EARLY "CONEY ISLAND" ATTRACTIONS PASSES LOT.
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Winning Bid:
$448.00 (Includes 12% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction 188 - Part I
Item numbers 1 though 933 in auction 188
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
Lot of six. 2.5" to 4.5". Each is two-sided. All c. 1904 to 1912. Each has age dust and general handling wear. Lot includes: 1. "Steeplechase Race Course" with punched hole in middle and original string. 2. "I'm A Regular Member/Of Flip Flap/Meets Every Day On Young's Pier Atlantic City/Initiated 1903" with illustration of roller coaster on back. 3. "Darkness and Dawn/To Captain Charon Permit Bearer To Go To Hell And Return Unharmed..." illustration on coffin-shaped pass of skull and crossbones repeated with text on back. 4. "Coney Island County Fair And Musical Railway" two-sided amusement pass with two torn corners. 5. 2.75" dia. color image of horse and rider with text "John Baker's Ride At Johnstown Flood/My God The Dam Has Burst" on one side and text on back including "See The Most Popular And Greatest Financial Success Of The Pan American Exposition, The Johnstown Flood Now At Surf Ave. & 7th St. Coney Island/It Is The Greatest Electric Scenic Production In The World." Last is triangular pass with missing corner tips reading "Dip The Dip On The Victoria Slide/Coney Island." All six show their age, but remain an interesting lot. Rare. Fine.
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