Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 77 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Historic Rifle & Marksmanship Correspondence 363 363 WilliamLyman, LymanGun Sight, ca.1886-88 Letter, Newspaper, and Postal Cover Group Lot Connecticut, 1886-88, Lot includes 3 pieces: Postal Cover addressed to Mr. William Lyman in Middlefield, Connecticut, addressed from San Francisco, California, with San Francisco postal handstamp on front, Postage Stamp at top right corner, Fine - VF condition with signs of wear and tears; Corresponding letter on several pages with The Baldwin hotel letterhead, addressed to William Lyman from J. A. A. Robinson, a rifleman who uses Lyman’s Gun Sights on his rifles. He writes that he thinks he could make the sights more popular by demonstrating the merits of the tool, and discusses this at length in his letter, VF condition; the final piece in this lot is a February 1888 edition of The Rifle which mentions Lyman’s gun sights, stating that “his are the neatest and come nearest to what a rifle-sight ought to be,” in Fine condition with splitting at center fold lines. William Lyman (1854-1896) was an innovator and inventor whose primary interest was improving gun sights. He received his first gun flip-sight patent in 1879, and founded Lyman Gun Sight. Lyman held seventeen sight patents, including for an ivory bead front target sight in 1885 and for the Winchester repeating rifle sight in 1893. After William Lyman’s death, the Lyman Company incorporated in 1901, and was headed by William’s brother Charles starting in 1917. The company expanded its product line in 1925 with the acquisition of the successful Ideal Products Reloading Tool line. Other product areas included the black powder firearms line. Business increased sharply with military orders for metallic gun sights and parts during World War II. The company began to study ballistics in the 1950s, testing on sight, and published their own data starting in the 1961 edition of the Lyman Handbook. Family owned since its inception, the business was sold in 1969 to The Leisure Group from Los Angeles and was renamed Lyman Products for Shooters. In 1977, it was sold again and renamed Lyman Products Corp. �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-140 Ephemera - Humorous English Business agreement Great Britain & Ireland 364 364 Apprenticeship Indenture Agreement Document, 1894 Mentioning Queen Victoria Great Britain & Ireland, 1894. Issued Indenture certifying that Albert George Huggett, with the consent of his father, has been named Apprentice to William Thomas Carter Palmer, “Printer and Stationer” located in the County of Kent. The document then describes and outlines the relationship between the Apprentice and Master, such as asserting that the Apprentice “shall do no damage to his said Master...He shall not waste the Goods of his said Master,” among other details including that he shall not get married; and, “Play at cards or dice tables oor any other unlawful games; “he shall not haunt taverns or playhouses. The Master, in turn, would provide payment which is stipulated at the bottom in handwriting. After 7 years of apprenticeship, Huggett will have been taught the “Art of Printing, Bookselling, Stationary, etc.” and can go on to instruct others in the art. The document was created and signed during the reign of Queen Victoria, who is mentioned at bottom left. Black handwriting and text, Two Shillings and 6 Pence Internal revenue stamp at center left in bright red color. Signed by the Apprentice, his father, and the Master at bottom right. VF condition for age and printed on parchment type of paper. Interesting piece. ������ Est. $250-500 Ephemera - Insurance & Finance 365 365 Insurance Company and Early Medical Broadsides Ephemera Group Lot, 1830-70s New York and Massachusetts Ephemera Group Lot related to Insurance Companies and business, including: ca.1830s uncut broadside advertising sheets for Dr. Ward’s Vegetable Asthmatic Pills, and Thomas Hollis, “Ointment for Itch”; Neptune Insurance Co., 1839 Issued Policy for potential loss of goods traveling on a ship; Continental Insurance Co. 1869 Issued Policy for a “Woolen Factory Building” and related machinery; Phenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn 1870 Issued Policy against loss or damage by fire, printed by Manhattan Engraving Company; North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. 1871 Issued Policy against loss or damage by fire; and a Pair of Advertisement Pages, one belonging to the National Advertising Hotel Register, Carriages & Sleighs; Stoves, Furnaces and Pumps; and other miscellaneous goods and establishments. All are in Fine to VF condition with varying signs of wear and toning due to age. (6) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240