Lot 3591
Music Advertising Covers, 1850-1900's, over 110 covers mostly illustrated designs and many allover; wide range of companies and towns including 1880's Becker Musical Instruments showing violin and harmonica and later 1893 Becker & Mack showing guitar and mandolin, 1880's & 1890's Steinway showing pianos, multicolored 1899 Cornish American Pianos and Organs showing organ and patriotic motifs, 1899 Otto & Sons allover showing music box with patriotic Admiral Dewey and battleship designs, 1896 Kansas City Talking Machine Co. showing Edison "Talking Machine" cylinder recorder, etc., overall Very Fine.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $1,800
Lot 3592
Newspaper & Periodical Advertising Covers, 1860-90's, approximately 170 covers, illustrated and allover designs including 1887 National Live-Stock Journal (Chicago, Ill.) showing bull and horse heads, 1866 New York Clipper - Sporting and Theatrical Newspaper (South Danbury, N.Y.) showing sport & theater motifs, 1887 Toledo Weekly Blade - Nasby's Paper (Toledo, O.) showing Petroleum V. Nasby caricature, 1870's The Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser (Baltimore, Md.) showing three-story printing press, 1885 American Journal of Ralway Appliances (New York) showing train and rail tunnel, etc., Very Fine overall.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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Realized: $2,900
Lot 3593
Paint Advertising Covers, 1870-90's, 62 covers, illustrated or allover designs, illustrated mostly factory view including 1870's John Lucas - Gibsboro White Lead (Philadelphia, Pa.) on four covers in different colors, 1893 Moller & Schumann - Varnishes & Japans (Brooklyn, N.Y.), etc., overall Very Fine.Estimate $600 - 800.
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Realized: $650
Lot 3594
Printer Advertising Covers, 1860-90's, 63 covers, illustrated and allover designs including 1870's Henry W. Turner - The Steam Printer (New York) showing Campbell printing press, 1880's Louis W.H. Neebe - Publisher and Printer (Chicago, Ill.) bicolored shaded ad showing Neebe portrait, etc., Very Fine overall.Estimate $600 - 800.
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Realized: $900
Lot 3595
Printer Supplies Advertising Covers, 1860-90's, 58 covers, illustrated and allover designs including 1890's Crane Brothers - Paper Works (Westfield, Mass.) showing allover factory view, Geo. W. Prouty (Boston, Mass.) showing Prouty press and medallions, 1888 R.H. Smith Mfg. Co. (Springfield, Mass.) showing printing stamper, etc., Very Fine overall.Estimate $600 - 800.
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Realized: $650
Lot 3596
(Printing & Publishing) Printers and Publishers, 1850s-1880s, old-time collection of over 125 covers, includes cameos and illustrated, better noted American Agriculturist, Robert Sears pictorial bible, The Erie City Dispatch, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Tribune, Harper & Brothers Publishers, Daily Public Ledger, The Union (Philadelphia) shield cameo, Demorest's Month Magazine, Union Flag (Rome, Ga.), The Medical and Surgical Reporter (Philadelphia), etc.; mixed condition.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,700
Lot 3597
Publisher Advertising Covers, 1860-90's, 200 covers, illustrated and allover designs including 1890 The Leading Book Manufacturing House of the Northwest (Chicago, Ill.) showing knight holding banner, 1870 G.N. Tackbury & Co. Publisher (Keene, N.H.) showing allover world map, 1899 University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia, Pa.) showing various publications, 1890's Specialty Publishing Co. (Cincinnati, O.) showing man milking cow, run of 1880's Benziger Brother (New York) ad in colors and church related illustrations, 1860'a Tract Journal (Boston, Mass.) showing building view on various covers in different colors, etc., Very Fine overall.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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Realized: $1,600
Lot 3598
Safe & Lock Advertising Covers, 1860-90's, 32 covers, illustrated or allover designs including 1870's Western Lock Company (Geneva, O.) showing factory view, 1891 McKenna & Co. (Middletown, Conn.) showing opened floor safe, 1890's Warner Lock Co. (Chicago, Ill.) showing burglar proof lock, etc., includes some related ads including trucks, Very Fine overall.Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $475
Lot 3599
Schools Advertising Covers, 1850-1900's, approximately 220 covers mostly illustrated designs and many allover; wide range of schools, colleges, universities and including 1880's Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Va.) design in different colors, 1860's Notre Dame University, 1893 Stanberry Mo. Normal Business College allover rainbow shaded ad, 1870's Indiana Asbury University (Greencastle, Ind.) and Mexico Academy (Mexico, N.Y.) views, etc., overall Very Fine.Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
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Lot 3600
Seafood Advertising Covers, 1860-90's, 61 covers, illustrated or allover designs, mostly illustrating various types of fish or oysters, includes 1880's Johnson & Young - Lobstermen (Charleston, Mass.) showing lobster, 1860's D.D. Mallory & Co. Oyster Dealers (Detroit, Mich.) showing oyster shell, 1895 Haase Fish (St. Louis, Mo.) showing mackerel, etc., Very Fine overall.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $2,400