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Ancient Near East cast bronze whetstone finial handle depicting the forequarters of a couchant Ibex with elongated neck and stylized high-arching horns. Original bar shaped whetstone (used for sharpening knives). Sits in a later ebonized wood and metal display stand with old Sotheby's New York sales sticker to underside. 3" H x 7" W x 3/4" D. In stand: 6 3/4" H x 5" W x 1 3/4" D. Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. Provenance: The Estates of Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with possible repair/re-attachment to one horn. Stone with expected smooth edges and abraded sides. [See more photos →]

Egyptian blue-green mold formed faience Ushabti, mummiform with headdress and worn hieroglyphics to lower half, probably 26th Dynasty, Reign of Amasis, 570-527 BC. Later frosted fiberglass stand. 7 1/2" H, with stand, 8 1/4" H. Provenance: The Estates of Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. CONDITION: Loss to portion of nose and part of 1 finger, small dark spot to hair, other minor nicks and abrasions, fading to glaze pigmentation, wear to hieroglyphic text and some finer details particularly the glaze at lower corner. Light earthen deposits throughout. [See more photos →]

Montblanc, Germany limited edition Ramses II Patron of Art Meisterstuck set, three (3) pieces with boxes including one (1) fountain pen, numbered MG104105, one (1) rollerball pen, numbered BK101556, and one (1) mechanical pencil, numbered GK104104150, Germany Metal 3, to clip band. Each with lapis lazuli caps, fluted vermeil barrels, pens with precious blue resin grips, gold tone clips. “925” with additional hallmarks stamped to barrels, “MONTBLANC MEISTERSTUCK” stamped to center bands, white star logo to top of caps. Fountain pen also with “No 146,” to center band, “4810 (logo) 18K MONTBLANC 750” stamped to rhodium plated two-tone 18 karat gold nib. Each with original boxes and “Your Personal Montblanc Guide” booklets, two (2) with Ramses II booklets and certificates. Pens ranging from 5 1/2″ to 5 5/8″ L when closed, 6 1/4″ to 6 3/8″ L when opened. Pencil – 5 5/8″ L. Boxes – 1 7/8″ H x 6 7/8″ square. All items late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good, gently used condition with surface scratches. Nib has been inked. Needs to be cleaned. Scattered areas of tarnish, largest approximately 1 1/2″. Boxes in overall good condition with surface scuffs, dents, largest 6 7/8″, wear to barcode stickers. [See more photos →]

Montblanc, Germany limited edition Fyodor Dostoevsky Writer’s Edition Meisterstuck set, four (4) pieces including one (1) fountain pen, numbered 02564/17000, one (1) rollerball pen, numbered 2564/7000, one (1) ballpoint pen, 2564/8000, and one (1) mechanical pencil, numbered 2564/3000. Each with precious black resin caps and crosshatch pattern etched barrels, pattern repeated on the gold plated bands and top of gold tone clip, bottom with inset sapphire-colored cabochon stone, white star logo to top of caps. Each with Dostoevsky’s facsimile signature, right side of clip. Fountain pen with “4810 750 (logo) 18K 1997 MONTBLANC” and Greek Key or fretwork decorations stamped to 18 karat gold nib. Fountain pen and pencil with gold “M Germany” or “0.7 mm Germany” stickers. Does not include boxes. Fountain and rollerball pens 5 3/4″ L when closed, 6 1/2″ L when opened. Ballpoint pen and pencil approximately 5 5/8″ L. All items late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good, gently used condition. Nib has been inked. Needs to be cleaned. Mechanical pencil cap easily separates from the barrel. [See more photos →]

Two 2-piece sets of Montblanc, Germany Writer’s Edition Meisterstuck Pens, Oscar Wilde and Agatha Christie, with original cases, 4 items total. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) piece Oscar Wilde set, including one (1) fountain pen, numbered 02540/20000, and one (1) mechanical pencil, numbered 02540/12000. Black precious resin caps with gold plated bands and grips, marbled precious resin barrels, gold tone clips, white star logo to top of caps. “MONT(logo)BLANC” to clips. Oscar Wilde facsimile signature stamped to right side of clip. Fountain pen with 4810 1994 (logo) 750 18K MONTBLANC” with decorations stamped to 18 karat gold nib, gold “M GERMANY” sticker to barrel. Includes original case modeled as a book. Fountain pen: closed – 5 3/4″ L, opened – 6 3/4″ L. Pencil – 5 5/8″ L. Case – 7 1/2″ H x 5 3/8″ W x 1 5/8″ D. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) piece Agatha Christie set, including one (1) ballpoint pen, numbered 02926/25000, and one (1) mechanical pencil, numbered 2926/7000. Black precious resin caps and barrels, sterling silver trim and snake clip with two inset ruby eyes. “MONTBLANC – MEISTERSTUCK – EDITION -,” stamped to center bands, “925” with additional hallmark to clip band, white star logo top of cap. Agatha Christie facsimile signature stamped to right side of cap. Includes original case modeled as a book. Ranging in size from 5 1/2″ to 5 5/8″ L. Case – 7 1/8″ H x 4 1/4″ W x 1 5/8″ D. All items late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good, gently used condition. Service certificates are not present. 1st-2nd items: Nib has been inked. Needs to be cleaned. Tarnish, possible ink stains to gold bands and clips. 3rd-4th items: Sterling silver trim and clip have been lightly cleaned, some tarnish remains. Scuffs, surface wear to box. [See more photos →]

Two 2-piece sets of Montblanc, Germany Writer’s Edition Meisterstuck pens, including Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas [Fils] recalled set, with original cases, 4 items total. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) piece Voltaire set, including one (1) fountain pen, numbered 03438/20000, and one (1) mechanical pencil, numbered 03438/12000. Each with black precious resin caps and barrels, vermeil bands with scrolling foliate engravings, gold tone clips, white star logo to top of caps. “925” with additional hallmark stamped to center bands, “MONT(LOGO)BLANC” and Voltaire facsimile signature stamped to right side of clip. Fountain pen with “4810 1995 (logo) MONTBLANC 750 18K” with decorations stamped to 18 karat gold nib. Pencil with “0.7 mm Germany” sticker to barrel. Includes original case modeled as a book and service certificate and outer boxes. Fountain pen: closed- 6″ L, opened – 6 1/2″ L. Pencil – 5 1/2″ L. Box – 2″ H x 5 3/4″ W x 7 3/4″ D. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) piece Alexandre Dumas [Fils] recalled set, including one (1) fountain pen, numbered 02744/20000, and one (1) ballpoint pen, numbered 02744/16000. Each with brown precious resin caps and grips, marbled precious resin barrels with engraved gold-plated mountings and inlays, gold tone clip in the form of a sword, white star logo to top of caps. Erroneous Alexandre Dumas [Fils] facsimile signature stamped to right side of clip. Fountain pen with “750 (fleur-dis-lis) 18K 4810 1996 (LOGO) MONTBLANC” with decorations stamped to rhodium plated two-tone 18 karat gold nib. Includes original case modeled as a book and service certificate and outer boxes. Fountain pen: closed – 5 1/2″ L, opened – 6 3/8″ L. Ballpoint pen – 5 1/4″ L. Note: Intended to honor Alexandre Dumas [Pere], the author of Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte-Cristo, Montblanc produced a small number of pens with the signature of his son, also named Alexandre, due to a research error. Montblanc recalled all unsold pens bearing the incorrect signature, however some were still sold. All items late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good, gently used condition. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned. Surface scratches to cap of Dumas ballpoint pen. Expected wear to exterior boxes. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Designer pens, including two (2) Montblanc fountain pens. 1st item: Montblanc Meisterstuck Solitaire No. 146 sterling silver fountain pen,two toned rhodium-plated 18 karat gold nib,vertical pinstripe pattern to sterling silver screw-one cap and barrel, gold plated bands and clip. Stamped “- MONTBLANC – MEISTERSTUCK No 146” to center band, stamped “AC102122 GERMANY METAL” to clip band, stamped “925” with additional hallmarks to cap above center band, “4810” with Montblanc logo and “18K MONTBLANC 750″ to nib, white star logo to top of cap. Includes black Montblanc case, paperwork with International Warranty Certificate, and boxes. Closed – 5 5/8″ L. Opened – 6 3/8″ L. Boxes – 3 5/8″ H x 9″ W x 1 5/8” D. 2nd item: Montblanc Noblesse Slimline stainless steel fountain pen, steel nib, silver tone matte silver toned snap on cap and barrel, silver tone clip. Stamped “MONTBLANC GERMANY” to cap, stamped “MONTBLANC” to nib, White star logos to top of cap, bottom of clip, and bottom of barrel. Includes case with paperwork. Closed – 5 5/8″ L. Opened – 6 1/4″ L. Case – 1 1/8″ H x 8″ W x 3″ D. 3rd item: Waterman fountain pen, two toned nib, green marbled lacquer snap-on cap and barrel, black lacquer grip and trim with gold tone bands and clip, Stamped “WATERMAN FRANCE” to center band, Waterman logo to top of clip, stamped with Waterman logo “WATERMAN PARIS M” to nib. Includes extra converter and case. Closed 5 3/8″ L. Opened – 5 3/4″ L. Case – 2 5/8″ H x 7″ W x 1 1/4″ D. 4th item: Aurora Ipsilon ballpoint pen, red resin cap and barrel, black and gold tone trim with “Y” shaped clip. Stamped “AURORA ITALY” to center band, “ITALY M” to clip band. Includes case and outer box. Pen – 5 1/2″ L. Box – 3 1/4″ H x 6 3/4″ W x 1″ D. All items European, late 20th century.Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: All pens in overall good, gently used condition. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned.Surface scratches, areas of tarnish (has been lightly cleaned). Boxes with surface wear. 1st item: Lid to interior box appears to be missing. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Limited Edition Louis Cartier fountain pens, including 150th Anniversary and Dandy Ebonite Vert, both with two tone 18 karat gold nibs with rhodium inlay, screw-on caps. 1st item: 150th Anniversary platinum plated fountain pen, numbered “1284/1847” to interior center band, vertical pinstripe pattern to cap, barrel, and grip, black lacquer accents to barrel band. Includes boxes and paperwork, including a numbered certificate. 2nd item: Dandy Ebonite Vert and gold plated fountain pen, numbered “803/1847” to interior center band, light green with wood grain striated ebonite to screw-on cap and barrel, black lacquer accents on the barrel band, gold plated vertical pinstripe pattern grip. “Ste C (diamond) L TF” and “PLAQUE OR G” to interior center band, gold sticker reading “M” to grip. Both with “Louis Cartier” stamped to center band, “MADE IN FRANCE” to interior center band, Cartier logo with “18K 750″ to nib, clips with Cartier logo, and onyx cabochon stone to end caps. Closed – 5 3/4″ L. Opened – 6 3/4″ L. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good, gently used condition with surface scratches. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned. 2nd item: Possible surface stains, largest 2 1/2”. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) designer fountain and rollerball pens, and one pencil. Designers include Montblanc, Cartier, Parker, Waterman, and Sheaffer. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) Montblanc Meisterstuck writing instruments, two (2) pens and one (1) pencil, including a matching set of one rollerball pen with snap-on cap and one twist action cap and barrel pencil in preciousburgundy resin and one fountain pen in precious black resin with snap-on cap. Stamped “4810”, Montblanc logo, and “14K MONTBLANC” to nib. All with gold plated clips and trims, stamped “- MONTBLANC – MEISTERSTUCK” to center bands. White star logo to cap tips. 4th item: Cartier gold plated fountain pen with barleycorn pattern to snap-on cap and barrel, and twisted silver band decoration to cap. Cartier logo, name, “MADE IN FRANCE” and “PLAQUE OR G” stamped to cap top. Serial number 126328 stamped to barrel bottom. 5th item: Parker gold plated pen with vertical pinstripe decoration to snap-on cap and barrel. Arrow-shaped clip and “PARKER MADE IN THE USA” stamped around bottomof cap. 6th item: Waterman rollerball pen with blue marbled resin barrel and snap-on cap. Gold plate trims and clip, with “WATERMAN FRANCE” around cap base and waterman logo on top of clip. 7th item: Sheaffer gold plated pen with vertical pinstripe decoration to snap-on cap and barrel. Stamped “12K G.F. SHEAFFER USA” with crown logo around cap bottom edge. Gold nib stamped with brand name, “14K 585” and “USA”. CONDITION: All pens have been inked. All pens in gently used condition. Surface scratches, areas of tarnish. Not tested for functionality. [See more photos →]

Nashville, Tennessee-made brown leather English saddle, skirt stamped MFD BY S.B. SWAGGERTY NASHVILLE TENN. in oval. 17" L x approx. 36" W. Circa 1920s. Note: Stewart Boyd Swaggerty (1874-1937) is listed in a leather makers journal published in 1924 and lived at 1200 Greenfield Avenue in Nashville. He is believed to be the great grandson of James Swagerty, builder of the Tennessee historic landmark Swagerty Fort in Cocke County, TN. The Swagerty family were among the earliest settlers of East Tennessee and operated a large plantation and tannery. CONDITION: Torn leather billet strap. Stirrups possibly replaced. General wear, dryness, and scattered staining. [See more photos →]

Traveling Doctor's Saddlebag belonging to Dr. William Steptoe Reid of Williamson County, Tennessee (1813-1899). During the Civil War, Reid was held briefly as a prisoner by Union forces. Lot also includes a circa 1890s photograph of Dr. Reid. Leather double saddle bag, top stitched, with buckle straps. Contains approximately 3 dozen medical and surgical tools including lancets and knives, some with tortoise or bone handles, and several glass medicine vials. Each side of saddlebag measures 12" H x 8" W x 4" D. Provenance: descended in the family of Dr. William Steptoe Reid to current consignor. Reid was born (and buried) at Treelawn Plantation in Williamson County, Tennessee. He attended West Point at the the urging of family friend, President Andrew Jackson (whose letter to Reid's grandfather, detailing his intervention on young Reid's behalf at West Point is also being offered in this auction. William Steptoe Reid roomed for awhile at West Point with a young man named Edgar Allan Poe, who would be expelled in 1831 but go on to earn international fame as a writer. Reid left the institution the same year as Poe and pursued a career in medicine at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine for several years in Holly Springs, MS, but returned to Tennessee following the death of his first wife, Agnes. He then married his first cousin, Sarah Claiborne Maury, and they moved to Warren County. Reid did not enlist during the Civil War due to being overage, and did not render active aid to the Confederacy. However, he was captured by the Union Army in 1862 and held briefly before being released on the order of General W. Nelson. Reid also practiced in Lafayette, Alabama for several years before returning to Williamson County, where he lived the rest of his years at Treelawn Plantation. CONDITION: Saddlebag in overall good condition with moderate overall usage wear and some light staining. Some broken leather straps. Remnants of contents still present in some vials; use caution in handling. Medical tools in good condition with scattered wear and rust; use caution in handling. [See more photos →]

Thirty (30) assorted political items, including Anti Thomas Paine satirical token, 1793, 1860 election tokens, George washington Centennial items, and more, 32 items total. 1st-25th items: Twenty-five (25) campaign or political related tokens, dated circa 1793-1924, including one (1)"END OF PAIN" Anti Thomas Paine satirical token, 1793, depicting a hangman surroundedby lettering, obverse, an image of an open book with lettering reading "THE WRONGS OF MAN/JANY 21 1793", reverse, one (1)Abraham Lincoln "PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES" campaign token, 1860, depicting a right facing bust portrait of Lincoln surrounded by lettering, obverse, with lettering reading"PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES" surrounding additional lettering reading "FREE HOMES FOR FREE MEN," reverse, and one (1) John Cabell Breckinridge and Joseph Lane campaign token, 1860, each side with inset ferrotypes of the candidates, with red ribbon. Fifteen (15) with drill holes or loops. Ranging in size from 1" to 1 1/2" dia. 26th-28th items: Three (3) George Washington Centennial ephemera items, including one (1)cockade and two (2) pinback badges. Ranging in size from 1 3/8" L x 3" W to 3" L x 3 1/4" W. 29th-30th items: Two (2) presidential related ephemera items, including one (1) UlyssesS. Grant's 100th Centennial, 42nd Annual Reunion, 75th New York Volunteers Auburn, New York, June 26, 1922, reunionbadge and one (1) stick pin depicting either Grant or possiblyBenjamin Harrison. Ranging in size from 2 1/4" to 5 3/4" L.31st-32nd items: Two (2) assorted ephemeraitems. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 1 3/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: 1st-25th items: All items in overall good condition with surface wear, tarnish, to be expected from age. Thomas Paine and 1860 campaign tokens in overall good, legible condition. 26th-28th items: Overall good condition with surface wear, fraying to cocakde ribbons. Tarnish to medallion badge. 29th-30th items: Ribbon with fraying, near separation across width near bottom. 29th-32nd items: Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

