NOV 20 2010 MORPHY AUCTIONS HIRSCH SALE DAY 2 2010-11-20 Auction - 721 Price Results - Dan Morphy Auctions in PA
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866: Opia Cigar Glass Sign.1201: GUBEC Square Corner Tin.1485: Spalding Porcelain Sign.
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Denver, PA, United States
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NOV 20 2010 MORPHY AUCTIONS HIRSCH SALE DAY 2

DENVER, Pa. In the field of graphic design, Chicagoan David Hirsch is known as the man with the golden eye. A founding partner of David Hirsch Design Group and later Hirsch OConnor, he was the mastermind behind the artwork that branded a legion of commercial entities and products. And while it may be possible for many professionals to leave their work at the office, it has never been an option for Hirsch, who cannot view life through anything but an artistic lens, 24/7. The allure of illustrative imagery has always been a fascination to Hirsch, on or off the job, and it was his love of design that launched and perpetuated the phenomenal collection of antique advertising tins, signs, store displays and other promotional items he amassed over 40 years with his wife, Marcia. That collection, in its entirety, will be auctioned Nov. 19-20, 2010 at Morphys. With the extended preview period currently under way, visitors to Morphys are being treated to a visual feast representing every color of the rainbow. The gallery walls and showcase shelves are laden with incredible signs of glass, tin, porcelain and paper; extraordinarily rare tins, many with paper labels that pre-date chromolithography; countertop and floor-model store displays, and every other imaginable form of packaging adorned with advertising. Well over half of the articles to be offered in the 1,435-lot sale pertain to tobacco, with as many as 500 of them pertaining to cigars. Theres a 4-foot reverse-on-glass Ben Bey Cigars sign with porcelain store-counter lighter, a commanding 8-foot reverse-on-glass sign advertising Chanc

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Omar Fine Cut Pie-Shape 1-Pound Tin.: Scarce tin manufactured by Scotten-Dillon Company in Detroit, MI. Nice image of Arabian-looking man on lid. Some spots of wear and pitting. Size: 8 - 1/4" Dia.
0800: Omar Fine Cut Pie-Shape 1-Pound Tin.Est. $200-$400
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Sweet Spray Pie-Shape 1-Pound Tobacco Tin.: Grey and red color tin manufactured by the Scotten-Dillon Company in Detroit, MI. Size: 8 - 1/4" Dia.
0801: Sweet Spray Pie-Shape 1-Pound Tobacco Tin.Est. $100-$300
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Lot of 3: Upright Round Tobacco Tins.: Nice lot includes Velvet Tobacco, Osterloh's Fine Mixture with paper label, and Just Suits Cut Plug. All tins show minimal overall wear. Size: Largest: 6" T.
0802: Lot of 3: Upright Round Tobacco Tins.Est. $200-$300
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Lot of 3: Dome/Knob Top Tobacco Tins.: Nice unusual group of pipe tobacco tins include Omega, Hi-Plane, and Palmy Days with paper label. All tins show minimal wear. Size: Largest: 6 - 1/4" T.
0803: Lot of 3: Dome/Knob Top Tobacco Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 2: Dome/Knob Top Tins Tobacco Tins.: Nice lot includes SCARCE small nob top City Club Crushed Cubes and Full Dress for Pipe and Cigarette from Sears Roebuck. Size: Each: 6 - 1/2" T.
0804: Lot of 2: Dome/Knob Top Tins Tobacco Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 3: Tobacco Pails.: Lot includes scarce trio of hard to find old paper label pails. Dan Patch Fine Cut and one Gold Belt are paper on tin, other Gold Belt Smoke and Chew is paper label on cardboard. All are 1-pound. All
0806: Lot of 3: Tobacco Pails.Est. $200-$300
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Lot of 2: Country Club Cigar Tins.: Lot includes round 25 and 50 count sizes with colorful, fine overall outdoor illustrations. Size: Largest: 6" T.
0807: Lot of 2: Country Club Cigar Tins.Est. $300-$500
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Lot of 2: Ohio Boys Cigar Tins.: Lot includes lime green and the rarest darker green 3 for 5¢ variations picturing the three Ohio born presidents. Note change of type style on these two tins. Size: Each: 6" T.
