WALLY “FAMOUS AMOS” AMOS – EPHEMERA SIGNED 12/11/1985

Today’s item of the day is a which is up for bid on eBay. It has a Buy It Now price of just $599.00

The seller tells us this: Cookie Tin inscribed and signed: “Aloha/Selwyn,/’Have a Merry/Brown Christmas./Happy Cookie -/F Amos/12/11/85″ in purple felt tip ink. White cookie tin with blue lettering, 8x8x3 when cover is affixed. The cover reads: “The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie/Hand Made/(enclosed Cookies are smaller and their surface appearance is different from the illustration)”. Also, Wally Amos is seen balancing his cookie with one finger. The sides tell the “Brief History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie.” Wally Amos in 1975 decided to forsake his career as a LA talent agent and open a chocolate chip cookie store. Within five years his business grew to being a national company selling its product exclusively to department stores with annual sales of $5 million. “Time” magazine called him the man who “put the chic into chips. Salutation slightly smudged, else fine. Sorry, no cookies included.

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1866 Civil War Ephemera

Today’s item of the day is a which is up for bid on eBay. It has a very reasonable starting price of just $3.99

The seller tells us that this rare piece of antique/vintage Ephemera is a business check dated September, 1866. It has a Civil War revenue stamp affixed on it and was written from the Weimer Machine Works in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The amount of the check is $712.41. It is drawn on the Valley National Bank of Lebanon, PA. The Civil War revenue/tax stamps were required to help pay for the recently ended Civil War. The seller rates the item i very good condition with a cross shaped cancellation stamp and an endorsement on the back.

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1930 Bell Telephone Company Ephemera

This vintage set of is up for bid on eBay. It has a very reasonable starting price of just $35.00

The seller tells us that it includes 4 books which he describes as follows:

• It’s the Annual Report of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for 1931. 1932. Bound in gray card wrappers. 28 pages with b+w illustrations. Moderate shelfwear and creasing to the wrappers especially the back cover. No ownership marks/ writing within.
• 2 Copies of: Manhattan Telephone Directory of Official Boards-January, 1933. New York: New York Telephone Company; 1933. Bound in green card wrappers. 60 pages. Ownership marks to the front covers. Light shelfwear to wrappers, else handsome.
• Telephone Services. New York: New Telephone Company; N.D. Bound in green card wrappers. 60 pages with numerous b+w illustrations. Ownership mark to the front cover otherwise clean and handsome.

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