NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES GIANT COLLECTION OF 210 BUTTONS, TWO STICKPINS AND ONE DOUBLE SIDED CELLO.
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Winning Bid:
$632.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
2
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #215 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 987 in auction 215
Value Code:
J/K - $700 to $2,000 Help Icon
Item Description
Sizes range from .5” up to 3”. Dates range from the 1890s up to a few from the 1990s. By narrower subject seven relate to comic characters, six to newsboys, two to Hearst, one early Audubon, one baseball, one Lindbergh, three marble tournament, one football and in addition there are many, many club buttons. While the vast majority are in Exc. to Mint condition we want to detail those with defects. Collection is held in six 8x12” glass frames and in the order of our photos in the first frame with 49 items these have a problem: Pin holes (2) on row 1 #3. Stain on row 1 #12 and row 2 #11. Craze on row 2 #8 and 9. Cracks on row 4 #7 and 8 and row 5 #7. Scuffs/dents on row 5 #8. In the second frame there are cracks on row 1 #10, stains on row 2 #9 and 10, scratches on row 4 #4. This frame holds 43 items. In third frame w/44 items, there is stain on row 2 #1 and minor touch on row 2 #2 plus row 3 #6 and 7. In row 4 #1 is a rare button picturing Peter Rabbit and reading “Journal Bed-Time Stories Club.” Red background at center is faded. Row 4 #4 and row 5 #8 each have some stain. Frame four holds 43 items. There are cracks on row 2 #7, row 4 #7, row 5 #3. There is stain on row 2 #8 and 9 and row 5 #1. There are scratches on row 3 #2 and 3 and fade on row 4 #3. Frame five holds 17 items. There is stain on row 1 #1, 4, 5 and there are cracks on row 1 #2 and 3. Frame six holds 17 items. Group begins with a pair of stickpins. There is stain on row 2 #1,2,3. In total about 40 items of the 213 pieces have some damage. Best collection we’ve ever offered on the subject of newspaper and magazines.
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