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Non-Sport Cards and Memorabilia
12 Lots
 Lot 189. 17 Late 19th Century Trade Cards Plus a Christmas Card. Featuring excellent, colorful period graphics, the trade cards promote a Connecticut book seller, Holbrook & Taylor (boots and shoes, CT), Yates & Co. Clothing (Philadelphia), non-alcoholic champagne ginger, Clark’s Spool Cotton (black figure), a Maine hotel, J. Henrich & Co. of New York (teas, coffees and spices), Jordan, Marsh & Co. (Boston), Petrolina petroleum jelly, P. Cox & Bros. Fine Shoes, imported French groceries, a Pittsburgh piano and organ company, H. Thompson’s Grand Soap (Buffalo) and other products. There also is a trimmed cover from a booklet for Carters Little Liver Pills. The Christmas card shows a girl with two doves. It has glue and paper residue on the back and is otherwise vg-ex to ex. Four of the trade cards are trimmed. With trimming not considered, the trade cards average g and look better.
Winning Bid $30.
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 Lot 190. Images of 42 Generals from the 1889 A28 “Heroes of the Civil War” Album. The album complements the N78 “Histories of Generals” card set and uses the same images. Each image offered here appears to have been cut from the album. Each is about 2 ¾” x 3” and adhered to a stiff paper page, six to a page. Both Grant and Lee are included, as well as Longstreet, Ewell, Early, Hooker, Stuart, Scott, Hancock, Sherman, Farragut, Breckinridge, McClellan, Bragg, Forrest, Meade, Sheridan, Jackson and Pickett. As trimmed and adhered to the pages, the images have an appearance that ranges from f to nm. The appearance of most is ex-m.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 191. Early 1900s Trade Cards, Postcards and a Booklet Featuring Niagra Falls. A 5 x 7 ½” trade card features artwork of a rainbow over the falls and promotes Clark’s ONT Spool Cotton. Ex. A 4 ¼” x 6” trade card depicts Rock of Ages and the American Falls while advertising Daniel Crimmins, Clothier. Vg-ex. A Valentine & Sons postcard produced for the Canadian Railway New Co. shows the American Falls glistening in the moonlight. Dated 1909, the card grades vg. Another postcard is from the 1939 Godfrey Phillips (Tobacco) “Our Glorious Empire” series and shows the Canadian Falls. Vg-ex. In 1914, Shredded Wheat Biscuit issued the 52-page The Wonders of Niagra: Scenic and Industrial. Extensively illustrated, it contains information on the Niagra Falls area and shredded wheat. Vg-ex.
Minimum Bid $25.
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 Lot 192. 5 Vintage Collectibles Related to Tobacco Premiums. The earliest and most desirable of the items is a printed document dated Jan. 10, 1902, from the C. Hy. Brown company of St. Louis. In the document, titled “Sweet Caporal Cigarette Box Fronts,” Brown notes that it has made arrangements with the American Tobacco Co. to redeem “box-fronts and labels” and with the Continental Tobacco Co., to accept “tags” from various brands. During the early 1900s, Brown extensively advertised in newspapers a “Catalog of Presents” that were “Free for Tobacco Tags.” This historically interesting notice is 6 ½” x 9” and has two large and a couple of smaller tears and some edge chips. All text is present and fully readable. Accompanying this document are four redemption “Certificates” from the United Cigar Stores Company of America. Established in 1901, United once had the largest chain of cigar stores in the U.S. It filed for bankruptcy in 1932, recovered and then was merged into other firms in the 1960s. The four undated certificates, including two different designs, display well. One is vg; two have a vg appearance and small edge tears, and one is f with a ½” tear at the bottom.
Minimum Bid $25.
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 Lot 193. 1909 Postcard Marking the 100th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Birth. This embossed postcard, which carries a 1908 copyright by E. Nash, is No. 1 in the “Lincolns Birthday Series.” The front of the card reproduces a letter that Lincoln wrote in 1864 to the mother of a fallen Union soldier. Bright, colorful postcard postmarked 1910. G-vg.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 197. 4 Postcards or Postcard-Sized Photos of British Actress Patricia Roc. During the 1940s-50s, Roc was one of Britain’s leading film actresses. Best known for her work in the British “Gainsborough melodramas,” she appeared in one Hollywood movie, Canyon Passage. During filming, she apparently was romantically involved with her co-star, Ronald Reagan. Roc is shown in four different poses, including three glossy photos. One of the photos has a postcard back. One of the photos has a “Gainsborough” credit on the front and a “Picturegoer Series” credit on the back. The photo with the postcard back is vg-ex, and the others are g-vg. MB $10.
Minimum Bid $10.
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 Lot 198. 32 Different 1954 Topps “Scoop” Cards – 8 from the Second Series. The cards are #14 vg-ex, 21 p, 22 vg, 23 g-vg, 29 f-g, 31 vg-ex, 32 g-vg, 33 MacArthur returns to the Philippines vg, 34 f, 37 g-vg, 38 vg, 42 g-vg, 43 g, 48 g-vg, 53 g, 58 g-vg, 59 vg, 60 g, 61 vg-ex, 66 vg, 68 g, 69 vg, 70 Norkay and Hillary climb Mt. Everest vg, 76 Brooklyn Bridge vg, 82 vg, 94 vg, 102 Stanley and Livingston g, 113 vg-ex, 119 p, 142 f-g, 143 vg and 155 g. MB $50.
Winning Bid $50.
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 Lot 200. Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” Sheet Music, Record and Picture Sleeve. Actually written by Ken Darby but credited to Elvis and Darby’s wife, Vera Matson, this song hit #1 on the Billboard charts the week ending Nov. 3, 1956, and remained there for five weeks. The sheet music has Elvis on the cover, along with an owner’s name and a ½” tear at the bottom; vg appearance. The picture sleeve is vg-ex with a similar 45 rpm record inside. Excellent display items!
Winning Bid $40.
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