KANSAS CARNIVAL BUTTON TRIO FROM EARLY 1900s.
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Winning Bid:
$279.42 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
4
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #218 - Part I
Value Code:
G - $100 to $200 Help Icon
Item Description
First is 1.25" with tin covered back and vertical pin. This is from the "McPhearson Co. Fair" with no year specified. Depicts gent decorated in multiple sunflowers. Slight oxidation on the metal back but cello is Mint. Next at 1.75" also has covered tin back with vertical pin plus name of maker St. Louis Button Co. This is from Nortonville and dated for 1902 showing horse and mule pulling wagon full of people with text "Me An' Sary An' The Youngsters 'Re Goin' To..."  Couple of exceedingly faint grey marks on the lower portion of the button but still with full gloss and unfaded color. Fine. Next is large 2.25" also with tin covered back, vertical pin and name of maker St. Louis Button Co. Front text "Celebrate With Me July 4th/Council Grove, Kans." Pictured is an anthropomorphic vegetable smiling and showing a single tooth. Rare and NM displaying Mint.
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