Sale 47: The Westpex Sale

Lot 926    

(Printing & Publishing) Publisher Advertising Covers, balance of 116 ad covers, 1850-90's and many illustrated; colored designs including bicolored and allover, with publications and companies including Shea Smith & Co. - Chicago, Ill. (2 different multicolored ads), Hubbard Bros. - Springfield, Mass. with illustrated Garfield & Arthur Portraits, American Industrial Publishing Co. with Mail Bag illustration, D.L. Guernsey Publisher - Boston, Mass red and blue allover, 1863 Headley's History of the Great Rebellion - Chicago, Ill. ad showing Seated Gentlemen with Newspaper, red and blue Official History of the Spanish-American War with Eagle design, The Tuttle Company - Rutland, Vt. (4 allover designs in colors), William Wood & Co. Medical Publishers - New York City allover, Geo. F. Lasher - Philadelphia, Pa. publisher of U.S. Official Postal Guide with Post Office Seal design, etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 927    

(Publications - Book) Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 11 illustrated covers, 1850-90's; includes early Springfield, Mass. usages with #11 & #65 frankings, 1870-80's usages with 4 allover shaded ads (2 with similar designs), various towns and agents; few flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $190

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Lot 928    

(Publications) Magazine Advertising Covers, balance of 107 ad covers, 1850-90's and mostly illustrated; includes 47 colored designs with many bicolored and allover designs, with products and companies including 1892 Police Gazette - New York City illustrated bicolor, The Art Amateur - New York City (2 similar), Street and Smith's New York Weekly - New York City red allover design, 1880's Demorest's Monthly Magazine - New York City (2 similar), The Cosmopolitan - New York City (2 different), 1880's Harper & Brothers Publishers - New York City (2 similar allover ads), Puck - New York City (2 different), Watson's Illuminator - Biddleford, Me., Godey's - New York City (3 different), Little Folks (2 different including allover), Barker's Komic Almanac - Philadelphia, Pa. (2 similar in red and black), etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Lot 929    

(Publications) Trade Magazine Advertising Covers, balance of 76 ad covers, 1880-90's and mostly illustrated; many colored designs including 4 bicolored and allover, with products and companies including Green's Fruit Grower - Rochester, N.Y. (2 similar), Thoroughbred Stock Journal - Philadelphia, Pa., American Mail Export Journal - New York City with illustrated map in brown, violet Fur Trad Review illustrated corner card cover to Germany, Journal of Education - St. Louis, Mo. franked with 1869 3¢ pair, American Farmer (3 different), etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 930    

Railroad Advertising Covers, balance of 49 ad covers mostly illustrated, 1860-1890's; an array of companies including Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. - Hartford, Conn. (4 on different colored papers), Canada Southern Line - Worcester, Mass., M.E. Wheeler & Co. Honest Fertilizers - Rutland, Vt., Housatonic Railroad - Bridgeport, Conn., Eastman Freight Car - Boston, Mass., Swift Refrigerator Transportation Co. - Chicago, Ill., Chicago Engineer Supply Co. - Chicago, Ill., etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 931    

Retail Products Advertising Cover Balance, of 156 ad covers mostly illustrated, 1860-1890's; mix of various products and companies including barrels with Oak Pail Manufacturing Co. - Belmont, N.Y., baskets & crates with The Briggs Basket - Sidney, O., sprinklers, silver spoons with The Gen. Putnam Spoon - Putnam, Conn., lightning rods, tape & braid, shaving products with Gem Safety Razor - N.Y.C., statuary with Rudolf Frank Berlin Terra Cotta Statuary - N.Y.C., wallpaper with 1850's Wm. S. Shaffer Dealer in Wallpaper cameo ad, grates, oil cloth, ice with Grand Rapids Ice and Coal Co. - Grand Rapids, Mich., road machine, stove polish, paste & glue with 1860-90's Union Paste & Sizing Co. - Boston, Mass. (3 different), Major's Cement - N.Y.C., mirrors, cash carriers, Dennison tags, picture frames, badges with National Badge Co. - N.Y.C., etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 932    

Safes Advertising Covers, balance of 33 illustrated ad covers, 1860-1890's; an array of products and companies including Thomson & Co. Fire and Burglar Proof Safes - New Haven, Conn. (2 different), Morris & Ireland Fire and Burglar Proof Safes - Boston, Mass. (2 different), Webb Safe & Lock Co. - Portland, Or. showing Banker Safe, Butler Safes - N.Y.C. (2 different), etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $475

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Lot 933    

Sewing Advertising Covers, balance of 60 illustrated ad covers, 1860-1890's; an array of products and companies including sewing machines with White Sewing Machine Co. (2 different), selection of 6 different 1860-70's Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co. ads, The Howe Machine Co. (3 different), Foley & Williams Mfg. Co. (3 different), thread with Merrick Thread Co. - N.Y.C., W. Warren Thread Works - Westfield, Mass. (2 different), pins & needles with C.H. Crowlet Needle Manufacturer - N.Y.C. (2 different), Pyramid Toilet Pins - Winstead, Conn., etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $850

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Lot 934    

Stamp Collar Advertising Covers, balance of 18 illustrated ad covers, 1880-1890's; an array of companies and collars including Moline Plow Co. with Flying Dutchman collar (2 similar), Portland Stone Ware Co. - Boston, Mass. with Pipe collar, Neostyle Co. - N.Y.C. with Columbian World's Fair Stamp Facsimile collar, Dennison Manufacturing Co. with Tag collar (2 different), etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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Lot 935    

(Stationery) Envelope Advertising Covers, balance of 11 ad covers mostly illustrated, 1860-90's; various companies including The Weaver Mailing Envelope and Box Company - Philadelphia, Pa., J.M. Hansell's Sons - Philadelphia, Pa. (3 different, two with enclosures including envelope samples), etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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