Balestra Barber Shop, Collectible Toys, Coin Op, Primitives, and Antiques-Online Only
Lot 568:
Description
This collection consists of various promotional items from the mid-to-late 20th century, primarily focusing on heavy machinery and industrial manufacturers. Included is a large rectangular brass-tone belt buckle featuring a high-relief embossed crawler tractor, marked Caterpillar Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. The lot features several metal fobs, many of which remain in their original plastic packaging with leather straps. Notable examples include multiple International Harvester Payline brass-tone fobs, a specific fob for the Industrial Tractor Company of Youngstown, Ohio depicting a TD-8E PAYdozer, and various Terex GM fobs showing loaders and dump trucks. A blue enameled Hydra-Unit fob is present with the text For Profitable Digging. Personal accessories in the group include two brushed metal lighters, one displaying a red Terminix logo and the other a blue USS (United States Steel) logo. The assortment also contains a gold-tone commercial airplane tie clip, a pair of cufflinks in a blue-lined presentation case, a large Cessna pin-back button with the slogan If I can fly, you can fly, a fob shaped like a pneumatic jackhammer, and a medallion depicting a bulldozer alongside a radiation hazard symbol.
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