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Trop-Artic Auto Oil cup,
lithographed tin, Man-
hattan Oil Company,
early motoring image,
2¾" high, excellent con-
dition, $1322.50.
Coca-Cola paper-backed decal
transfer, possibly for use on an early
regulator-style wall clock, 1911-13,
11 7/8" x 7 3/8" plus mat and frame,
unused, $1667.50.
Coca-Cola 1918 calendar, litho-
graphed paper, 30 5/8" x 11 5/8"
plus mat and frame, minor wrin-
kles, light general toning, slight
fading and wear, $1610.
Automobile dealer’s sign from Newport, New Hampshire,
embossed lithographed tin, 13 5/8" x 19¾", light staining, scat-
tered light bends and wear, $1322.50.
Power-lube Motor Oil
rocker can depicting a
tiger on both sides,
lithographed
tin, five gal-
lons, wear
and light
oxidation,
$1897.50.
Dinner Pail Coffee pail/lunchbox
from the Western Coffee Company of
El Paso, Texas, lithographed tin, the
image on both sides, 6¾" high x 9 5/8"
wide x 7" deep, minor wear, $747.50.
Independent spice tin for
ginger, depicting an armed
Minuteman,
Independent
Importing Company, Boston,
lithographed tin, 3½" high,
2 ounces, minor scuff marks
and oxidizing spots, $718.75.
Carbonated tooth powder, labeled on
the side “From C.F. Potter, Apothecary,
Water Street, Augusta,” cardboard,
depicting a shield-breasted eagle, excel-
lent condition, $345.
Yara Tobacco
light-up display,
cardboard with
a translucent
paper image of a
teacher paddling
a student, 20"
high x 12 3/8"
wide x 3½" deep, minor wrinkles, $1063.75.
The image is backlit when a light bulb is placed
inside the box.
Shell allspice tin, Free &
Klinck, Inc., Brooklyn, New
York, lithographed tin, with the
graphic on both sides, 2 ounces,
3 1/8" high, minor wear, $1265.
Bunny allspice tin, Bunn &
Humphrey’s Company, Bloom-
ington and Springfield, Illi-
nois, cardboard body, with
the graphic on both sides, 1½
ounces, 2½" high, excellent
condition, $1667.50.
German keywind toy by
Kellerman, lithographed
tin, 4¼" x 8" x 8", with two
airplanes flying above two
racecars and two motorcy-
cles, 1930s, with its origi-
nal box with some damage
but nice condition overall,
$3795.
Grove’s Jumbo Gum unopened package dated 1905,
Sen-Sen Chiclet Company, 7/8" x 2 7/8", near-mint
condition, $253.
Sign for Moore’s non-leakable fountain pen made by
the American Fountain Pen Company, lithographed
tin over cardboard, 13¼" x 19¼", minor dents and
scattered scuff and scratch marks, $1437.50.
Big Sister peanut butter pail, Produc-
ers Peanut Company, Suffolk, Virginia,
depicting a witch on a broom, children
on a peanut, and an owl on the moon,
lithographed tin, one pound, 3½" high
x 3 7/8" diameter, minor wear, $603.75.
Husky Motor Oil can with differ-
ent dog images on the front and
back, lithographed tin, crimped
seam, one quart, fine oxidizing on
the upper surface, $862.50.
Altex condom tin, lithographed tin, West-
ern Rubber Company of Alton, Ontario,
1¾" x 2¼" x ¼", clean overall, $833.75.