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"EUREKA!" CELLULOID WRAPPED MATCH HOLDER.
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Auction #182 - Part I > Item 762
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Winning Bid:
$355.55
Bids:
5
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:00:00 AM)
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Auction #182 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1499 in auction 182
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Item Description
2.75" tall silvered brass with flip-up top lid and with match striker on underside of bottom panel. Side panels are wrapped in celluloid. Front shows workman in overalls holding a wrench and pointing to the illustration of an industrial lathe. Side panels read "Engine-Turret-Gap Lathes" and on the opposite panel "The Rahn-Carpenter Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A." Celluloid includes maker's name of Whitehead & Hoag (see following item) along with a patent date that appears to read "1908." From the Ed Potter/Hake collections and essentially Mint.
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