Bidspirit auction | Mid-C. US Advertising & Sports

Mid-C. US Advertising & Sports Lot - An assortment of mid-20th-century American collectibles comprising advertising, sports, religious, and social organization items. The collection includes a molded slag glass bus or van figurine with a marbled pattern of red, orange, yellow, and white. This glass piece exhibits an orange-yellow fluorescent response under ultraviolet light, which is characteristic of cadmium glass. Advertising memorabilia features a celluloid Armour Star Flavor Fresh Frying Chicken pin with a USDA inspection mark, a large General Electric canister vacuum advertising button, a Sand Mountain Fryer Chicken pin, and a paper Holsum Bread promotional flag marked for Cruver Mfg. Co. of Chicago. Sports-related items consist of three circular plastic-framed baseball player discs depicting Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees, Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves, and Harvey Kuenn of the Detroit Tigers. Organizational pins include several United Fund I Gave buttons, a United Steelworkers USW 4781 badge, an Ohio State Elks Association Convention Member pin, and an American Junior Red Cross pin. Religious and commemorative items include two winged metal Saint Christopher dash badges inscribed Protect Us, a bronze-toned medal of Durer Praying Hands, a silver-toned Sacred Heart of Jesus medal, and a large bronze-toned Abraham Lincoln profile medal. Additional items include a miniature framed portrait of a woman, plastic-encased keychains for Jordan Realty and Marv's Auto Mart, a 1904 Rambler car keychain, an I Voted ballot tag, and cardboard state flag ephemera for Montana and North Dakota. One small pin-back tag is marked Green Duck Co. Chicago.