When I first saw the trade cards, I assumed that the women in deep necklines and sexy poses were selling exactly what they were showing. Usually I ignore such images at auction, leaving them for…
Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Advertising, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Medicine
When I first saw the trade cards, I assumed that the women in deep necklines and sexy poses were selling exactly what they were showing. Usually I ignore such images at auction, leaving them for…
Posted in Advertising, dishware, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Glassware
On first glance, the fronts of the small trade cards were not very impressive. They held lithographic color images of children tending cows, riding horses, riverboating and fishing. “Kazine Card, Over” was printed on the…
Posted in Sports
We all know that sports memorabilia is a multi-billion-dollar industry. And we also know that its practitioners are primarily guys. That was quite evident at auction recently when they turned out to bid on 320…