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Featuring the collection of lifelong coin-op enthusiast and bon vivant Tim LaGanke, our fall auction features arcade machines, carnival rides, automatons, animated window displays, and all manner of unusual mechanical novelties. Complementing these animatronic and coin-operated marvels are a host of vending and slot machines, gambling devices, masks, and unusual objects from days gone by.
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Lot 398

Archive of new old stock chewing gum.

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$1,000

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Archive of new old stock chewing gum. V.p. (bulk American), early to mid-20th century. A tote including an estimated 400 or more pieces of chewing gum (including many multi-stick packs), in addition to some mints and cough drops, weighing about 20 pounds total. The archive includes numerous brands, most now obsolete, from many different American candy manufacturers. 

A short list of brands and flavors represented includes: Lucky Penny, Goudey's Pick-A-Ninny, Gordon's Dewberry, Fan Tan, Needler's K.C., Privateer, Gordon's Spearmint, Red Ball, Edwards Triple Mint, Luxury Peppermint, Edwards Cowboy Peppermint, Bubblicious, Adams Peppermint, Larson's Spearmint, Beech-Nut, Rawleigh's, Topps Spearmint, Topps Peppermint, Pulver's Joy-Mint, Curtiss Medicated Cough Gum, B-Wise (Breath Wise) Gum, Wrigley's Sweet Sixteen, Zeno Peppermint, and many more.

Sizes vary; average package 3". 

Condition

Occasional tears or chipping to wrappers, a small number of pieces broken or split; overall, very good to near fine. 

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