FOR SALE: Trade Cards - Various
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:32 pm
Here are some more pieces of early paper ephemera. Prices include postage (U.S. only).
SOLD 1. Edison's Polyform -- very scarce paper handout measuring 3" x 4.5" to advertise the patent medicine "Polyform," created by, but not marketed by, Edison. He was forced to sue over the illegal use of his name. $30.
2. "How the Boys Found the Band." Folding trade card advertising Edison phonographs. $30.
SOLD 3. Western Pennsylvania Phonograph Co. trade card -- North American era (listing the Phonograph and "Phonograph-Graphophone"). Near mint. $60.
SOLD 4. Zonophone trade card. The front shows a couple staring through holes in a barn door. Opening the flaps reveals a party inside, with Zonophone music. The back has advertising details. There is a tear at the top, about 1.5", which appears to have been professionally repaired. No sign of tape or other residue. $45.
5. "Ediradola" brochure. This was a "perfected" radio marketed under the name of Edison's son, William. As with Thomas Edison Junior, William was a great disappointment to Edison, who sold his name to shady operators. Very scarce. $25.
SOLD 1. Edison's Polyform -- very scarce paper handout measuring 3" x 4.5" to advertise the patent medicine "Polyform," created by, but not marketed by, Edison. He was forced to sue over the illegal use of his name. $30.
2. "How the Boys Found the Band." Folding trade card advertising Edison phonographs. $30.
SOLD 3. Western Pennsylvania Phonograph Co. trade card -- North American era (listing the Phonograph and "Phonograph-Graphophone"). Near mint. $60.
SOLD 4. Zonophone trade card. The front shows a couple staring through holes in a barn door. Opening the flaps reveals a party inside, with Zonophone music. The back has advertising details. There is a tear at the top, about 1.5", which appears to have been professionally repaired. No sign of tape or other residue. $45.
5. "Ediradola" brochure. This was a "perfected" radio marketed under the name of Edison's son, William. As with Thomas Edison Junior, William was a great disappointment to Edison, who sold his name to shady operators. Very scarce. $25.
