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  • George Moyer's 50-year collection of fireworks-related items, especially label art, is arrayed around him at Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pa., Mr. Moyer has written two books on the subject and had items made in the U.S., China, Macau, England, India and Canada. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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  • Many of the labels depict "occupational, sports and ethnic themes," Mr. Morphy said.

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  • "This level of media attention might not have seemed so unusual had it been a collection of Picassos," Morphy Auctions head Dan Morphy told the website LiveAuctioneers.com after the sale, "but we're talking about firecrackers — ephemeral objects that cost as little as 1 cent when they were first marketed."

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