George Washington "Linked States" Inaugural Brass Button,1789. Depicts the script initials "GW"surrounded by the inscription "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" with an exteriorlinked ring of script letters representing the original thirteen colonies. Does not retain shank. 1 7/16" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good, likely dug condition with surface wear to gilding. Minute dents to edges. Bends, possibly in the making, to surface. [See more photos →]

Four (4) political ephemera items, including one (1) Henry Clay "Mind Your Own Business" Whig Convention, 1844, and three (3) Benjamin Harrison related ephemera items. 1st item: Henry Clay "Mind Your Own Business" Whig Convention off white silk ribbon, 1844, depicting a central bust portrait of Clay surrounded by black lettering reading "HENRY CLAY/'Mind Your Business.'" above and below, with the image of a patriotic American eagle and a shield holding a banner reading "PROTECTION" in its beak and surrounded by symbols of commerce, above, with a vignette of Claybehind a team of plow horses on his Ashland farm in Lexington, Kentucky, below. 6 1/2" L x 2 7/8" W. 2nd item: Benjamin Harrison and Levi Parsons Morton presidential campaign off white silk ribbon, 1888, depicting a jugate bust portrait vignette of the candidates set in a patriotic cartouche with images of factories with brown lettering reading "PROTECTION" and "FREE TRADE" with additional purple ink stamp lettering reading "T. O. KEATOR./GUNSQUAD. OF ACCORD." centered below. 6 7/8" L x 2 7/8" W. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) Benjamin Harrison presidential campaign ephemera items, 1888, including one (1) ribbon badge depicting a photographic bust of Harrison, and one (1) token medallion with bezel depicting jugate bust portrait of Harrison and Morton. Ranging in size from 1 1/2" to 2 1/4" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: 1st item: Top and bottom sections of the ribbon are not present. Toning, staining with few minute foxing spots. 2nd item: Toning, staining to ribbon.3rd-4th items: Tarnish to medallion. [See more photos →]

Eight (8) Political ephemera items, including three (3) Abraham Lincoln 1860 campaign medals, two (2) Woodrow Wilson buttons with ribbons, and more. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) Abraham Lincoln 1860 campaign medals in white metal, copper, and brass. Depicts Lincoln's right facing bust portrait, obverse, image of Lincoln splitting rails, reverse. 1 1/8" dia. 4th-5th items: Two (2) Woodrow Wilson related pictorial pin back buttons with ribbons, including one (1) depicting a bust portrait of Wilson with blue lettering reading "For God and Our Country" across top against an off white background affixed to two (2) ribbons, one (1) with silver metallic lettering reading "DIVISION No. 3/COUNTY OF LEHIGH/PENNSYLVANIA/MUSTERED INTO/Federal Service/1918" against an off white ribbon, and one (1) in the shape of the American flag, and one (1) depicting a bust portrait of Wilson with white lettering reading "WOODROW WILSON" centered below affixed to three (3) ribbons, including one (1) light blue, one (1) off white, and one (1) red, white and blue ribbon with a gilt metal drop in the shape of a sickle and stalks of wheat. Both retain back papers. Ranging in size from 4" to 5 5/8" L. 6th item: Theodore Roosevelt related pictorial badge depicting a bust portrait of Roosevelt set into a gilt metal shieldshaped drop with embossed foliate decorations and painted red, white, and blue stripes. Unmarked. 1 3/8" L x 1 1/4" W. 7th item: Herbert Hoover pictorial gilt metal hanger depicting a bust portrait of Hoover with black lettering reading "HERBERT HOOVER" across top against a red background, surrounded by a gilt trim with red, white, and blue arrow border. Loops, top and bottom center. Unmarked. 3 5/8" L x 2 7/8" W. 8th item: Millard Fillmore coin. DepictsFillmore's right facing bust, obverse, Great Shield of the United States, reverse. 1 1/4" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: 1st-3rd items: Wear, oxidation to be expected from age. Two coins with drill holes, top center. 4th-5th items: Surface scratches to button. Light staining, fraying to ribbons. 8th items: Surface scratches, top loop is broken. [See more photos →]

Thirty-one (31) political related ephemera items, includingBenjamin Harrison and William Henry Harrison. 1st-6th items: Six (6) Benjamin Harrison and Levi Parsons Morton presidential campaign ribbons, five (5) cloth, and one (1) paper, including one (1) Inauguration ribbon, March 4, 1889, with applied photographic bust portrait of Harrison with applied American flag ribbon elements and gold lettering with gilt tassels, along bottom edge. Ranging in size from 3" to 8" L. 7th-11th items: Five (5) Benjamin Harrison presidential campaign related badges, including one (1) ribbon badge, three (3) token badges, and one (1) photographic badge. Ranging in size from 1 3/4" to 5 5/8" L. 12th-13th items: Two (2) Benjamin Harrisonpresidential campaign related paper ephemera items, including one (1) Republican National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, June 7, 1892, guest's ticket, and one (1) inauguration flag. Ranging in size from 2 3/4" L x 4 7/8" W to 4 3/4" L x 3 5/8" W. 14th-22nd items: Nine (9) political tokens, including two (2)William Henry Harrison, six (6)Benjamin Harrison, and one (1)John Charles Fremont. All with drill holes, likely in the making, top center. Ranging in size from 7/8" to 1 13/16" dia. 23rd-27th items: Five (5) William and Benjamin Harrison ephemera items, including three (3) pinhole buttons, one (1) brass button, one (1) pinback button, and one (1) metal piece. Pinback button retains back paper. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 1" dia. 28th-31st items: Four (4) assorted political ephemera items. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 4 3/8" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition. 1st-6th items: Ribbons with fraying, staining, tears. Morton photographic image is not present to the inaugural ribbon. Paper ribbon with 1 1/8" x 1 1/2" area of loss, top right (fragment retained). 23rd-27th items: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some with rust to metal. Back paper with toning. Some with minute spotting to surface and edges. [See more photos →]

Ten (10) political pinback buttons and stick pins, including one (1) Theodore Roosevelt "Welcome" button, one (1) William McKinley and Roosevelt "A Full Dinner Bucket" button, and one (1)Roosevelt and Charles Warren Fairbanks jugate pince-nez stickpin. 1st item: Roosevelt "Welcome" button, 1910, issued to commemorate his return from Africa and desire for him to run again for President in 1912, depicting Uncle Sam in a landscape setting and lifting his hat in welcometo Roosevelt's radiant portraitas it appears like the sun above snow capped mountains witha river, forest, and settlement in the middle ground, red lettering centered above. Maker's marks, left edge. Retains Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: McKinley and Roosevelt "A Full Dinner Bucket" presidential campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate bust portraitvignette of the candidates set into a dinner pail with black lettering reading "EMPLOYMENT/FOR/LABOR/A FULL DINNER BUCKET/PROSPERITY/SOUND MONEY-GOOD MARKETS" against a blue background.Retains Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 3rd-4th items: Two (2)Roosevelt presidential campaign stick pins, 1904, including one (1) rendered in the shape of Roosevelt's pince-nez, a style of glasses, containing jugate bust portrait photographic images of Roosevelt and Charles Warren Fairbanks in each lens with mother of pearl backing, and one (1) comprised of a photographic bust portrait of Roosevelt housed in a brass tone metal from with an American flag bow. Ranging in size from 2" to 2 1/4" L. 5th-9th items: Five (5) Roosevelt presidential campaign buttons, 1900 and 1904, including three (3) depicting jugate bust portraitvignettes of Roosevelt and Fairbanks against patrioticbackground, and two (2) depicting bust portrait vignettes of Roosevelt against patriotic background. Three (3) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 10th item: William Howard Taft presidential campaign button, 1908, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Taft set against a patriotic cartouche and a blue background. Retains Shapiro and Karr, Philadelphia, PA back paper. 1 1/4" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Light toning/areas of dampstaining to some back papers. Some buttons with rust, pitting. 1st item: Spots, largest 1/8" to surface. Few minute dents. Toning, few minute foxing spots, to back paper.3rd-4th items: Fraying to ribbon. 5th-9th items: Some with spotting, largest 1 1/2". [See more photos →]

Nine (9) Republican party ribbon badges and ribbons incl. Taft and Sherman, one (1) Democratic party ribbon badge, and one (1) reproduction ribbon, 11 items total. 1st-9th items: Nine (9)Republican party ribbon badges and ribbons, datedcirca 1895-1936, including one (1)William Howard Taft andJames Schoolcraft Sherman Republican CountyCommitteeInauguration, Washington, D.C., New York delegate jugate ribbon badge, 1909, one (1)"Ohio's Sons" National Republican League, Cleveland, Ohio, delegate ribbon badge, June 1895, one (1) William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt National Republican League 12th Convention, St. Paul, Minnesota, delegate ribbon badge, July 17-19, 1900, two (2) Benjamin Harrison ribbons, two (2) Abraham Lincoln ribbon badges, and one (1) Republican State Convention, Portland, Oregon,delegate ribbon badge, March 23, 1916. Ranging in size from 3 3/4" to 9 1/2" L.10th item: Democratic State Convention, Indiana delegate ribbon badge, 1952. 3 1/4" L. 11th item: Reproduction "Straight Republican Ticket November6, 1917" paper ribbon. 7 3/4" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Majority of items in overall goodcondition with fraying, staining, to be expected from age. 1st-9th items: Taft ribbon badge with tears, largest2 1/2", hanger almost separated from ribbon. [See more photos →]

Nineteen (19) Spanish American War related ephemera items, including Yanko Spanko, The Yankee Pig, and Uncle Sam buttons. 1st-4th items: Four (4) Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey buttons, including one (1) depicting Uncle Sam using a wooden paddle with a nail through it on a man representing Spain, each labeled, with black lettering reading "THE/YANKO/SPANKO/WAR" top left, one (1) depicting a pig holding American and Cuban flag and standing on an image of Cuba flanked by black lettering reading "THE/YANKEE/PIG." and "OH I DON'T/KNOW?", one (1) depicting an eagle holding a Spaniard by the pants with black lettering reading "NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD" centered above, and one (1) depicting Uncle Sam punching a Spaniardin the face with black lettering reading "REMEMBER THE 'MAINE'/GOSH/DARN YER." centered above, all against off white background. All with maker's marks or patented date "1896" to edges. All retain Whitehead and Hoag back papers. Buttons – 1 1/4" dia. 5th-9th items: Five (5) Remember the Maine related buttons, each depicting a color image of the USS Maine, a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April, most with patriotic motifs, including one (1) with black lettering reading "'WAR BEFORE DISHONOR/MAINE/THE BOSTON TRAVELER" with an American flag border. Three (3) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 10th-12th items: Three (3) buttons and two (2) pins depicting Uncle Sam going to Cuba, including one (1) with white lettering reading "BOUND FOR CUBA, GOSH DARN YER" above the image against a black background. Two (2) retain back papers. Buttons approximately 1 1/4" dia. Pins range in size from 1" to 2" L. 13th-15th items: Three (3)George Dewey,Admiral of the Navy, related pictorial ephemera, including one (1) badge with a red, white and blue ribbon, one (1) button, and one (1) pin. Button retains back paper. Button – 1 1/4" dia. Badge and pin ranging in size from 1 3/8" to 3 1/2" L. 16th-18th items: 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Welcome Home button, depicting portrait vignettes of President William McKinley, Minnesota Governor John Lind, and Minneapolis Mayor James Gray, with the seal of Minnesota, arranged on two cross American flags with black lettering reading 13TH REG.MINN/VOL'S" and "WELCOME HOME" centered top and bottom, against a marbled red, white, and blue background. Does not retain back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 19th item: Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) miniature double sided paper flag, depicting a Civil War era soldier and a sailor flanking a red, white, and blue shield reading "FRATERNITY/GAR/CHARITY LOYALTY" surmounted by an eagle. Attached to a stick pin. 3 1/8" L x 2 1/8" W.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Minute surface spots to some buttons. Rust to metal. Back papers with toning/dampstaining. 10th-12th items: One button does not retain pinback. One back paper 3/4" tear. Largest pin does not retain stick, possible repair to reverse.13th-15th items: Holes, largest 1/8", to ribbon. [See more photos →]

James Abram Garfield andChester Alan Arthur cardboard jugate badge, comprised of a brass metal pinback hanger in the shape of an eagle with a matching metal drop housing inset jugatealbumen bust portrait vignettes of the president and vice president. 1 3/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with toning, slight rubbing/fading to portraits across jawlines. [See more photos →]

Nine (9) William McKinley presidential campaign buttons and ribbon badges, 1896 and 1900. 1st item: McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate portrait vignettes of the candidates centered above a landscape depicting a farmyard and a factory above black lettering reading "COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES" centered below, surrounded by a gold border with red white and blue stars and stripes. Maker's marks, lower right edge. Retains The Mertz Button Company, New York, back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: McKinley campaign button, 1896, depicting McKinley sitting in a throne-like chair above his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan with black lettering reading "MCKINLEY 1896" centered below against a white background. Patent marks dated 1896 bottom edge. Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 13/16" dia. 3rd item: McKinley and Garret Augustus Hobart campaign buttonhole pin, 1896, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates with red lettering reading "PROTECTION/SOUND MONEY" centered to top and bottom against an off white background with a red drawing of a lit torch. Maker's marks, reverse. 1 1/2" dia. 4th item: McKinley and Roosevelt campaign button, 1900, depicting the trigate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates including a third unidentified individual against a patriotic red, white, and blue ribbon with an off white background.Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 5th-6th items: Two (2) McKinley campaign ribbon badges, 1896 and 1900, including one (1) comprised of a brass tone metalpin in the shape of the Great Seal of the United States affixed to a red, white, and blue silk ribbon depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of McKinley and Hobart and one (1) comprised of a pinback button with jugate bust portrait vignettes of McKinley and Roosevelt against a gold background affixed to two (2) silk ribbons, one (1) bow shaped with an American flag and one (1) with off white and gold lettering reading "PENNSYLVANIA'S/CHOICE/McKINLEY/and ROOSEVELT" against an off white background. Ranging in size from 3 1/4" to 6 3/4" L. 7th-8th items: Two (2)McKinley and Roosevelt campaign buttons, 1900, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates, one against a patriotic ribbon background. One (1) retains back paper. 13/16" dia. 9th item: McKinley campaignbutton, depicting a bust portraitvignettes of McKinley against an American flag background. 13/16" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some with rust to metal. Some back papers with toning. Some with minute spotting to surface and edges. 5th-6th items: Pennsylvaniaribbon with fraying/areas of separation held together by two pieces of scotch tape, largest 3/4" x 3/4", reverse. [See more photos →]

William McKinley second presidential campaign "Do You Smoke?" pinback button, 1900. Depicts an active factory with smoke billowing from the stacks superimposed on a workman's lunch pail with captions reading "Do You Smoke?/Yes-Since 1896!" with "That's What McKinley Promised." centered below, against a blue background. Marked "COPYRIGHTED 1900" lower center. Does not retain back paper. 2 1/8" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scratches, light denting. 3/4" area of light discoloration, top right. Metal with light pepper pitting. [See more photos →]

Thirty-nine (39) political ephemera items, including William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt campaign pinback buttons. 1st-31st items: Thirty-one (31) campaign and political party pinback buttons, primarily McKinley and Roosevelt, with some William Jennings Bryan, William Howard Taft, Alton B. Parker, "Bull Moose Party," and others, including one (1) McKinley and Roosevelt "A FULL DINNER BUCKET" button, 1900, depicting jugate bust portraitvignette of the candidates set into a dinner pail with additional black lettering against a blue background, and one (1) Roosevelt gubernatorial campaign button, 1898, depicting a bust portrait of Roosevelt in uniform with blue lettering reading "FOR/GOVERNOR/THEODORE/ROOSEVELT" top and bottom right against an off white and grey background with draped American flag border. Twenty-three (23) retain back papers, including"A FULL DINNER BUCKET" andRoosevelt gubernatorial campaign buttons. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 7/8" dia.32nd-33rd items: Two (2) McKinley political ribbons, including one (1) McKinley pictorial ribbon, 1896, and one (1) McKinley and Roosevelt Republican CampaignCommitteeKings Co., 1900. Ranging in size from 4 3/8" to 6 3/8" L. 34th-36th items: Three (3) McKinley related gilt metal buttonhole pins. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 7/8" L. 37th-39th items: Three (3) assorted political ephemera items, including one (1) Oberlin Mock National Republican Convention, 1924, badge and one (1) floral button, back replaced by mirror. Ranging in size from 1 1/2" to 3 7/8" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: 1st-31st items: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches, minor dents. Some rust to metal. Some back papers with toning/areas of dampstaining. Three with traces of torn back papers.32nd-33rd items: Ribbons with staining, fraying, tears, largest 3/4". 37th-39th items: Surface wear to mirror. [See more photos →]

