Hake’s Americana & Collectibles' current auction, #197, is now open and accepting bids for the 2667 items feature in this offering.

Highlights featured in this auction include: Shmoo Valentine Card Original Art by Frank Frazetta; a "Matchless Body/Arrow Beer" sign with Earl Moran pin-up art; a rare Bryan "Total Eclipse Nov. 6" over McKinley button; a set of character buttons from the 1930s Evening Ledger Comics; a first edition hardcover of Forbidden Planet; a Wards Home Deposit Vault safe; a Kenton Buckeye Ditcher cast-iron toy; a signed copy of Tarzan and the Golden Lion; and a Disneyland Haunted Mansion poster signed by Marc Davis.

The auction will close in two parts beginning on March 24 (items #1-991) and ending on March 26, 2009 (items 992-2667). Interest bidders can find out more information online at www.hakes.com or by calling 866-404-9800.