Auction 80
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 916:
U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION POSTERS (3)
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Sold for: $160
Start price:
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160
Estimated price:
$300 - $400
Auction house commission:
30%
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U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION POSTERS (3)
Great lot of three posters issued by the United States Food Administration during World War I, includes: Well-illustrated poster, 20 x 30 in., showing a wooden storage shed filled with produce, surrounding the message in part: ""This is what GOD gives us�What are you giving so that others may live? Eat less�Send more to Europe or they will Starve."" Marginal tears, else very good. WITH: Full color poster, 20 x 30 in., encouraging citizens to ""Keep the Home Garden going"", depicting George Washington and two other men holding baskets filled with produce. Marginal tears, damp stained at left edge, else very good. WITH: Black and red poster, 20 x 30 in., showing a soldier hunkering in a trench surrounded by shadows, all over text reading: ""FEED a FIGHTER�Eat only what you need - Waste nothing - That he and his family may have enough"". Ragged edges, crimping at top-left, else very good.