Two (2) William McKinley first presidential campaign pinback buttons, 1896. 1st item: Campaign button depicting McKinley riding a bike with black lettering reading "GOLD" and "SILVER" on the front and back wheels, with additional lettering reading "TO THE WHITE HOUSE" across the top, against an off white background.Patent marks dated 1896 bottom edge. Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 1 1/4" dia.2nd item: Campaign button depicting McKinley sitting in a throne-like chair above his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan with black lettering reading "MCKINLEY 1896" centered below against a white background. Patent marks dated 1896 bottom edge. Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 13/16" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Rust to metal. Toning/dampstaining to back papers. 1st item: Few minute spots, 3/4" x 1" area of dampstainting to surface. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) presidential campaign pinback buttons and badge, including one (1) William Jennings Bryan "Commoner" button. 1st item: William Jennings Bryan "Commoner" presidential campaign button, 1908, depicting a bust portrait of Bryan set against the image of a safe with red lettering reading "COMMONER" centered top, with black lettering reading "GUARANTEE OF BANK DEPOSITS" centered bottom, against an off white back with an American flag border. Maker's marks, bottom edge. Retains Midland NoveltyCompany, Shenandoah, Iowa back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt presidential campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate bust portraitvignettes of the candidates with decorativescrolling motifs against a gold background.Retains Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 3rd item: Roosevelt presidential campaign pictorial pinback badge, circa 1900 or 1904, comprised of a gold tone pinback hanger in the shape of an eagle affixed to a gilt metal shieldshaped drop with a photographic bust portrait of Roosevelt set against a background ofpainted red, white, and blue stripes with embossed foliate decorations. Unmarked. 2" L x 1 5/8" W. 4th-5th items: Two (2) Roosevelt andCharles Warren Fairbanks presidential campaign buttons, 1904, both depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidatesagainst patriotic backgrounds. One (1) with maker's mark, bottom edge. One (1) retainsWhitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 6th-7th items: Two (2) Roosevelt presidential campaign buttons, circa 1900 or 1904, both depicting bust portrait vignettes of Rooseveltagainst patrioticbackgrounds. One (1) with maker's mark, bottom edge. One (1) retains Baltimore Badge and Novelty Company, Baltimore, MD back paper. 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches, few minor dents. Some rust, pitting to metal. Toning/dampstaining to back papers. 1st item: Spots, surface scuffs, largest 3/4". 2nd item: 7/8" area of separation of button from metal. 3rd item: Few minor areas of loss to paint. 6th-7th items: Series of minute hairlines, top right of one button. [See more photos →]

Nine (9) political related ribbons, includingone (1) Louisiana Purchase Ribbon Calendar, 1904. 1st item: Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase ribbon calendar, 1904, depictingjugate bust portrait vignettes of the two men surrounded by greenery and several American flags, a scroll with black lettering reading "Louisiana Purchase" and accompanying seal reading "1803" below, all above a full 1904 grid calendar against an off white ground. Maker's marks reading "COMPLIMENTS/OF THE/NATIONAL RIBBON COMPANY" top center. 10 1/4" L x 3 7/8" W. 2nd-4th items: Three (3) George Washington Centennial related ribbons, includingone (1) Washington Temperance Benevolent Society pictorial ribbon, one (1) Independence Day souvenir ribbon, and one (1) Philadelphia Centennial pictorial ribbon, 1776-1876. Ranging in size from 8 3/8" to 8 1/4" L. 5th-8th items: Four (4) Republican party campaign related ribbons, including one (1) "GENERAL GRANT our next President" depicting a bust portrait vignette of Grant surrounded by a patrioticred, white, and blue background against an off white ground.Black lettering reading "JORDAN TSCHOFF/SWITZERLAND/FABRICANT BASEL" across bottom. Ranging in size from 4 1/4" to 9 3/4" L. 9th item: Alexander Hamilton related Paterson, New Jersey Centennial ribbon, 1792-1892, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Hamilton, center, image of a bridge, below, patrioticmotif of an eagle, above, with red and blue lettering against an off white ground. 8 7/8" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with toning, fraying, light staining, few pin prick holes. 2nd-4th items: Tears, largest 1 3/4". Areas of loss, largest 3/4". 5th-8th items: One ribbon with 3 1/4" area of separation across top, one ribbon with topmost part not present. [See more photos →]

Three (3) early 20th century political buttons, including Woodrow Wilson WWI era, Eugene V. Debs socialist party campaign button, Theodore Roosevelt andCharles Warren Fairbanks campaign button. 1st item: Wilson related lithograph World War I era button, depicting bust portraits of President Wilson, United States, King George, England, King Emanuel, Italy, King Albert, Belgium, and President Poincare, France, arranged in a circlearound a shield with black lettering reading "FOR HUMAN RIGHTS" against a black and white background, surrounded by a gold border with flags from each country with lettering reading "OUR VICTORIOUS LEADERS" centered below. Back replaced with a mirror. 2nd item: Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford socialist party campaign pinback button, 1904, depicting jugate portrait vignettes of the candidates with name banners and a central banner with black lettering reading "1904" against two men against a seascape and a factory with black lettering reading "SOCIALIST/CANDIDATES" centered above and below. Maker's marks with date "1904" bottom edge. RetainsWhitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, back paper. 3rd item: Theodore Roosevelt andCharles Warren Fairbanks campaign pinback button, 1904, depictingjugate portrait vignettes of the candidates against an eagle holding an American flag in its beak against a gold background with white stars. Retains Pulver Company, Rochester, NY back paper. Ranging in size from1 1/4" to 2 1/8" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Both items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Rust to metal. 1st item: Minute spots to surface and edges. Discoloration to mirror. 2nd item: Minor denting to surface. Dampstaining to back paper. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Theodore Roosevelt pinback buttons, including "Georgia Day, Jamestown Exposition" button. 1st item: Georgia Day, Jamestown Exposition button, 1907, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Roosevelt against a red background set in a decorative gold cartouche, flanked by inset images of a mansion, left, and a warship, right with black lettering reading "GEORGIA DAY, JAMESTOWN,/JUNE 10TH 1907./OUR COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT AND GEORGIA'S GRANDSON" centered top and bottom, against a light blue background. Maker's marks, lower edge. RetainsWhitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 2 1/8" dia. 2nd item: Presidential campaign button, 1904, depicting Uncle Sam with his hand on Roosevelt's shoulder with black lettering reading "HE'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!" centered bottom against an off white background. Maker's marks, lower right edge. 3 5/8" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st item: Toning to back paper. Some areas of oxidation to metal. 2nd item: Minute spots to surface. Dents, areas of pepper pitting, largest 3/4", to metal. [See more photos →]

Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy's Terrors" Los Angeles pin back button, possibly associated with the Rough Rider reunion in Los Angeles,1928. Depicts a caricature of Roosevelt wearing a large white hat with revolvers in each hand, atop a white rabbit, with a four leaf clover flanked by a Native American warrior and a tipi/tepee background, and black lettering reading "TEDDY'S TERRORS/LOS ANGELES" centered above and below. 1 3/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with minor surface scratches, hairlines, largest 1/8" to surface. Minute brown spots, primarily to edges. [See more photos →]

Three (3) political buttons including Theodore Roosevelt New York Governor campaign, patriotic Woodrow Wilson items. 1st item: Rooseveltgubernatorial campaign button, 1898, depicting a bust portrait of Roosevelt in uniform with blue lettering reading "FOR/GOVERNOR/THEODORE/ROOSEVELT" top and bottom right against an off white and grey background with draped American flag border. Does not retain back paper. 1 3/4" dia. 2nd item: Wilson patriotic badge comprised of a button with a bust portrait of Wilson with blue lettering reading "For God and Our Country" across top against an off white background affixed a ribbon in the shape of the American flag. Retains Ed. H. Schlechter, Allentown, FL, back paper. 3 5/8" L. 3rd item: World War I Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall Victory pinback button, 1918, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the president and vice president against two crossed American flags, with blue lettering reading "VICTORY/1918" centered above and below against an off white background with red and blue line borders. Does not retain back paper. 1 7/16" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st item: Minor surface dents, few minute spots. Pitting, few areas of rust, largest1/2", to metal. 2nd item: Minor tears/fraying, largest 1/4", to ribbon. 3rd item: Minor surface dents. Pitting, largest 3/4", to metal. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Theodore Roosevelt related buttons and pins, including two (2) Governor of New York campaign buttons, 1898, and one (1) "Big Stick" pin. 1st item: Gubernatorial campaign button, 1898, depicting a bust portrait of Roosevelt in uniform with blue lettering reading "FOR/GOVERNOR/THEODORE/ROOSEVELT" top and bottom right against an off white and grey background with draped American flag border. Maker's marks dated 1898, lower edge. Retains Wm. F. MIller and Company New York, back paper. 1 3/4" dia. 2nd item: "Big Stick" pressed metal pin, rendered in the shape of a large club or stick with embossed initials reading "T. R." to base. 2 3/8" L. 3rd item: Gubernatorial campaign button, 1898, depicting a bust portrait of Roosevelt in uniform with black lettering reading"ROOSEVELT" against a gold background. Maker's marks dated 1898, lower edge.Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 4th item: EdwardSydney Stuart gubernatorial campaign button, 1906, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Stuart against a portrait of Roosevelt with an American flag surrounded by blue lettering reading "FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND PROSPERITY/FOR GOVERNOR EDWIN S. STUART" against a light blue background. Does not retain back paper. 13/16" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface scratches, minor surface dents. Toning/dampstaining to back papers. 1st item: Vertical surface scratches to surface, possibly in the making. [See more photos →]

Theodore Roosevelt, San Juan Hill presidential campaign pinback button, 1904, depicting Roosevelt saluting the voters on horseback in uniform with black lettering reading "THEODORE ROOSEVELT/FOR PRESIDENT 1904" centered above and below against a naturalistic background with an American flag and black lettering reading "SAN JUAN" top right. Copyrighted Charles K. Cohn, Detroit, 1904 bottom edge. Does not retain back paper. 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches, largest 1". Some pepper pitting, largest 1/8", to metal. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Theodore Roosevelt campaign related pinback buttons and ribbons. 1st item: "SquareDeal" button depicting the image of a man against a diamond shaped off white background with black lettering reading "A/SQUARE DEAL/GIB." against a border in alternating colors of yellow and light green. RetainsWhitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: Roosevelt and Charles Warren Fairbanks campaign button depicting jugate portrait vignettes of the candidates set against an off white background, lower left, against a sepia tone image of a house, possibly Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck, New York, near Oyster Bay. Retains Baltimore Badge and Novelty Company, Baltimore, MD, back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) Roosevelt related pictorial badges with ribbons, including one (1) depicting Roosevelt surrounded by black lettering reading "MY HAT IS IN THE RING/T.R." against a white backgroundand housed in a gilt metal frame affixed to a red, white, and blue silk rosette and ribbon with a metallic blue painted "Rough Rider" style hat shaped metal drop and one (1) depicting Roosevelt with black lettering reading "ROOSEVELT" centered across the topagainst a gold background and housed in a gilt metal frame affixed to red, white, and blue silk ribbons. Both retain back papers. Ranging in size from 4 3/4" to 5 1/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some buttons with rust to metal. 1st item: Minute surface spots, few minor dents. Light toning/dampstainting to back paper. 2nd item: Light toning/dampstainting to back paper. 3rd-4th items: Light surface staining/fraying to ribbons. Areas of paint loss to hat. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Theodore Roosevelt related badge and buttons, including Rough Riders. 1st item: Rough RidersSouvenir badge depicting a blonde woman being thrown from a donkey surrounded by blue lettering reading "ONE OF THE ROUGH RIDERS/(NOT ROOSEVELT'S)" against and off white background, obverse, blue lettering reading "Souvenir" framed on the top and left by a draped American flag against an off white background, reverse. Red, white, and blue silk ribbon knotted through drill hole, top. Maker's marks bottom edge.2nd item: Roosevelt's Rough Riders Reunion Oklahoma City, July 1-4, 1900 pinback button, depicting Roosevelt's portrait against a blue background surrounded by lettering and superimposed on the image of two "Rough Riders" with additional letter centered below, against red, white, and blue stripes and an off white background. Retains back paper. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) Roosevelt campaign pinback buttons, both depicting bust portrait vignettes of Roosevelt andCharles Warren Fairbanks against patriotic American motifs. One (1) retains back paper.5th item: Roosevelt pinback button depicting a lithographed bust portrait of Roosevelt against an off white background. Silk red, white, and blue ribbons affixed to reverse of button.Ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 2 1/4" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches, some with minute surface spots. Rust to metal. 1st item: Hairlines, largest 1", radiating from top drill hole. Fraying to ribbon. Spots, largest 1 1/4", to surface and edges. 3rd-4th items:Toning/dampstaining to back paper. 5th item: Tears, fraying to ribbon. [See more photos →]

Theodore Roosevelt "For Vice-President" pinback button, 1900. Depicts Roosevelt as Colonel of the First US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, also known as the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War (April 21, 1898 – December 10, 1898), in a naturalistic setting surrounded by lettering reading "FOR VICE-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT" against an off white background. Retains National Equipment Company, New York back paper. Pin housed in a brass coloredmetal circularframe. 1 1/2" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scratches. Errant pencil marks, light dampstaining to back paper. Dents to metal frame. [See more photos →]

Five (5) political pinback buttons, including two (2) Woodrow Wilson, two (2) Theodore Roosevelt, and one (1) satiricalbutton. 1st item: Wilson related lithograph World War I era button, depicting bust portraits of President Wilson, United States, King George, England, King Emanuel, Italy, King Albert, Belgium, and President Poincare, France, arranged in a circlearound a blank shield against a white background, surrounded by a gold border with flags from each country with lettering reading "OUR VICTORIOUS LEADERS" centered below. Back paper retained. 2nd item: Button depicting the image of a sprinting donkey with a ribbon tied around its tail reading "THE DEMOCRACY" against an off white background. Maker's marks with number 228, centered below. Does not retain back paper. 3rd item: Roosevelt related button, depicting a pink rose in full bloom with lettering reading "FOR PRESIDENT/VELT," centered above and belowagainst an off white background.Maker's marks to lower edge. Does not retain back paper. 4th item: Roosevelt related button, depicting a bust portrait of Roosevelt against a white background, surroundedby a green and gold border with red, white, and blue star and lettering reading "I AM FOR" centered above. Does not retain back paper. 5th item: Wilson relatedbutton, depicting a bust portraitof Wilson against a white background, surroundedby a decorativered, white, and blue border. Does not retain back paper. Ranging in size from 3/4" to 1 1/4" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Rust to metal. 1st-3rd items: Minute spots to surfaces and edges. [See more photos →]

Six (6) Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft related pinback buttons and ribbons, including World War I. 1st item: Button depicting portrait vignettes of Wilson and John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing GCB, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917-18, against two crossed American flags with blue lettering reading "WELCOME/OUR/BOYS/HOME" top center, center, and lower center. Includes a silk red, white, and blue ribbon with black lettering reading "WELCOME/HOME/33RD/DIVISION/U.S.A./COMPLIMENTS/JOHN E RESSLER/COMPANY." Button does not retain back paper. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) buttons depicting portrait vignettes of Wilson and John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing GCB, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917-18, against patriotic backgrounds. One (1) retains back paper. 4th item: Button depictingportrait vignettes of Wilson and Admiral Hugh Rodman KCB surrounded by naval themed patriotic motifs with the letters "US" flanking an anchor, centered above, and red lettering reading "WELCOME," centered below, against an off white background. Does not retain back paper. 5th item: Button depicting portrait vignettes of Taft and Kaiser Wilhelm II surmounted onto flags of each country and greenery, surrounded by lettering reading "SIXTH ANNUAL GERMAN DAY, AUG. 8, 1910./UTICA N.Y./COMPLIMENTS OF THE/DUBOIS ART STUDIO" against an off white background. Does not retain back paper. 6th item: Button depicting a portrait of Wilson against the American flag with white lettering reading "PRESIDENT" centered below. Housed in a plastic frame. Ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 7" L x 1 1/2" W.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items overall good condition with light surface scratches, some with minute surface spots. Toning/dampstaining to back papers. Rust to metal. 1st item: Ribbon in fragmentary condition, glued to white paper backing. [See more photos →]

