2021 AAAA Virtual Winter Retreat
Room Hopping
Tom Morton
Phone or Text: 818-644-9231
Pacific Time Zone
About Me: Thank you for visiting my AAAA Virtual Store. You can also check out my website www.americanatradingpost@yahoo.com. Due to storage considerations, I collect smalls – pinbacks and paper items. I have over 1,000 advertising pinbacks from 1900s to 1980s. Feel free to visit my website and send me a message if you are looking for anything special. Postage is extra.
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Item #1. Scarce Ford Motor Company Employee pinbacks for the Pinto-Maverick and the Comet-Capri circa 1970s. - $42.00 each or the pair for $80.00
These measure 4” across and are in good condition (a few minor surface marks but display nicely). Price
Item #2. Scarce Boston Sunday Herald or Newsstand Employee pinback for the TV Magazine circa 1960s. - $40.00
Measures 4” across and is in very good condition. Price $40.00
Item #3. Large 6” Store celluloid sign for B-1 Lemon Lime Soda - $55.00
Circa 1930s or 1940s. It has a string on the back for hanging. Sticker on the back – Crystaline Indoor Enameled Sign / Parisian Novelty Co Chicago. Very good condition.
Item #4. Large 6” Store celluloid sign for Pevely Super Test Ice Cream Price - $60.00
Circa 1930s or 1940s. It has a string on the back for hanging. Very good condition.
Item #5. Hello Georgia Stroh’s Beer pinback – newer - $7.50
Measures 3” across and is in very good condition.
Item #6. Gerber Baby Food pinback and baby spoon. Pinback is $42.00 and Spoon is $15.00
Pinback dates to 1940s and spoon may be earlier. Pinback measures 3 1/8” and is in very good condition. The spoon has the Gerber Baby’s head on the top, is 4 1/8” long and is in good condition but has wear. Spoon is marked on the back Gerber’s / Winthrop Silver Plate. 
Item #7. Honey and Sonny Honey-Krust Bread pinback with two cute kids - $15.00
Circa 1930s or 1940s. Measures 1” across and is in good condition. It is marked on the curl Grocers Baking Co.
Item #8. Bunker Hill Breweries PB (Van Nostrands) Ale pinback - $30.00 
Circa 1910s. Measures 1 ¼” and is in good condition. Backpaper has matching BP Ale information. 
Item #9. Mattel Baby 1st Step 1965 flasher - $8.50 each
The doll appears to walk as you move the flasher. Measures 2 7/16” and is in very good condition. I have two available. 
Item #10. Rare Red Crown Gasoline employee pinback - $75.00
Circa 1930s. Measures 2 ¼” and is in very good condition. 
Item #11. Going to Market Card Game - Price is $4.00 for one card. If you want all 4 from the same company, the price is $12.50. If you want the entire set of 52 cards, instructions and the box, the price is $90.00.
Circa 1910s. Every card has a different design with 13 different companies (such as Libbys, Knox Gelatine, Sherman Williams Paints, Post Toasties, Beech-nut, etc) represented. Cards measure 2 7/16” by 3 7/16” and are in good condition for being over 100 years old.  I can provide more photos if interested.
Item #12. Beautiful Pyramid Soap Powder pinback - $75.00
Circa 1910s. The amazing pinback measures 1 ¾” and is in very good condition with a few minor marks. Displays nicely. 
Item #13. Lion Hats Employee pinback - $27.50 
Probably 1920s or 1930s. Lion Hats manufactured in St Louis by the Langenberg Hat Co. Measures 3 7/16” and is in very good condition.
Item #14.  Fisk Tires / Studebaker Outdoor Sign photo – photo dates to May 1954 (marked on back) - $9.00
I think this is Merced California. Measures 3 ½” by 5” and is in good condition.
Item #15.  Texaco and Mobil Oil Gas Truck postcards – circa 1950s.  Price $7.50 each. Buy one or both
Measure 3 ½” by 5 ½” and are in very good condition and never mailed.
Item #16. Button Power Book – published 2020 by Ted Hake and Christen Carter – 192 pages filled with beautiful pinback buttons and text (no prices) – advertising, events, people, places, transportation, sports, etc. Retails for $24.95 plus postage. I am selling this new copy for $25.00 postpaid. I have three available.
Item #17.  Rare large 1957 Mercury outboard motor advertising pinback - $60.00
Measures 3 3/8” and is in very good condition.
Item #18.  Scarce Gilletts Lye Eats Dirt pinback circa 1910 - $55.00
Shows a black man sitting on boxes of Gilletts Lye – measures 1 ¼” across and is in good condition with minor discoloration over the lower ½ of the pinback (under the celluloid). Still displays OK. Backpaper “Gillett’s Goods are the Best / E W Gillett Co Limited.”
Item #19.  Bulls Eye Bill Works Here - $65.00
Gasoline attendant employee pinback circa 1920s or 1930s – measures 3 3/8” and is in very good condition.
Item #20.  Kodak Cameras 65th Anniversary 1953 employee pinback - $45.00
Measures 3 3/8” and is in very good condition. 
