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EXCELLENT PUBLIC AUCTIONLive On-Site Auction
Began: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM EST Location: 650 N. Co Rd 25A, Miami Co Fairgrounds - Assembly Bldg, Troy, OH 45373 DetailsEXCELLENT PUBLIC AUCTION Vintage Books - Ephemera – Post Cards – Etc. - Small Antiques & Collectibles, Advertising Items - Political Buttons - Memorabilia of Local Interest TROY, OHIO Held at the Assembly Building, Miami Co Fairgrounds. From northbound I-75 take Exit 74 east on Rt 41, Main St, & then north on Elm at the Marathon. From southbound I-75 take Exit 78 & continue south on Co. Rd. 25-A three miles to sale site. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010 9:30 AM VINTAGE BOOKS: The Passing Show, 1903, of Drawings by AB Wenzell; The Grocer’s Encyclopedia, 1911, w/ 79 color plates; Achievement in Color Engraving & Letter Press Printing, 1927, LB w/ embossed eagle cover & great color pages; Fairbanks-Morse catalog book No. 60 w/ gas engines & railroad items; Chas Limbert catalog book No. 117 w/ illustrations of Dutch Arts & Craft Furniture; Century Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids, MI, 1931; Modern Carpentry, 1918, 2 vols w/ Sears & Roebuck house plans; Brier Hill Steel Co reference book, Youngstown, OH, 1919; Waterbury Wire, Rope & Cable, 1920; Delco Light Products, 1923; Powers’ Road & Street catalog, 1938 w/ illustr; The Farmer’s & Mechanic’s Manual, LB, 1874, w 200 illustr; Farm Conveniences, 1884, w/ 212 illust; The Century of the Reaper, Cyrus McCormick w/ DJ, 1931; Dairy Barn Equipment Catalog, 1910; Loudon Barn Plans catalog, 1917 & other agricultural related books. How to Make the Garden Pay, 1890; New Book of Flowers, 1879; Biggle Berry Co, 1911, small size but nice illustr; Wayside Gardens catalog, 1956; Brown Bros Continental Nurseries w 100 color plates; Amateur Gardener’s Handbook, 1928; Electro-Therapeutical Appliances, 1905; Morgan & Wright Cyclists’ Dictionary, pamphlet w/ cartoon illustr; Six-Cylinder Courtship, 1907, ES Field w/ H. Fisher illustr; My Old Kentucky Home, SC Foster w/ Mary Hallock Foote illustr & Chas Copeland, 1892 inscription; series of James Whitcomb Riley w/ Vawter & HC Christy illustr; Complete Works of JW Riley, 10 vols, Memorial Edit, 1916; Chas Dickens Work, 14 vols w/ illustr; Novels of Alexandre Dumas, LB, 5 vols; Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1893 Brunswick Edit & other novels; Family Medical Library, LB, 1844 w. 100 engravings; Gloves Past & Present, WM Smith, 1918; 4 pamphlets on birds & bird house construction, 1921; lg bound volume of American Magazine, 1920’s, profusely illust; selection of home building pamphlets, 1950’s; Fireside Book of Christmas Stories, 1945; several Birthday Books; PLUS In Quest of the Perfect Book, 1926 w/ DJ & gloss plate by Wm Dana Orcutt & more! CHILDREN’S BOOKS & THOSE FOR THEIR PARENTS: Boys & Girls Bookshelf, A Practical Plan of Character Building, 17 vols, 1920, profusely illustr; Children’s Occupations & Talks to Mothers, 1920, illustr; A Child’s Garden of Verses, RL Stevenson, Art Type Edit; Nature Stories for Children, 1926; Bird Children, E Garden, 1926 w/ MT Ross illustr; Animal Children, EB Kirkwood, 1913 w/ MT Ross illustr; Doll Land Stories, E Byington, 1922 w/ pictures by Uldene Shriver; Sunnycrest Farmyard, FR Buchanan, 1925, pictures by C Biers; Little Peep Show, 1880; Child Life Cookbook, Clara Ingram Judson w/ silhouette illustr; etc. REFERENCE BOOKS: Colonial Lighting, A. Heyward; Candleholders in America, 1650-1900 w/ DJ, Joseph T. Butler; Early American Ironware w/ DJ, HJ Kauffman, 1966; American Pewter w/ DJ, 1942; Bennington Pottery & Porcelain w/ DJ, RC Barrett, 1958; 9 books on Oriental Rugs incl The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs, G. Griffin Lewis, 1920 w/ feathered pages & gloss plates; American Indian Basketry, OT Mason, 1988 w/ 460 illustr; The Wonder Clock, H. Pyle, 1888, not perfect; Advertising Watch Fobs, a notebook by JC Reese; Trivets, D. Hankenson, 1963; American Furniture, w/ DJ, J Downs, 1952, 1st Edit; The Encyclopedia of Furniture, J Aronson, 1945 w/ 1,115 photos & other furniture