Lot 222 - Antique Devil Postcard With Humorous Verse “May The Devil Cut The Toes Off All Our Foes…,” Copyright 1906 H. H. Tammen, Denver, Colorado, Postmarked 1907, Used

Lot 222 - Antique Devil Postcard With Humorous Verse “May The Devil Cut The Toes Off All Our Foes…,” Copyright 1906 H. H. Tammen, Denver, Colorado, Postmarked 1907, UsedAntique illustrated novelty postcard depicting a devil figure, featuring the humorous and slightly macabre verse: May the devil cut the toes off all our foes that we may know them by their limping. Copyrighted 1906 by H. H. Tammen of Denver, Colorado, a well known early postcard publisher and distributor of illustrated ephemera. This example has an undivided back and is postmarked 1907, placing it firmly in the early postcard era. The card was mailed

Here is a lovely silver plate candy or nut serving dish manufactured by Pilgrim Silver Plate

It is in good used condition

Vintage original pen and ink drawing depicting a caricatured pig police officer with numerous people impaled on its back

Condition shows light handling wear consistent with age

as consigned

The subject’s costume corresponds to that worn by actress and singer Marguerita Sylvia in Béraud’s painting “L’Escrimeuse (The Fencing Girl)

wear around toes

while the landscape orientated one is numbered 33/75

"Professional Card Magic" by Cliff Green

It is in good condition with few signs of use and wear

The drill appears complete with its bits

Pre-Auction Notes: Per our consignor this hat was own and worn by a tour guide of the Salem Pirate Museum