Vintage 1957 Chicago World Metallurgical Congress Brass Medal Badge Pin 4.5"

Large rare lot of 41 assorted late 19th – early 20th century antique labor union ribbons / pins, primarily from the German speaking Community of Dayton, Ohio, plus a smattering of other cities including Cincinnati, Piqua, and Canton Ohio...

Pair of ornate vintage Florenza pins, one with swag chains featuring a large turquoise stone surrounded by red rhinestones, the other featuring a ...

Lot of 5 vintage Mexican sterling silver pins / brooches. Lot includes: segmented rectangular with inlaid stone circles, marked Piedra Plata, Martinez, Sterling Taxco 276, Eagle wit...

Lot of 5 vintage sterling silver pins / brooches. Lot includes: pear with leaves, abstract geometric cut out swirl on a square (by Lore); ...

Mid to early 20th century Pierre Turin bronze medal featuring the Societe Francaise de Metallurgie and the city of Paris landscape including Notre Dame Pierre TURIN (1891-1968). Fre...

Antique Victorian player piano by The Cable Company of Chicago which features a Carolina Inner-player. Circa 1915. Includes: I Love Paris and Oh Lady Be Good by Max Kortlander, Hey There and Mack the Knife by J Lawrence Cook, Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White by Sid Laney, If You Knew Susie Fox Trot, Bye Bye Blackbird Fox Trot, Loving You Has Made Me Bananas by Dick Watson, and two unmarked. The Cable Piano Company, Chicago established 1880 by Herman D. Cable born in New York in 1849. The Cable Piano Company was originally with the Wolfinger Organ Co., which later changed to the Western Cottage Organ Co., and then to Chicago Cottage Organ Co. In 1890 H. D. Cable consolidated with Conover Bros. and his two brothers, Fayette S. and Hobart M. Cable. Cable and Conover acquired the Schiller Piano Co. of Oregon, Ill. By 1920 The Cable Piano Co. had two factories. One factory located in Chicago at 22nd Street, Paulina and Dale Place. The second factory at St. Charles, Ill. In the 1920s George J. Dowling was president and The Cable Co. was manufacturing Conover, Cable, Kingsbury; and Wellington, and Schiller pianos. Player piano names Conover Carola Inner-Player, Conover Solo Carola Inner-Player, Carola Inner-Player, Solo Carola Inner-Player, Euphona Inner- Player, and Solo Euphona Inner-Player. “Tonarch” and “Crownstay”, trademarks of the Cable Co., Chicago. “Tonarch” a patented sounding-board-and- frame construction used in uprights and “Crownstay” designed to maintain the curvature of soundboards in grands. Other owners of the Cable Company include Aeolian with the factory at 2718 Pershing Ave., Memphis, TN., Jackson & Wabash, Chicago, Ill., and Winter & Co. The Cable Piano Company claimed to be "the world's greatest manufacturer of pianos, inner player pianos, and organs." Cable built a factory in 1901 in St. Charles on 3.5 acres west of the Fox River. Cable Piano Company became known not only for its products, but also for its working conditions. During the factory's heyday in the early 1900s, there were as many as 500 employees, many of whom were women. Employees could enjoy the company sponsored brass band and male chorus, or play on the company baseball team. With its own electric plant and fire protection...

This grouping of some three dozen WW1 items come from the estate of CPL. D.C Stewart who served in the Infantry of the 21st Regiment of the Canadian Armed Fo...

American 1950's back light green painted floor globe by Replogle, Mid-Century Modern. Remarkable and charming Chicago made world globe featur...

A 14 point star Badge made by George Ward of Manchester and assayed in Chester in 1843  Engraved with "Presented to PCR George Heathcote by members of No...

Table top, brass refracting telescope on folding cabriole leg base. Objective lens is 3 possibly 3.25" diameter with additional solar viewing eyepiece, and lens cap. The telescope fu...

Rare and important, museum worthy document in a custom made Arts and Crafts frame. What we are offering here are actually two unique antiques into one. In the year 1906 the world exhibition...

A tall brass metal trophy from the Texas State Exchange Clubs. This Trophy features a figural woman with wings atop a trophy cup with handles. She holds a...