SHOE AND BOOT ADVERTISING NOVELTIES INCLUDING EARLY RARITIES.
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Winning Bid:
$86.25 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #204 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1446 in auction 204
Value Code:
G - $100 to $200 Help Icon
Item Description
First is 2.5" tall figural inscribed on front side "Goodrich Hipress Boot." Open upper portion of boot is now more or less closed and rubber has hardened but still displays VF. Second is a celluloid mirror with handle. Size is 1-5/8" plus the handle and this advertises a Columbus, Ohio shoe dealer with added text "Exclusive Young Folks Store." Trivial age. Third is 3-1/8" pocketknife although the one blade is missing 50% of its length and the other shows wear from sharpening. Grips advertise "Robin Hood Shoes For Boys And Girls." Fourth is an early 1900s figural composition charm advertising "Ellet Kendall Shoe Co." Exc. Fifth is oval cello stickpin advertising "The Shelly Shoe Co." Faint age traces on outer edge. Sixth is all celluloid with interior tape measure. Pictures "Cammeyer's Shoe Store" at "6th Ave., Cor: 20th St. N.Y." Front and back covers of the case can be slightly pulled apart if pressure is applied but otherwise it displays NM as made and the tape is still in working condition. Last and probably earliest, likely pre-1896 is celluloid letter opener reading "To Give Best Quality At A Fair Price Is Wales-Goodyear Co's Motto." Pictured are a pair of boots flanking a polar bear who is also shown wearing four boots as he holds a ribbon in his mouth inscribed with the company name. "Trade Mark" appears below the bear and at far left is name of item maker "John A. Lowell & Co. Boston." Reverse of the piece is blank. In the 1890s this firm was part of a rubber company consolidation that became U.S. Rubber in 1916 and later thirty brands became the company Keds. Couple of pinpoint nicks off the blade edge of this opener but a wonderful early piece of celluloid.
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