FIRST EVER STRONG MAN SELF PROMOTION BUTTON C. 1898 FOR KARL SWOBODA.
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Starting Bid:
$118.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
7/8" with W&H back paper used in 1898. Front shows him flexing his arm muscle with text "Swoboda For Health & Strength." The lower right has a very faint trace of age stain on his chest and shoulder but hardly showing. Also, barely showing are a tiny pair of 1/16" cello cracks in the same area. Vast majority of the surface remains clean and glossy. Swoboda, from Vienna, was the only man to lift a barbell of 400 lbs above his head in a two-hand jerk. He was a contemporary of Eugene Sandow who was included in a W&H 1897 button set titled "Celebrated Men & Women" but what makes this 1898 button a "first" is that it was made to promote Swoboda. Only example we've seen. VG condition but still displays glossy and VF.
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