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Up for sale is a 10-piece collection of authentic antique and vintage ephemera. This lot features a great mix of Victorian advertising trade cards, early 1900s postcards, regional Pennsylvania local history, and an unissued Masonic item.
Lot Contents & Highlights:
NOS 1952 Masonic Dues Receipt Book: New Old Stock (NOS), completely unused and unissued condition. Published by Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. (Richmond, VA) with a 1952 copyright. Features the iconic Masonic Square & Compass symbol.
Annie Pixley / Lister Brothers Fertilizer Card: 1880s celebrity portrait trade card featuring actress Annie Pixley, advertising Lister Brothers Animal Bone Fertilizer (Newark, NJ & Baltimore, MD) on the reverse.
Reid\'s Peerless Creamery Trade Card: Features a rooster illustration on the back with local merchant imprint for M.W. Lau in Spring Forge (Spring Grove), York County, PA.
Lydia E. Pinkham Trade Card: Features two young girls (\"Lydia E. Pinkham\'s Grandchildren\") on the front with full advertisement text on the back.
Northwestern Watch Case Co. Circular Card: 1885 repair advertisement flyer out of Rockford, Illinois.
Grover Cleveland Trade Card: Victorian portrait card depicting President Cleveland.
White Sewing Machine Trade Card: Floral cross design on the front with a Hanover, York Co., PA merchant stamp on the back.
Oval Floral Die-Cut Card: Features an overstamp on the back for a West Market Street bookstore in York, PA.
Two Antique Postcards: Includes an embossed Christmas greeting postcard and a holiday postcard, both postmarked with 1-cent stamps.
Condition:
Mixed vintage condition ranging from Fair to New Old Stock. The Masonic dues book is in good, unused condition. The Victorian trade cards and postcards show typical age wear, including edge tears, heavy creasing, corner wear, surface staining, and scrapbook mounting residue on select pieces. Please examine all high-resolution photos carefully for full details on individual item conditions.