Thirty-one(31) campaign and political party ephemera items, primarily William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, including one (1) Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis "UNCLE SAM'S 'WHITE' ELEPHANT." 1st-18th items: Eighteen (18)campaign and political party pinback buttons, primarily McKinley and Roosevelt, with some William Howard Taft, Parker, Grand Old Party, "Bull Moose" party, and others, including one (1) Parker and Davis "UNCLE SAM'S 'WHITE' ELEPHANT" campaign button, 1904, depicting a white elephant with black and white lettering above and below against a red background, surrounded by a blue border with white lettering, and one (1) Roosevelt "DON'T BE A MAVERICK" campaign button, 1904, depicting a steer with the Roosevelt brand against a field, surrounded by black lettering against an off white background. Fifteen (15) retain back papers, including "WHITE ELEPHANT and "MAVERICK." Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 5/8" L.19th item: Roosevelt related embossed lithographed die cut tin tab rendered in the shape of a bear with black lettering reading "TEDDY BEAR/BREAD" across its chest and abdomen, wearing a red jacket, yellow and red plaid pants, shoes, and pince-nez, a style of glasses. 2 1/8" L. 20th-24th items: Four (4) campaign and political party ribbon badges, including McKinley, Roosevelt, Garret Augustus Hobart, William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" to 10 1/4" L.25th-31st items: Seven (7) assorted Roosevelt, McKinley, and patriotic related ephemera, including two (2) pinback badges, two (2) pins, two (2) buttonhole pins, and one (1) token with drill hole. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 2 3/8" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear, tarnish, to be expected from age. 1st-18th items: Two with hairlines to surface. 19th item: Overall good condition with surface wear, areas of loss, largest 1/2". Rust visible to reverse. Drill hole to abdomen. 20th-24th items: Fraying, staining, tears, largest 1 1/4", to ribbon. One with scotch tape repair to reverse. One ribbon in fragmentary condition. [See more photos →]

Twenty-five (25) political ephemera items, including William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt "The Right Men" presidential campaign button, 1900. 1st-17th items: Seventeen (17) campaign and political party pinback buttons, primarily McKinley and Roosevelt, including one (1) McKinley and Roosevelt "The Right Men" campaign button, 1900, depicting multigate bust portrait vignettes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and the candidates, surrounded by black lettering against two crossed American flags and a gold background, seven (7) additional McKinley campaign buttons, 1896 and 1900, six (6) Roosevelt campaign buttons, 1904, one (1) William Howard Taft, and two (2) Republican party buttons. Fifteen (15) retain back papers, including "THE RIGHT MEN" button. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 3/8" dia. 18th item: Roosevelt related embossed lithographed die cut tin tab pin rendered in the shape of a bear with black lettering reading "TEDDY BEAR" across its chest, wearing a red jacket, yellow and red plaid pants, shoes, and pince-nez, a style of glasses. 2 1/8" L.19th-25th items: Seven (7) Republican and Progressive party ephemera items, including three (3) ribbon badges, one (1) ribbon, one (1) badge, two (2) pins, one (1) elephant shaped pin with jugate bust portraits of McKinley and Garret Augustus Hobart, and one (1) progressive party Roosevelt campaign button hole pin, 1912. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 7 5/8" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st-17th items: Some buttons with rust, pitting to metal. Some back papers with toning, areas of dampstaining. 18th item: Wear areas of loss, largest 1/4". Pince-nez appear to have been redrawn. 19th-25th items: Ribbons with staining, fraying, tears, largest 3/4". [See more photos →]

Three (3) Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis presidential campaign medallion and buttons, 1904. 1st item: "Shure Mike" presidential campaignbutton depictingjugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates flanking a rooster dressed in patrioticattire with a caption bubble with black lettering reading "SHURE MIKE" top left, with the candidates' names centered below against a sun burst and red and white striped background. Retains back paper. Housed in a brass tone medallion frame with bail. 1 3/4" dia. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) presidential campaign pinback buttons, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates against patriotic backgrounds. Both retain W.F. Miller and Company, New York, back papers. 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st item: Some rust to metal. Back paper with toning/dampstaining. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Harry S. Truman related pinback buttons, including one (1) button issued for Harry Truman and Winston Churchill's visit to Westminster College, Fulton, MO, on March 5, 1946 when Churchill delivered his "Sinews of Peace" address, that became known as his Iron Curtain Speech. 1st item: Button with navyblue lettering reading "WESTMINSTER/COLLEGE/HARRY TRUMAN WINSTON CHURCHILL/FULTON, M.O./1946" all surrounded by red circular on an off white background. Retains "ST LOUIS BUTTON CO. MFRS. CO." back paper. 2" dia. 2nd-4th items: Three (3) Harry Truman pictorial buttons, including one (1) off white presidential inauguration button, dated January 20, 1949, one (1) off white presidential campaign button with a red, white, and blue grosgrain ribbon, and one (1) blue senatorialcampaign button. Buttons do not retain back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st item: Few areas of rust, largest 1/4", to metal. Minor creasing to back paper. 2nd-4th items: Areas of rust, largest 1", to metal. Light staining to ribbon. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Wendell Lewis Willkie and Charles L. McNary presidential campaign pinback buttons, 1940. 1st item: "WILLKIE McNARY AND CHEMURGY" button, depicting a green and yellow landscape with images of a factory, plane, car, and house with a field below red lettering against a blue background. Maker's marks, lower edge. Does not retain back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: "JOE and I For WILLKIE" button, depicting a bust portrait ofheavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis with black lettering centered above and below against a white background. Retains St. Louis Button Company, St. Louis, MO back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 3rd item: "THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE" button, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates flanking an American flag with red lettering centered above against and off white background with a patriotic border. Copyright 1940 lower edge. Maker's marks, reverse. 1" dia. 4th item: Anti Eleanor Roosevelt "PROJECT #UMP-000" button, depicting an image of a shack or outhouse against a white background with black lettering reading "SPONSORED BY" surrounded bywhite lettering against a black border. Maker's marks, lower left and right. 1 3/4" dia. 5th item: G.O.P Women Shawnee County button, depicting an elephant with white lettering reading "Life begins in '40" centered above against a red background, with black lettering reading "WIN WITH WILKIE" centered above with additional lettering centered below against an off white background. Copyright and maker's marks, lower right. 1 1/2" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some with rust, areas of pepper pitting, largest 1/2", to metal. [See more photos →]

Thirteen(13) Women's Suffrage related pinback buttons, including one (1) Women's Political Union Trumpeter Button. 1st item: Button depicting asuffragette in green armor and a sword blowing a trumpet on castle ramparts while holding a flag emblazoned with eleven stars, representing the states which allowed women to vote, with a banner reading "WOMEN'S POLITICAL UNION", surrounded by a purple border with white lettering reading "VOTES FOR WOMEN." Ehrman of Boston maker's marks, bottom edge. Women's Political Union back paper. 2nd-5th items: Four(4) buttons, each with black lettering reading "VOTES FOR WOMEN" against a gold background. One (1) retains back paper. 6th-8th items: Three (3) buttons, each depicting a singingwoman with upswept black hair holding a page of sheet music, with black lettering reading "DON'T LET IT SUFFER" across the bottom. All retain back paper. 9th-10th items: Two (2) Frances E. Willard portrait buttons. Do not retain back paper. 11th-13th items: Three (3) anti-suffrage buttons. Two (2) retain back paper. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items overall good condition with light surface scratches, some with minute surface spots. Toning/dampstaining to back papers. Rust to metal. 1st item: Inconspicuous 3/4" dent, top right. 6th-8th items: Minute surface spots to edges. One button with 1" area of loss to edge. 9th-10th items: Minute spots to surface of celluloid button. 11th-13th items: 1/8" area of peeling to edge of red button. [See more photos →]

Fifty-two (52) prohibition/temperance and women's suffrage related buttons, badges, pins, ribbons, and postcards. 1st-29th items: Twenty-nine (29) prohibition/temperance and women's suffragerelated pinback buttons, includingseven (7) presidential campaign buttons, dated circa 1916-2008. Ten (10) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 3 1/8" dia.30th-41st items: Twelve (12)prohibition/temperance and women's suffragerelated badges, pins, and ribbons, includingfour (4) convention delegate items and one (1) Cold Water Army ribbons, dated circa 1882-1920's. 42nd-49th items: Eight (8)prohibition/temperance, women's suffrage, and National Rifle Association (NRA) related tokens, includingone (1) English Temperance medal issued by the Kent Union, Band of Hope Jubilee, 1847-1897. 50th-52nd items: Three (3) Temperance related postcards, dated circa 1907-1910. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: 1st-29th items: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some with rust to metal. Some back papers with toning/dampstaining. Some with minute spotting to surface and edges. Pinback is not present to one button. 30th-41st item: Overall good condition with light stianting to ribbons, tarnish to metal. 42nd-49th items: Overall good condition with tarnish/pitting to be expected from age. Five with drill hole, top center, possibly in the making. [See more photos →]

Thirty-eight (38) prohibition/temperance related ephemera items, including presidential campaign items. 1st-23rd items: Twenty-three (23) pinback buttons, dated 1900-2008, including one (1) John G. Woolley presidential campaign button, 1900, two (2) James Hanly and Ira Landrith presidential campaign buttons, 1916, and one (1) Lincoln Legion button. Seven (7) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 1 3/4" dia. 24th-33rd items: Ten (10) ribbons and ribbons badges, dated 1888-1920, including one (1)Clinton Bowen Fisk andJohn Anderson Brooks presidential campaign ribbon, 1888, four (4) prohibition party convention delegate ribbon badges, and two (2) Army TemperanceAssociationribbon badges. Ranging in size from 3" to 9 1/2" L. 24th-38th items: Five (5) assorted ephemera items, including two (2) pins, two (2) medallions, and one (1) buttonhole pin. Rangingin size from 1/2" to 2 3/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear. Rust, pitting to some metal. 1st-23rd items: One back paper with1/4" hole. 24th-33rd items: Stains, fraying to ribbons. Fisk ribbon with paper backing. Tears, largest1" to 1913 delegate ribbon with scratch tape repair, reverse. [See more photos →]

Forty-eight (48)presidential or gubernatorial campaign and political party ephemera items, dated 1896-2016, with two (2) advertising pinback buttons, including "Blue Jay Splits" button, 50 items total. 1st-24th items: Twenty-four (24) presidential or gubernatorial campaign and political party ephemera items, including pinback buttons and pin, dated circa 1896-1941, including three (3) Silas Comfort Swallow and George Washington Carroll prohibition party presidentialcampaign buttons, including one (1) "In Vain The Net Is Spread In The Sight Of Any Bird" button, one (1)"When The Swallows Homeward Fly, They Will Carroll Through The Sky" button, and one (1) portrait button, two (2)John Granville Woolley andHenry B. Metcalfprohibition party presidentialcampaign buttons, including one (1) jugate bust portrait button and one (1) portrait button, three (3) Woodrow Wilson related buttons, including two (2) "Victory" buttons, one (1) with a red, white, and blue ribbon, one (1)Wendell Lewis Willkie andCharles Linza McNary presidential campaign button; one (1) Charles Evans Hughes presidential campaign button, one (1) Colonel Theodore Roosevelt gubernatorial campaign button, two (2) Joshua Levering prohibition party presidentialcampaign buttons, two (2) Roger Ward Babson and Edgar V. Moormanprohibition party presidentialcampaign buttons, one (1) James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aroun'"presidentialcampaign button, two (2) Alfred Mossman Landon presidentialcampaign items, one (1) "Bread Not Booze Vote Dry" prohibition party button, one (1) progressive party button, three(3) socialist party buttons, and one (1) Division 998 of Milwaukee button. Thirteen (13) retain back papers, including Swallow buttons. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 1 13/16" dia. 25th-26th items: Two (2) advertising pinback buttons, includingone (1) Blue Jay Splits hangover medicine button and one (1) Hutton's Pineapple Brand Hams and Bacon button.Blue Jay Splits retains Bastian Brothers, Rochester, New York, back paper. 1 13/6" dia. 27th-50th items: Twenty-four (24)presidential campaign and political party ephemera items, including (22) pinback buttons, one (1) pin, and one (1) sticker, dated circa 1951-2016, including one (1)Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower "J'Aime Ike" button, one (1)James "Jimmy" Earl Carter, Jr., peanut satirical button, one (1) Barry Morris Goldwater, one (1) Ronald Reagan, four (4) prohibition party presidential campaign buttons, three (3) socialist party presidential campaign buttons, two (2)Benjamin McLane Spock and Julius Hobson people's party presidential campaign buttons, and more. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 3 1/8" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear. Rust, pitting to some metal. 1st-26th items: Light surface spotting to some buttons. Some toning, dampstaining to back papers. Wilson ribbon badge with 1/2" area of damage to top edge, ribbon with some fraying, light staining. 27th-50th items: Four buttons do not retain pinbacks. [See more photos →]

Eight (8) Political ephemera items, including Socialist and Prohibition party. 1st item: Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford socialist party campaign pinback button, 1904, depicting jugate portrait vignettes of the candidates with name banners and a central banner with black lettering reading "1904" with two men against a seascape and a factory with black lettering reading "SOCIALIST/CANDIDATES" centered above and below. Maker's marks with date "1904" bottom edge. Retains Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) Prohibition party related ephemera items, including one (1) Clinton Bowen Fisk and John A. Brooks presidential campaign badge, 1888, comprised of a brass tone metal hanger with an off white silk ribbon with gilt lettering reading "PROHIBITION/VICTORY" and a gold tone medallion drop depicting jugate bust portraits of the candidates, obverse, lettering, reverse, one (1) Joshua Levering presidential campaign button, 1896, depicting a bust portraitvignette of Levering set against a red, white, and blue shield with white lettering reading "PROHIBITION" and flanked with blue lettering reading "FOR PRESIDENT JOSHUA LEVERING" against an off white background, one (1)John Granville Woolley and Henry B. Metcalf presidential campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates against and off white background with draped American flag border, and one (1)Silas Comfort Swallow presidential campaign button, 1904, depicting a bust portrait of Swallow flanked by black lettering reading "FOR PRESIDENT DR. SILAS C. SWALLOW" set in a decorative cartouche with a central red, white, and blue shield, against an off white background. Two (2) buttons retain back papers. Buttons ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 6th-7th items: Two (2) badges, including one (1) comprised of a brass tone metal eagle hanger, a red, white, and blue ribbon and a painted metal house drop, and one (1) comprised of an American flag ribbon tied in a bow and affixed to a stick pin with a black painted metal hat shaped drop. Both approximately1 3/4" L. 8th item: McKinley presidential campaign gilt metal buttonhole pin, 1896, depicting McKinley sitting in a throne-like chair situated on top of his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan with black lettering reading "MCKINLEY 1896" centered below. Patent marks dated "1895" reverse. 1" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Light toning/areas of dampstaining to back papers. Rust to metal. Fraying/wear to ribbons. 8th item: Possible repair, reverse. [See more photos →]

U.S. Navy Morse Dive Helmet, copper and brass, manufactured by the Morse Diving Equipment Company, serial number 4301. Plaque to front of helmet reads "US Navy Diving Helmet/Mark V/ Morse Diving Equipment Co. Inc. /Boston, Mass/No. 668/Date 4/6/42". Collar marked "DROP 311 USN 018528". Inside of helmet marked MORSE BOSTON and MADE IN U.S. 4. The brails and bonnet all marked with the serial #4301. 18 1/2" H x 16 1/2" W. Provenance: Owned by the consignor's ancestor, Francis J (Johnny) Fernandez, born on January 1, 1909 in Taunton, MA. He enlisted in the Navy when he was 31 years old. He died in 1966 in Taunton, MA. CONDITION: Overall use wear with some scattered light denting. Oxidation to metals including green oxidation to brass along with some white patination. Some areas of uneven patina noted to the back of the helmet. [See more photos →]

Goodrich Tires Batteries porcelain enamel advertising sign, tall vertical form having a dark blue ground and white lettering, reading "Good Rich Tires Batteries" with the Goodrich logo to the center, all within a green self contained frame. Lower right frame edge reads "Ing.-Rich, Beaver Falls, PA." for the Ing-Rich Manufacturing Company, Beaver Falls, PA. Reverse of sign reads "Property of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. Code No. 107-6B". 78" H x 18" W. Mid-20th century. CONDITION: Overall general wear and good condition. Losses and bending to upper right frame edge. Losses to both lower corners. Rusting noted to areas of loss. [See more photos →]

