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Title: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: Texasbadger on February 27, 2010, 02:53:04 pm: Hey guys snagged a batch of stuff from some pickers who bid on past due storage units, one is a metal soldier on a cot and the other is a Buffalo Bill card with facsimile signature,,,any particular value to either? Ive had the soldiers before and dont know if cot is original to the soldier as the 82nd Airborne guy was a medic so he may have made the cot. Also a very nice top hat by an English maker Thanks
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Post by: Texasbadger on February 27, 2010, 02:56:47 pm: Oops heres the photo card
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: wendy177 on February 27, 2010, 04:44:34 pm: Hi Tex Your toy soldier was produced by Manoil Manufacturing Co., Inc. 2 brothers Maurice & Jack Manoil, emigrated from Rumania in the early 1900s. They began production of toy soliders in 1935 at 34 West Houston Street, New York City. From company records it is 30 wounded soldier (lying) No cot From the look of paint loss around $15.00 .As for your Top hat what is it made of???? I have seen some Moleskin & some black beaver from $85.00 to $900.00 As for Buffalo Bill No clue but really cool!!!
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: Texasbadger on February 27, 2010, 08:46:31 pm: Thanks Wendy, the top hat is not beaver more silk like a tux, and springs up from flat to tophat instantly, way outside my normal comfort range on old stuff but since I was sorting,,,Im hoping the Cody signature is original, but either way!
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: wendy177 on February 27, 2010, 09:04:41 pm: Tex check out this site http://www.houseofdeception.com scroll to the bottom of page and use tool bar "house of deception at a glance" - click on Buffalo Bill cody's hand writing -- scroll down page to page 2 and check out the signature from 1892 I'm no expert but looks to be a really really good match!!!!!! With the top hat They often used a polished fur felt to give the appearance of silk, will keep searching on that one I think the maker is the key.
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: KC on February 27, 2010, 11:25:21 pm: http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/lc171.html (http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/lc171.html)
another example of his signature
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photoshop-pro.com/oldphotos/images/eastman/eastman-8.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photoshop-pro.com/oldphotos/eastman.html&usg=__HKkZk8Il8cEIFnkG5gt4W3-E3eg=&h=609&w=400&sz=25&hl=en&start=14&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=bwOTlVNYNS-b4M:&tbnh=136&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dphoto%2Bcard%2Bbuffalo%2Bbill%2Bcody%2Bin%2Bsuit%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1 (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photoshop-pro.com/oldphotos/images/eastman/eastman-8.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.photoshop-pro.com/oldphotos/eastman.html&usg=__HKkZk8Il8cEIFnkG5gt4W3-E3eg=&h=609&w=400&sz=25&hl=en&start=14&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=bwOTlVNYNS-b4M:&tbnh=136&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dphoto%2Bcard%2Bbuffalo%2Bbill%2Bcody%2Bin%2Bsuit%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1)

Book on collections
http://www.amazon.com/W-F-Buffalo-Collectors-Guide-Values/dp/1574320084 (http://www.amazon.com/W-F-Buffalo-Collectors-Guide-Values/dp/1574320084)

Interesting enough I have noted that a Mary Gester ALLEN (LATER married Stowe) owned copyrights to pictures of him. She was the first wife of John Stowe (not mentioned here because his current wife never knew of the first one for many years and was angered to find out and didn't acknowledge it!) John owned a traveling show (as his dad) and was a relative of Harriet Beecher Stowe!
http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/berrien/obits/s/stowe734nob.txt
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: Texasbadger on February 28, 2010, 07:48:20 am: Thanks guys I had bookmarked the house of deception site and emailed photos of the card to the author of that article, hopefully he will respond. Hoping its a signature and not a printed card and signature with a period photo glued onto it, it looks dead on to me! Im off to Barnes and Noble they have that book!
I put the card into a photograph sleeve, but heres a closeup, I think it has a chance.
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: wendy177 on February 28, 2010, 08:21:37 am: Tex so excited for you keeping my fingers crosssed it is the real deal!!!!!!! What a great piece of history!!! Please let us know asap if you get any word!!!!
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: KC on February 28, 2010, 09:04:17 am: Wishing you the best....
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: Chinese Antique Furniture on February 28, 2010, 10:32:11 am: Fun stuff!

I'm hopeful!!!
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: Dean Perdue on February 28, 2010, 01:33:45 pm: Yeah- Good luck on it.
Title: Re: Toy soldier on stretcher and Buffalo Bill photo
Post by: Texasbadger on February 28, 2010, 03:10:20 pm: Im trying to keep it reasonable, a facsimile signature, got photos to a couple of authorities on the subject but the blue color matches exactly the ornate wreath around the photo, so Ill be pleasantly suprised if its not.