0808: Lot of 2: Ohio Boys Cigar Tins.Est. $500-$1,000
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Lot of 3: Cigar Tins.: Colorful lot includes Havana Cadet, The Elm, and square Recall. All tins show minimal wear. Size: Largest: 6" T.
0809: Lot of 3: Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$500
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Lot of 2: Small Top Tobacco Canisters.: Lot of very early tins includes classic Central Union Cut Plug with man in the moon image and scarce small top Real Thing Cut Plug. Both tins show overall wear. Size: Each: 6 -1/2" T.
0810: Lot of 2: Small Top Tobacco Canisters.Est. $300-$600
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Lot of 2: Small Top Tobacco Canisters.: Bright colored early lot includes red and metallic gold H-O Cut Plug and The Main Brace Cut Plug (this tin always shows a fade). Size: Largest: 6 - 1/4" T.
0811: Lot of 2: Small Top Tobacco Canisters.Est. $300-$600
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Lot of 3: Small Top Tobacco Canisters.: Lot includes bright metallic gold Winner Cut Plug, very early Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut, and the beautiful Dixie Queen Plug Cut. Size: Largest: 6 - 1/2" T.
0812: Lot of 3: Small Top Tobacco Canisters.Est. $300-$600
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Lot of 2: Round Cigar Tins.: Colorful lot includes beautiful senorita on Rose-O-Cuba with ornate lid and the stately picture of Richard Mansfield. Size: Largest: 5 - 1/4" T.
0813: Lot of 2: Round Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$500Lot Passed
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Lot of 2: Round Cigar Tins.: Lot includes scarce blue White Owl (shows heavy wear) and Quaker Doctor (very good). Size: Largest: 6" T.
0814: Lot of 2: Round Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 3: Round Cigar Tins.: Lot includes Berdan's Booster 3 for 5¢ Stogies, Wanamingo paper label tin with great Indian Chief illustration, and Strathcona 5¢ Exclusively Long Filter. Size: Largest: 6" T.
0815: Lot of 3: Round Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 3: Orange Flower Cigar Tins.: Three colorful hard to find Orange Flower Cigar Tins. Lot includes both 50 and 25 count tins in round or square configuration all picturing the delicate Orange Flower. Size: Largest: 5 - 1/4" T.
0816: Lot of 3: Orange Flower Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$500
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Lot of 3: Cigar Tins.: Lot includes square Bold Cigars 50 ct., round Grande Club House Cigars 5¢ Straight, and Champagne Cigars. Size: Largest: 5 - 1/2" T.
0817: Lot of 3: Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 4: Cigar Tins.: Colorful lot includes upright square and round cardboard variations of Red Dot Cigar, Bill Tibbs early paper label tin picturing seaman, and bright graphic Dutch Maid "Beats 'Em All". Size: Largest:
0818: Lot of 4: Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$300
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Lot of 4: Cigar Tins.: Nice lot includes round and square variations of ornate Bank Note 5¢ Cigars, and round and square variations of Robert Emmet Cigars. Size: Largest: 5 - 1/2" T.
0819: Lot of 4: Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 4: Cigar Tins.: Fine lot includes upright Lincoln Highway From Coast to Coast Cigars, Cubanola Hand Made with a lovely Senorita Cigars, paper label Davenport Cigars (12 count size) and round ornate La Preferencia.
0820: Lot of 4: Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 3: Upright Cigar Tins.: Very early includes Flor de Berdan Cigars, scarce paper label patriotic Miss Detroit 2 for 15¢, and Coiner Hand Made. Size: Largest: 5 - 3/4" T.
0821: Lot of 3: Upright Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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Lot of 3: Cigar Tins.: Nice includes colorful John Ruskin 5¢ Cigars, Charles Thomson Londres Cigars, and round wood grain finished Peter Schuyler's 5¢ Brief Cigars. Size: Largest: 5 - 1/2" T.
0822: Lot of 3: Cigar Tins.Est. $200-$400
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