MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will offer a large group of desirable collectible and historical objects in a country store and variety auction on Feb. 28. One of the main focuses of the sale is the offering of approximately 15,000 postcards comprising the Dorothy R. Daniel Estate collection. Highlighting the collection are the extensive Halloween cards, with many examples by John Winsch and Sam Gabriel.LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.

This auction also includes an extensive collection of over 220 photographs and other ephemera from the archives of the late Joseph Imburgio Bulger, lawyer and prominent Chicagoan of the 1920s and ’30s, primarily concerning the building and operations of the Italian Village at the Century of Progress 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, of which Bulger was a principal organizer and driving force. Highlights include letters and photographs of burlesque actress and dancer Sally Rand, mostly relating to her substantial role in the Italian Village entertainment, ephemera and photographs related to Italo Balbo’s transatlantic flight, and a program from a banquet held in honor of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio, signed by the Nobel Prize winner.

Additional highlights include a Virginia collection of rare advertising and country store material, vintage toys and dolls, country furniture and accessories, stoneware, kitchen items including rare blue and white salt-glaze, large collections of carnival glass and beer steins, additional collections of figural cats and elephants, corkscrews and wall match safes, doorstops and a wide range of other collectibles of all types.

For further information e-mail info@jeffreysevans.com, or call 540-434-3939.

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