2021 AAAA Virtual Convention
Room Hopping
Apple Blossom Antiques
Sharon and Mark Kempfer
Phone: 260-402-3952 
Eastern Time Zone
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Item #1. 1907 Pabst Extract American Girl Calendar
Original 1907 Pabst Extract American girl calendar with original cardboard tube. All information on back. Beautifully framed.
Item #2. 1870's-80's Reed's Tonic Clock
Original "Reed's Tonic" miniature store advertising clock in solid oak case. Made by the Waterbury Clock Co. 8 day Time and hourly strike Clock. Still has the majority if its factory paper label on back. The regulator clock was presented by The Geo. W. M. Reed Bitter Co. of New Haven, CT., thru their wholesale agents, as a gift to their patrons to attract attention to the merits of "Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic" which sold actively in the 1870's thru the 1880's.
Item #3. 1925-45 "Baxter's Drum Cigars" Clock
Original "Baxter's Drum Cigars" half size store advertising clock in a solid wood birch case circa 1925 to 1945. Made by the Sessions Clock Company Forrestville, CT. 8 day Time and hourly strike Clock. Still has the factory paper label on the back. Cleaned, oiled and beat-set 10/22/19. Keeps great time. Overall size is 24 3/4" long. Top cornice measures 12 1/2" wide and 4 3/4" deep.
Item #4. 1937 Bendix & Seven Dwarfs Framed Advertisements
In 1937 Bendix Home Appliances was the first company to market a domestic automatic washing machine. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs produced by Walt Disney Productions also premiered in 1937, so it was a perfect fit to use Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to promote the features of their washer. The signs were originally counter displays. They are in excellent condition and they all have their easel backs. They are professionally framed and ready to hang.
Item #5. 1930's wood trade sign for Alan Wood Steel Co. A.W. Cut Nails 100 lbs Net 6 N.Y.
Alan Wood Steel Co. existed from 1832 to 1977 in Conshohocken, PA. It was officially named Alan Wood Steel Co. in 1929. It was the longest surviving steel company in Conshohocken. It measures 11 1/2" wide in center and 30" long. Excellent condition. Would make a great hat rack.
Item #6. Glass Jar Eggbeaters and Measurers
Group includes Keystone Egg and Cream Whip, Horlick's Lum and Abner, Lightning, Maltby's Cocoanut measuring jar and a jar with markings for flour, liquid, sugar.
Item #7. Egg Seperators
The strenuous competition especially in milling products brought about ingenious advertisement devices to keep the name of a product before the user, in most cases the housewife. One of the best was introduced by Metal Specialties Manufacturing Co. in Chicago. It is a heavy tin egg separator. These utensils were made by the company with the name or trademark of the company stamped upon them to be given away at food shows, expositions, fairs, etc. There were also tea strainers made in the same manner. This is a sampling. I have a list of approximately 100 that could be emailed if anyone is interested.
Item #8. Late 1800's Coffee Mills
Bottom left - Imperial Coffee Mill
Bottom right - unmarked ornate cast iron top
Top left - The Chas. Parker Co. Meriden CT
Top right - Favorite Mill Arcade Mfg. Co. Sept 2 1888 March 13 1889
Item #9. Washburn-Crosby Co. Merchant Miller's framed card
The company was formed in 1877. In June 1928, Washburn-Crosby President James Ford Bell merged his company with 28 other mills to create General Mills. Nicely framed and matted.
Item #10. The Dionne Quintuplets 1940 framed calendar
Excellent condition with full pad and cover.
Item #11. Rare C. D. Kenney Co. Trivet
C. D. Kenney was founded by Mr. Kenney in 1872 in Baltimore. He set up a highly successful business with a chain of 60 coffee shops and was also a wholesale tea and coffee importer. His company produced several premium items including this trivet.
Item #12. Huntington National Bank Perpetual Calendar
P. W. Huntington formed the Huntington National Bank in 1866. Today Huntington Bancshares Inc. still operates from the same Columbus, Ohio founding location in the heart of the Midwest. The calendar is complete.
Item #13. Antique Apple Parers
1. Sinclair Scott Co. Baltimore made in USA. This parer has a curved prong so it can also be used for peaches because it goes around the peach stone. Works smoothly.Th
2. GOLD MEDAL IMPROVED R.P. Scott Co. Newark, N.J. Pat. May 6, 1856, Sept. 9, 1856, Aug. 21, 1866 Works great.
3. THE UNION D.H. Whittemore Worcester, MA Pat. Nov. 11, 1866 Have copy of the patent paper.
4. MONROE BROS. Fitchburg, Mass. Patent Sept. 9, 1856. Petite, well engineered, works smoothly.
5. F. W. HUDSON'S IMPROVED APPLE PARER Leominster, Mass. Pat. Dec. 2nd 1862. This is the only parer where the apple turns around the paring arm. Works well. Have copy of patent paper.
All these parers are in excellent condition.
Item #14. Wilbur's Cocoa Broom Holder and Ceresota Flour Bill Holder
Both of these items are rare.
H.O. Wilbur founded Wilbur's Chocolate in 1884 in Philadelphia. In 1930 manufacturing operations moved to Lititz, PA where most of the Wilbur products are still manufactured. Wilbur is the second oldest chocolatier in the U.S. In 1992, it was sold to Cargill. Excellent condition and have complete history.

The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co. and their new Ceresota flour brand name were established in July 1891. Northwestern produced flour from 1891 to 1953. This is a cardboard bill holder I'm very good condition and was used to advertise their flour. You can easily find Ceresota matchholders, pins, and trade cards, bit very rarely do you see the bill holder.
Item #15. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum Original Scale
This is an all original Wrigley's Spearmint Pepsin Gum scale in excellent condition.
Item #16. Group of Antique Match Holders
These antique match holders are in good to excellent condition. I do have company information for all except Eagle Lye Works.
Item #17. Rare Half size "Star Tobacco" Advertising store clock with time and hourly strike
c. 1912 to 1920's. Lower glass tablet is well marked: "STAR TOBACCO Trade Star Mark Secured 2 Ozs. for 5 Cents Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. St. Louis. Made by the Sessions Clock Co., this General Store Advertiser Clock is in a "Home Assortment" type of case. Eight day Time & Strike clock which strikes the number of hours. Original Factory Paper Label on the back. CONDITION: Very fine advertising paper dial on tin pan. Original "Sessions" marked Brass 8 day movement cleaned and oiled and is running accurately.
MEASUREMENTS: Overall 24 3/4" high, 12 1/2" wide and 4 3/4" deep at top cornice.
Item #18. Scotten Dillon Co. "LONG DISTANCE CHEWING or SMOKING" tobacco bag holder with assorted bags
Overall good condition. 26" long, 6 1/2" wide
Item #19. NOS 1956 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Little Lulu majorette Kleenex cardboard stand-up counter display advertising sign
Item #20. 1950 International Cellucotton Products Co. Little Lulu Kleenex cardboard stand-up counter display advertising sign
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