- CHARLES DICKENS, FIRST BANK NOTE FORGERY,
CHARLES DICKENS, FIRST BANK NOTE FORGERY, 1850 The Banker's Magazine, and Statistical Register. Edited by J. Smith Homans. Published 1850. Contains The First Bank Note Forgery by Charles Dickens. Also contains information on weights and assays of foreign metal currency. Original brown paper wrappers. 8vo.
- LOT OF OVER 60 BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND
LOT OF OVER 60 BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND MANUALS ON POKER...Lot of Over 60 Books, Periodicals, and Manuals on Poker Strategy. 1970s – 2000s. Including the periodical The Intelligent Gambler (contains 20 of 28 issues, 1994 – 2008), the manuals Important 7-Stud Advice and A Course in Power Poker by Mike Caro, Foolproof: A 30 Day Training Program to HOLD ‘EM Success by Richard Allen, and the books Psychology of Poker Simplified by David R. Whalen, Hold’em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth, 7 Card Stud by Roy West, Harrington on Hold’em, Vols. I and II by Dan Harrington, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King by Michael Craig, All In by Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback, Ace on the River by Barry Greenstein, among many more. Sizes and bindings vary. Condition: generally good to vary good.
- JOHN SLOAN (AMERICAN, 1871-1951) THE
JOHN SLOAN (AMERICAN, 1871-1951) THE ANIMAL THEY WERE HUNTING PASSED QUITE NEAR THEM ALONG WITH THE BANKER OBJECTS TO SAVENAY'S WHIS..JOHN SLOAN, (AMERICAN, 1871-1951) THE ANIMAL THEY WERE HUNTING PASSED QUITE NEAR THEM along with THE BANKER OBJECTS TO SAVENAY'S WHISTLING, Etching: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (sight) Framed; lower right signed in plate: John Sloan; THE BANKER OBJECTS TO SAVENAY'S WHISTLING; etching: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (sight); framed; lower right signed in plate: John Sloan (2) Provenance: Estate of Ronald Sperling
- AMERICAN GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRRORAmerican
AMERICAN GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRRORAmerican Giltwood Overmantel Mirror , shell crest, lobed and beaded border, h. 82 in., w. 49 in . Provenance: Estate of Mina Anne Graning Stowers, the Banker's House, Natchez, MS
- LIBERTY BELL STILL BANKS Collection
LIBERTY BELL STILL BANKS Collection of (7), incl: 1926 Sesquicentennial cast iron bank, 3 3/4" high; The Old Liberty Bell bank, with '1776' and profile image of George Washington, silver painted surface, 3 3/4" high; Vintage metal bank by J.I. Houck (Pottstown, PA), 5" high; Iron bank "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land", by Arcade Mfg. (Freeport, IL), copper painted surface, 3 1/2" high; Copper plated iron promotional bank with wooden top, mfd by The Bankers Savings Credit System, Cleveland, branded to the State Trust Company, Augusta, ME, 3 7/8" high; Plastic and metal bicentennial bank, 1776-1976, 5" high; and Glass bicentennial bank, 1776-1976, 3 3/4" high.
- SUITE OF 9 ENHANCED RED SKELTON PRINTS
SUITE OF 9 ENHANCED RED SKELTON PRINTS ON CANVAS: SKELTON, Red, (American, 1913-1997): 1) ''The Philosopher'', 18'' x 14'', signed and numbered verso, framed, 23'' x 18.5'', 2) ''The Banker'', 18'' x 14'', signed in the right margin, numbered 175/5000 verso, framed, 23'' x 18.5''; 3) ''Love Thy Neighbor'', signed in the right margin, dated 1992, numbered 175/5000, framed, 23'' x 18.5; 4) ''The Gent'', 18'' x 14'', signed in the left margin, dated '77, also signed verso, numbered 3594/5000, framed, 23'' x 18.5; 5) ''Financier'', 18'' x 14'', signed upside down in the right margin, numbered 4142/5000 verso, framed, 23'' x 18.5; 6) ''No Place to Go'', 18'' x 14'', signed in the left margin, numbered 175/5000, framed, 23'' x 18.5; 7) ''Little Blue Clown'', 10'' x 8'', signed in the right margin, numbered verso 1598/5000, framed, 14.5'' x 12.75''; 8) ''Freddie'', 10'' x 8'', signed in the right margin, signed on the canvas verso, numbered 3880/5000, 14.5'' x 12.75'', 9) ''Freddie the Freeloader'', 10'' x 8'', signed in the right margin, numbered 4446/5000, framed, 14.5'' x 12.75''.
- Life Insurance Shaving Mug.
Description
Life Insurance Shaving Mug.
Description Marked "J.W. Wiegand" across front. Advertising the Bankers Reserve Life Company.
Condition (Near Mint). Size 4" T.
- Frederic Gruger illustration (Frederic
Frederic Gruger illustration (Frederic Rodrigo Gruger, Pennsylvania, 1871-1953), titled verso "Something New", run down barn, illustrated in J. Hergesheimer, The Foolscap Rose Unfolded, The Banker , published in The Saturday Evening Post , May 19, 1934, signed lower right "F. R. Gruger", graphite and wash on card, pencil inscriptions in margins, large "S.E.P." with inventory number and copyright label verso for The Saturday Evening Post , unframed, 13-3/8 x 18-7/8 in. Toning, handling grime, pencil inscriptions in margin. Graham Gallery, New York (label verso); The Estate of the Late Margaret D. Gruger, Anderson, South Carolina
- [Mississippi Company Crash] "Mississippi
[Mississippi Company Crash] "Mississippi of 'Twydbefaamde Goudland door de Inbeelding der Windnegotie" engraved page extracted from Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (The Great Scene of Folly) c. 1720 sight 14 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. matted and framed. Note: The book from which this page was taken contained satirical poems plays and engravings about the great speculative real estate bubble of 1720. The banker John Law a Scot who took over the Mississippi Company of France in 1717 hyped the company stock from 500 livres per share to 18 000 livres. The phrase "Wind-Negotie" in this lot's title translates to "wind-trade" a reference to traders not even owning the stock they sold. The bubble burst as quickly as it rose foreshadowing economic events almost 300 years later.