ELIZABETH’S AUCTIONS • EPHEMERA and BOOKS Sale 152
Monday, September 17, 2018 at 6:00 PM
The Auburn Elks,
754 Southbridge Street (Route 12),
Auburn, Mass.
Preview: 3:00-6:00 PM
Presenting printed and manuscript ephemera, with
many lots of Postcards, Photographs, Postal History and

Documents. For details, go to www.elizabethsauctions.com
or www.auctionzip.com
AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, ARCHIVES — Archives of families and manufacturers: Western postal history, over 700 letters by George Wing of Davenport Iowa and DeWitt Bristol Brace of Lincoln Nebraska. * Hugh Reynolds, Statesville North Carolina (1809-1878), business and personal documents. * Archive of Edward F. Hennessey, Chief Justice, Mass. Supreme Court. WWII letters. * Autograph albums, signed books, diaries, and notebooks. * Autographed photographs of politicians, performers, musicians, comedians and actors in lots. * German Emigration Ticket Contract, ca 1849. * Civil War and military commissions. * etc.

ART, PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS — U.S.S. Milwaukee (ca 1922) cruise to Japan and China: embroidered silk souvenir. * Boston, Mass., political satire cartoons by W. Norman Ritchie (1867-1948). * Crime Photographs, ninety World Wide Photos: Al Capone, John Dillinger, Lucky Luciano, etc. * Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990): Social Justice wood engravings. * Esso gasoline advertising drawings ca 1950, by George E. Hills. * Japanese and Chinese block prints. * Kodak color slide collection (5,000), ca 1940-1970. * “Iron Light House on Minot’s Rock, Massachusetts Bay,” 1850 lithograph. * United American Mechanics, 1872 Charter: colored lithograph. * Daguerreotypes. * Many large lots of early photographs, etc.
POSTAL HISTORY, POSTCARDS, EARLY PRINTING — Calendars, trade cards, catalogues, and signs. * Asian and Pacific rim postcards. * Billheads, Letterheads, Bills of lading. * Boy Scout postal history, stamp issues and postal covers. * Canadian postal history. * Canadian postcards (600). * Postcards in large state groups, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire. * Realphoto postcard lots. * First Day Cover lots. * American and foreign postage stamps in large lots. * Olympics postal history.

* BOOKS: include author- signed 19th and 20th century literature and signed limited editions. * Andrew Marvell, A Short Historical Essay… London, 1680. * [Charles II] The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II… London, 1660. * etc.
PICK LOTS OF BOOKS & EPHEMERA—to be sold at the
beginning of the sale.
Free Catalogue is available online at
www.elizabethsauctions.com (2 weeks before the sale);
By mail at Elizabeth’s Auctions, P.O. Box 20705, West Side
Station, Worcester, MA 01602; By email: elizauct@aol.com;
By calling (508) 798-5672 or (508) 769-3791.
Catalogue subscription is $20.00/year.
Send check or money order.
Terms: cash or known check; 15% buyer’s premium.
Directions: The Auburn Elks is located on Rt. 12; near the intersection of Rt. 12 & Rt. 20; it is conveniently accessible from I-290, I-395, I-90, Rt. 20. Several hotels & restaurants plus many fast food restaurants within less than half a mile..
Note to Absentee bidders: in order to ensure the execution of your absentee bids, please call (508) 798-5672 before the day of the sale; mail or email absentee bids on time.
The day of the sale call (508) 769-3791.
To register: please bring photo id (driver’s license); dealers, bring resale certificate.
Time of the sale is 6:00 PM; Preview 3:00-6:00 PM.
Auctioneer: Peter Mancevice (Mass. Lic. 1740).
Elizabeth’s is taking consignments for future auctions,
please call (508) 798-5672 for appointment.
View catalogue at www.elizabethsauctions.com
or www.auctionzip.com
AUTOGRAPHS & DOCUMENTS * BILLHEADS * EARLY PRINTING *
HISTORICAL ARCHIVES * POSTAL HISTORY * PHOTOGRAPHS * POSTCARDS