Item #21.  Large Elsie the Cow Bordens paper coasters - $10.00
Circa 1950s – measures 9” by 10 ½” when opened. Each coaster has Elsie’s face and a recipe on the opposite side. In good condition with minor wear – coasters never punched out. 
Item #22.  Buster Brown Shoe pinbacks – most date from the 1910s & 1920s. Largest is 2”. Prices range from $5.00 to $80.00. Most are in the $20.00 to $25.00 range. Send me a note and I can provide specific prices.
Item #23.  Heintz Family Shoe Store Sparkie Club circa 1950 - $12.00
1950 – Measures 1 ¼” and is in very good condition. Sparkie appeared in lots of product advertising. Price $12.00
Item #24. Ford Dealership pinbacks circa 1940s or 1950s – one for Sales and one for Parts & Accessories – measure 1 9/16” across and are in good condition. Price $23.75 each or the pair for $45.00
Item #25. Plaid Stamps Employee pinback - $ 20.00
Circa 1950s. How many remember getting Green Stamps at the supermarket. Measures 3 1/8” and is in very good condition.
Item #26. Old Seed Packets for the Lone Star Seed Co. in San Antonio Texas and a rare seed company pinback Barteldes Seed Co. The seed company pinback dates to 1920s. Seed packets measure 3 ¼” by 5” and are in very good condition. I have a few additional seed packets for other vegetables. Price $4.00 each. The seed company pinback measures 1 ¼” across and is in very good condition. Price $28.00
Item #27. Marathon Cat Gasoline Cardboard Visor - $12.00
Probably 1940s or 1950s. Measures 10 ½” across and is in good condition.
Item #28. Widow Jones Suits Me woman’s fashion pinback circa 1910 - $22.50
Measures 1 ¼” and is in very good condition. 
Item #29.  Schuster’s 50th Anniversary Billie the Brownie Committee pinback circa 1933 - $30.00 
Schuster’s Department Store opened in Milwaukee in 1883. Measures 1 3/8” and is in good condition. It is marked on the curl “Hugh M. Reindl / Milwaukee Wis.” 
Item #30.  Early Mazda bulbs pinbacks – (1) Westinghouse Mazda Super Bulbs employee pinback circa 1930s – measures 3 3/8” and is in very good condition. Price $55.00 (2) Edison Mazda Lamps pinback circa 1920s to 1930s – measures 1 11/16” and is in good condition but it has a mark around the “N” in Edison and “M” in Mazda. Price $30.00
Item #31. Beautiful Large Wall Early Buster Brown Shoes sign Price $400.00 plus actual shipping
It measures 17” in diameter and is in very good condition. The 3-D design is in relief and sticks out at the viewer. Probably dates to the 1920s. It has a wood back and appears to be made of a composite material. You need to see this in person to really appreciate the design.
Item #32. Buster Brown Shoe advertising paper bags – never used - $22.50
Probably dates to 1920s or 1910s. From a shoe store in Iowa. Measures 6” by 11” and is in good condition. The front and back designs are different. (I have two available.)
Item #33. Ice Cream thick cardboard diecut signs from the 1950s – $8.50 each
Here are a few of the different designs. Let me know if you would like to see more. Sizes vary from 6” to 10”.
Item #34. Beautiful Murad Turkish Cigarette ads – old ads probably from 1920s. Measure 5 ¼” by 7 ¾” and are in good condition. Price $8.00 each. Buy one or both
Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for? (Audience) Why should they care? (Benefit) What do I want them to do here? (Call-to-Action)

Create a great offer by adding words like "free" "personalized" "complimentary" or "customized." A sense of urgency often helps readers take an action, so think about inserting phrases like "for a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining!"
Item #35. Oversize Postcards for Anheuser Busch Budweiser Beer and the Clydesdale Horses – Price $7.50 each. Buy one or both designs.
Postcards probably dated to 1950s. When open, they measure 3 ½” by 11”. Can be folded in half for mailing. In very good condition and never mailed. 
Item #36. Old Telephone Fountain Pencil with floating Bell -  Price $10.00
Floater is marked “Bell Systems” and the pen is marked “The Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. Traffic Dept Attendance Emblem” and “Laverne A. Morrow 1959.”  Measures 5 ½” and is in very good condition.
Item # 37. Early Indian Calendar and Postcard – Calendar is from American Old Line Insurance Co 1921. Still has some of the monthly calendar sheets. Measures 3 ½” by 5 ½” and is in good condition. Price $15.00. Postcard is for Sleepy Eye Flour and Cereals. Never mailed and is in good condition. Price $15.00
Item #38. Coca Cola Old Envelope and Paper Coaster - Envelope is from Coca Cola Bottling Co. in Winter Haven Florida. In good condition. Paper Coaster measures 3 3/8” in diameter and is in very good condition. Price for both pieces is $10.00
Item #39. Cute Travelodge Sleepy Bear oversized Postcard - $12.00
See photo for front and back. Dated 1958. Measures 9” by 6” and is in very good condition.
Item #40. Texaco Fire Chief Postcard with Comedian Ed Wynn dated 1933 – Price $9.00
Advertisement on back for Texaco Gasoline and a Texaco Gas Station in Boosier City Louisiana. Postcard is in very good condition and was never mailed.
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