HISTORIC 10TH BIRTHDAY CAR BUTTON FOR THE 1908 NEW YORK CITY AUTOMOBILE CARNIVAL.
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Winning Bid:
$129.80
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
1.25" without maker and with spring pin holding ribbon looped to a fully three-dimensional miniature car with steering wheel plus smaller and larger pairs of wheels that turn on their axles. Car is white metal with much fine detailing on sides of stars, branches and leaves. Button shows similar car with driver and woman and child passengers with text around "Automobile Carnival New York Apr. 6-11-'08". This was a much heralded NYC event with the Sunday April 5 issue of The World newspaper describing "How the tenth birthday of the automobile will be celebrated here this week with a spectacular procession of nearly 5,000 machines..." and mentioning Oldsmobile and Maxwell by name. Historic auto pin back. NM. One seen. Alan Weinberg Collection.
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