30% OFF ON ALL REMAINING ITEMS 4/2/20!!!!

Hello Friends,

We are excited to announce our very first VIRTUAL AND LIVE Online Estate Sale Event! This week’s sale is a very rare collection of original WWI Militaria, Medals & Ribbons, Photos, Home-Front Ephemera and unusual artifacts from our client’s service time in the US American Ambulance Corp, US Army Medical Corp and AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France and Italy during most of the war. After returning home from the War, our client completed his College Education. Following that, he and his new bride became one of the first settlers in Pacific Palisades, CA then in 1922, he purchased the fledgling Palisadian newspaper. Our client was an avid collector of Movie Memorabilia, Victoriana, Photography, Pocket Knives, Stamps, Post Cards and he really had an eye for the unique!

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The live even concluded Wednesday, April 1st, but you can still purchase some of the items. WE ARE OFFERING 30% OFF ON THESE ITEMS ON THE FINAL DAY (4/2/20) OF THE SALE!!! Below prices are their ORIGINAL prices. 30% will be taken off of the below prices.

This was a 50 lot collection that we are liquidating offsite for our client, with curbside pickup for our Los Angeles County buyers in Long Beach and Torrance and for Orange County buyers curbside pickup will be available in Laguna Niguel. Additionally, we can coordinate to ship out your purchases using UPS or USPS.

HERE’S A PREVIEW OF THE REMAINING LOTS FOR SALE:

Lot #1 - RARE set of 8/eight original storyboard illustrations from the 1949 MGM movie “Take Me out to the Ball Game” Each are signed & numbered BB which is the Film Director’s Busby Berkeley’s initials. Some illustrations are of the character Dennis Ryan, played by Frank Sinatra, & others are of the character Eddie O’Brien, played by Gene Kelly. - $1,000

Lot #6 - 1917 Photo of Battery Park Ferry in NYC - $10

Lot #9 - 1949 RARE Pioneer Days of California TOKEN & the official program from the California Centennial Celebration - $60

Lot #10 - 1984-85 VTG XL Concert T-Shirt from the Bruce Springsteen “Born in the USA” LA Memorial Sports Arena This t-shirt has no holes, rips, or noticeable stains & is in vintage, but looks to be unworn condition. - $120

Lot #11 - Circa 1870’s pair of oval frame metal spectacles in their original case - $30

Lot #13 - Circa 1880’s / 3 stereoscope cards depicting George Washington’s Revolutionary War Headquarters in Newburgh, NY - $45

Lot #14 - Circa 1880’s / 5 stereoscope cards / Civil War battles “Last Day Battle of Gettysburg”, “Battle of Kenesaw Mountain”, “Battle of Spottsylvania”, “Battle of Antidem” & “Sheridan’s Ride” - $150

Lot #15 - 1880 Democratic Presidential Candidate ephemera Civil War Union General Winfield Scott Hancock embossed card. - $30

Lot #16 - RARE Victorian pop-up card - $25

Lot #17 - Two Tulip Soap trade/advertising cards. Approximately 3¾" x 5½" post card size - $40

Lot #18 - TWO Unusual subject matter / Victorian era advertising trade cards - $30

Lot #19 - Three US WWI era 1¢ embossed, stamped envelopes in excellent, unused condition. RARE SET OF THREE, die #3, Ben Franklin stamps - $200

Lot #20 - Two vintage politically incorrect postcards / Cock Fight in Panama & seated Bull Fighters Sonora Mexico - $12

Lot #21 - Three early 20^th century / Pre- Statehood / Nogales Arizona postcards - $10

Lot #22 - 1940’s Cadillac “Standard of the World” Advertising Mirror, Reverse Glass @ 27” x 15” / mirror appears to have been reframed - $175

Lot #23 - 1930’s-40’s Three item Girl Scout lot / Remington Arms Company Official Girl Scout pocket knife model #R4723 / Official vintage Girl Scout patch & pin - $66

Lot #24 - Seven Vintage pocket knives in as found condition. - $50

Lot #25 - Four Antique pocket knives in as found condition - $50

Lot #26 - Antique Stratton Level Company 12” long wood and brass plane level - $100

Lot #29 - Three items / WWI US Army issued Ambulance Corp Schrader-Universal Pneumatic Tire Pressure gauge with original cloth case, WWI canteen brass lighter in as found condition, & US Army military issue 3 piece grooming kit. - $60

Lot #30 - WWI Two Vintage Harmonicas RARE FR Holtz harmonica “Big Fellow” and Triumph harmonica in original box. - $60

Lot #31 - WWI US Army and YMCA issued “Don’t Take a Chance” venereal disease booklet. The pamphlet was produced by the YMCA to educate soldiers about the dangers of contracting venereal disease while separated from their wives & girlfriends. - $40

Lot #36 - Two WWI Home Front Ephemera / Third Liberty Loan door hangers and Four Store Window decals. - $50

Lot #37 - WWI AEF hymnbook "Ye A.E.F Hymnal: A Collection of the Doughboy Lyrics that Smoothed the Road from Hoboken to the Rhine," / 17 humorous songs collected from the War Front. - $40

Lot #39 - RARE 1919 WWI Inter-Allied Games program opening Dedication Day / Inter-Allies Olympic Games event featured 19 sports events for military personnel only. - $60

Lot #40 - Twenty Four WWI Black & White war front photographs 1917-18.- $125

LOT # 41 - WW1 US ARMY Campaign Hat Braided Cord -Medical Corps - $80

LOT #43 - Antique McClure’s Magazine (June – August 1895) The Complete Life of Napoleon / Contains Miss Ida Tarbell’s Short Life of Napoleon and Illustrated with 250 Napoleon Engravings from the collection of the Honorable Gardiner G Hubbard, Photos supplied by The Collection of Prince Victor Napoleon, Prince Roland Bonaparte and others. - $30

LOT #47 - Early 20th Century Japanese Rising Sun Flag / Raw silk fabric / Hand written salutation down right side of flag @ 39 1/2” long x 26 1/2” tall. - $80

LOT #49 - Seven Item Group / 2 New, Unused In Box, American Legion Historian Medal Award Pins with ribbon - Hallmarked Pat.DE. 54296 / 2 - American Legion Medal Award Pins / 1- 4 Star 20 Year American Legion Patch and 1-Round American Legion Patch. - $85

LOT # 50 - WWI Battlefield US Military 48 State US Flag / 44” Tall X 70 1/2” Wide - Thick wool fabric blend with signs of age and use. - $75