"A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN" INDEPENDENCE STREET FAIR BUTTON PAIR.
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Winning Bid:
$650.30 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
10
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #231 Part I
Value Code:
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Item Description
Matched pair, both 1.75" and both with W&H back papers. Both with identical dates and slogans "Souvenir Independence Street Fair/A Hot Time In The Old Town". The riding lady button has pencil date on back of 1899. The lady being thrown could be from same year, or maybe year after. Among the  earliest uses of slightly risque female images on the pin -back. Superb color and both NM. Rare matched and in high grade. Alan Weinberg Collection.
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