Bidspirit auction | Vintage Men's Collectibles, Ephemera, Tools,

Vintage Men's Collectibles, Ephemera, Tools, and Political Pins - A highly varied collection of miscellaneous vintage items, encompassing advertising ephemera, political memorabilia, utility tools, natural specimens, and souvenirs. The lot is categorized as a general vintage collection, often referred to in the market as a ”junk drawer lot.” The collection includes distressed antique wood cigar box lids, a marked ”WOKERCHIEFS” and the other ”ORIGINAL BOLD, ” featuring lithographed paper labels. Also present is a Brasil Dannemann Imperiale metal cigar tin. Political and advertising ephemera consists of celluloid buttons/badges, including a large example marked ”THE MILLER SLATE RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP VOTE, ” alongside others reading ”Vote McKenzie, ” ”Edgar Hoover, ”” and Out Service Retirement, ” ”Johnson Humphrey Democrat, ” and ”Discover Columbus.” Utility items include folding knives/tools: a gold-toned presentation knife in its original box (with a card for Jerry E. Dempsey), advertising pocket knives (a for B.H. Roettker Co., a with a pencil for Davison Chemical Company), and a large stainless steel utility folder. Additional metal items include a cylindrical brass and leather-wrapped item marked ”REMEMBER TICKETS” and a hexagonal metal item stamped ”MADE IN ENGLAND.” Souvenirs include a bronze-toned folding photo album case for Tobolsk, Russia, containing accordion-style black and white photographs of city scenes, and commemorative tokens and medals, including a large celluloid token from Tomsk, Russia, bearing Cyrillic text translated as ”Let's Make a Miracle.” Natural and decorative elements comprise a dark woven wood basket with a handle, a genuine turtle carapace, a carved wooden buffalo figurine, and rough geological rock samples/slabs. Ceramics and glass items include octagonal ceramic souvenir plates commemorating the January, 1989, Inauguration of President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Danforth Quayle (marked Palcraft, Made in USA), a rustic blue-glazed stoneware dish, a clear glass ashtray marked” YEARS, ” and a small ceramic mirror/plaque. A full glass bottle of Chantilly Eau de Toilette by Houbigant is also included. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pick up is Friday, Jan. 30 from Noon to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB98