Early Knoxville bus schedule roll, comprised of a treated canvas with copper ribbing. Listing all the various bus stops in Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1950's. Over 18 feet and 21 3/4" W. Note: The last Knoxville trolley ran in 1947. UT Medical Center first opened its doors on August 9, 1956 as the University of Tennessee […]
Lot 643: Circa 1915 Coca-Cola Embossed Sign
Circa 1915 Coca-Cola embossed sign "Drink Coca-Cola in Bottles 5 cents," with image of early bottle on left. 11 3/4" H x 35 1/2" W. Provenance: Consignor removed this sign in 1969 from a coal shute in a warehouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi once owned by the Biedenharn Candy Company. In summer of 1894, Joseph A. […]
Lot 639: Lennon Rolling Stone Magazine Cover, signed Leibow
Rolling Stone cover featuring a nude John Lennon posed in fetal position next to wife Yoko, signed by the photographer Annie Leibowitz and the editor of the magazine. This Leibovitz photograph was taken just hours before Lennon's murder. This became the only cover in the history of Rolling Stone to appear without additional content text […]
Lot 640: Andy Warhol's 1967 Index Book Pop Up
First printing and first edition of "Andy Warhol's Index (Book)" published by Random House / Black Star, New York, 1967. 11-1/4" H x 8-3/4" W Condition: Good condition with a loose spine. Nice flexi disk and balloon still intact. Some pages glued together in attempt to repair.
Lot 638: 1946 Yankees Signed Baseball w/ DiMaggio
1946 Yankee team baseball with 26 signatures including Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Red Ruffing, Snuffy Stirnweiss, Tom Henrich, Red Rolfe, Ernie Bonham, Ken Silvestri, Spud Chandler, Charlie Keller, and Aaron Robinson and others. Ghost signatures include Bill Dickey, Joe Gordon, and Joe Page. A Reach Official American League ball signed with a steel tip fountain […]
Lot 636: Early 20th c. Postcard Collection, Knoxville views
Collection of 41 vintage picture and souvenir postcards depicting Knoxville and Knox County, postmarked between 1906-1918. Examples include scenes of the University of Tennessee, Gay Street, Appalachian Exposition, and Chilhowee Park, as well as residential, industrial and commercial sites. Several with hand-tinted highlights. A few without writing or postmarks. Condition: Overall good condition. A few […]
Lot 635: 4 Victorian Windsor Castle Theater Programmes
Four framed original Victorian Lace-Paper Theatre Programmes or playbills for performances at Windsor Castle, with embossed Royal Coat of Arms, embossed and printed by Dobbs. Includes The Merchant of Venice (Dec. 28, no year cited), Hamlet (Jan. 11, 1849), The Stranger and Twice Killed (Jan. 18, 1849), and The Housekeeper and Sweethearts and Wives (Jan. […]
Lot 632: Francis Edwards Faragoh Archive, Gratitude Folio
Archive related to screenwriter Francis Edwards Faragoh (b.1898 ñ d.1966), a total of 3 items, including a letter written to the Screen Writer's Guild from Faragoh requesting acknowledgement of an earlier letter in which he requests removal of membership from the guild, a letter from the Screen Writer's Guild acknowledging this request and a Screen […]
Lot 631: Francis Edwards Faragoh Entertainment Archive
Archive related to screenwriter Francis Edwards Faragoh (b.1898 ñ d.1966) including: 1) The original typed play for "Sunup to Sundown" dated 1937, together with a newspaper clipping announcing a $2000 1st prize finish for the play, awarded by The International Ladies' Garment Workers Play contest, a photograph of Faragoh and Stage Director Joe Losey posing […]
Lot 629: Francis Faragoh Portrait by John Decker
Gouache, charcoal and ink portrait of the American screenwriter Francis Faragoh by John Decker (American, 1895 – 1947). Signed and dated lower left "John Decker 1931". Unframed. Paper measures – 22" H x 14" W. Biography (Courtesy of Stephen C. Jordan, Esq) – John Decker was a painter, caricaturist, and sculptor. Born in Germany, he […]