Non Sports – Exhibit card Advertising & Exhibit Machines
11 Lots
Lot 397. Two Exhibit Machines from 1928 and the 1940’s. Both show baseball cards in the window. The earlier machine shows 2 better baseball cards of Grover Alexander and Dazzy Vance from the 1928 blue exhibit set. The black Metal double column tape top machine measures 7 1/2” x 11 1/2” and is 9 1/2” deep. The Alexander and Vance cards are clean and in vg-ex condition. The later machine shows 2 baseball exhibits from the 1939-47 Salutation set of Hank Greenberg and Charlie Keller, is Rose colored and measures 7” x 12 1/2” and is 10” deep. The back is missing from the ‘40’s machine.
Winning Bid $440
Lot 398. An earlier wooden Exhibit Machine from the 1920’s. The rare machine is made of wood and is a double column table top. Displayed is a card from the “Draw Your Lucky Photo” pinup exhibit set (W423-4A). In excellent condition with full back.
Winning Bid $303
Lot 399. Yellow Vacumatic” double column Exhibit Machine from the 1950’s. This 80 pound machine from the early fifties is 23” wide and 36” high and 16 1/2” deep. The machine has a red plastic attachment at the top indicating “EXHIBIT’S Vacuumatic CARD VENDER”. This specific machine sold “Autographed Cowboy Stars” and shows 20 stars highlighted by Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy highlighted in yellow and in excellent condition.
Winning Bid $350
Lot 400. 28 Mutoscope spectacular Advertising Pieces. All pieces are 12 1/2” x 8 1/2”. Each shows three Mutoscope cards from the “Glamour Girls”, “All American Girls”, “Yankee Doodle Girls”, “Hotcha Girls”, “Follies Girls” and “Artist Pin Up Girls”. All are ex-mt and better. A detailed list is available on request.
Winning Bid $750
Lot 401. The balance of 22 Advertising Pieces from a variety of Exhibit Company sets. All pieces are 12 1/2” x 8 1/2”. Pieces from the Feature Comics (1), Boxers (1 1950’s), Then and Now (2), Wrestling (3), Indian Historical Scenes (5), Radio & TV Stars (4 including Jack Benny, Jack Webb, Gertrude Berg) and Jet Planes (6).
Minimum Bid $500
Lot 402. 35 Exhibit Supply Advertising Pieces with a Western theme. All pieces are 12 1/2” x 8 1/2”. Included are 6 Roy Rogers, 6 Gene Autry, 4 Lone Ranger and 3 with Bill Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy). There are some 4-in-1 and some multi-colored. Condition averages vg-ex. Some have some minor glue staining coming through the picture and one Lone Ranger picture has the corner off. A detailed list is available on request.
Minimum Bid $750
Lot 403. 30 Advertising Pieces featuring Girlies and Pin Up Art with one featuring Marilyn Monroe. Dates run from 1930-1970. All pieces are 12 1/2” x 8 1/2”. Only one identifies the actresses and that’s the one with Monroe, Sheree North and Charlotte Austin. There are three colorful pieces from the scarce “Slick Chick Twins” Exhibit set. Almost all are ex+-mt to near mint.
Minimum Bid $750
Lot 404. Group of 6 framed pieces of Exhibit Company advertising, all related to Cowboys. All are hand framed with plexiglass. 3 measure 25” x 19” and have titles at top “Roy Rogers Autographed Cowboy Stars”, “Dead Shots All Star Cowboys” and “Autographed Cowboy Stars” and feature multiples of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, also Wm Boyd, L’il Beaver Bobbi Blake (to become Robert Blake), Gabby Hayes, etc. Also 3 slightly smaller, one with 9 exhibits (all Gene Autry) and two with 12 exhibits (one is all Gene Autry), and the other mixed (John Wayne, Tex Ritter, Hopalong Cassidy, Gabby Hayes, etc). All excellent+.
Minimum Bid $250
Lot 405. Group of 9 framed pieces of Color Comic Advertising. All have approximately 18” x 12” colorful renditions of Exhibit cards, matted and placed in 19” x 24” frames. Two of the nine are framed but not matted and are smaller. Ex+-mt.
Minimum Bid $300
Lot 406. Group of 11 framed pieces of Pinup, Show Girl, etc advertising Pieces, one with Marilyn Monroe. There are 4 pieces measuring 24” x 22”, each with 20 showgirls including the one with Marilyn Monroe, also 4 pieces measuring 22” x 14” with 12 showgirls. There are 3 other pieces that are titled with combinations of “Show Girls”, Las Vegas Show Girls”, “Art Portraits” and/or “Calendar Models”. One measures 16” x 20”, another 29” x 24” and the last 31” x 22”. All are in excellent and better condition.
Minimum Bid $500
Lot 407. Group of 10 framed pieces of TV Stars, Indian Cards, Cars, etc advertising Pieces. Four larger pieces measuring 23” x 20, all with movie actors and actresses of the ‘40’s and ‘50’s (Jack Lemmon, Bob Wagner, Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, John Wayne, Paul Newman Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, Peter Lawford, Bob Hope, etc). The remaining 6 pieces measure 25” x 19” and include 2 Hot Rods, TV and Radio Stars (Gleason, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, etc), 2 Indian Life and Sports Cars. All are in excellent and better condition.
Minimum Bid $400
