Items Added 06/08/2016 - Latest Listings

GENL. WASHINGTON

Item # 10664

Regular Price: $1,895.00

Special Price: $1,695.00

Battersea curtain tieback honoring General and President George Washington, c. 1790's. 2" diameter, in excellent condition. Porcelain bust of Washington in his military uniform. An historic memento from the early days of the American Republic. Learn More

MAJ. GEN. W.H. HARRISON / THE PEOPLES CHOICE THE HERO OF TIPPECANOE

Item # 10663

Regular Price: $115.00

Special Price: $95.00

Medal promoting William Henry Harrison for president, 1840. Dewitt #WHH1840-18. 38 mm., white metal, in XF-AU condition with original luster. Someone (probably in 1840) added a hand-etched inscription to the left and right of Harrison's bust: "FEB 9 1778" (Harrison's birth date). Holed for suspension. Learn More

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC CLUBS 1888 (Cleveland & Thurman)

Item # 10638

Regular Price: $895.00

Special Price: $695.00

Large brass shell badge promoting Grover Cleveland for president and Allen Thurman for vice president, 1888. About 3 x 5 1/4" overall. Jugate photos under glass. Some emulsion loss is most apparent around Cleveland's torso. Complete with the brass anchor suspended below, and among the most impressive and showy 19th century badges. Learn More

CARRIE NATIONS JOINT SMASHER

Item # 10618

Regular Price: $65.00

Special Price: $55.00

Cast white metal ax or hatchet promoting Carrie Nation and Prohibition, circa 1905. 2 x 4" overall. Holed, as made, for suspension - there's a small crack above the hole. Scarce variety. Learn More

GEO. WASHINGTON CARRIE NATION. FAMOUS HATCHETS.

Item # 10616

Regular Price: $55.00

Special Price: $45.00

Postcard promoting Carrie Nation and Prohibition, dated 1909. Scarce postcard in excellent, unused condition. Learn More

WOODROW WILSON

Item # 9939

Regular Price: $60.00

Special Price: $48.00

Novelty cigar with embossed label promoting Woodrow Wilson for president, 1916. 9" long and in excellent condition. Learn More

FOR PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING

Item # 9934

Regular Price: $42.00

Special Price: $35.00

Brass shell watch fob promoting Warren G. Harding for president, 1920. 1 1/2 x 1 3/4", in excellent condition. Learn More

(McKinley) / SOUVENIR PEACE JUBILEE PHILADELPHIA, 1898 FOR GOVERNOR...COL. WM. A. STONE

Item # 9903

Regular Price: $115.00

Special Price: $95.00

Ribbon badge supporting President McKinley and promoting Colonel William A. Stone for governor (Pennsylvania), 1898. Issued as a souvenir of the PEACE JUBILEE in Philadelphia. 1 3/4 x 3 5/8" overall. There's a trivial pull in the red ribbon, but the celluloid components are in bright, excellent condition. Learn More

McKINLEY

Item # 9898

Regular Price: $75.00

Special Price: $62.00

Ring (looks like an antique square nail which has been made into a ring) promoting William McKinley for president, 1896-1900. Very unusual and in excellent condition. Learn More

SHOOT OUT at KANSAS CITY 1976 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION (9")

Item # 9877

Regular Price: $69.00

Special Price: $58.00

Large pinback button promoting Gerald Ford (in the white hat) for president and disparaging Ronald Reagan (in the black hat). Scarce 9" size in generally excellent condition with a minor divot in the mylar to the right of Reagan's hat. Learn More

(Peace) ARTIST: LAWRENCE KURTZ

Item # 9869

Regular Price: $32.00

Special Price: $25.00

Paper poster printed by UNION RIGGLES POSTER COMPANY from an artwork by LAWRENCE KURTZ of a peace symbol comprised of a highly detailed color pattern. Measures 23 x 29" and in excellent condition. Learn More

"Hawk and Dove"

Item # 9868

Regular Price: $28.00

Special Price: $22.00

Lithographed poster of an artwork by Miriam Zizmor printed by BERKELEY GRAPHIC ARTS, c. 1968. Depicts a dove, symbol of the peace movement, being carried away by a hawk, symbol of the warmakers. Under the grass is a skeleton in military uniform. This was one in a series of eleven posters produced by Group Commentary, "...an association of independent Fine Artists who share a deep anguish concerning the present state of American society." Striking 17 1/2 x 23" poster in excellent condition. Learn More

VICIOUS CIRCLE

Item # 9867

Regular Price: $28.00

Special Price: $22.00

Lithographed poster of a collage artwork by Robert Oliver printed by BERKELEY GRAPHIC ARTS, c. 1968. Depicts images of civic unrest, war, and snakes attacking one another, all set within a pentagram. This was one in a series of eleven posters produced by Group Commentary, "...an association of independent Fine Artists who share a deep anguish concerning the present state of American society." Striking 17 1/2 x 23" poster in excellent condition. Learn More