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This vintage program, circa 1910, is up for grabs on eBay. According to the seller of Buffalo Bill Bids You Good Bye, the magazine and official review for Col. W.F. Cody was published by I.M. Southern & Co. Publishers, N.Y. & Cin.
The magazine includes pictorial printed wrappers. It is 16 sheets, 32 pages.
The bidding on this item is off to a fast start.
A special eBay auction is being held by Chris Cloutier at Posterfix. Chris has been restoring original posters for more than 24 years. The deal for the winning bidder includes light color retouching in the folio fold lines or rips and creases and minor tape removal.
According to the listing, Chris will provide you with linen backing for your twenty-five vintage original posters. Check out the listing for more details and exclusions.
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An antiquarian volume entitled, The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, is being auctioned on eBay.
Written by Frederick Hollick, M.D., the scarce book includes more than 50 splendid engravings, according to the seller. It was published by T.W. Strong, New York.
If you're looking for an off-beat Christmas present for "the person who has everything," there's a high likelihood that they don't have manual.
Up on eBay is an original 1951 Walt Disney film window card-sized poster advertising a short film, "How to Catch a Cold."
The seller says, "A rare advertising collaboration in filmmaking with Kleenex tissues from the days before product placement within films, but when the TV and Radio hours sponsored by products were taking over the airwaves to unprecedented extents. This speaks to the cold war culture, where expanding public knowledge of science, including microbes and sanitation (naturally with the help of Kleenex, which is what the Common Sense man uses to not spread or catch disease), was considered something that popular culture should be exploring , and, which was even considered fun for kids! Though some of the science today seems like old wives tales..."
Up for bid on eBay is an antique, original World War I-era Red Cross poster.
The poster is designed to clear up the common misconceptions about the purpose behind the Red Cross in an attempt at fundraise. "A very rare piece of World War I ephemera," says the seller.
Up for bid on eBay is this menu from Goode's soda and lunch counter in Asheville, NC.
The 1933 menu, according to the seller, is three pages and includes the "daily specials".
Another fun piece of ephemera from my favorite town in the world.
Up for bid on eBay, is this signed document by President Harry S. Truman.
According to the listing, Truman signed this legal document in 1932 . It is two pages on onion skin. This document was from when Truman was a judge in Missouri. He signed his approval of a Notice of Condemnation for a parcel of land.
This eBay charitable auction features a poster from The Next Three Days. It is signed by actors Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks and Director, and Paul Haggis.
According to the listing, the winning bidder will receive a studio certified poster signed by the cast and director along with a signed letter verifying its authenticity.
The auction listing includes a synopsis of the film, which stars Crowe.
An unusual seaside souvenir is up for bid on eBay.
According to the listing, this postcard-sized card with a plain back and two circular holes is designed such that fingers can be pushed through to represent legs.
You can't beat old-timey, cheesy gags from the seashore.
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