japan); several mint sheet files w/ full panes US Christmas Seals, one signed Bob Hope, another Brooke Shields, also some sgls from other countries, Boys Town, Wildlife labels; Hardcover "The Echoes that Remain" by Schwab about the Jewish experience in WWII via covers, stamps, money & documents; other WWII items incl a Nazi spoon & uniform insignia, couple pins; 1907 Prussian 5 mark coin (0.8 oz silver); empty G&K album for full panes

Est. $150-200 L

Selection of items from estate, incl 1892 large metal pinback showing Columbus & Arms from Chicago Fair, metal ring from 1939 NY World's Fair in original box; Little Leather library A Christmas Carol and Old Christmas by Irving; stack of US bank checks w/ revenue stamps, 1890s-1910s; (150+) modern baseball cards in tin or plastic pgs, mostly commons, best 1993 Upper Deck Jeter rookie; group of bronze medals for diff Apollo flights (Made in Canada & serial # on rim); other tokens incl aluminum antique autos from Franklin Mint, baggie full of wooden nickels; spear-like "wife money" iron object from Cameroon, 1757 Bavaria thaler in fancy bezel as brooch, old keystone shaped metal item w/ button of PA state capitol at center; more

Est. $200-250 L + TUBE

SINGER Sewing machine topical collection in binder, incl trade cards, advs, postcards & other ephemera; incl (114) diff trade cards of (3) diff styles showing scenes of women & men in native dress of various countries using the sewing machine (Sweden, Portugal, Tunis, Caroline Is, Manila, China, Japan, Tiflis, many others); set of cards from 1904 World's Fair, 1909 Singer Almanac; postcards of factories; adv bklts, couple covers w/ Singer corner cards; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $300-400 A

Stack of comics & similar publications from 1970s, both DC & Marvel incl Superman, Creepy, Hulk, Thor; also Mad, Cracked, book on "antique comic book stories," 1975 Marvel calendar, couple books on comics & even a few baseball cards (2000s); gen F-VF

Est. $80-100 L

Mostly paper ephemera, random selections w/ adv, old newspapers, old photographs from scrapbook (military, entertainers, others), documents, some w/ revenues, baggie of political buttons, more; F+

Est. $80-100 L

Small assortment of ephemera, incl apx 6½x5" souv bklt from St Louis World's Fair, brown & gold cover "Sights, Scenes and Wonders at the World's Fair," by Official Photographic Company, intact & F-VF; old red velvet clasp album w/ abt (50) photographs of family members, large number are of children, couple w/ dolls or pets; cabinet & carte-de-visite sizes, F-VF; 1984 Oberammergau Passion program bklts, German & English versions, VF, & color PPC packet; stack of documents from mid-1930s incl receipts, variety of letterheads, shipment docs from a bicycle shop in New Jersey, F-VF

Est. $100-140 B

Small group ephemera & collectibles from a coin dealer's extras; incl strip (8) tickets for 1926 Sesquicentennial Expo; 1908 Certificate of 1 share in the American Philatelic Association (now APS), signed by president Luff; binder w/ abt (100) picture postcards, many vintage; Lucite diamond w/ 1964 coin set inside; stack of stock certificates, one w/ US stamp, one w/ British embossed stamp, from various states & time periods; US Bonded Warehouse large taxpaid for pure rye whiskey; a few stamps & coins, more

Est. $140-180 L

Variety of paper items, mostly late 19th to early 20th Cent; baggage tags, product labels, humor magazine drawings, baseball cards, (12) pieces worn fractional currency, old photos & cabinet cards, Nazi document, trade cards, advs, Zeppelin related photographs as modern repro postcards; matchbook covers, stereoscopic cards & more; F+

Est. $140-180 L

NAVAL related items incl abt (200+) naval programs 1980s-90s incl commissions & decommissions, launchings, welcome aboard, honoring admirals & more, some dup, invitations & RSVP cards, membership cards, photos, metals, tokens & much more, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $250-350 L (2)

American ephemera, incl deeds & documents w/ revenue stamps, entertainer photo, Express Co. labels, set of engravings of Civil War era personalities, small stack cartes-de-visite, hardcover w/ engraved portrait frontispiece of "Memorial Address on the Life and Character of William McKinley" by John Hay; WWII ration books, Penna RR & other stock certificates (couple 100), more; gen F+

Est. $250-300 L

Unusual grouping of ephemera: small stkbk of labels, mostly scarce Vermont 1901 Old Home Week labels in various colors; a few foreign stamps w/ ridiculously high face values in the millions (Zaire, Yugoslavia, Germany, Greece); (5) multi-color Japanese prints, possibly taken from a book w/ images of old Japan; pages from 1896-97 historical Swiss calendar w/ prints of town views; remainder are smaller items incl some foreign paper money, old photographs, fake Hitler propaganda stamps, trade cards & fancy greeting cards, other documents incl some German WWII related; gen F-VF

Est. $300-400 L

1938 Printed invitation card to a tea reception at the German Embassy in London, March 10, 1938; hosted by the recently former ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop and Frau, embossed Nazi eagle at top, name in manuscript "The Dowager Lady Lawrence"; Ribbentrop ceased being ambassador in February so this may have been a farewell party; this took place a few days before Anschluss; previously folded at center, F-VF (Image)

Est. $100-140 SE

Several WWII related items, incl surrender pass (Japanese), US State Dept notice in Polish re: Hans Frank; BBC card dropped over occupied Europe, propaganda leaflets in German & Japanese, Allied announcement, "News from Belgium" issue May, 1944, counterfeit cheese ration stamps, 1948 set of photos of war leaflets; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $100-150 LE

Original WWI poster c.1918 promoting the War Savings Stamp program, a famous design showing Joan of Arc in full armor w/ sword by comml artist Haskell Coffin, printed by The United States Printing & Lithograph Co. of New York; small inking flaw in blue background from foreign object during production (have seen others w/ same spot), couple small & one large (at bottom) margin tears & small missing piece in L margin, easily covered by mat or frame; Beautiful period art, rolled in tube, (20"x30"), F-VF

Est. $150-200 TUBE

GERMANY Selection of WWII era items incl (4) Hitler Youth items, sharpshooter badge, ID cards & military service card; (7) 1940s small iron coins 1pf, 5pf & 10pf w/ swastika; silver 25-year service medal, silver 4-year service medal w/ blue ribbon; RAD 12-year service medal w/ blue ribbon; "Gott mit uns" German Army buckle, unclear if repro; gen VF

Est. $200-300 LE

Original WWI poster c.1918 promoting the War Savings Stamp program, artwork by illustrator Caspar Emerson, Jr., showing soldiers w/ machine guns, the ammunition belt portrayed as a string of $5 savings stamps; printed by American Lithographic Co. N.Y., couple minor tears in the margin, easily covered by mat or frame; bright colors, rolled in tube, VF

Est. $250-300 TUBE

Original WWI poster c.1918 promoting the War Savings Stamp program, artwork by illustrator Charles Livingston Bull, showing large bald eagle standing on eyrie, with small aeroplanes flying out from the nest, text at top "Keep Him Free," printed by Ketterlinus, Philadelphia; bright colors, minor LL corner ding easily covered by mat or frame; rolled in tube, VF

Est. $300-400 TUBE