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Merritt's Museum of Childhood
7:00 AM PT - Sep 10th, 2005

offered by
Pook & Pook, Inc.

463 East Lancaster Ave.
Downingtown, PA 19335
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Buyer's Premium
20% up to 100000
15% above 100001

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631 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
668 Lot 668

Pair of composition circus musicians, ca. 1930, each figure playing a clarinet and wearing a colorful costume, 5...

800
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1,200
669 Lot 669

Pair of composition circus musicians, ca. 1930, each figure playing a clarinet and wearing a colorful costume, 5...

800
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1,200
670 Lot 670

Pair of composition circus musicians, ca. 1930, each figure playing a clarinet and wearing a colorful costume, 5...

800
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1,200
671 Lot 671

Leather shoe cobbler's trade sign, ca. 1900, 13 1/2'' h., 23'' l.

300
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500
672 Lot 672

Carved and painted pig form butcher's trade sign, ca. 1900, 19'' h., 32'' l.

400
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700
1 Bid
673 Lot 673

Wrought iron and wood pretzel trade sign, ca. 1900, with polychrome decorated surface, 44'' h., 42 1/2'' w.

400
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700
2 Bids
674 Lot 674

Cast iron butcher's trade sign, 19th c., 28 1/2 h., 24'' w.

400
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600
3 Bids
675 Lot 675

Cast zinc cigar store Indian chief, late 19th c., attributed to Demuth, the standing figure with feather headress...

10,000
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15,000
1 Bid
676 Lot 676

Cast iron opticians trade sign, late 19th c., one side inscribed ''J.B. SMITH EYEGLASSES'', 22'' h., 58'' w.

1,000
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1,500
677 Lot 677

Cast metal optician trade sign, ca. 1900, with reverse painted glass panels of an eye, inscribed ''C.W. FIFIELD OP...

500
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800
4 Bids
678 Lot 678

Cast iron and sheet metal clockmakers trade sign, late 19th c., with double sided inscription ''R.W. WEHRLE & CO....

400
-
700
6 Bids
679 Lot 679

Two cast metal jeweler's and clockmaker's trade signs, late 19th c., with double sided inscriptions ''F.D.T.'' a...

800
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1,200
1 Bid
680 Lot 680

Cast metal double sided watchmaker's trade sign, late 19th c., 41'' h.

800
-
1,200
1 Bid
681 Lot 681

Sheet iron locksmiths trade sign, 20th c., 57'' l., together with a watchmakers sign and a cast iron shoemaker's...

400
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600
1 Bid
682 Lot 682

Cast iron relief of a buffalo head, late 19th c. 25'' h.

800
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1,200
683 Lot 683

Three hanging colored glass and gilt metal apothecary window trade signs, 20'' h.

300
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400
6 Bids
684 Lot 684

Two brass ''Wilkes-Barre General Hospital'' signs, 9'' h., 33'' w.

200
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300
685 Lot 685

Three cast iron top hat spittoons, late 19th c., one impressed ''Bethlehem Foundry'', 6 1/2'' h., 11 1/2'' w.

400
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600
1 Bid
686 Lot 686

Three iron trade signs, early/ mid 20th c., to include 2 horseshoes and a butcher's sign.

300
-
500
1 Bid
687 Lot 687

Three trade signs, early/mid 20th c., to include a cast metal boot, copper pretzel, and cast iron rooster.

400
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800
2 Bids
688 Lot 688

Cast metal spread winged eagle, early 20th c., with polychrome decoration mounted on a cast iron stump form sta...

2,500
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4,500
1 Bid
689 Lot 689

Hammered copper bootmakers trade sign, early 20th c., with cutout double sided inscription ''Regal'', 43'' h.

800
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1,200
1 Bid
690 Lot 690

Brass and copper jug, late 19th c., 25'' h.

200
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300
691 Lot 691

Brass apothecary trade sign, early 20th c., 35'' h.

1,500
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2,500
1 Bid
692 Lot 692

Cast zinc cigar store figure of Christopher Columbus, late 19th c., stamped ''W. Demuth & Co., New York'' on a la...

