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Handtub Junction, USA Saturday Evening, Nov 8 Sawyers Banquet Facility * 180 Plaistow Rd (Rt 125) * Plaistow, NH 03865

Presented by Handtub Junction USA

Takes place on 11/8/2008

At Handtub Junction USA, Sawyers Banquet Facility 180 Plaistow Rd (Rt 125) , Plaistow, NH


Please join us for our 9th annual FIRE MEMORABILIA AUCTION

10% Buyers Premium * All items sold as is, where is Cash, Good Checks, MasterCard, Visa Accepted Full listing available at www.handtubs.comor www.auctionzip.com(ID No. 7499) *Absentee bids accepted through both sites * Listing subject to omissions and errors * HELMETS: White leather Cairns High Eagle Brookfield; black leather John Olson High Eagle South Park #32 FD; black leather Cairns High Eagle military Quarter Master Corps; white 64 comb early Cairns High Eagle Ventilator (no front); black leather Cairns FDNY 102; white aluminum Senator Captain Arlington, MA; white Cairns Flint Flex with gold leaf front Chief MFD; yellow plastic Comrad with internal radio; North Yorkshire yellow British cork; black leather Cairns New Yorker Lynnfield; PARADE BELTS: Fire Warden, Torrent 2, Hingham, MA, Kearsarge #2, Portsmouth, NH, Kulpmont, Ticonic #4 and Ticonic #1, Ellsworth, ME; PARADE SHIRTS: JV red Cairns bib front; yellow with black wings; red with black wings; ALARM BOXES: Gamewell Morgan and Wright combination Police Fire; sterling noninterfering; Gamewell Excelsior; Gamewell with St Louis, MO door; 1939 Gamewell Herculite master box; and Gamewell modified to a converter for home system; TRUMPETS: 1916 Farmingdale, NY and an unusual trumpet with multiple motifs; PRINTS: C&I Facing the Enemy; C&I Rushing to the Conflict Buchanan & Lydall Up to Date; Dark Town To the Rescue; C&I The Great Fire at Boston, Nov 9&10, 1872; C&I Burning of the Ocean Monarch August 24, 1848; C&I Burning of the City Hall New York; Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer advertising; 1938 Philadelphia map; BADGES: Merrimack #1 Bradford, MA; Gen #4 Weymouth, MA; Butcher-Boy Brighton, MA; Chelsea MA E#2 Captain; Meadville #216; Allentown, PA #317; First Asst Engineer Amherst, MA; Hamilton #36; ALARM EQUIPMENT: Frederick Pearce NY 1890s register in glass case; ADT register; Gamewell circle punch register; rare Sterling Fire Alarm Co transmitter; Gamewell transmitter with Peerless mechanism; 4 1/2 brass umbrella tapper; 6 Gamewell Excelsior gong; 13 wall mounted pole gong Newbury, MA; unusual 10 turtle gong; alarm bells; Rockville Center Long Island alarm box receptacle; double reed watchmans alarm rattle; FDNY tombstone inner mechanism box; BUILDERS PLATES: 1838 Elias Thayer; 1925 Ahrens-Fox Ladder 4, Lynn, MA; LANTERNS: Brass Dietz Fire Queen; 2 Peter Gray and Sons; Dietz lift off Fire King; 3 Dietz Fire Kings with flip up cages; fixed globe Wm Porters Sons, NY; EXTINGUISHERS: 5 gallon copper Babcock soda acid; 1869 5 gallon Bate and Pinkham; cone shaped Minimax Model 4AW; 2 gallon Quell; Badger Pony soda acid; Universal Pony soda acid; 1 gallon Captain Fyr-Fyter; 5 gallon Accurate pump; unusual brass English cone; Carbona bottle; Pyrofyte bottle; tin tubes Fyricide; Fire King; Pyro; Liberty; Kill Fire; Insto; Improved; Phillex; FRONTS: 7 3/4 tall Torrent Rochester, NH; 8 tall engine 1; Eagle Hose Concord; early Bay State; 6 FDNY including E-83, E-1, E-2, E-8, Ladder 29, Ladder 114; Ticonic #4 Ellsworth, ME and 2 Firemens Fund; LAMPS: Steam engine motion; ceramic fire fighter; brass trumpet; GRENADES: Harden Chicago and Northwestern Railway; cobalt blue Hayward; lime green Hayward; two No., 1 blue footed Harden; two blue Star Harden; clear pleated Hayward; NOZZLES: 30 long Samuel Eastman; 30 long Powhatan Underwriters; 32 1/2 long early tapered copper; 2 brass chemical (one signed Fairy); and 12 plated Samuel Eastman tips; MUSIC: Sheet music The Fire Master, Still Alarm, The Midnight Fire Alarm and 4 sets of lyrics to 1860s Philadelphia songs; MAGAZINES: 63 Fire Command 1971-76; 40 Fire Engineering 1980-91; 57 Fire Engineering 1975-77; 55 Fire Engineering 1965-69; 55 Fire Engineering 1960-64; TOYS: 32 long Studitoy No 9 water tower; 1930s Kingsbury tin fire station; 1930s Kingsbury aerial ladder wagon; early cast iron 2 wheel hose reel; early cast iron patrol wagon; early cast iron steam engine; 2 Smokey Bear stuffed animals; plastic Saunders No 300 wind up truck; plastic Mark fire truck; 2 red childrens fire helmets; early board game; early puzzle; round puzzle; AMBRO TYPES of fire fighters Neptune 3 with 6 point Star of David, Hook and Ladder #3, Clerk (spelled backwards), KF Co Engineer; gutta-percha case with tin type of fire fighter; EPHEMERA: Smokey Bear memorabilia; postage stamps; Gamewell envelopes; 3 Manhattan running cards; dance cards; Pluck and Luck comic book; early Boston paper; postcards; 60 San Francisco earthquake stereoscopic cards in original box; 1860s photo of New York City Fire Chief Harry Howard; photo of Androscoggin #3 steam engine, Lewiston, ME; Southbridge, MA photo grouping of 5 officers; photo of Boston E-26-35 Chief of Department officers; photo of Boston Steamer Eng 11; photo of Boston combination 6; 8 photos of Boston fire boats; PLUS New York City OBrien style fire alarm box bank; 2 bed keys; childrens books; original 1908 Lowell Muster book; Boston District #4 Ladder Company #1 Atlas; rare BoysTorch with 4 red glass panels; BFD Chiefs car plate; patches; Portsmouth, NH lot; 16 7 3/4 long set of wooden hand tub brakes; early leather bucket; 1960s repro Friendship Hose Co #2 bucket; 1949 Mount Vernon truck 3 flag; parade belt hanger; hat lot; brass hinge off Whitinsville Fire Co hand tub; 1973 Mack bulldog hood ornament; Riverside No 11 Reading, PA match safe; handmade model of early coffee grinder style hand tub; ribbon lots; Okommakamesit name plate off parade belt; 35 glass slides; rare 21 long Dietz parade torch; reverse painting on glass insurance sign; Franklin Fire Insurance Co advertising thermometer; Sweet Tip Top tobacco lot; type H Sterling hand crank siren; watch fobs; very rare Fire Wardens staff;Viking style parade axe; fire dept China, NY Chiefs eating utensils; American LaFrance lantern holder; solid brass lantern holder; badge lots; photo lots; mixed lots; and much much more Directions: From Interstate 495 take Exit 51B. Follow Rt 125 north 4 miles. Hall is on your left. Look for auction signs. For further information please contact

http://www.handtubs.comEmail: handtubjunction@aol.com

Phone: 508-786-0977 David K. Falconi PO Box 359 Southborough, MA 01772

Triple Nickel Auctions George Rallis, Auctioneer Go to www.auctionzip.com for full listing Enter Auctioneer ID# 7499 in top right corner 978-388-3495 NH Lic No 3070 * MA Auction Lic No 2538 Email: TripleNickelAuctions@juno.com