books; Small Antique Silverware w/ DJ, 1957; nice offering on glassware incl American Glass w/ DJ by MH Nortrhwood, many by Ruth Webb Lee & Pattern Glass Pitchers, 8 vols by Minnie Watson Kamm; 200 Patterns of Haviland, 4 vol set by Arlene Schleiger; 5 books on Royal Doulton; European & American porcelain, art glass & more of interest. POSTCARDS & RELATED ITEMS: Great selection of true photo cards related to rural settings, agriculture, children & store views, plus a variety of other unique postcards such as 4, 1910, embossed Halloween cards by J. Marks of NY; cards w/ children & more. Few studio cards including the wreck of Schmidlap’s steam engine, Zile’s farm house, the Square in Troy, threshing scenes & line-up of Troy Wagons on Water Street. Movie star photos; Valentines; small stamp collection; reverse painting on glass of farm scene, plus more to be decided upon. MIAMI COUNTY & TROY, OHIO MEMORABILIA, PLUS SMALL ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES & ADVERTSING ITEMS: History of Miami County, 1880; Genealogical & Biographical History of Miami Co, 1900; Miami Co Plat Book, 1911; Miami Co Directory, 1940; Maple Leaves, Thomas Harbaugh of Casstown, OH, 1884; Wayside Blossoms, NH Albaugh, 1885; Miami Co Fair items: Press ribbon, 1896, livestock parade w/ Model T’s in background, 1903 place premiums, 1939, 50 & 52 premium books; 1950‘s trophies; Miami Poultry Assoc ribbons, 1915, Piqua, OH; 100 Troy view postcards w/ few duplicates, street scenes, aerial views, river views & other seldom seen sites; Turn of Century political rally on the Square; 2 poster size photos of Troy before & after I-75; 11 Covington postcards incl true photos of Artificial Ice Plant, 1909 & Power Plant Dam, 1911; misc postcards of Piqua, Sidney & other local towns. 1905 Piqua-Troy directory; 1957 West Milton Sesquicentennial booklet; graphic artist’s renderings of the products of local companies from the 1950’s incl Favorite Stove, Wagner Ware, New Idea, Buckeye Overalls, Skinner Irrigation, Tip Top Potato Chips, Orr Felt Blankets & many more (40 total pcs); Hobart, Waco & other factory pins; Hobart Brothers welder-cigarette lighter; Troy Bruins Hockey, Henne Grocery & other matchbooks; Knives from Henne Shoes, Long & McKnight, Miller Bros Gravel, Web’s Auto Parts, Ebbert’s Seeds, Skinner Irrigation, Buster Brown Shoes, Case, Keen Kutter, etc; 1950’s era Nash auto bank from First National Bank; Troy Buggy Works name plate; Miller Bros Harness badge; Ullery’s Garage service plaques; Lane Motorcycle Co blotter; Laura Lumber thermometer & others; great offering of local paper goods from Zile Implement, Markley’s Grocery, Troy Ice & Coal, WACO photos, Decker delivery trucks photo; Braun Bros brochure; Sanders’ calendar; DeLaval calendar; Guernsey cow magazine; etc; thermometers; yardsticks; openers; coin purses; 2 Indy programs & much more of interest! ADVERTISING SIGNS: Lg Fairbanks Morse Scales porcelain; Mail Pouch thermometer; Barber Shop vertical porcelain; Fire Chief Gasoline porcelain; Sacco agricultural chalk board advertiser; Mueller Milk Cooler; Honey for Sale; Waco – Ask Any Pilot replica. Related Pcs: License plates : Farm & Buckeye State w/ Troy & Deb; Tip Top Potato Chip can; Jackson Ferguson Equipment shaker; Jackson & Van Horn pliers; Luth Carriage Co buggy name plate, Cin, OH; etc. Over 14 bullet pencils; 23 mechanical pencils; wooden pencils; tokens; factory pins & badges & more! POLITICAL BUTTONS, ETC: It’s Time for Elbert (Hubbard); Wm Randolph Hearst for Gov; Bryan w/ flag background; Harrison & Cleveland, 1888 in copper & porcelain; Cleveland stick pin; tiny Jim Cox stick pin; Gov Lloyd Stark-125th Yr; lg red TAFT & many modern era pcs, approx 70 total. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: This auction provides a unique view of our past in an offering of books, paper goods & collectibles that would enhance any one’s library, den, history room, rec room or home. Check the website for more complete details at www.stichterauctions.com but more than that, Please Plan to Attend! Jerry Stichter, CAI - Auctioneer JERRY STICHTER AUCTIONEER, INC., TROY, OH 937-335-6758 Directions/Map![]() |






