FAMOUS CIGAR SMOKING CHIMPANZEE BUTTON TITLED "CONSUL AT BOSTOCK'S."
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Starting Bid:
$115.00
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:00:00 AM)
Item Description
This chimp was part of Frank Bostock's show, see previous item, and button is likely from Coney Island or the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo 1901. Consul sits dressed in formal attire in a chair holding a cigar in his mouth. At the very center are a couple of tiny lighter colored brown dots which was in the development of the photographic paper and at lower left on the background is a single darker dot, also as made. Among Consul's accomplishments was riding a bicycle and using a typewriter upon which he could boldly type his name. Known as "The Man Chimp" between 1894 and 1903 he attracted as many as 16,000 visitors a day. No back paper if it had one. High gloss and VF.
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