Pure Oil double sided porcelain enamel advertising sign, white ground with blue lettering reading "The Pure Oil Company, U.S.A." around the perimeter and PURE to the center within a blue sawtooth or zig zag border. Additionally stamped "Burdick, CHI" for Burdick Sign Company, Chicago. 41 1/2" dia. Circa 1940's. CONDITION: One side with scattered red transfer and rusting to perimeter and mounting holes. Tape residue upper top edge perimeter. Reverse side with scattered wear and losses less than 10%, some rusting to loss areas and perimeter. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Coca Cola advertising signs. 1st item: Tin lithographed sign, tall vertical form, in bright red and yellow colors reading "Take Home a Carton Drink Coca Cola" above and below a six-pack carton of Coca Cola bottles advertised as "6 bottles not iced 25 cents plus deposit." All within a self contained silver frame. 54 3/4" H x 18 1/2" W. Circa 1930's. 2nd item: Coca Cola advertising tin enamel thermometer sign, "cigar shape," having a red ground with white lettering reading "Drink Coca Cola, Sign of Good Taste, Refresh Yourself" above and below a central inset thermometer. 29 3/4" H x 8" W. Circa 1950's. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall general wear and losses, primarily to frame surround. Dark mark to right side. Some rusting noted to areas of paint loss. 2nd item: Overall good condition with minor wear and grime, a few scattered spots of exfoliation to enameling, notably at each end. [See more photos →]

Enterprise model number 7 cast Iron coffee grinder with the original red paint, the hopper with a gilt eagle finial, the body with applied patriotic decals, 17" double pierced wheels reading ENTERPRISE-MFG-CO-PHILA-PA-U.S.A., above a tin collection bin and round cast iron base. 24 1/2" H x 17" W (wheels) x 15 1/8" D. Late 19th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with minor wear and oxidation to surface. Break to porcelain knob on hopper. Joint break to upper handle of tin container. [See more photos →]

Regina Double Comb Mechanical Music Box with 19 discs. Geometric inlaid mahogany case with raised molded top and molded base supported on four compressed ball feet, with carved columns at corners. Underside of lid with Regina lithograph of Greek goddess and cherubs; interior with raised Regina mark, numbered 54888, brass arm and double comb mechanism with exterior crank handle. 14" H x 22" W x 20" D. Circa 1897-1899. Accompanied by nineteen (19) disc records, most with Regina labels, dated 1893-1899. Titles of songs include William Tell Overture, Alabama Coon's Jubilee Cakewalk, Eli Green's Cakewalk Song, Wild Irish Rose, O You Beautiful Doll, Strike up the Band, Sousa's Man Behind the Gun march, Toreador from Carmen, and more. Discs approximately 15 1/2" dia. Provenance: private Nashville, TN collection. CONDITION: Working condition. Nick to wood part of crank handle. Mahogany case with some scattered spots of abrasions, wear and scratching, overall good condition. Discs with scattered bends, scratches and wear. We have not tested every disc for sound quality. [See more photos →]

Schilke Model B6L silverplated trumpet, #55428. Housed in a Schilke leather storage case together with several accessories including 6 mouthpieces and various cleaning and maintenance supplies. Trumpet – 19" L. Case – 12 1/2" H x 21 3/8" W x 9 1/2" D. 20th century. CONDITION: Trumpet in overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) scientific instruments, including one (1) water clock and one (1) barometer. 1st item: 17th century style brass mounted carved oak water clock, twin scales with Roman numerals over a canister with acorn shaped end, oval brass plate underneath drip tap is engraved with the name of R. Callow, Oxon. 30" H. English, probably late 19th century. 2nd item: Aneroid barometer circular carved and molded oak case with stenciled glass cover over a visible mechanism. Marked PATENT 2526 APPLIED FOR 1888. Brass hanging ring. 13" dia. American or English, late 19th century. CONDITION: Water Clock: Tear to metal plate above drip tap. Considerable wear and small losses to wood; 6 1/2" separation to wood behind name plate. Functionality not tested or guaranteed. Barometer: Shrinkage separation to oak frame at left edge. Crazing to porcelain inner ring and oxidation to mechanism. Functionality not tested or guaranteed. [See more photos →]

Five (5) early calculators or slide rulers, including one (1) G. Small Pocket Calculator, Roberts Everard type box rule, G. Charpentier Calculimetre, Sexton's Omnimetre Circular Slide Rule, and one (1) Webb Adder or figure-eight adder. 1st item: The "Small" Pocket Calculator, made by Gilbert Small, Boston, Massachusetts. Comprised of two rotating white laminated metal stacked discs, a metal and yellow glass cursor, and a central, pivoted hub. Includes original leather case. Calculator – 2" dia. Case – 2 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W x 1/2" D. 2nd item: Roberts Everard type 4-sided box rule, made by Edward D. Roberts, London, United Kingdom, each face for different tasks related to the production of alcohol and, more particularly, the imposition of duty on it. Comprised of four-sided boxwood, each side with one sliding scale. 12 1/8" L. 3rd item: G. Charpentier Calculimetre, No. 1796, manufactured by Tavernier – Gravet, Paris, France, sold by Eugene Dietzgen Company, Distributors, Chicago, New York. Comprised of a double-sided silver-colored disc surrounding a rotating brass ring, fork-shaped silver-colored indicator, all attached to a small suspension ring, the indicator extends around the all silver metal back. Maker's marks, front. Includes a black with case with gilt silver blindstamp lettering. Slide rule – 2 1/2" dia., with ring – 3 1/4" dia. Case – 4" H x 2 3/4" W x 1/8" D. 4th item: Sexton's Omnimetre Circular Slide Rule, Numeri Mudum Regunt, copyrighted by Thaddeau Norris in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Comprised of two light brown cardstock discs with a transparent red celluloid arm and a black checkered finger nut at the center, held together by a brass colored fastener, visible en verso. Maker's marks and dated "1895" front and back. Includes one instruction sheet, printed by Craig, Finlet, and Company, Philadelphia, 1897. Slide rule – 7 1/4" dia. Instruction sheet – 7 3/8" square. 5th item: Webb Adder or figure-eight adder, unmarked but similar to those manufactured by Victor Adding Machine Company, Chicago, Illinois. Comprised of conjoined two nickeled brass wheels with a four digit read-out window in the center to the front. Checkered back. Includes a red leather case and stylus. Adder – 6 5/8" H x 4 1/2" W x 3/8" D. Case – 6 3/4" H x 4 3/4" W x 1/4" D. Stylus – 3 7/8" L. All items late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition. 1st item: Oxidation to metal, some loss to paint on scales. 3rd item: Indicator to back is slightly bent. 4th item: Overall good condition with stains, toning. 5th item: Stylus is likely a replacement. Wear to case. [See more photos →]

Keuffel & Esser (K&E) 4012 Thacher Cylindrical Slide Rule, serial number 3596. Comprised of a brass core covered by paper marked with forty A scales, surrounded by an open rotating frame with twenty metal slats, each lined with cloth and covered with paper, marked with two B and two C scales. Wooden knobs on each end of the core rotate the instrument. The frame is attached to a mahogany base, all housed in the original wooden box with a hinged lid and brass hardware. Maker's marks to base and to two paper labels on interior of lid. Includes an instruction manual dated 1914. Core – 20" L x 4 1/2" dia. Overall with base – 5 1/2" H x 22 1/4" W x 5 3/4" D. Case – 6 3/8" H x 24" W x 6 3/4" D. Early/second quarter 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. Note: Another example is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute (see: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690142). CONDITION: Some toning to cylinder. Some wear, scratches, natural wood shrinkage to case. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Pocket Watch Style Logarithmic Circular Slide Rule Calculators, including four (4) Fowler's calculators, 5 items total. 1st-4th items: Four (4) Fowler andCompany, Manchester, England, calculators, including one (1) "Magnum" Long Scale, one (1) Textile Type E1, one (1) Universal, and one (1) Long Scale, each comprised of a round, silver metal case and two knobs, two (2) calculators with silver metal loops over top knobs,and rotating paper discs with printed mathematical scale notations and dials or cursors, housed in glass. Textile and Long Scale calculators are double sided,Magnum Long Scale and Universal calculators with black plastic to opposite sides. All with maker's marks, center of paper discs. Three (3) housed in original brown leather cases, smallest case with ink inscription from previous owner dated 1945. Textile calculator housed in a cardstock box. Also includes two (2) instruction manuals for the"Magnum" Long Scale calculator and one (1) instruction manual for theTextile calculator. Calculators ranging in size from 3 1/8" dia to 5 1/8" dia. Cases ranging in size from 4" H x3 5/8" W x 7/8" D to 6" H x 5 5/8" W x 1" D. Box – 1 1/4" H x 4 1/2" W x 3 3/4" D. Manuals approximately5" H x 4" W x 1/8" D. 5th item: Circular slide rule calculator, comprised of a round, silver metal case and two knobs, silver metal loops over top knob,and a rotating paper disc with printed mathematical scale notations and cursor housed in glass. Unmarked. 4 1/4" dia. All items late 19th /early 20th century.Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with expected scratches to cases and glass. Some toning to paper discs. 1st-4th items: Staining, largest 5/8", to reverse disc, areas of loss, largest 1 1/4", to edges of case of Textile calculator. Cases and boxes with expected wear, surface scratches. [See more photos →]

Keuffel & Esser (K&E) 4090 universal slide rule, PN 19-19-19-19-19-19. Marked "Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y., Pat. Oct. 6, 1891". Comprised of two-sided white celluloid coated mahogany, black metal framed chisel cursor with 8 points on one side and 10 points on the other, and metal end pieces. 2 piece black cardboard case with "Keuffel & Esser Co. Slide Rule" stamped in gilt. Slide rule – 11 1/8" L. Case – 11 5/8" H x 2 1/8" W x 3/4". Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Minor scuffs, wear commensurate with age and use. Wear to cardboard case. [See more photos →]

The Engineers Slide Rule, made in USA by E. M. Scofield, Bridge Engineer, Youngstown, Ohio. Patent 1901-1902. Comprised of paper scales on boxwood. 24" L x 2" W x 1/2" D. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. Note: According to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, which has an identical example in its collection, "Edson Mason Scofield (1867-1939) developed this rule in 1891 while he worked for Edwin Thacher (inventor of the cylindrical slide rule bearing his name). Thacher applied for a patent on the design in 1900 and assigned a half-interest to Scofield when the patent was issued in 1901. According to the instrument, Scofield may have distributed the rule himself." CONDITION: Shows staining and toning due to age and use. [See more photos →]

Attributed to George Carette and Company, Nuremberg, Germany, lithographed sheet metal limousine toy car. Comprised of a dark green body with red trim to beveled glass windows, hinged doors, yellow interior and driver's partition, black running boards, fenders, roof, and frame, nickel plated lights, rubber tires surrounding orange wheel hubs, spokes, and rims. Four (4) hand painted figures, including one (1) chauffeur and three (3) passengers. Gears to underside. Unmarked. 7 7/8" H x 16 1/4" W x6 3/4" D. European, early 20th century. Provenance: Wythe County, Virginia collection. Note: A nearly identical example by Carette is in the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, New South Wales, Australia. (See: https://collection.maas.museum/object/40849). CONDITION: Untouched, unrestored condition with scattered areas of paint loss, largest 5 1/4" x 3", craquelure to surface of metal. Luggage rack is not present. Surface grime, rust to running boards and fenders. Tires with cracks, warping. [See more photos →]

Pocher Torino model 1932 Rolls Royce Phantom II Sedanca Coupe, 8 1/2" H x 24" L x 9" D, in glass case 12" H x 30" W x 12" D overall. Accompanied by a 1971 newspaper photograph of the model car next to a full sized version, stating the model car was on display at the Taylor Rolls Royce dealership in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and that it has more than 2,000 workable parts including pistons, crankshaft, valve springs and fan. (Exhibit card also included). CONDITION: 1 missing screw on left side of hood. Functionality of interior parts not confirmed. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Christensen Agate Company guinea marbles, including two (2) clear base, one (1) cobalt base, and one (1) amber base, all with multi-colored surfaces. The clear base marbles and amber base marbles with one pitch line. All measure 5/8" dia. 1st half 20th century. CONDITION: All marbles with evidence of light use wear. Amber marble with the least visible use wear. [See more photos →]

207 WWI and II toy soldiers, including Manoil, Barclay, Comet and Timpo Toys. Includes various military figures with weapons, artillery weapons, searchlights, tanks, and motorcycles. All items cast metal except one plaster figural of a man with dog, and one rubber or plastic painted figure. Most items marked or numbered for Manoil or Barclay, and some unmarked. Figures with stretcher marked TIMPO TOYS MADE IN ENGLAND to underside. Small green tank marked COMET to underside. All range in size from 3/8" H x 3/4" W x 1 1/4" L to 4" H x 4 1/4" W x 2" D. Most items American, early 20th century. CONDITION: Most figures in good condition. Some figures have paint loss, dents, cracks, or chips, and loose or missing attachments. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Louis Marx and Company, New York, Old Jalopy lithographed tin wind-up cars with boxes. 1st item: Black sedan toy car with red, yellow, and off white graffiti and other details to exterior, five wheels, and a driver figure to interior. Marx logo to top of roof. Windup key to right side of car, gears to underside. Includes original box. Car – 3 7/8" H x 7" W x 4 1/2" D. Box – 4 /8" H x 7 1/4" W x 4 1/2" D. 2nd item: Yellow "College Crazy Car" with red, black, off white white, and grey graffiti and other details to exterior, two large wheels to center of car andtwo small swivel front wheels, four passenger heads projecting from body of car.Marx logo toback right. Windup key and gears to underside.Includes original box. Car – 4 1/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 3 3/4" D. Box – 4 1/2" H x 6" W x 4 1/4" D. Both items American, mid 20th century. Provenance: Wythe County, Virginia collection. CONDITION: Both items in overall good condition with minor surface scratches, few dents. Boxes with tears, largest2 1/2", wear. Not tested for functionality. [See more photos →]

Five (5) lithographed tin or steel toy vehicles, includingMarx, Schuco, and Wyandotte. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) Louis Marx and Company, New York, vehicles, including one (1) "Woodie" green station wagon with several passengers to the interior and one (1) donkey cart with a driver. Marx logo, top of front hood and underside of donkey. Windup keys to right side of Woodie and underside of cart. Ranging in size from 2 1/8" H x 6 7/8" W x 3 3/8" D to 4 3/4" H x 8 3/8" W x 3 3/8" D. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) Schuco, U.S. Zone Germany, cars, including one (1) light green Gama-Patent 100 D.R.P.a. sedan and one (1) dark red varianto-limo 3041. Schuco logo, underside of cars. Ranging in size from 1 1/2" H x 4 3/8" W x 1 3/4" D to 2 1/8" H x 6 5/8 W x 2 7/8" D.5th item: Wyandotte"Sit N Ride" truck with red cabin, black fenders, and black hard rubber wheels affixedto a black undercarriage with a green three legged seat to the back. Wyandottelogo to wheels. Steeringmechanism to hood. 9 3/4" H x 16 1/8" W x 5 1/4" D. All items mid 20th century. Provenance: Wythe County, Virginia collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface scratches. Not tested for functionality. 1st-2nd items: Donkey cart reins are not present. 3rd-4th items: Keys are not present. 5th item: Areas of rust to metal. [See more photos →]

An assorted grouping of twenty (20) ornaments and figurines, including: four (4) Tiffany Christmas ornaments including one (1) sterling silver stocking ornament, one (1) sterling silver bear ornament, one (1) porcelain holiday bell, and one (1) crystal trellis ball ornament, all with the original boxes; eleven (11) Hand & Hammer Sterling Christmas ornaments including three (3) Hunting Horns, two (2) Bells, one (1) Prancer, one (1) Teddy Bear, one (1) Nutcracker, one (1) Samantha Cat, one (1) Moravian star, and one (1) Beatrix Potter Jeremy Fisher ornament, all in the original boxes; one (1) Reed & Barton sterling silver snowflake ornament in the original box; one (1) Gorham sterling silver snowflake ornament in the original box; two (2) David Yurman sterling silver angels, including one (1) pin and one (1) charm with the original bag; and one (1) Herend porcelain pig, marked on the base. Items ranging in size from 1 1/8" to 4 1/2" L. Boxes ranging in size from 1" H x 3 1/4" square to 4 1/2" H x 5 3/8" square. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition, all but one retain the original boxes or bag. [See more photos →]

Abraham Lincoln mourning ribbon badge, possibly mourning badge, comprised of an albumen print depicting jugate bust portraits of Lincoln and George Washington, against an off white background surmounted by a draped American flag with a black border at the bottom; housed in acopper frame affixed to a red ribbon with fragments of blue and white ribbons. Includes a type notation reading "Badge worn for the funeral of Lincoln on April 15, 1865." and a handwritten notation reading "1864 Badge" en verso of frame. 6 1/2" L x 3" W. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light toning, scuffs, largest 1/4", to albumen print. Red ribbon with tears, largest 1/2", blue and white ribbon in fragmentary condition with pieces of scotch tape. [See more photos →]

