Brass Plaque From Old Occidental Life Building On Auction Block

The workmen who demolished the building gave the plaque to a woman who had worked as an elevator operator in the building for 12 years, according to a letter that came with the plaque.

Other life insurance-related items now for sale on eBay include a book of nursery rhymes published by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, and an old, gray Bakelite plastic bank made as a marketing tool for a New York Life Insurance Company insurance agent.

The New York Life bank features the name and telephone number of the agent who originally used it, along with a slot for business cards, according to the anonymous Mechanicsville, Va., resident who is acting as the seller.