Ephemera
Printing and Publishing, Porcelain trade cards, Advertising and Promotion
Belgium: 1840-1860. A collection of 68 fine cartes procelaine or trade cards made in Belgium from 1840-1860. It includes 32 "printer's own" trade cards, 20 of which are mounted in a period album. Approximately 25% are greater than 10" another 25% are 7" x 9.5". Fine printing with vibrant color.....
Price: $21,500.00
troy kinney, personal Christmas greeting, etchings, drypoints
1930. A grouping of etchings and drypoints of various dancers created by Troy, and used by Troy and his wife Margaret as New Year greetings. The earliest, 1916, depicts a pre-Revolutionary couple in a minuet style dance. Through the years the portrayals included ballerinas, mythical satyrs, classical and whimsical risqué.....
Price: $950.00
paris, humor, the smile,
Paris, France: 1900-1913. A collection of thirty (30) issues of "Le Sourire", a French illustrated humorist serial publication under the direction of Maurice Mery and Alphonse Allais. It was a weekly publication, normally issued on Saturdays. Le Sourire, meaning the Smile, was launched in 1889 and ran continuously till 1939.....
Price: $250.00
Coronado Island, Sea Hunt, Photography, Birds
[1915]. A series of 37 photographs, hand numbered on the reverse, chronicling a visit to Coronado Island off San Diego. The first image is approaching the uninhabited island followed by an image of their boat and then two young men approaching the rocks with a row boat and portaging the.....
Price: $450.00
History of Papermaking,Salesman's Samples,Ink,Buckram and Book Cloth,Offset Printing,Price Lists,Art Deco,Decorated Paper
United States: 1883-c.1970. A collection of approximately 48 American paper samples produced by paper manufacturers between 1880s and c.1970. Divided into nine (9) categories, the collection contains hundreds of paper samples, intended for use in everything from artist's sketchbooks to book wrappers and covers. There is heavy duty paper for.....
Price: $6,200.00
recipes
9 recipes and recipe books, most are hand written but there is one set of typed recipes on Herald Tribune Home Institute paper.Recipes include: Genuine Bay Rum, Cold Slaw Dressing, Preserved Strawberries, Orange Marmalade, Sour Milk Cake, Cake Pie with Fruit, Cookies, Current Wine, Confection of Senna (which is on.....
Price: $45.00
Chromolithography, Social Culture, Visual Culture, Tobacco, Cuba
1850-1880. A varied array of chromolithograph imagery depicting objects found appealing to tobacco smokers of the day. While the dates range from 1850-1900, the majority of the collection was produced between 1860-1880. A predominant theme is beautiful women. Additional topics include fantasy, racism, exotic locales, plantation life, men's sports and.....
Price: $38,500.00
Paper Fabric Labels, Printing and Publishing, Popular Culture, Social History
[1850-1900]. The collection spanning half a century presents a sampling of over 50 paper fabric labels or "tickets" used to differentiate and promote various type of fabric. From the early days forward they include: embossed die-cut silvered 3 1/4" x 4" labels with elaborate border decoration and mostly animals or.....
Price: $2,200.00
Butter,Dairy Industry,Disposable Ephemera,Printing Plates,USDA , ABAA-RBMS-2023
United States: 1970s. A collection of over one hundred fifteen (115) butter wrappers from c.1975, together with an original micro-metal photoengraver's printing plate for USDA butter wrapper labels. An interesting collection that showcases a kind of ephemera that permeates the day-to-day lives of most Americans but rarely survives due to.....
Price: $425.00
Pro-Labor, Unions, Union Organizers
1970-1980s. A grouping of eleven (11) promotional items , mostly bumper stickers and details promoting unions and organizing unions. It includes Bumper Stickers Live Better Work Union - UFCW Go Steelworks (small and large sizes) Stop Apartheid - Boycott Shell - UAW-CAP Support Public Education - American Federation of Teachers.....
Price: $400.00
Japonism, Advertising and Promotion, Broadside, Fancy Goods
Boston: A. Stowell & Co., [1870s]. A 10 1/2" x 9 1/2" rice paper broadside with an illustration of toads among the bamboo reeds as a heron flies overhead. It is captioned Holiday Goods and titled "Some of Our Inducements for the Holidays". Followed by a list of various novelty.....
Price: $375.00
hand finished lithograph valentine, lovely woman rose garaden,
A single-fold printed color lithograph illustration of lovely woman seated in rose garden. Enhanced with watercolor on roses and ivy border decoration. The verse begins “Would I might kiss that crimson lip... Inside blank. c1850s. Envelope folds, otherwise fine.
