WmMorford Investment Grade Collectibles

The following items are priced for immediate sale at a fixed price on a first come basis. Included are a nice grouping of scarce, very high quality Maxfield Parrish items from a serious long time Parrish collector. Included are many rarities (including a few items he purchased from us in past auctions).

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Title: Pear's Soap Display

Description: Early, never used country store counter-top display box for Pear's brand Soap, complete w/its 12 original warpped soap bars. Found never used, still in its original protective outer storage box. Some minor wear and light age tone staining and color bleed from storage, but otherwise excellent.

Size: 7 x 9.5 x 4.25"

Price: $125 Each (Firm) Status: For Sale; Note:We have 3 of these, priced for immediate sale on a first come basis.

Reference #: MFA022

Title: Illustration Art

Description: Very early oil painting on canvas featuring adorable young child in red hood. Extremely high quality and well done, w/ incredible detailing, color and look. When found, painting had some slight traces of paper remnants of product package advertising in between her hands (though not enough to make out what product was). Painting has been professionally cleaned and re-lined and is presented in a contemporary frame. Has the look very similar to that of the children’s illustrator Ellen Clapsaddle (who illustrated Halloween postcards, etc.).

Size: 26.75 x 16.25” (23 x 12.5” visible)

Price: $2,500 (Firm) Status: For Sale
Reference #: WMA0019

Title: Kingsbury Sunbeam Racer Sign

Description: Early cardboard advertising sign promoting the Kingsbury Toy Co.’s Sunbeam toy race car. Sign features great image of Henry Segrave, who established the land speed record of 203 miles per hour in 1927 in the Sunbeam Racer. Sign has some minor age toning and a little edge roughness, but overall is clean and very attractive (C. 8/+). Scarce and impressive piece!

Size: 14 x 10.75"

Price: $2,250 (Firm) Status: For Sale
Reference #: WMA020

Title: Lakeside Club Whiskey Sign

Description: Scarce, very high quality early metal litho advertising sign for Lakeside Club Rye Whiskey, featuring wonderful graphic image of early Victorian Lakeside Club and related scenes (Tuchfarber Co., Lithographers). Strong colors and very good overall look, w/ some light scattered oxidized pitting and speckling spots, w/ some light scattered surface scuffing and wear (sign had coating of clear coat protective finish applied to surface long ago). Important and impressive piece, displays quite well (C. 7.5/+).

Size: 26.5 x 35” (23.75 x 32.5” visible)