Twenty-five (25) political related ribbons, pins, badges including Theodore Roosevelt, UlyssesS. Grant, BenjaminHarrison, Spanish American War Uncle Sam pin, and more. 1st-10th items: Ten (10) political cloth and paper ribbons, ribbon badges, and paper items, including one (1) Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Warren Fairbanks Workingman's Endorsement Ribbon with a jugate portrait pinback button, two (2) UlyssesS. Grant presidential campaign ribbon and ribbon badge, one (1) BenjaminHarrison and Whitelaw Reid Republican Invincibles Club, West Chester, Pennsylvania ribbon badge, and one (1) reproduction Grand Old Party paper ribbon with a Theodore Roosevelt portrait pinback badge. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" to 10" L. 11th-15th items: Five (5) assorted historical ephemera items, including one (1) Spanish American War Uncle Sam pin, one (1) Liberty Loan Solicitor pin, no. 2256, one (1) Texas Rangers Company A pin, circa 1920's, one (1) LibertyLoan token, and one (1) buttonhole pin. Ranging in size from 7/8" to 2 1/4" L. 16th-25th items: Ten (10) pinback buttons, including nine (9) Liberty Loan buttons, one (1) affixed to a paper red, white, and blue ribbon, and one (1) Thomas Edmund Dewey "Yankee Doodle and Dewey" button. Three (3) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 2" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: 1st-10th items: Ribbons with staining, fraying, dampstaining, pinprick holes. Roosevelt endorsement ribbon is missing the original portrait of Roosevelt, tears, largest3 1/8".Areas of loss to top and bottom of largest Grant ribbon.11th-15th items: Token with drill hole, likely in the making, top center. Tarnish to Uncle Sam and Texas Ranger pin. Surface grime to buttonhole pin.16th-25th items: Buttons with light surface scratches. Rust, pitting, to some metal. Some back papers with toning, areas of dampstaining. [See more photos →]

Thirty-one (31) political ephemera items, including one (1) Roosevelt pressed metal pocket knife. 1st item: Roosevelt pressed metal pocket knife, depicting portrait vignettes of Roosevelt with patriotic motifs. Two blades ranging in size from 1 1/2" to 1 3/4" L. Pocket knife – 3" L. 2nd-27th items: Twenty-six (26) presidential tokens, including George Washington, John Adams, James, Monroe, Andrew Jackson,Franklin Delano Roosevelt,Ronald Wilson Reagan, and more. Eight (8) with drill holes, possibly in the making, one (1) with a bezel.Ranging in size from 7/8" to 1 5/8" dia. 28th-31st items: Five (5) political items, including one (1) Benjamin Harrison and Levi Parsons Morton jugate badge, one (1) James A. Garfield ribbon badge, one (1) Ulysses S. Grant andSchuyler Colfax, Jr. badge, one (1) Harry S. Truman ribbon badge, and one (1) bust photograph portrait, possibly depictingGeorge Brinton McClellan. Ranging in size from 1 1/8" to 2 3/4" L. All items housed in a wooden case with glass lid. Case – 11" H x 14" W x 1 1/2" D. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear to be expected from age. 2nd-27th items: Some tokens with tarnish. 28th-31st items: Ribbons with toning, fading, light staining. [See more photos →]

One hundred and forty-four (144) political, war, and miscellaneous pin back buttons, including Democratic, Republican, Third Party, Spanish-American, World War I, and World War II, dated circa 1896-2008. 1st-120th items: One hundred and twenty (120) political, war, and miscellaneous buttons, including fifteen (15)Wendell Lewis Willkie related buttons, including one (1) Anti Eleanor Roosevelt "PROJECT #UMP-000" button, one (1) William McKinley presidential campaign "Pennsylvania Sound Money" button, 1896, thirteen (13) FranklinDelano Roosevelt presidential campaign related buttons, including one (1) New Deal waste basket button, eighteen (18) patrioticrelated buttons, including one (1) "Stand By It, Read The Menace" button, four (4) Uncle Sam related buttons, one (1) Spanish-American War "U. S. Ram 'Katahdin'" button, five (5) World War I related buttons, including one (1) "Remember the Maine" button, sixteen (16) World War II related buttons, including two (2) "RememberPearl Harbor" buttons, eight (8) Air Forcerelated buttons, and one (1) "Aid to China" button, 1941, one (1) 19th Annual State Reunion, Wichita, Kansas September 22-27, 1902 button, twenty-seven (27) third party presidential campaign buttons, including Prohibition party, Socialist party, Libertarian party, Green party, Communist party, and others, eleven (11) presidential or gubernatorial campaign buttons, including one (1) Richard Yates gubernatorial campaign button, 1900, and one (1) Edward Sydney Stuart gubernatorial campaign button, 1906, and eight (8) miscellaneous buttons, including three (3) Santa Claus buttons. Twenty-seven (27) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 4 1/8" dia.121st-144th items: Twenty-three (23) assorted political ephemera items, including one (1) Franklin Delano Roosevelt inauguration ticket, January 20, 1941, five (5) ribbon badges, including one (1) World War I "Remember the Maine" ribbon badge, three (3) buttonhole pins, two (2) tokens, ten (10) assorted pins, and two (2) assorted metal pieces. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 4 3/8" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st-120th items: Some buttons with minute spots. Some buttons with rust, areas of pitting, to metal. Five buttons without pinbacks.Some toning/dampstaining to back papers. 121st-144th items: Fraying, tears, largest 1/2", to ribbons. Some tarnish to metal. [See more photos →]

Twelve (12) Presidential related ephemera items, including one (1) Woodrow Wilson inauguration ribbon badge, 1917,Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid presidential campaign ribbon, 1892. 1st item: Wilson inauguration ribbon badge, 1917, comprised of a pinback button depicting a bust portrait of Wilson surrounded by black lettering reading "-WOODROW WILSON-/INAUGURATION-1917" against an off white background, affixed to a cockade style knot of red, white, and blue ribbons attached to a white fabric backing with a blue silk ribbon leading to a porcelain drop in the shape of a pocket watch with gilt borders and face. Stamped "MADE IN GERMANY" reverse of porcelain pocket watch. 4 1/8" L. 2nd item: Harrison and Reid presidential campaign ribbon, 1892, comprised of an applied celluloid bust portrait plaque of Harrison with gold lettering reading "PROTECTION/RECIPROCITY/HARRISON/AND REID./VICTORY" with the image of crossed American flags on a red, white, and blue striped grosgrainribbon. 7 1/4" L. 3rd item: William McKinley presidential campaign ribbon badge, 1896, comprised of a pinback hanger with black lettering reading "MCKINLEY/1896" on an off white piece of paper housed in a silver metal frame affixed to a red silk ribbon with a photographic bust portrait of McKinley housed in a silver metal frame. 4 3/8" L. 4th-8th items: Five (5) presidentialrelated tokens, including one (1) George Washington "The Father of Our Country" token, with a rotating calendar, reverse, one (1) Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson token, one (1)Benjamin Harrison token, one (1)Zachary Taylor token, and one (1) Winfield Scott token. Ranging in size from 3/4" to 1 3/8" dia. 9th item: Theodore Roosevelt "Bust the Trust" pin, rendered in the shape of a bucket of black painted coal and shovel with embossed lettering. 1 1/4" L. 10th-12th items: Three (3)Warren Gamaliel Harding,Calvin Coolidge, andCharles Gates Dawes presidential campaign pinback buttons, dated circa 1920-1924, including one (1) depicting a bust portrait of Harding. Pictorial button retainsWhitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. All approximately3/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st-3rd items: Fraying, picks, light staining to ribbons. 4th-8th items: Some tarnish, wear to tokens. Scott token with drill hole top center (possibly in the making). 9th item: Minor loss to paint. [See more photos →]

Ten (10) political related ribbons and paper ephemera items, including Benjamin Harrison presidential campaign, 1888. 1st-6th items: Six (6) Harrison presidential campaign ephemera items, including four (4) ribbons, three (3) with jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates, and two (2) paper items. Ranging in size from2 7/8" to 6" L. 7th-10th items: Four (4) political ribbons, including one (1) Republican State Convention of California, June 19, 1894, editor ribbon, and one (1) inauguration ofRonald Wilson Reagan, January 21, 1985 ribbon. Ranging in size from5 7/8" to 7 1/2" L. All items housed under glass in a metallic silver frame. Framed – 15 1/4" H x 12 1/4" W. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with toning, fraying, light staining, few pin prick holes. 1st-6th items: One Harrison and Morton ribbon with fading to gilt. [See more photos →]

Two (2) McKinley and Roosevelt related buttons, includingone (1) "Commerce and Industries" button and one (1) "VELT" button. 1st item: McKinley and Roosevelt campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate portrait vignettes of the candidates centered above a landscape depicting a farmyard and a factory above black lettering reading "COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES" centered below, surrounded by a gold border with red white and blue stars and stripes. Maker's marks, lower right edge. Retains The Mertz Button Company, New York, back paper. 2nd item: Roosevelt campaign button, 1904, depicting a pink rose in full bloom with black lettering reading "VELT" each on a leaf, against an off white background. Retains Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, back paper. Both items 1 1/4" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Both items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Light toning/areas of dampstaining to back papers. 1st item: Minute spots to portraits. Light pepper pitting to metal 2nd item: Inconspicuous dents, largest 1", to surface. [See more photos →]

Twenty-eight (28) political ephemera items, including William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and more. 1st-7th items: Seven (7) McKinley related ephemera items, including one (1) National Republican Convention Philadelphia June 19th, 1900 usher medallion comprised of celluloid covered sheets depicting profile portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and McKinley with their names, obverse, brown lettering reading "USHER" against an off white background, reverse, three (3) presidential campaign pinback buttons, one (1) pictorial pinback button, two (2) presidential campaign buttonhole pins. Three (3) buttons retain back papers. Ranging in size from 3/4" to 1 5/8" dia. 8th-21st items: Fourteen (14) Roosevelt related buttons, including eight (8) Progressive Party or "Bull Moose Party" buttons, two (2) pictorial buttons, two (2) campaign buttons, and two (2) Republican party buttons, including one (1) "50th Anniversary of the Republican Party" button depicting jugate bust portrait vignette of Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Eight (8) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 22nd-23rd items: Two (2) Taft pictorial presidential campaign pinback buttons. Both retain back papers. 13/16" dia. 24th-25th items: Two (2) Alton B. Parker presidential campaign pinback buttons, 1904. Both retainWhitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 26th-27th items: Two (2) presidential campaign pinback buttons, 1896, including one (1)William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall button and one (1) "REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES" button.Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 28th item: Wendell Lewis Willkie presidential campaign elephanthead metal pin, 1940. 13/16" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some with rust to metal. Some back papers with toning/dampstaining. Some with minute spotting to surface and edges. 8th-21st items: Hanger and ribbon to convention medallion is not present. Edges of celluloid sheets are separated from medallion. [See more photos →]

Eighteen (18) political pinback buttons, including William McKinley "Commerce and Industries" button, Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders Reunion button, and more. 1st item: McKinley and Roosevelt campaign button depicting jugate portrait vignettes of the candidates centered above a landscape depicting a farmyard and a factory above black lettering reading "COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES" centered below, surrounded by a gold border with red white and blue stars and stripes. Maker's marks, lower right edge. Retains The Mertz Button Company, New York, back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: Roosevelt's Rough Riders Reunion Oklahoma City, July 1-4, 1900 pinback button, depicting Roosevelt's portrait against a blue background surrounded by lettering and superimposed on the image of two "Rough Riders" with additional letter centered below, against red, white, and blue stripes and an off white background. RetainsWhitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 3rd item: McKinley first presidential campaign button, 1896, depicting a portrait vignette of McKinley shining like the sun above a farmer's field and factory, representing commerce and industry with black lettering reading "MCKINLEY AND PROSPERITY" centered below, surrounded by an American flag border.Maker's marks, lower right edge. Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper.1 1/4" dia. 4th-8th items: Five (5)McKinley and Roosevelt campaign buttons, 1900, including one (1) depicting a pink carnation against an off white background surrounded by white lettering reading "WE WILL BLOOM AGAIN FOR/MCKINLEY & ROOSEVELT" against a blue border, and four (4) depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates with patriotic motifs against gold backgrounds. Four (4) retain back papers, including the carnation button with back paper reading "The Pink Carnation is McKinley's Favorite Flower". One (1) housed in a metal frame. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 9th-10th items: Two (2) McKinley related buttons, including one (1) Canton, Ohio sepia tone souvenir button depicting bust portraitvignettes of McKinley and two other gentlemen above the image of a cannon, and one (1) depicting a portrait bust vignettes of McKinley against a gold background and surrounded by a patriotic red, white, and blue background. Both retain back papers. Ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 1 3/4" dia. 11th-13th items: Three (3) Roosevelt related buttons, including two (2) depicting bust portrait vignettes of Roosevelt, one against a patrioticbackground and one with a black border and white lettering reading "IN MEMORIAM", and one (1) depicting a log cabin with brown lettering reading "NORTH DAKOTA/THE ROOSEVELT CABIN" against a naturalistic background. All retain Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 14th-17th items: Four (4) William Howard Taft related buttons, including one (1) oval button with bust portrait vignette of Taft, issued when the President attended the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel in Montrose, Colorado, in September 1909, one (1) presidential campaign button, 1908, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of Taft and James Schoolcraft Sherman against a patriotic background, and two (2) depicting bust portrait vignette of Taft, one (1) in a patriotic cartouche. Two (2) round buttons retain back papers. Round buttons ranging in size form 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. Oval button – 1 1/2" L. 18th item: John Granville Woolley and Henry B. Metcalf presidential campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates against and off white background with draped American flag border. RetainsWhitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 13/16" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some with rust to metal. Some back papers with toning/dampstaining. Some with minute spotting to surface and edges. 2nd item: Hairlines, largest 5/8", to surface. 1/2" of celluloid edge is peeling away from metal. 18th item: Approximately half of celluloid edge is peeling away from metal. [See more photos →]

Twenty-three (23) presidential campaign related ephemera items, dated circa 1896-1908, including William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and more. 1st item: McKinley first presidential campaign button, 1896, depicting a portrait vignette of McKinley shining like the sun above a farmer's field and factory, representing commerce and industry with black lettering reading "MCKINLEY AND PROSPERITY" centered below, surrounded by an American flag border. Retains Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, New Jersey back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd item: McKinley and Roosevelt "A Full Dinner Bucket" presidential campaign button, 1900, depicting jugate bust portrait vignette of the candidates set into a dinner pail with black lettering reading "EMPLOYMENT/FOR/LABOR/A FULL DINNER BUCKET/PROSPERITY/SOUND MONEY-GOOD MARKETS" against a blue background. Retains Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 3rd-6th items: Four (4) McKinleypresidential campaign ephemera items, dated circa 1896 and 1900, including one (1) McKinley andEdwin Augustus McAlpin Vice Presidential hopefulribbon badge, comprised of a read, white and blue bow ribbon and an American flag fabric button affixed to a ribbon with applied photographic jugate bust portraits of McKinley and McAlpin below two crossed American flags withgold lettering reading "THE NATION'S CHOICE/GOP/1896/MCKINLEY AND MCALPIN/FOR/PRESIDENT/AND/VICE PRESIDENT" against an off white ground. Ranging in size from 3 1/8" to 7 3/8" L. 7th-17th items: Eleven (11) McKinley and Roosevelt presidential campaign buttons, 1900, all depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates against gold or blue background with patriotic motifs. Nine (9) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 2 1/4" dia. 18th-20th items: Three (3) William Howard Taft presidential campaign ephemera items, 1908, including two (2) buttons depicting bust portrait vignettes of Taft with patriotic motifs, and one (1) ribbon badge depicting a bust portrait of Taft affixed to two (2) red, white, and blue ribbons, one (1) with a metal drop rendered in the shape of a colonial man. One (1) button retainsWhitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back paper. Ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 3 3/4" L. 21st item: Alton Brooks Parkerpresidential campaign button, 1904, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Parker surrounded by a patrioticcartouche. Retains F. F. Pulver Company, Rochester, New York back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 22nd item: William Jennings Bryan andArthur Sewall presidential campaign stick pin, 1896, depicting jugate profile bust portraits of the candidates flanked by crossed American flags below a banner with gold lettering reading "18 PROTECTION 96" surmounted by an eagle. 2 3/8" L.23rd item: Roosevelt Anthracite Coal Breaker token, 1904. 1 1/2" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some buttons with rust to metal. Some button back papers with toning. Some buttons with minute spotting to surface and edges. 2nd item: Light spotting to edges. 3rd-6th items: Staining, fraying to ribbons. McKinley and McAlpin ribbon with tears, areas of loss, largest 3" x 1/2", staining. 7th-17th items: Four with auction house stickers to back papers.22nd item: Areas of paint loss to flags. 23rd item: Surface grime. [See more photos →]

