Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(FOOD AND DRINK.) Group of 5 anti-moonshine posters, with related ephemera. 5 posters in various sizes; folds, minimal wear except as noted. [Washington]: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, 1957-1960

Additional Details

No examples of the first four posters are traced in OCLC.

"Wanted: Information from You the Taxpayer on the Locations of Bootleg Stills." Poster, 10 1/2 x 8 inches, in black and white, with 2 cello tape stains and inked stamp of Alabama investigator, 1954.

"Wanted in Multi-Million Dollar Tax Cheat . . . All Bootleggers are Tax Thieves." Poster, 16 x 11 inches, in red and black, 1957.

"Thanks Sucker--for Paying My Taxes Last Year!" Poster, 16 x 11 inches, in green and black, 1957.

"Warning! Poison Moonshine." Poster, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, in red and blue, 1960.

"Warning: Deadly Poison Moonshine Liquor Being Distributed Locally." Poster, 11 3/4 x 9 inches, in red and black; one cello tape stain, moderate wear, stamped in ink with address of North Carolina tax officer, undated.

WITH--Color photograph of a moonshine still, 8 x 10 inches, undated.

"Notice: For Each Firearm or Ammunition the Federal Law Requires. . ." Poster, 17 x 11 inches, in blue, red, and gold, 1969.

"Wanted by ATF . . . Information on Violations of Gun Control Act of 1968." Poster, 11 x 17 inches, in blue and red, 1970.

Retractable plastic ballpoint pen (nonfunctioning) reading "Moonshine Kills, Alcohol-Tobacco-Firearms, U.S. Treasury Dept., B'ham, Ala."