Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful antique carved meerschaum boar's head pipe from the 1890s. The pipe has an amber mouthpiece and comes in its original case from Italian maker Luigi Tisiotti. The boar is as shaggy and ferocious as in real life...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful, simple and elegant cheroot case in 800 silver presented by Adrian Dietrich Lothar van Trotha to "Cramer" in Muanza, German East Africa. The case was presented in 1900 while Trotha commanded the colonial force in what is now...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s advertising cigar box from Neal Motor Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The box is dated March 20, 1936 and on the inside of the lid reveals this message: WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS WE ARE AFTER MORE OF IT. The box is...

ARTIFACT: This is a miniature briar wood pipe made in Italy in the 1950s and is stamped THRIFO BRIAR. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/8" in length and 11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Briar wood, black vulcanite...

ARTIFACT: This is a charming handmade, inlaid wooden mechanical cigarette box from 1930s Havana, Cuba. Delicate geometric designs grace every visible surface and a panel with a painting of the CAPITOLIO slides back to reveal the storage area for the...

ARTIFACT: This is a lovely circa 1911 Imperial German "student's" pipe. The pipe is done in porcelain, nickel-plated brass, wood, twine and silk, with a stag and cow horn mouthpiece. Alfred Schilling was the original owner, and the bowl of the pipe is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1910s advertising ash tray from Clay-Adams Company of New York City, a medical supplier. The ash tray is a small, life-like skull illustrating their trade: "skeletons, skulls, charts, manikins, surgical and laboratory...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old souvenir wooden pipe bowl in the shape of an "Indian" (Native American) head. The figure is carefully carved, with great detailing on the headdress and cheekbones, with even the eyeballs being three-dimensional...

ARTIFACT: This is a program for the 1960 Laconia, New Hampshire World Championship Sled Dog Derby, an annual event since 192The cover features a photo of Leonhard Seppala, famed 83 year old veteran of the Alaskan trails and invited judge. The program has...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare numbered circa 1963 key chain (fob) for the 23rd Ice Capades. The Ice Capades was a skating show started in 1940 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The 1963 show had a space theme, and featured a "galaxy of skating stars". The key chain...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1900 gold and enamel Olympic Men's Club Bantam Weight second prize medal. Future heravyweight boxing champion James J. Corbett began attending the San Francisco club in 1884 and was an instructor there after his...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare player's badge from the 1954 USGA (United States Golfers' Association) Open Golf Tournament. Golfer Ed Furgol came out on top in this first-ever nationally televised US Open played at Springfield, New Jersey. VINTAGE: Circa 1954...