Two hundred and twelve(212) political ephemera items, includingWendell Lewis Willkie and Charles McNary presidential campaign related items. 1st-71st items: Seventy-one (71) Willkie and McNary presidential campaign related ephemera items, dated circa 1937-1940, including sixty (60) pinback buttons, ten (10) pins, and one (1) buttonhole pin. Seven (7) buttons retain back papers. 5/8" to 2 1/8" dia. 72nd-93rd items: Twenty-one (21) Republican party, Democratic party, and Prohibition party presidential campaign pinback buttons, dated circa 1904-2006, including two (2) Silas Comfort Swallow and George Washington Carroll prohibition party presidential campaign buttons, including one (1) "In Vain The Net Is Spread In The Sight Of Any Bird" button, one (1) "When The Swallows Homeward Fly, They Will Carroll Through The Sky" button. Nine (9) retain back papers, including Swallow buttons. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 1 13/16" dia. 94th-212th items: Approximately one hundred and twenty (120) Republican party, Democratic party, and campaign related empehera items including pins, stick pins, ribbons, pendants, and more. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 6 1/8" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear. 1st-93rd items: Some buttons with minute spots. Rust, pitting to some metal. Some toning/dampstaining to back papers. 94th-212th items: Pinprick holes to ribbons. [See more photos →]

Thirteen(13) political ephemera items, including twelve(12) Harry S. Truman related buttons and ribbon badges. 1st-10th items: Ten (10) Truman related buttons, dated circa 1944-1992, including one (1) Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Truman presidential campaign tab button, one (1) "I'm for Stevenson/''How We'd Like Harry'" satirical pinback button, three (3) portrait pinback buttons, and five (5) text pinback buttons. Largest button with cardboard backing. Ranging in size from 13 /16" to 3 1/2" dia. 11th-12th items: Two (2) Truman presidential campaign ribbon badges, 1948, both comprised of bust portrait pinback button affixed to grosgrain red, white, and blue ribbons, one (1) with gilt lettering reading "MISSOURI'S OWN TRUMAN," both with plastic drops rendered inthe shape of donkeys. Ranging in size from 3 1/2" to 4" L. 13th items: AntiLyndon Baines Johnson pinback button, 1964, with red lettering reading "HANG/LBJ/BY HIS/EARS" flanked by cartoon illustrations of two ears, against a light blue background. 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st-10th items: Fading, discoloration to Roosevelt/Truman button. Some with rust, pitting to metal. 11th-12th items: Fraying, light staining to ribbons. [See more photos →]

Forty-two (42) war and patriotic related ephemera items, including Civil War, and Spanish American War reunion buttons, World War I and II items. 1st-29th items: Twenty-nine (29) pinback buttons, including Civil War and Spanish American War reunion and World War II. Ten (10) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 11/16" to 2 1/2" dia. 30th-36th items: Seven (7)war and patriotic related ribbon badges, including one (1) "Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic 1886" ribbon badge and one (1) "In Commemoration of the Surrender of Yorktown 1781-1881" ribbon with coin medallion drop. Ranging in size from 2 5/8" to 4" L. 37th-40th items: Four (4) pins, including one (1) comprised of red, white, and blue ribbons and a metal Brodie helmet, affixed to card stock backing with black lettering reading "WEAR AN/A. E. F. HelmetON/ARMISTICE DAY…," and one (1) brass tone eagle shaped pin with red, white, and blue enamel shield reading "AMERICAN/WOMEN'S/VOLUNTEER/SERVICES." Ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 2 1/4" L. 41st item: Civil War reunion Sons of Veterans 17th Annual Encampment, Illinois Division, Danville, May 16-18, 1899, medallion, depicting a sailor and a soldierflanking a patrioticshield with six crossed American flags and black lettering, obverse, eagle with red, white, and blue shield against a seascape and a banner, reverse. Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, New Jersey, maker's mark, reverse, and lower edge. 2 1/4" dia. 42nd item: World War II era button depicting the bust portrait of a young soldier in uniform against a blue background, surrounded by a patriotic border. Back replaced by a mirror. 2 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some buttons with rust to metal. Back papers with toning/dampstaining. Ribbons with wear to be expected from age. [See more photos →]

Sixty-seven (67) war and political related ephemera items, including fifty-eight (58) Spanish-American, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and more pinback buttons. 1st-58th items: Fifty-eight (58) Spanish-American, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and more pinback buttons, dated circa 1898-1992, includingone (1) "U.S. Cruiser 'New York'" button, two (2) "Remember the Maine" buttons, one (1) Gallipoli commemorative button, one (1) "Australia Day 1918" button, one (1) "Remember Pearl Harbor" button, one (1) "Avenge Manila" button, one (1) "Chinese-American Friendship" button, two (2) Winston Churchill buttons, four (4) Liberty Loan/Bond buttons, and one (1) "Ship the GIs Home Now!" button. Twenty-one (21) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 2 1/8" L.59th-67th items: Nine (9) political related ephemera items, including one (1) George Washington Centennial ribbon badge, one (1) Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) 28th National Encampment, Pittsburgh, PA, 1894, ribbon badge, one (1) World WarII "Welcome Home Our Heroes" ribbon badge with miniature pocket knife, one (1) "The Ironclads" token, and more.Ranging in size from 5/8" to 6" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface wear. 1st-58th items: Some with dents, largest1 1/8". Some with toning,dampstaining to back papers. Some with rust, pitting to metal. One with partial back paper with 1 1/8" hole., bent pinback. 59th-67th items: Fraying, fading, and staining to ribbons. Obverse of GAR badge button is becoming separated from metal. Pitting to blade of miniature pocket knife. [See more photos →]

Twenty-one (21) political party convention badges, most with ribbons, including ten (10) Republican convention badges, dated 1916-1996, nine(9) Democratic convention badges, dated 1912-1972, one (1) National Progressive convention, Chicago, Illinois badge, dated 1912, and one (1) State Prohibition convention, Columbus, Ohio badge, dated 1897. Ranging in size from 3 1/4" to 5 1/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Areas of fraying, light staining, tears, largest 1 3/4". [See more photos →]

Thirty (30) third party pinback buttons and other ephemera items, dated circa 1896-2016, including one (1) Eugene V. Debs presidential button, one (1) "Chu-Chu Munroe 1817-1825" button, one (1) "Hanna's Campaign Slush Fund" button, one (1) Victor Berger and William Gaylord "Socialists For Congress" button, one (1) Silas Comfort Swallow and George Washington Carroll presidential campaign jugate button stickpin, and more. Three (3) retain back papers, including Debs and Berger buttons. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 6 1/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface wear. Dents, largest 1 1/4", stains, and areas of loss, largest 1/2", to Hanna button.Some with toning,dampstaining to back papers. Some with rust, pitting to metal. [See more photos →]

Five (5) American Women's Suffrage pinback buttons, including one (1) Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Votes for Women button. 1st item: Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association button depicting a central purple and green chain link design and white initials reading "C W S A" surrounded by purple lettering reading "VOTES FOR WOMEN" against an off white background with a green border. RetainsConnecticut Woman Suffrage Association back paper. 2nd item: Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association button depicting an off white geometricshape with blue lettering reading "PENNA/VOTES FOR WOMEN/1915" against a blue background.Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 3rd item: Frances E. Willard sepia tone portrait button. Does not retain back paper. Two (2) buttons, each depicting a singingwoman with upswept black hair holding a page of sheet music, with black lettering reading "DON'T LET IT SUFFER" across the bottom. One (1) retains Tokio Cigarette, New York back paper. Ranging in size from 3/4" to 1 1/4" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some buttons with rust to metal. Back papers with toning/dampstaining. 1st item: Series of scratches, largest 5/8", center right of button. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Women's Suffrage related ephemera items, including one (1) NFBPWC delegate ribbon badge, 1919. 1st item: National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) convention delegate ribbon badge, 1919, comprised of a pinback button depicting off white images of the Venus de Milo and other symbols with a banner dated "1919" in brown lettering against a green background with additional lettering reading "NFBPWC" against an off white border, affixed to a yellow silk ribbon with green lettering reading "DELEGATE." Retains back paper. 4 7/8" L. 2nd item: Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association button, 1915, depicting an off white geometricshape with blue lettering reading "PENNA/VOTES FOR WOMEN/1915" against a blue background.Retains Whitehead and Hoag,Newark, New Jersey back paper. 5/8" dia. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) suffragette portrait buttons, including one (1) depictingSusan B. Anthony. Both retain Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 1/4" dia. 5th item: English postcard depicting a group of suffragettes with one in the foreground with a caption bubble reading "'MY OLD MAN PAID 100 [pounds] TO THE CAUSE FOR EVERY DAY I WAS IN JAIL" and additional lettering reading "THE OLD 'UN MUST HAVE HAD A GOOD TIME WHEN SHE WAS IN" top left, and "SUFFRAGETTES" top right. Inscribed to Miss A Hall of Norwich, England with Swaffham postmark, en verso. 3 1/2" H x 5 5/8" W. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. Some rust, pitting to metal. 1st item: Fraying to ribbon. 5th item: Wear, bumped corners to postcard. [See more photos →]

Fifty-six (56)prohibition/temperance related ephemera items, including presidential campaign buttons, Carrie A. Nation items. 1st-31st items: Thirty-one (31) pinback buttons, dated 1904-2012, including one (1)James Hanly and Ira Landrith presidential campaign button, 1916, and six (6) later presidential campaign buttons. Thirteen (13) retain back papers. Ranging in size from5/8" to 2 1/4" dia. 32nd-39th items: Eight (8)Carrie (or Carry) Amelia Nation related items, including three (3) miniature metal hatchets, four (4) hatchet stick pins, one (1) with a ribbon, and one (1) button, back replaced with a mirror. Ranging in in size from 1 7/8" to 4" L. 40th-56th items: Seventeen (17) assorted ephemera items, including five (5) tokens, three (3) with bezels, five (5) ribbon badges, two (2) ribbons, three (3) pins, and two (2) additional metal items. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 7 3/4" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st-31st items: One button with hairlines. Rust to some metal on buttons. Pinback to one button is not present. 40th-56th items: Ribbons with staining, fraying, Tears, largest 1 1/2". One delegate ribbon badge with scotch tape repair. [See more photos →]

Twenty-three (23) political related ephemera items, including presidential campaign pinback buttons. 1st-16th items: Sixteen (16) political related buttons, dated 1897-2008, including one (1)Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. andRobert Joseph Dole "America's Choice" presidential campaign button, 1976, five (5) Woodrow Wilsonpresidential campaign buttons, circa 1912 and 1916, and one (1)Ulysses S. Grant Monument Inaugural, April 27, 1897 button. Five (5) retain back papers. Ranging in size from 13/16" to 3 1/8" dia. 17th-19th items: Three (3) ribbon badges, including one (1) "50th Anniversary Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton, IL, October 15, 1908" veteran badge, one (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt "Souvenir of the Inauguration January 20th 1941" badge with a gold tone metal Brodie helmet drop, and one jugate ribbon badge. Ranging in size from 2 3/4" to 4" L. 20th-23rd items: Four (4) ephemera items, including one (1) World War I Woodrow Wilson trench art lighter, one (1) Stephen Grover Cleveland figural pendant, one (1) Wilson pin, and one (1) Herbert Hoover presidential campaign button, 1928, with glossy cardstock ribbon. Ranging in size from 3/4" to 2 3/8" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches. 1st-16th items: Some rust, pitting to metal. Some toning/dampstaining to back papers. 17th-19th items: Fraying, staining to ribbons. Lincoln debate ribbon with tears, largest 1". Jugate badge is missing one portrait. [See more photos →]

Five (5) lithograph political buttons, includingAlton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis 1904 presidential campaign and four (4) TheodoreRoosevelt campaign buttons. 1st items: Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis presidential campaign button, 1904. Depicts color jugate bust portrait vignettes of the candidates against a gold background with white lettering reading "PARKER-DAVIS" centered below. Retains MetropolitanEquipment Company, New York back paper. 1 1/4" dia. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) Theodore Roosevelt campaign buttons, including one (1) depicting jugate bust portrait vignettes of Roosevelt andCharles Warren Fairbanks against an eagle and American flag background and three (3) depicting bust portraits of Roosevelt with patriotic motifs. All with copyright information circa 1899-1904 to edges. Three (3) retain back papers. All buttons approximately 1 1/4" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches, few minor dents. 1st item: Areas of minute loss to gold. Toning, light dampstaining to back paper. 2nd-5th items: Two Roosevelt buttons with minute spots to edges of buttons, toning, light dampstaining to back paper. [See more photos →]

Forty-three (43) Women's Suffrage related items, including forty-two (42) reproduction or modern pinback buttons. 1st-42nd items: Forty-two (42) reproduction and modern women's suffrage related buttons, includingone (1) Women's Political Union Trumpeter button, one (1) Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Votes for Women button, nineteen (19) portrait buttons, and more. Ranging in sizefrom 1" to 2 1/4" dia. 43rd item: Women's Suffrage Commemorative bronzemedal, depicting women participating in voting, reverse, with lettering and an American eagle, reverse. 1 5/8" dia. Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface wear. 1st-42nd items: Some with rust, areas of pitting to metal. One pinback is not present. [See more photos →]

Thirty-five (35) items, including one (1) Columbus Day Assistant Marshal red silk ribbon, 1492-1892, one (1) George Washington IndependenceDay Centennial ribbon, 1776-1876, and more. 1st item: Columbus Day Assistant Marshal red silk ribbon, 1492-1892, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Christopher Columbus surrounded by black lettering, gilt metal tassels above and below, surmounted by a gilt metal and sequin five pointed star. 8 5/8" L. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) presidential related ephemeraitems, including one (1) George Washington IndependenceDay Centennial ribbon, 1776-1876, depicting a bust portrait vignette of Washington in a green and red cartouche with white lettering reading "THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE,/AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE./FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES." above, with each of the thirteen colonies listed below, surrounded by patriotic motifs and "1776 1876" in red lettering, a green tassel affixed to the bottom, one (1) John Charles Fremont "First Republican Candidate for President 1856" ribbon badge, one (1) Winfield Scott Hancock ribbon badge with a color lithograph portrait, and one (1) McLaughlin's Coffee color lithograph card titled "Inauguration of President Lincoln." Washington ribbon affixed to a piece off white B.B. Tilt and SonPaterson, New Jersey cardstock. Ranging in size from 4 7/8" to 9" L. 6th-15th items: Ten (10) International Organisation of Good Templars (I.O.G.T.) related ribbons and ribbon badges, dated circa 1906-1916. Ranging in sizefrom 4 1/4" to 10 7/8" L. 16th-35th items: Twenty (20) ephemera items related to various organizations, including the United Ancient Order of Druids,Foresters of America, Modern Woodmen of America, Sisters of Charity, A.A. of I.S. & T.W. Lisbon Lodge, No. 39, prohibition/temperance related items, and more. Ranging in size from 1 13/16" to 9 1/2" L. All items housed in a wooden case with a glass lid. Case – 20" H x 16" W x 1" D.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Ribbons with wear, including fraying, tears, largest 2 5/8", separations, and staining, to be expected from age. Tarnish to metal elements. Areas of damage to case. 16th-35th items: Sisters of Charity ribbon badge with torn tassel (retained). [See more photos →]

Seventy-nine (79) political ephemeraitems, including fifty-one (51) presidential campaign, third party,World War I and World War II era, and more pin back buttons. 1st-51st items: Fifty-one (51) presidential campaign, third party,World War I and World War II era, and more pin back buttons, dated circa 1924-2016, includingone (1) Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. presidential campaign button, one (1)Thomas Edmund Deweypresidential campaign button, seven (7) World War I and World War II era buttons, one (1) Robert Francis Kennedy presidential campaign button, three (3)Lyndon Baines Johnsonpresidential campaign buttons, five (5)Richard Milhous Nixon and Spiro Theodore Agnew presidential campaign buttons, one (1) "I'm a Bunny for Carter"presidential campaign button, twelve (12)Donald John Trump presidential campaign buttons, and more. Four (4) retain back papers, includingLa Follette button. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 4" dia. 52nd-65th items: Fourteen (14) patriotic pins and stickpins. Ranging in size from 5/8" to 2 1/4" L. 66th-74th items: Nine (9) political ribbon badges. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" to 8 1/2" L. 75th-79th items: Five (5) political ephemera items, includingthree (3) tokens, and two (2) stickers. Ranging in size from 1" to 1 7/8" dia.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: Majority of items in overall good condition with light surface wear. 1st-51st items: Some with areas of rust, pitting to metal. Back paperS with toning. Dewey button with toning, areas of loss, largest 1/2". Surface spots, largest 1/2" and grime to Kennedy button. Hairlines, dents to U.S. Army button. Four Trump buttons with areas of damage, largest5/8", to edges, one button does not retain pin back.66th-74th items: Some ribbons with fraying, staining, tears, largest 2". [See more photos →]

