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Autographs and Ephemera

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1830		Autographs Earhart, Amelia on Ralph Dyer Handpainted Cover (1898-1937) American aviator, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932), Full signature on June 21 1932 Washington D.C. Ralph Dyer cover franked by #C10, Merchant and Manufactures Association cachet on reverse, gorgeous cover. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 1831		Autographs Cobb, Ty (Sports), on Cover, "Ty Cobb 10/14/47" signature in blue pen on immaculate Susan B. Anthony 3¢ cover with baseball related cachet, immaculate and rarely seen, Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1832		Ephemera 7 Banker Boxes of Interesting Material, incl. 2 boxes with old photos (mostly people) in albums, small box of cabinet cards (people), receipts, newspapers, maps, documents, trade cards, much Western related, worth a close look, generally Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1833		Ephemera About 125 Cigar Labels, Retail around $5 to $45 with minor dupl., incl. some inner and outer sets, clean, Instone total retail $3791, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $700-900. View details	Unsold
Lot 1834		Ephemera Japan Match Box Label Collection, Almost 1200 mostly 1920's-40's displayed in a 3 ring binder, circa turn of Century and later, size mostly approx. 2¼" by 1½" but few larger, few with same designs in different colors and occasional duplicate, overall, Very Fine and choice rarely seen in this quantiry and diversity. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 1835		Ephemera 45 Large Cigarette Caddy Label Lithographs, Large and colorful, sizes range from about 10¼" square to 7" x 13", few with slight corner faults, overall Very Fine rarely seen by us. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 1836		Ephemera 1932, Los Angeles Olympics Label, lovely multicolor label in sheets of 25 stamps (37 sheets) in original folder with glassine interleaves, unusual item, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1837		Ephemera Around 750 Cigarette Cards, Incl. 25 Presidential silks, 16 Indian silks, mostly U.S. with few British, topics incl. Presidential, Indian, Track & Field, college, fish, German WWI related, makers incl. Mecca, Helmar, Murad, Sweet Caporal, Hindenburg, mostly clean, Fine lot. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $312
Lot 1838		Ephemera Kiowa Indians Real Photos By Horace Walcott, group of 5 photos of Chief Lone Wolf and family, incl. stunning shot of Kiowa women "3 generations", Lone Wolf's mother, etc., all described and signed on reverse, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1839		Ephemera Bronze Three Stamp Holder Stamp Box, Circa early 20th Century, ornate. Estimate $60-80. View details and photo	Realized $109
Lot 1840		Ephemera Austria: 1900's Seals and Vignette Collection, 175+ items from Bohemia and Czechoslovakia during the Empire period, unusual group, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $92
Lot 1841		Ephemera 1899 Harper's Pictorial History of the War With Spain, 21 issues, vols. 2//32, each contains a war related color print (couple with maps), articles about the conflict, wonderful snapshot of world history, excellent condition overall, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1842		Ephemera 1939-40 World's Fair, Approx. 140 different pieces, consists of mint postcards with railroad related (incl. Railroad pamphlet), brochures, leaflets, 21 covers franked with U.S. 3¢ Wold's Fair adhesive with cachets or corner card, also postcards (some very colorful) with the exhibits, map, "Brazilian Historical Stamp Album", plus Brazilian labels, Macy's postcard, New England Exhibit label on cover, clean and, overall Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $144
Lot 1843		Ephemera Missionary Packet, "Morning Star" Receipts, 2 pieces, 1856 for 10¢, 1866 for $1, contributions towards a fund to build the ship, issued by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, unusual items, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1844		Ephemera 1940's War & Combat Insignia Stamps, 4 complete pamphlets issued by San Francisco Examiner (2) and Ver Halen Publications (2), incl. many "Disney" characters on the stamps, unusual and excellent early Disney material, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $63
Lot 1845		Ephemera Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, 1932 Book commemorating the German Zeppelin LZ127 with the complete 264 inserts, slight cover wear, otherwise Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $104
Lot 1846		Ephemera Banker Box of U.S. Ephemera, Mostly early 20th Century, incl. used California checks, few photos incl. early railroad crash, Railroad 1929 Accounting Directory of Express Stations, pamphlets, newspaper articles, etc., inspect, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $35
Lot 1847		Ephemera Turkish Signant Ring Cancels, For Bosnia, 1801 to 1912, 81 in total, produced in Germany, Very Fine and unusual. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $86
Lot 1848		Ephemera 1940 Olympics American Victory Labels, light toning of some copies, Fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $18
Lot 1849		Ephemera 28 Old Cigar and Cigarette Boxes, incl. Helmar Turkish, Natural Egyptian, Duke's Cameo, Player's Navy Cut, Rocky Ford Cigar, El Ahram, U.K. incl Virginia Tobacco, few with cigarette labels attached, most circa turn of Century to 1920's, few tin boxes, mixed condition to fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1850		Ephemera Small Interesting Group, incl. a few covers, also handwritten poems, early lottery related items, registered letter receipts, V mail envelopes, etc., Fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $69

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