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October, 2019 The Antique Shoppe Page 29
$3,150 (22 bids, 16 bidders): Antique Dr. Lesure’s Remedies Veterinary
What’s Selling on eBay? Measuring 27” tall by 20 ½’ wide and 6 ½” deep, at the top, this early 20th
Medicine Country Store Cabinet Sign Book.

century Country Store Display Cabinet has a tin-litho front door that advertises
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod for “Dr. Lesure’s Famous
Remedies.” Dr. J. G. Lesure was
a Veterinarian during the late
$2,650 (48 bids, 14 bidders): Cap’n Hanks 1 Gallon Tin Litho Oyster Can 19th and early 20th century.
packed for Hanks Seafood Co. Easton, Maryland. He specialized in the causes,
I have not run across this one before. Love the colors! Great image of Captain symptoms and treatment of
Hank. The front does show some age and usage wear. There are small little diseases for livestock animals.
nicks and scratches that have lightly discolored. There are minor crazing spots. Along with this early 20th
There is some top-of-the-can-under-the-rolled-edge wear. The back has a century Cabinet comes an
little more wear than the front. Still original, 1908 printing of his
great color! Still great graphics! Still book, “Dr. Lesure’s Warranted
a very nice example! The bottom has Veterinary Remedies.” This 8”
discolored and is textured. I don’t see by 5 ½” paper-back book has
any holes, even after removing the lid some toning, edge and corner
and it to the light. No holes. The top is nicks and folds to the covers
really quite clean and very solid. Just and pages, but it is complete.
some expected surface wear. Please The cabinet is in very good
see for yourself as age and usage wear condition. The wood retains
is impossible to accurately describe its original finish and the lock
and must be seen. It really does look & key still work properly. The
nice! (Photos courtesy of eBay seller embossed tin-litho advertising
hat-trick.) sign on the front door has
DBA: The seller got a tremendous some small dark spots to the
deal. This is the highest price that I surface, as well as some light crinkling to the tin in the lower left-hand corner.
could find for any other one-gallon tin The litho of a horse still has strong, un-faded colors and overall, this antique
can. Most similar cans were selling Country Store Cabinet is in very good original, unrestored condition. (Photos
in the low hundreds of dollars, not thousands. These larger cans have lids courtesy of eBay seller wwolst12.)
for using the contents over a period of time—not the serrated lids—and this DBA: This is not an unusual price for such a cabinet. I could find several
makes for a more decorative look. selling at auction for similar prices. This type of medicine cabinet is very
decorative. My guess is that many people would buy this type of medicine for
$3,700 (45 bids, 11 bidders): Antique 19th Century Railroad Steam their animals and resort to pharmacists for human medicine. Because of the
Locomotive Train Headlight Lantern. display and competition for animal medicines, the cabinets were particularly
This is an antique 19th century (circa 1880s) railroad steam locomotive decorative.
train headlight oil lantern. It is quite large
measuring 36 inches tall x 18 inches wide $3,716 (20 bids, 11 bidders): Antique Iron 1924 Lima Builder's Plate.
and 14 inches deep. It has the beautiful Estate buy: you are buying the pictured authentic antique iron 1924 Lima
ornate corner decorative pieces and a 16- Builder's plate, 12 inches lengthwise. That builder's plate is from Shay
inch diameter glass. The oil lamp is fairly Locomotive, the type used on small logging and mining railways.
complete inside but needs the glass chimney. DBA: These were made for trains, and there are many collectors of all
Appears to have a number stamped in it types of railroad objects. In a search of several databases, especially all types
but hard to read; looks like possibly 37. of auctions databases, this was the highest price that I found, although several
This came from an estate in Sacramento, were close. eBay seems to be getting better prices for railroad objects than
California. See photo of a similar example most general auctions.
on a 19th century locomotive. Overall,
an impressive lamp that would certainly
be a nice addition to a collection. (Photos
courtesy of eBay seller Gypsiegirlz.)
DBA: From all I could see, this looks
authentic. It is rare to find one from this time
period. I did find a similar one that sold for
$3,200. Many could be found for much less, but those were not as old or as
large. It is hard to analyze sales data
when not comparing exact matches.

Deborah Abernethy is a certified appraiser with the International Association of Appraisers.
She can be contacted at 404-262-2131 or Deborah@expert-appraisers.com.
Her website is www.expert-appraisers.com.