6,000
-
9,000
1 Bid
693 Lot 693

Cast iron and painted turkey display figure, early 20th c., on a tripod base, 33 1/2'' h., 29'' w.

300
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500
1 Bid
694 Lot 694

Carved and polychrome pine/oak cannon, early 20th
Carved and polychrome pine and oak wooden cannon, early 20th...

400
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700
695 Lot 695

Cast lead cigar store figure of an Indian maiden, early 20th c., with polychrome decoration, 31'' h.

1,000
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1,500
1 Bid
696 Lot 696

Cast metal store front figure, late 19th c., of a young boy seated eating stew, signed ''L. Hollos'', 48 1/2'' h...

2,000
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3,000
697 Lot 697

Cast iron and painted tavern hitching post, late 19th c., with a beer mug finial over a fan plinth, above a colum...

3,000
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5,000
698 Lot 698

Painted cast metal cigar store Indian, early 20th c., mounted on a later wooden plinth, inscribed ''TOBACCO AND P...

3,000
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5,000
1 Bid
699 Lot 699

Painted cast zinc cigar store figure of a seated black man smoking a cigar, inscribed on base ''Wm. Demuth & Co. ...

8,000
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12,000
1 Bid
700 Lot 700

Painted tin and cast iron barber pole, late 19th c., the louvered finial over a baluster turned column, over a re...

4,000
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6,000
701 Lot 701

Carved and polychrome cigar store Indian maiden, 20th c., holding cigar boxes and wearing a yellow dress mounted ...

2,500
-
4,500
1 Bid
702 Lot 702

Cast metal clockmakers trade sign, late 19th c., with double sided inscription ''L.T. Burns'', 33 1/2'' h.

500
-
1,000
1 Bid
703 Lot 703

Painted tin apothecary trade sign, ca. 1900, the top stamped ''W.T. Co. 12 19 6'', 25'' h.

300
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500
3 Bids
704 Lot 704

Copper apothecary trade sign, 20th c., together with a ''Drug Store'' sign. Apothecary - 37" h., 21" dia. Drug s...

300
-
500
10 Bids
705 Lot 705

Isabella Furnace cast iron stove, 19th c., 20'' h., 24'' w.

200
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300
2 Bids
706 Lot 706

Three-part cast iron fireback surround, early 19th c., the reeded border enclosing oval paterae motif and potted ...

200
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300
1 Bid
707 Lot 707

Philadelphia cast iron Star Mill #20 coffee grinder, pat. 1885, 73'' h., 42'' w.

2,000
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2,500
3 Bids
708 Lot 708

Cast zinc cigar store Indian, late 19th c., attributed to William Demuth & Co., New York, the figure of a young ...

7,000
-
9,000
2 Bids
709 Lot 709

Paint decorated sheet iron and carved wood hand saw trade sign, inscribed ''Henry Disston & Sons Incorp'd Celebr...

300
-
500
2 Bids
710 Lot 710

Two cast metal clockmakers trade signs, late 19th c., with double sided decoration, 33 1/2'' h. and 33'' h.

500
-
1,000
3 Bids
711 Lot 711

Painted cast zinc cigar store Indian maiden, late 19th c., attributed to Demuth, holding 3 tobacco leaves, mounte...

5,000
-
9,000
712 Lot 712

Cast zinc and painted cigar store Indian maiden, late 19th c., wearing a feathered head dress, red tunic, and hol...

5,000
-
9,000
713 Lot 713

American carved and polychromed cigar store Indian maiden, late 19th c., wearing a feathered head dress, beaded n...

10,000
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15,000
714 Lot 714

Cast metal tobacconist figure, late 19th c., in the form of a young man lighting a cigar standing over a frog, t...

2,000
-
3,000
715 Lot 715

Cast iron table top cigar store Indian maiden, late 19th c., mounted on a later base, inscribed ''CUT PLUG, SNUFF...

1,200
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1,800
1 Bid
716 Lot 716

Carved and painted tobacconist figure of an Indian, late 19th c., 30 3/4'' h.

1,200
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1,800
1 Bid
717 Lot 717

Pair of large brass, copper, and tin carriage lanterns, 19th c. impressed James Cunningham & Son company, Rochest...

500
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800
3 Bids
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