Ken Hall Press Releases

The auction is being hosted exclusively on iCollector.com, starting at 8am Pacific Time. It's packed vintage and antique Nevada tokens, mostly metal but some paper and celluloid plastic.

Top lots include couture women's watches – one by Cartier, the other by Piaget – and early 20th century Newcomb College Pottery pieces from Mary Cecilia Riffel and Marie Levering Benson.

Featured: Boxed near-mint Masudaya 'Gang of Five' Radicon Robot; scarce and highly desirable boxed Horikawa Fork Lift Robot; Cold War-era Martin-Baker aircraft ejection seat, WWII apparel & headgear

Sterling silver will dominate the list of expected top lots but also featured are fine jewelry pieces, vintage games, Herend objects, collectible toys, crystal objects, vintage pens, Black Americana.

The auction is loaded with outstanding historical material in many collecting categories, from autographs, documents, and archives, to books, photos, artwork, and relics – 448 lots in all.

Categories include contemporary and fine art; Western art; decorative arts; Asian art; silver; watches and timepieces; jewelry; collectibles; and books. Previews will be held Oct. 16 & 17

Featured: Tall, framed porcelain advertising thermometer for Mail Pouch Tobacco; 1912 Ives fire hose reel, 26in long with original figures; rarely-seen Reed "Gem of the Ocean" toy riverboat, nearly 30in long

Featured: Original Todd McFarlane pen-and-ink artwork for Amazing Spider-Man #302 (Marvel Comics, July 1988), first-printing issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Mirage Studios, 1984)

Also offered will be art glass, including French cameo, English cameo, Loetz, plated amberina, Greentown chocolate glass, sterling silver flatware, a biscuit jar collection, fine furniture, more.

Highlights: Hand-painted polychrome bronze sculpture by Stanley Wanlass, $34,800; handsome 1929 Franklin Series 11 automobile, $13,200; service station sign, Franklin Motor Cars, $10,200