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4/6/2025

terms: All subject prior sale.  If you see same item with 2 different prices always take the cheaper.  If you think price is ridiculous make offer.  You pay shipping costs.

There are sure to be errors of all kinds in this list which is in the "old" format. The old format was all done by hand and evolved over 40 years. There is a "new" format inventory, into which everything is being put, which does not have those errors. We're about half way through the updating process. Please forgive and put up with. Thanks for your patience.

2223 CHINA, printing block, circa 1900s-20s, Chinese 5-character knife coin, wood, 42x182x22mm, 93x64mm (3.875x2.5"), building, VF $22.00

1235 CHINA, jewelry, no date (1950 or earlier), pendant, an oval plaque with floral elements and some piercing, on a black cord with a floral decorated bead and an oval screw clasp, ivory, plaque is 42x63mm, bead is 11mm, clasp is an oval, 19x5mm, 13 different, one is missing cover, the others have worn covers and intact insides, edge faults, $35.00

3057 CUBA, etc., matchbook lot, 1950s, 2 from Cuba: Mike Maqua tours, Hotel Nacional, & USA railroad (Atlantic Coast Line), & 1 matchbox from Japan, various designs, Japanese is quite artistic, Cuban books have Cuban tax stamps inside, 8 pieces, all different, the flyer is missing a corner, otherwise F or better, $8.00

9103 FRANCE, cigarette lighter shell, no date (1960s-70s I think), imitation of 1870-B 5 francs copper plated gray metal, 37.5mm, 7mm thick, 11.9g, few minor defects, XF $90.00

2311 FRANCE, medal, no date (late 19th century I think), imitation of Hercules and women 5 francs, Reverse: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE A A 5 FRANCE DEPOSE, there is a slot below FRANCE and another slot on the edge at 6 o'clock, Edge: plain with a casting seam and an integral loop, copper plated gray metal, 37.5mm, 5mm thick, 34.94g, small chip out of edge of plaque, otherwise everything is XF $100.00

3393 MEXICO, milagro, various shapes: praying boy, praying girl, praying mother, leg tin or tire balancer metal, no matches, used, one of the Cubans has a chipped strike strip, otherwise all VF/+ $25.00

3394 MEXICO, milagro, heart pierced by sword, tin or tire balancer metal, small corrosion spot, VF $13.00

3395 MEXICO, milagro, two eyes, tin or tire balancer metal, probably a ribbon went through the slots, VF $25.00

4017 MEXICO, Unknown location, unknown period, circa 1000 BC-1500 AD, prismatic blade, obsidian, 50x28mm, pinned to the clothing of statues of saints for intercessionary prayer, VF each $5.00

3392 MEXICO, Cocoa bean, with descriptive card, VF $8.00

3543 RUSSIA, icon, 19th century, Madonna and child, TIKHVINSKI written at top, painted wood, 194x253mm (~7.6x10"), VF $12.00

1843 RUSSIA, icon, modern, Saint Nicholas facing, painted wood, 177x242mm, VF $250.00

2320 RUSSIA, USSR, set of caviar spoons, no date (1930s), the bowls are gilt, the handles have small enamelled areas, on back of each is a hallmark and 875 with hammer and sickle in star, silver, 16x52mm, total weight 10.35g, XF $50.00

1247  USA, advertising card, ND (circa 1900), newspaper advertising card, by Rom. M. Johnson, Soliciting & Collecting Agent for the Goldsboro Messenger, 3 pieces, XF $35.00

1483  USA, magazine lot, 1915-1919, large size magazine lot, Every Week, American Woman, Country Life in the War (1 each), no chips, cracks or repairs, intact $575.00

1482  USA, photo prints lot, no date (circa 1920), most clipped from newspapers, related to World War I, and a flyer "Our Heroes Welcome Home," mostly 8x11" more or less, 10.75x15.75", wear, but no damage or corrosion $150.00

1014  USA, stoneware jug, no date (1867-74), 2 gallon jug with gray colored base and brownish-blackish, bluish decoration, looks like an orchid to me but it is probably some kind of fruit. Incuse stamp A. K. BALLARD BURLINGTON, VT. 2, 13.43" (342mm) tall x 8.5" (215mm) diameter, 93x64mm (3.875x2.5"), building, VF $22.00

1142  USA, silvered copper pot, no date (19th-early 20th century), a handmade narrow necked copper pot decorated with leaves. The silvering looks like mostly or entirely tin. 255mm (10.5") wide x 189,, (7.5") tall, 1918g, 8 pieces, all different, the flyer is missing a corner, otherwise F or better, $8.00

1247  USA, newspaper advertising card, ND (circa 1900), by Rom. M. Johnson, Soliciting & Collecting Agent for the Goldsboro Messenger, 13 different, one is missing cover, the others have worn covers and intact insides, edge faults, $35.00

1482  USA, lot of photo prints, most clipped from newspapers, related to World War I, and a flyer "Our Heroes Welcome Home," no date (circa 1920), mostly 8x11" more or less, 10.75x15.75", $30.00

1483  USA, large size magazine lot, 1915-1919, Every Week, American Woman, Country Life in the War (1 each), these are "fresh" cocoa beans from the 1970s. I've never seen any "genuine original" beans that the Aztecs might have used. But they did use them. $1.00

2321  USA, jewelry, 1960s-80s, ring, 15mm round amethyst cabochon in pierced work sterling silver setting and band, ring size 8 or so, Reverse: W. & H. CO., 5.12g total, VF $45.00

3051  USA, defaced coin die, 1995, this is the obverse die for the Olympic cyclists proof dollar, defaced with an engraved "X," in the original box it came in and the crummy deteriorated black foam the mint packed it in, some of which is adhering to the shaft of the die. The face is perfect. There is a guy who has similar wants $2-3k for them. This one comes with a certificate from the mint. How do you grade these things? I should send it to NGC to get certified, shouldn't I? $2,000.00

3052  USA, defaced coin die, 1995, another one without a certificate $1,800.00