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Prints, Fine & Decorative Arts at Online Auction Sept-20-2025 - Sale 273

Sat, Sep 20, 2025 09:30AM EDT
  2025-09-20 09:30:00 2025-09-20 09:30:00 America/New_York Rachel Davis Fine Arts Rachel Davis Fine Arts : Prints, Fine & Decorative Arts at Online Auction Sept-20-2025 - Sale 273 https://www.racheldavisfinearts.com/auctions/rachel-davis/prints-fine-decorative-arts-at-online-auction-sept-20-2025---sale-273-18067
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Lot 271

Gorham sterling silver cigarette box

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$200

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Gorham sterling silver cigarette box, inscribed on lid S. S. GEORGE M. HUMPHREY/ Built by/ THE AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING COMPANY/ Lorain, Ohio/for/NATIONAL STEEL COPROATION/ Christened October 5, 1954/ SPONSOR MRS. GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, wooden interior with divider, , model number 302, marked on bottom, approximately 15 ozs. (weighed without cedar lining).      2 x 6 1/2 x 5" 

George M. Humphrey served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury for President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Bratenahl, OH estate

Descended through family

George M. Humphrey