Price: $85.00
Lead Paint,Paint Chips and Samples
United States: National Lead & Oil Company of Pennsylvania, c.1915. Twenty-three (23) color sample swatches of different colors of lead paint sold by the National Lead & Oil Company of Pennsylvania, intended for use in homes and businesses. Features a charming image of a little boy with paint can and.....
Price: $110.00
Colorado,Rocky Mountains,Pikes Peak,Automobile Tourism
[Chicago, Illinois]: Rock Island, 1920s. A promotional photo-illustrated view book published by the the Rock Island railway, the only direct line to both Denver and Colorado Springs from St. Louis and Chicago, marketing Colorado as destination for nature lovers and automobile tourists. Features over twenty-five illustrations of the sweeping Rocky.....
Price: $150.00
Tiffany & Co., History of New York City, Delmonico's, Gastronomy and Fine Dining
New York, New York: Tiffany & Co., 1901. Commemorative menu (7.25" by 9.5") and seating plan booklet (8" by 5.75") for the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York's 133rd Annual Banquet, held at Delmonico's in 1901. Both are housed in the original Tiffany box (9.75" by 7.75".....
Price: $225.00
Tiffany & Co., History of New York City, Waldorf Astoria, Gastronomy and Fine Dining
New York, New York: Tiffany & Co., 1902. An exquisitely produced menu and seating plan, in original box (10" by 8" by 0.5"), designed by Tiffany & Co. for a banquet held at the Waldorf Astoria. Hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, the event was held "in honor of the.....
Price: $275.00
Social Welfare, Women's Work
1930s. Leaflet promoting the Laden Plan of Distribution, and reprinting recent positive reactions in the press. Goldie Laden was an advocate for the poor, and developed her Plan in order to right what she perceived as an inherent wrong in modern society: "The most heinous crime in America is our.....
Price: $150.00
Water Cures, Patent Medicine, Hidden Message, Paper with a Secret
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, c.1900. Advertising card for Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, with a humorous image of two men on the recto alongside bold claims for the water's efficacy as a cure-all: "It is a sure cure for Dyspepsia, Liver and Kidney Complaints, and other Chronic Diseases". On.....
Price: $115.00
Legal Documents,Estates
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania: J.R. Hoffer, 1876. Lithographed legal agreement, finished in ink and dated June 19th, 1876, recording the conditions of sale for an upcoming auction of what appears to be the estate of a deceased man, John Gerlach. Signed by "S.R. Zug(?)", the executor of the estate. No location.....
Price: $125.00
program, ball, the pilgrimage
Natchez, Mississippi: Natchez Garden Club, 1936. Single-fold program for the Confederate Ball, a pageant put on by the Natchez Garden Club in Natchez, Mississippi. Since 1932 the garden club has done a fall and spring pilgrimage, where owners of historic homes in the area open their homes for guided tours.....
Price: $95.00
Animal Welfare and Rights, Humane Societies, Prevention of Cruelty, Child Protection
Hartford, Connecticut: 1920. An early photographically illustrated leaflet for the Connecticut Humane Society, incorporated in 1881 "To Promote Humanity and Kindness" (first leaf recto). Includes a heart-wrenching story about a neglected horse, as well as a heart-warming story about a pony who found a forever family. Contrary to the Society's.....
Price: $175.00
Patent Medicines,Poison
New York, New York: Mr. Fellows, c.1905. A brief educational booklet for patients advertising the patent medicine Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites, a mixture of iron, quinine, strychnine (yes, the poison), lime, manganese, and potash (i.e. potassium chloride). Includes brief descriptions of pneumonia, influenza, malaria, whooping cough, and diphtheria. Defends.....
Price: $175.00
legal, household & furnishing, industrial, building & trade
Haverhill, MA: April 1, 1845. A legal agreement between three men, Edward J. Smith, James Woodman and Edwin Morse for the construction of a two family house on Main Street in Haverhill. While no state is ever mentioned in the contract, it can be supposed that it is Haverhill, MA.....
Price: $150.00
auction, inn, hotel, advertise, advertising, advertisement, contract
Southampton, UK: W. T. Hickman and Son, 1883. In 1883, the Ship Inn, a roadside public house, was put on auction by the lawyers W. T. Hickman and Son. This collection features the large broadside for the auction, and three unused contracts for bidders. The auction was advertised to all.....
Price: $350.00