Twenty-four(24) late 19th/early 20th century advertising ephemera items, including one (1) "PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901 BUFFALO, NY" button, one (1) Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) MichiganGrand Encampment, Saginaw, May 19-21, 1913 badge,one (1) Native American chief button, four (4) movie star buttons, two (2) Miller High Life buttons with paper drops, two (2) Santa buttons, one (1) The Beatles Yellow Submarine button, two (2) clothing related buttons, one (1) Uncle Sam and Columbia button, three (3) food related buttons, including one (1) Land O' Lakes button and one (1) Swift's Ham button with paper hanger, one (1) "I AM NEXT" buffalo button, one (1) Mickey Mouse Club button, one (1) "IRISH POWER" button, one (1) "LINDA RONSTADT FOR 1ST LADY" button, one (1) "THEY SHALL NOT SUFFER" button, and one (1) Green River Whiskey token. Eleven (11) buttons do not retain paper backs. Buttons ranging in size from 13/16" to 2 1/8" dia. Badge/buttons with drops ranging in size from 2 1/8" to 6" L.Provenance: Private Southern estate. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light surface scratches, minor surface dents. Earlier items with rust to metal. Native American and Land O' Lakes buttons do not have pin backs. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Keuffel & Esser (K&E) and Pickett linear slide rules, including N-4096 Merchant's Desktop. 1st item: K&E N-4096 Merchant's Desktop slide rule, serial number 694283. Comprised of one-sided celluloid laminated mahogany with one slide scale and metal thumb screw, two stationary scales, glass cursor with metal frame and white celluloid edges held together with metal screws, all mounted at an angle in a black, faux leather case with a hinged lid and metal hardware. Maker's marks, front. Case with "K + E" gilt blind stamp lower right of hinged lid. Slide rule – 21 1/2" L. Case – 3" H x 22 1/4" W x 4 1/8" D. 2nd item: K&E 4083-5 Log Log Duplex Vector, serial number 730486. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid coated mahogany, glass cursor with metal frame and white celluloid edges held together with metal screws, and L-shaped end pieces. Maker's marks, front. Includes an orange leather case. Slide rule – 22 3/8" L. Case – 22 3/4" H x 2 5/8" W x 1 1/8" D. 3rd item: Pickett Model N906-T, Simplex Math & National Fire Sprinkler Corporation Hydraulic Slide Chart, designed by J. O. Edmonds. Comprised of two-sided white coated aluminum, nylon cursor held together with metal screws, and metal end pieces. Maker's marks, front and back. Includes a black leather case with "PICKETT" gilt blindstamp lettering. Slide rule – 12 1/4" L. Case – 13" H x 3" W x 7/8" D. 4th-5th items: Two (2) K&E 4088-3 Polyphase Duplex Slide Rule, serial numbers 343282 and 407955. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid coated mahogany, glass cursor with metal frame and white celluloid edges held together with metal screws, and L-shaped end pieces. Maker's marks, front and edges of cursor. Includes two (s) black faux leather "Polyphase" cases with gilt blind stamp lettering. Slide rules – 12 1/4" L. Cases – 12 1/2" H x 2 1/8" W x 1 1/4" D. All items second quarter/mid 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Slides rules with light wear, discoloration. 1st item: Case with wear, oxidation to metal hardware. 2nd item: Cursor is a replacement. Case flap is detached, ink inscriptions from previous owner to case. 3rd item: Case with wear, fading to gilt lettering. 4th-5th items: Case with wear, black tape repair to one case. One with areas of loss to cursor glass, cursor is loose. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Keuffel and Esser slide rules including 1 K & E 4175 Kurtz Psychrometric Rule. 1st item: K & E 4065-T, PN 45 45 45, c. 1910. Comprised of two sided celluloid covered mahogany with metal framed glass cursor. Leather case included. 2nd item: K & E 4175 Kurtz Psychrometric Rule, c. 1936. Two-sided paint on wood. 2 piece cardboard case with "Kurtz Psychrometric Slide Rule 4175" embossed. Slide rule – 11" L. 3rd item: K & E 4065, PN 82 82 82. Patent date 1908. Comprised of two-sided celluloid coated mahogany, metal framed glass cursor, and metal L shaped end pieces. Leather case included. Slide Rule – 10" L. Case – 10 1/2" L. 4th item: K & E 4031, PN59 . Comprised of one-sided celluloid coated pear wood, with metal framed cursor. Marked "Pat. June 5, 1900", and "Keuffel & Esser Co., New York". Leather case included. Slide rule – 5 1/2" L. 5th item: K & E 4071 Polyphase Duplex Slide Rule. Comprised of two-sided celluloid coated mahogany, with brass framed cursor. Marked"Pat. Oct. 6, 1891", and "Keuffel & Esser Co. New York". Side rule – 11" L. All items late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Glass cursor has 1/4" Loss to upper right corner. Paint cracked throughout. Cursor in poor condition. 2nd item: Minor wear. 3rd item: Case is missing leather flap. 4th item: Case missing leather flap. [See more photos →]

Keuffel & Esser (K&E) 4075, PN70 Mahogany Duplex slide rule. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid coated mahogany, brass framed chisel cursor with 2 points on both sides, and metal end pieces. This model is an early form of the old 4071 family shown in the 1901 and 1903 catalogs. Marked "Pat. Oct. , 1891." 11 1/4" H x 1 1/8" W. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Minor scuffs, wear commensurate with age and use. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Keuffel and Esser slide rules, including one (1) Webb's Stadia Rule. 1st item: K&E 4105 Webb's Stadia Rule. Comprised out of a wooden cylinder, and a painted metal sleeve lined with felt. Running the length of the sleeve are a slot 1.5 cm wide and a paper scale. 16" L. 2nd item: K&E 4025 Favorite slide rule, PN12-12-9. Comprised of one-sided celluloid coated pear wood, and white metal cursor with decimal counter. 2 piece cardboard case with "Keuffel & Esser Co. Favorite Slide Rule" stamped in gold. Slide rule – 10" L. 3rd item: K & E 4053 slide rule, PN51, 51. Comprised of one-sided celluloid coated with "1900" patent date, glass cursor with "1915" patent date. Leather case included. Slide rule – 10 1/2" L. Case – 11" L. 4th item: K & E 4031 pocket slide rule, PN280, circa 1915-1921. Comprised of one-sided celluloid coated mahogany, with glass cursor. Leather case stamped "Keuffel & Esser Co. NY. Slide Rule – 5 3/8" L. Case – 5 5/8" L. All late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Metal tube graphics are in poor condition. Paper on wooden tube has a few losses to the paper frome years of use and toning to the paper. 4th item: considerable wear to case. Other items good condition. [See more photos →]

Group of early store items. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of red toleware counter top tea bins, each with sliding front door and painted winter landscape vignette to the lower front panel and gilt painted highlights throughout. One retains a partial original label reading "Feumes de Se… Senna Leaves". 10 1/4" H x 9" W x 9" D. American or French, late 19th century. 3rd item: Salesman sample doll sized bed with labeled Jamison Mattress, made Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1930s. Sheraton style miniature walnut four poster bed, fitted with a Jamison's Furniture salesman sample mattress set, labeled "Jamison's Better Bedding, Made in Nashville, Perfect Sleeper Mattress $39.50, Copyright 1932." 20 3/4" H x 21" L x 12 1/2" W. Second quarter 20th century. 4th item: Tall turned burled hardwood mortar, possibly lignum vitae together with a turned wood and porcelain pestle. Museum inventory number along the lower edge of the mortise and porcelain base of pestle. Mortise: 7 1/4" H x 5 5/8" dia. Pestle: 11" L. Early 20th century. Provenance: deaccessioned from a Southern historic house museum. CONDITION: 1st & 2nd items: Both with overall scattered paint loss, wear and fading. One with slight bending to top front edge. 3rd item: Mattress with overall grime and some staining. Bed with light wear and minor scattered losses. Original mattress support removed, iron L-brackets later additions. 4th item: [See more photos →]

Large Dentist hanging trade sign comprised of two shaped wood panels joined by wrought iron posts and reading "Dr. Wright, Dentist 514" painted in colors of red, gilt, white and black. 63" H x 48 3/4" W. Late 19th/Early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with wear and abrasions commensurate with outdoor exposure. Crack to crest of upper board. Bottom carved element with the street number, likely incomplete, with lower edge absent. [See more photos →]

English pub sign reading GOLLOP ARMS / BE BOLDE BE WYSE with two lion passant figures to the center representing the Gollop Coat of Arms. Self framed rectangular wood sign having a red painted ground with gold and black lettering and wrought iron hanging hardware. 32 1/2" H (incl. hanger) x 38 5/8" W. Early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with minor wear and losses. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Painted Advertising Signs, Drugstore and Automotive Garage. 1st item: Pharmacy or apothecary advertising trade sign with raised carved gilt painted lettering reading "DRUGS," within a black painted frame. 19" H x 63 3/4" W. Late 19th century. 2nd item: Folk art Garage advertising trade sign, comprised of a sheet of plywood painted "Road Service, Twing Bros. Garage, Goodyear Tires, Sales, Ford Service, Gen. Repair Work, Delco Light," initialed AGT lower right. Housed within a black painted wood frame. 30 3/4" H x 35 3/4" W. 20th century. Provenance: Private Kentucky collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall general surface wear and scattered losses, some surface cracking. 2nd item: Overall good condition with light general wear, grime, and some losses to paint. [See more photos →]

Pepsi Cola enamel on tin advertising sign, vertical form having a yellow ground with the words "say 'Pepsi, please'" above a bottle of Pepsi superimposed with the Pepsi-Cola logo. 47" H x 17" W. Circa 1969. CONDITION: Overall good condition with scattered general wear. Upper right corner with some bending, losses and rust. Some rust along edges; scratch to lower right corner. [See more photos →]

A group of three (3) Planters Peanut general store countertop advertising jars including one octagonal form with embossed lettering and decoration and the original paper label, one fish bowl form with the original paper label and one hexagonal form with yellow graphics. Ranging in size from 9 3/4" H x 7" W to 13" H x 9 3/4" W. All 1st half 20th century. Provenance: Wythe County, Virginia collection. CONDITION: All jars in overall very good condition. Some minor losses and toning to paper labels. [See more photos →]

Set of two (2) square 5-Gallon Havoline Oil motor cans, Indian Refining Company, New York City, together with the original Havoline wooden storage crate stamped 5 GALLON CANS HAVOLINE MOTOR OILS 2 – 5 GALLON HAVOLINE MEDIUM to one end. Cans – 14" H x 9" W. Crate – 15" H x 20 3/4" W x 10 1/2" D. Circa 1930's. CONDITION: Both cans overall good condition with expected general wear and oxidation. Graphics to each can are in very good condition with slight wear, one can with minor dent to one side. Crate with wood shrinkage, overall general wear and abrasions, some scattered losses. [See more photos →]

Thirty (30) Christopher Radko, European hand painted, blown glass Christmas ornaments, one (1) signed, circa 1994-2005. Includes one (1) 2002 Belly Roll Snow Stroll Reflector, with paper tag; one (1) 1999 Tea Time Cracker with tea set, with paper tag and Radko box; one (1) 1999 Tea Time Cracker with Apples, with two (2) paper tags and Radko box; one (1) 1994 Frosty Cares – AIDS Awareness, signed and dated "Chris Radko 1996," to reverse, with paper tag and Radko box; two (2) 1997 A Caring Clown – AIDS Awareness, two (2) paper tags, one (1) with metal tag, and one (1) with partial Radko box; one (1) 1995 Snowball Snowman, with Radko box; one (1) 1997 Snow Gent, Blue Coat and Pink Top Hat; one (1) 2003 Snowman Sundae, with paper tag and metal tag; one (1) 1995 Chubby Decker, green and red striped, with paper tag; one (1) 1999 Dear to My Heart – Pediatric Cancer Charity, with paper tag, and Radko box; two (2) 1999 Mr. Iceburg[sic], one (1) with paper tag; two (2) 1999 Mrs. Iceberg, with paper tag; one (1) 2003 Chills Wills, with paper tag, metal tag; and Brooks Brothers Radko box; one (1) 1996Toy Soldier Nutcracker, with paper tag; one (1) 2005 Global Concern – AIDS Awareness, with paper tag; one (1) 2003 Wintersong 76C, with paper tag and metal tag; one (1) 1999 Love You This Much, with paper tag; one (1) 1997 Gift of Hope – AIDS Awareness, with paper tag and metal tag; one (1) 1996 Pee Wee Frosty, with paper tag; one (1) 1996 Frosty Weather – StarlightMembers Gift, with paper tag and Radko box; one (1) 1995 Bear Mail, with box and Radko box; one (1) 2004 Ginger Hugs – AIDS Charity, with metal tag and Radko box; one (1) Elf Stocking, red and silver glitter with white stars, with metal tag; one (1) Christmas Tree with green stripes, metal tag; one (1) Snowman with top hat and broom; one (1) Snowman with a red hat and broom; and one (1) Miniature snowman with a black top hat. Ornaments ranging in size from 3 1/2" to 7 1/2" L. Boxes ranging in size from 3 1/2" H x 4 1/8" W x 3 3/8" to 8 3/8" H x 4" square. CONDITION: All items in overall good, gently used condition with some light surface scratches, minute areas of paint loss. Includes Radko boxes although boxes may not be original to particular piece. Some tarnish to metal tag. Some paper tags and boxes with ink inscriptions from previous owners, paper tags are not affixed to ornaments. One (1) "Caring Clown" with break to top. Some with paint loss, largest 5/8". "FrostyCares" with 1 1/4" tear to lid of box. [See more photos →]

Sixteen (16) Christopher Radko and Patricia Breen, European, Christmas related items, including Ino Schaller for Radko Stellar Santa Candy Container. 1st item: 1997 Ino Schaller for Radko Stellar Santa Candy Container, comprised of plaster and paper mache, depicting a Santa Claus in a purple robe with glitter trim holding a tree, mounted atop a black globe with gilt moon and star painted decorations and gilt tassels, all on a white glitter cardstock base. Signed and numbered "Ino Schaller 4/600" underside of base. Includes paper tag. 10 1/4" H x 5 3/8" dia. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) Radko Italian items, including two (2) ornaments, one (1) Santa Claus and one (1) young girl in blue holding an apple, and two (2) tree clips of angles with gilt paper wings. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" to 7 7/8" L. 6th-7th items: 2003 Patricia Breen Beeskeep Santa hand painted, glass ornament, depicted in a black glitter robe with gold trim and floral and bee hive decorations. Housed in a Saks Fifth Avenue box. Also includes one (1) envelope with Patricia Breen Designs Collection 2005 literature. Ornament – 5 5/8" L. Box – 4 3/8" H x 6 7/8" W x 4 7/8" D. Envelope – 9 1/8" H x 12 7/8" W x 1/8" D. 7th-16th items: Ten (10) Radko Starlight Club ephemera items, including one (1) Signed copy of CHRISTOPHER RADKO: THE FIRST DECADE 1986-1995, limited edition, numbered 1795/2500, with slip case, one (1) VHS cassette tape, and seven (7) groups of catalogs, invitations to private events, postcards, and other literature. Ranging in size from 4 1/4" H x 6" W x 12 7/8" H x 10 3/8" W x 1 5/8" D. CONDITION: All items in overall good, gently used condition with some light surface scratches. 1st item: Tears, largest 5", to paper interior. 7th-16th items: Some wear, creases to paper ephemera. THE FIRST DECADE slipcase with wear to gilt. VHS tape not tested for functionality. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Christopher Radko, European Holly Jean hand painted, blown glass Christmas ornaments, including Poinzy Pal Gem. 1st item: 2005 Poinzy Pal, the Poinsettia version of Holly Jean – Little Gems Collection, with paper tag and metal tag. 3 7/8" L. 2nd item: 2004 Holly Jean, with paper tag and metal tag. 5 1/2" L. 3rd item: 2004 Holly Jean – Little Gems Collection, with two (2) paper tag and metal tag. 3 1/2" L. CONDITION: All items in overall very good, gently used condition. Some light tarnish to metal tags. Paper tags are not affixed to ornaments. [See more photos →]