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Antique Document Middletown Connecticut dates from 1786 Item # 3107 Click HERE to inquire about this item This wonderful antique document is a list of expenses owed by the Town of Middletown, Connecticut, to a certain George Phillips for the year 1786. It includes such items as a "load of wood", board for three children for fourteen days, and daily items such as sugar and candles. The piece is dated in January, 1787, which was six months before the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia. Notice that the list of expenses is still denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, even though it came ten years after Independence. The piece has been custom framed for your enjoyment. The overall dimensions are approximately 8 and three quarters inches wide by 10 and three quarters inches high. The piece itself is approximately 6 inches by 7 and three quarters inches. The condition is excellent. There are crease marks on the page as it was folded for mailing, but there are no tears or chips. A real piece of Americana! Price: $165.00 Click to Order this item. Customer Feedback -How to Purchase -Shipping / Handling Shipping Extra. Connecticut residents add 6 percent sales tax. Buyers outside of the United States are responsible for any customs taxes or tariffs that may apply.

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Antique Receipt dates 1826 Middletown Connecticut Item # 3106 Click HERE to inquire about this item For those who wonder why gasoline taxes are so high or why it costs so much to keep the highways in repair, here is an antique document that shows what it used to cost to maintain the nation's transportation system. The document is a bill of expenses owed to one Elijah Paddock for "Repairs of Highways" from May to September 1826. It contains such items as $2.25 for two men and a team of horses for one day's work, $2.00 for two men and a boy for one day (the horses were clearly worth more than the boy!), and 31 cents for one man for part of a day. The total bill comes to $18.23. It was taxpayer utopia. The document itself is 7 and one half inches by 9 inches. It has been custom framed, and its overall dimensions are 12 inches by 15 inches. The condition is very good with no tears or chips. There is an ink smear in the lower left quadrant, which does not obscure any of the writing Price: $165.00 Click to Order this item. Customer Feedback -How to Purchase -Shipping / Handling Shipping Extra. Connecticut residents add 6 percent sales tax. Buyers outside of the United States are responsible for any customs taxes or tariffs that may apply.

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Helck watercolor gouache Man and Racing Car Item # 2881 Click HERE to inquire about this item Watercolor of a car and driver by Peter Helck. Listed Illustrator Peter Helck's automobile watercolors are highly prized and sought after by collectors of early automobile memorabilia throughout the world. This one depicts a driver in proud stance with his race car number 4. Sights size 8 and three quarter inches by 15 inches. frame size is 21 inches by 27 and three quarter inches. Reference: Great Auto Races as Told and Painted by Peter Helck, Abrams, page 230. Price: $9,600.00 Click to Order this item. Customer Feedback -How to Purchase -Shipping / Handling Shipping Extra. Connecticut residents add 6 percent sales tax. Buyers outside of the United States are responsible for any customs taxes or tariffs that may apply.

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The Drunk by Schiff Silvered Bronze car mascot Item # 2859 Click HERE to inquire about this item Silvered Bronze car mascot "The Drunk" by Schiff, This car mascot was sculpted by sculptor "Schiff" signed on base.This whimsical hood ornament measures eight inches high and nine and one half with its base. Very well casted and in great original condition. Price: $5,900.00 Click to Order this item. Customer Feedback -How to Purchase -Shipping / Handling Shipping Extra. Connecticut residents add 6 percent sales tax. Buyers outside of the United States are responsible for any customs taxes or tariffs that may apply.

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The Struggle by Charles Paillet Silvered Bronze car mascot Item # 2858 Click HERE to inquire about this item Silvered Bronze car mascot The Struggle by Charles Paillet, This "Car Mascot" hood ornament dates from C 1925 and was done by sculptor "Charles Paillet". To see a similar example of "The Struggle" see Motoring Mascots of the World page 162 # 548. This automobile memorabilia hood ornament measures seven and one quarter inches high and nine inches with its base. This sculpture depicts an eagle on top of a naked woman who is on top of a car wheel.. Signed on base. Price: $9,500.00 Click to Order this item. Customer Feedback -How to Purchase -Shipping / Handling Shipping Extra. Connecticut residents add 6 percent sales tax. Buyers outside of the United States are responsible for any customs taxes or tariffs that may apply.

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